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Celebrating 30 years of Functional Ecology at BES 2016

Celebrating 30 years of Functional Ecology at the BES Annual Meeting in Liverpool

Join our Brexit Policy Working Group

Help shape our engagement with the challenges and opportunities of leaving the EU.

Science and Technology Committee inquiry: Genomics and genome-editing

Contribute your views on the future of genomics and genome-editing include the impact on wildlife and ecosystems

British Ecological Society joins meeting to discuss Brexit with Government Minister

The BES joined a number of organisations at the Zoological Society of London to discuss the challenges and opportunities of Brexit for the environmental sciences and conservation.

Scottish Biodiversity Conference: Connecting people and the environment

A range of interesting perspectives and new ideas featured at the 2016 Scottish Biodiversity Science Conference

Press Release: New forecast tool helps ships avoid blue whale hotspots

A new paper published in Journal of Applied Ecology describes the development of WhaleWatch, a new tool to help ships avoid endangered whales.

Press Release: Controversial black bear hunt disproportionately harvests nuisance bears and reduces human-bear conflicts

New research published in Journal of Applied Ecology shows regulated hunting of a recovered black bear population helps to control population size.

Tim Benton's keynote address opens Scottish Biodiversity Science Conference

Key themes from Professor Tim Benton's speech on agriculture and biodiversity

BES Journals Virtual Issue: National Tree Week

The BES journals National Tree Week Virtual Issue contains articles that highlight the global importance of trees and forests. Free for a limited time.

BES Roadies head #intotheblue!

Didn't make it to NERC Into the Blue? We did! Read Peter Bentley's blog about the event here....

A Policy Lunchbox discussion on “Brexit: what is happening inside Government?”

Oliver Ilott and Policy Lunchbox discuss Brexit and what is happening inside Government.

Press Release: Earlier nesting by generalist predatory bird is associated with human responses to climate change

BES Journals Virtual Issue: Ecology and Evolution in Ireland

BES journals and Irish Ecological Association Virtual Issue complimenting the first IEA annual meeting

The Scottish Policy Group discuss rewilding at the latest pie and a pint event

The Scottish Policy Group discuss the conservation concept of rewilding

Key lessons from our Policy Training Workshop in Edinburgh

Rick Parfett summarises the key take home messages from the BES Scottish Policy Group introduction to policy workshop