Show Notes
In this episode of Nature In A Nutshell, we welcome Helen Musgroves from Lexxic and Lea Nightingale, CIEEM's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer to discuss all things neurodiversity in the environment sector and how managers can foster a culture of neuro-inclusivity within their teams.
We also discuss the EU's Restoration Law and how it's facing collapse and the joint legal challenge from the Office of Environmental Protection (OEP) and Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS).
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Show notes: Lexxic Neurodiversity Celebration Week CIEEM and Lexxic's webinar on neurodiversity Green Jobs for Nature website Green Jobs for Nature Instagram Green Jobs for Nature TikTok European parliament votes for watered-down law to restore nature UK Environmental Watchdogs Launch Coordinated Investigation OEP Launches Investigations into Special Protection Areas for Wild Birds Government to pilot ‘water credits system’ to allow major house building in water-stressed Cambridge The scale and geography of the net zero economy in the UK Over £1M in new funding awarded to aid red squirrel recovery in Scotland
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