This too is a wild, demanding environment, a place where you feel instantly in touch with raw, pure nature.

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It also said climbers must play a role in protecting the environment by avoiding wild bird nest sites and not slinging climbing ropes around trees.

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Insect resistance, however, might be expected to be as much of an advantage in the rough and tumble of the wild as in the cosseted environment of the farmer's field.

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"We believe the environment will remain difficult for customers, " said David Wild, Halfords chief executive.

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Shadow environment minister Gavin Shuker said Labour supported an outright ban on wild animals being used in circuses.

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He's written about the environment for all of his adult life, but his journey into the wild is part educational.

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Responding to Mr Paterson's comments, Labour's shadow environment secretary, Mary Creagh, said "most people back Labour's ban on hunting wild animals with dogs".

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The project, hosted by Lincolnshire County Council, brings together The Environment Agency, Lincolnshire Wolds Countryside Service, Natural England, Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, Anglian Water and the Wild Trout Trust.

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"The polar bear does not have a small wild population, it does not have a restricted area of distribution and no marked decline has been observed, " Environment Canada says on its website.

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