Reinstate funding for Skomer Island's Guillemot monitoring
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Shaun Williams
12 years ago
Obviously, this is not just about seabirds. Their monitoring reflects the state of the seas and we evidently need to know about that from all sources of info. Humans are still part of nature, though it's easy to forget! And the money is peanuts.
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Graham Rees
12 years ago
Essential research relavent to our own wellbeing
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Geraint Jenkins
12 years ago
Don't know what to say About NRW. Looks like people are going to have to take things into their own hands if they want a healthy world to live in
this funding needs to stay, the pressures on seabirds is increasing and now is not the time to remove it.
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sam robins
12 years ago
this funding needs to stay, the pressures on seabirds is increasing and now is not the time to remove it.
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Matt Gage
12 years ago
Long term sea bird population monitoring is one of the best tools for assessing the state and health of our oceans - something we humans ABSOLUTELY depend upon. £12k is a small price to pay for this very important knowledge.
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Colin Tosh
12 years ago
Surely this information is worth more than 12k annually.
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michele preece
12 years ago
Come on NRW with the recent weather and ongoing global warming this us needed now more than ever.
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Helen Mullinruc
12 years ago
continuous datasets are vital
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Bob Haycock
12 years ago
The value of long-term studies is immense. To cut such a significant piece of work on Skomer (an internationally important seabird island) and at a time (following recent winter storms which may have impacted these birds) seems quite baffling to me. Would it not be scientifically more prudent to continue such studies at this time? Gaps created in such data-sets will surely be more costly to fill.
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henry mcghie
12 years ago
this study should be funded
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Vivenne Downes
12 years ago
A study as long standing as this is so important to continue comparing climate change effects
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Rosie Ford
12 years ago
What a loss this would be to the research programme if the grant is cut. Have we got our priority right here?
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Rob Barrett
12 years ago
The value of long-term datasets is huge, and to cut this funding is drawing a lot of attention from the international seabird research community.
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Anonymous
12 years ago
This is such an important study and doesn't cost the earth. Please reconsider
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Naomi Parker
12 years ago
Naomi
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Elliot Barr
12 years ago
this is essential funding that needs to be provided to these beautiful animals.
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Jonathan Elphick
12 years ago
What a depressing example of short-term thinking (or not thinking) ... as one who grew up studying birds in Wales, it saddens me to learn of this very retrograde decision
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Jonathan Elphick
12 years ago
What a depressing example of short-term thinking (or not thinking) ... as one who grew up studying birds in Wales, it saden
Obviously, this is not just about seabirds. Their monitoring reflects the state of the seas and we evidently need to know about that from all sources of info. Humans are still part of nature, though it's easy to forget! And the money is peanuts.
Essential research relavent to our own wellbeing
Don't know what to say About NRW. Looks like people are going to have to take things into their own hands if they want a healthy world to live in
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this funding needs to stay, the pressures on seabirds is increasing and now is not the time to remove it.
this funding needs to stay, the pressures on seabirds is increasing and now is not the time to remove it.
Long term sea bird population monitoring is one of the best tools for assessing the state and health of our oceans - something we humans ABSOLUTELY depend upon. £12k is a small price to pay for this very important knowledge.
Surely this information is worth more than 12k annually.
Come on NRW with the recent weather and ongoing global warming this us needed now more than ever.
continuous datasets are vital
The value of long-term studies is immense. To cut such a significant piece of work on Skomer (an internationally important seabird island) and at a time (following recent winter storms which may have impacted these birds) seems quite baffling to me. Would it not be scientifically more prudent to continue such studies at this time? Gaps created in such data-sets will surely be more costly to fill.
this study should be funded
A study as long standing as this is so important to continue comparing climate change effects
What a loss this would be to the research programme if the grant is cut. Have we got our priority right here?
The value of long-term datasets is huge, and to cut this funding is drawing a lot of attention from the international seabird research community.
This is such an important study and doesn't cost the earth. Please reconsider
Naomi
this is essential funding that needs to be provided to these beautiful animals.
What a depressing example of short-term thinking (or not thinking) ... as one who grew up studying birds in Wales, it saddens me to learn of this very retrograde decision
What a depressing example of short-term thinking (or not thinking) ... as one who grew up studying birds in Wales, it saden