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HOME PLANET MISSED A PROGRAMME? Go to the Listen Again page PROGRAMME INFO Tuesday 15:00-15:30 Richard Daniel chairs the interactive environmental programme in which he and his guests deal with listener's questions and concerns. Call 03700 100 400 [email protected] Home Planet, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL LISTEN AGAIN 30 min Listen to 6 January PRESENTER RICHARD DANIEL "Home Planet is the environmental programme for which you set the agenda. We tackle your questions and concerns and try and make some sense out of the conflicting opinions which make up the environmental debate." Richard Daniel PROGRAMME DETAILS Tuesday 6 January 2004 Panel Baroness Barbara Young Chief Executive Environment Agency Dr Anna Lawrence Human Ecology programme leader at the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford Professor Philip Stott the University of London. TOPICS Is the Black Poplar under threat? Royal Forestry Society Several places have Biodiversity Action Plans to help the Black Poplar. These include: Staffordshire Cheshire London Bottle recycling in the Licensed Trade A publican from Norfolk wants to know why he isn't allowed to put his waste bottles in the local village bottle bank. Bob Wade from Broadland District Council explained that these were for household and not commercial waste. Broadland District Council Coca Cola have now switched production from returnable to recyclable bottles The Haskins Report In 2002 Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, invited Lord Haskins to carry out an independent review of the arrangements for delivering government polices in rural England. The report was published in November and one Home Planet listener wants to know what implications it will have for nature conservation in England? View the report Home Planet spoke to Andy Brown the Chief Executive of English Nature Tree Guards Why are they needed and why aren't they removed once the hedge or tree they are protecting has matured? Commercial manufacturers of tree guards include: Acorn Planting ProductsTildenet Protection against deer Protection against rabbit The Russian Oil Industry A listener asks: A lot of money is clearly being pumped into this sector; can we be certain that the Russian Federation has the resources and the expertise to ensure that this increased exploitation of its oil doesn't lead to environmental problems? Background to the Russian oil industry Oxford University UK Trade & Investment Other links: WWF European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Press Release Aug 28 2003 Press Release April 7 2003 Russian links with American oil markets - from BBC News Online Contact Home Planet Send your comments and questions for future programmes to: Home Planet BBC Radio 4 PO Box 3096 Brighton BN1 1PL Or email the programme: [email protected] Or telephone the Audience Line 03700 100 400 Home Planet is a Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. The personal information you provide will be held by the BBC and by Pier Productions Ltd, the independent production company which makes Home Planet. Your information will be used for the purpose of creating the Home Planet programme, and will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. For more details on how the BBC deals with your information, please see the BBC’s Privacy and Cookies Policy at http://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy OTHER RELATED LINKS Environment Agency Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford Professor Philip Stott Royal Forestry Society Staffordshire Cheshire London Broadland District Council Coca Cola Haskins report English Nature Protection against deer Tildenet Protection against deer Protection against rabbit Oxford University UK Trade & Investment WWF European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Russian links with American oil markets The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites Audio Help DON'T MISS HOME PLANET Current Programmes Previous Programmes Science, Nature & Environment Programmes Current Programmes Archived Programmes

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