Published on: 22 June 2023
Campaign for National Parks, National Trust, the RSPB, the Wildlife Trusts, and Wildlife and Countryside Link write together to send a clear message to the UK Government, Natural England and the protected landscape bodies about what Management Plans for National Parks and AONBs need to contain if they are to drive nature’s recovery.
Read More...Published on: 15 June 2023
Where is our water coming from? WildFish Deputy CEO Janina Gray and Water Policy Officer James Overington discuss the launch of their new campaign.
Read More...Published on: 13 June 2023
As the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill nears its final stages, Rebecca Pullinger from the Woodland Trust and Chair of the Link Land Use Planning Group explores what it means to ‘level up’ nature.
Read More...Published on: 9 June 2023
Fields in Trust updated the Green Space Index yesterday. Maxwell Patterson, Policy and Communications Officer, writes about the GSI's findings and what the Government can do to ensure all people have access to parks and greenspaces within a 10 minute walk of home.
Read More...Published on: 9 June 2023
Robert Fraser, Herefordshire farmer and Executive Director of the Real Farming Trust, on how markets for nature will favour big landowners and allow companies to continue to offset harmful practices while the most biodiverse farms are being forced to intensify or give up
Read More...Published on: 6 June 2023
Simon Marsh, formerly the RSPB’s Head of Nature Protection and now a freelance planning consultant, reflects on the key points raised in Link's response to the Government's recent consultation on the draft revised National Networks National Policy Statement.
Read More...Published on: 5 June 2023
Prof Nathalie Pettorelli, of Zoological Society of London, talks about the valuable role of the Biodiversa+ global biodiversity partnership in supporting research and innovation, and how the UK joining it would be a no brainer
Read More...Published on: 26 May 2023
Simon Marsh, formerly the RSPB’s Head of Nature Protection and now a freelance planning consultant, reflects on the key points raised in Link's response to the Government's recent consultation on energy National Policy Statements.
Read More...Published on: 25 May 2023
Emily Cooper, Policy and Advocacy Manager at Marine Conservation Society, responds to the Water UK sewage spills apology & shares thoughts on the ambition needed to tackle sewage pollution.
Read More...Published on: 24 May 2023
Richard Benwell, CEO at Wildlife and Countryside Link, writes about the threat posed by chemical pollution.
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