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 |  |  | 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 |  |  | |
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 |  |  |  |  | "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."
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Dr Anna Lawrence Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University
Dr Graham Underwood
University of Essex
Philip Stott University of London
TOPICS
Fishing-free areas
Keggie Carew asks: Why don't we create more maritime park areas where fishing is permanently prohibited? These are incredibly successful in Australasia and other parts of the world and I am told that not a single one exists in Europe. DEFRA: Marine Environmental Protection Information NATURA 2000 New Zealand Maritime Parks Department of Conservation New Zealand EU Fish Conservation The Guardian WWF Oceans Recovery Campaign The Telegraph British Antartic Survey (HRH Prince Charles warns of effects of over-fishing)
Whisky and peat
Robert Hughes asks: I like the odd glass of single malt. However I'm aware that there is an environmental price to pay. What is my occasional glass doing, for example, to the peat bogs of Islay, migrant geese, etc? We spoke to Noranne Ellis, scientific liaison office, Scottish Natural Heritage and Campbell Evans, Scottish Whisky Association Peat Producers Association Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Peat-free gardening
Sprats
An Essex listener is intrigued by the glut of sprats off the East Coast this winter.
Fisheries Global Information System Fishbase.org Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture
Dendrochronology
Can the growth rings in trees provide better information about past climates than written records?
Tree-Ring Services BBC Science University of East Anglia: Tree rings and climate change University of Tennessee
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