Global Biodiversity Framework Tracker October 2024

Saving the Whales Again: Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the International Whaling Commission’s global ban on commercial whaling and looking ahead

Government remain unable to report on extent of wildlife crime

The science, cross-party peers and the Minister agree: heather burning is bad for peat

World Water Day - valuing water for people and nature

Parliamentary debate on massive scale nature restoration to help stop climate breakdown

How the next Mayor of London can clear the air on pollution

Five ways to raise our game on diversity and racial justice

Recognising and rewarding the people protecting our National Parks

UK Government must use the opportunity of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill to embed the right to a healthy environment in domestic law

Treasury must treat invasive species like the ticking time bomb they are

Tackling waste, water and light pollution in London

The King of the Jungle needs our help – why a ban on hunting trophy imports is long overdue

Why ocean recovery is a missing piece of the climate change puzzle

We must increase our resilience to drought to protect people and nature from running out of water

The plight of wildbirds is a warning call for us all

River basin management plans – a levelling-up opportunity

Pervasive pesticides: the cocktail effect

Levelling up by restoring vulnerable & damaged floodplains

Invasive American Mink and the Plight of Britain’s Water Voles

Good green growth in London - developing with nature in mind

Levelling up on water efficiency

The case for nutrient negativity

Diversity is vital in our environment and in the debate about its future

Turning the tide on single-use plastic pollution in London

The Charter for Parks: Championing London’s parks for nature and people

Fix the Fells: Winners of the Park Protector Awards 2022

Game changers in giving nature a voice

Leaky Loos - it’s going down the pan!

The Countryside Code

Chemical Pollution: The Silent Killer of UK Rivers

'Goodbye Bycatch' campaign – what have we achieved and what’s next?

Levelling up Blue Spaces

London leadership for climate change action

The UK’s new ‘Bycatch Mitigation Initiative’ is strong on words but light on action

Managing land for butterflies and moths in England

The cost of exempting Major Infrastructure Projects from Biodiversity Net Gain

Woodcocks need our help

Get out walking this winter

Every tree matters in London: embracing natural solutions in the fight against climate change

Levelling Up National Parks and AONBs

Improving health and wellbeing for all Londoners

The Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan: A missed opportunity to truly recover our waterways

A Blue Christmas

The state of woods and trees

Local Nature Recovery Strategies: We will reap what we sow

Supporting farmers in the agricultural transition: Creating a better future for farming with a pay rise for nature

London needs less concrete and more nature

A Healthy Environment is Vital for Thriving Sport

Commitments we need to hear at the Oxford Farming Conferences

Let’s wake up and act on water efficiency

Our farming future is key to balancing our carbon budget

Food choice and change

The future of farming: the need for joined up support

Why we’re launching a marine scorecard for Defra

Agriculture Bill 2020: Do good things come to those who wait?

Why we’re calling for new ocean and nature targets

A thriving countryside for all: getting the policies right

Ministers must urgently reform our marine planning system this Marine Super Year

The Government must deliver action on new Highly Protected Marine Areas in 2021

New report reveals major gaps in environmental protections post-EU Exit for soils and hedgerows

Blue Carbon solutions to climate change need action in the ‘Marine Super Year’

A fresh start for England’s Environmental Land Management schemes?

8 steps to woodlands for climate, nature and people

The fight for 'A More Natural Capital' continues

Action to save our seabirds is needed now more than ever with five new species added to the Red List

Join the search to save thousands of miles of lost historic paths

Taking Action to Reverse Nature Decline Now Will Offer Good Jobs for a Green Recovery

When will the UK governments roll out fishing vessel monitoring given the benefits for wildlife, fishers and the consumer?

The troubling reality lurking below the surface of our Marine Protected Areas

The three pillars of success needed for Defra's farming review

From packaging to porpoises, how forever chemicals in the food aisle impact our environment

Regulation is a public good not a dirty word

Our right to challenge environmental decisions at risk

Beat the blues with blue spaces

A renewed social contract with UK farming to help secure a healthy environment for all

Paddlers’ Code will help people enjoy and protect our waterways

The devil’s in the detail for future farming aspirations

Is the Environment Agency doing its job?

As the cost of living crisis hits, the Government must cut the cost of sustainable packaging

The Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill

Nature and business are not at war

Nature-Positive Planning and the Mental Health Connection

A World Richer in Nature: a rallying call for the UK to deliver a decade of action

The Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill: Progress at long last, with further still to go

Everyone deserves to live in a flourishing natural world

Government moves to reduce burning on upland peat – a step in the right direction, more steps needed

The Reforming Regulation Initiative – deregulatory déjà vu?

Our Natural World: are we willing to meet the challenges ahead?

Does the government’s long-awaited England Peat Action Plan deliver?

Three decades of sediment contamination and the need to address hidden sources for clean and healthy seas

Invasion of the Bug and Fly Snatchers

Tackling Invasive Non-Native Species

The fight for a more natural capital must go on

INNS impacts on the UK's offshore islands

Hope for the planet

We need to demand more for our marine turtles and their habitats

The forgotten sector

Invasive Non-Native Species & Horticulture

Biosecurity in action: How effective is hot water pressurised spray to prevent the spread of INNS?

Making 30x30 meaningful: Reflections on the APPG Environment panel on 30x30

Launch of a new national strategy to tackle invasive Floating Pennywort

At home with nature

England Trees Action Plan: Welcome measures, but long term vision needed

For wildlifes sake, let's not get back to normal

The Environmental Assessment we need

A win for nature: Amending the Crown Estate Bill

How nature in education can benefit teachers and students

The Retained EU Law Bill should be withdrawn

The Habitats Regulations at Risk

Think Global Act Local: The latent power of the LNRSs to deliver global targets

Bovine TB plans are still bad news for badgers

The sorry state of our water environment

The three essential features of a State of Nature target

How should DEFRA catch up on its breach of the Environment Act targets duty?

District Level Licensing won’t work for bats, not all species are the same

Hope in a time of Anxiety

Expanding the freedom to roam

What does Covid-19 mean for food, farming and nature?

Lifting Baseline Syndrome: The tide of ocean restoration should now lift us all

A green recovery: growing back better

A call for a truly ambitious Seabird Conservation Strategy

A new focus on small waters would drive fast, cost-effective progress towards our nature recovery goals

Why now is the time for a Fur Free Britain

It's time to make our National Parks wilder

High standards trade – protecting our planet

Brits count down the days until they can get back to the coast

Species abundance target: what’s in a word?

We need a tree strategy for England that delivers for carbon, nature and people

Chemical pollution, the other driver of the nature crisis

Ivory ban challenge, dismissed for a second time

Putting equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of eNGOs

We need to talk about ALAN

Setting the new environmental land management scheme in England up for success

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Planning should be at the heart of reaching net zero

Turning the tide for nature: Earthwatch’s plans for 2025

Urgent action needed to stop porpoises dying in nets in UK seas

When will the government realise that National Parks hold the key to tackling climate change?

The case for reintroducing beavers into the wild in England: The need for an immediate legal pathway

A Bold New Year for Nature and Planning?

What legal change do we need for Nature to be truly protected?

Building regenerative fisheries and healthy seas: what can we learn from farming?

Why we need to change course if we are to restore our waters

Filling the gaps to protect our sealife

Counting your lucky stars?

Wild Fish: the importance of scientific evidence, as well as cultural and community initiatives, in seeking to save wild salmon

A small change, but a big impact for people, animals and the planet

Towards an effective environmental information infrastructure

The next chapter in the story of species decline

Guiding the restoration of our rare wildflower meadows

Enough Said, Ban Lead: why a ban on lead ammunition is needed now

Connecting the dots between land and sea

A World Oceans Day to remember

Adopting a humane approach to all species: Bug sentience

On the Conservation of Agro Biodiversity – because cows are part of nature too

A green, reusable and refillable recovery

Demanding more for the water environment

Marine Protected Areas for now, the future and beyond.

Whither Environmental Land Management in England?

The health, wellbeing and prosperity of nature and people are inextricable

Happy birthday to Biodiversity Net Gain

Shaping local food systems to deliver for people and nature

Securing the full traceability of pets across Europe

The UK’s National Biodiversity Plan: A Critical Next Step for Nature?

Change is on the horizon for National Parks

A whale too far for Icelandic whaling

Call for a National Nature Service

Why we need to rethink burning trees for electricity

Wildlife crime policing strategy a big step forward

We need to give cigarette butts the boot

Celebrating our seas in National Marine Week

New research shows huge public support for putting nature at the heart of Coronavirus recovery plans

Make clean ponds to save freshwater biodiversity

Time to stop cheating cheetahs

Everyone hates Bovine Tuberculosis

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill: what are the risks and opportunities?

Will Government take the chance to deliver on its promises for the environment?

It’s time to act now or never for British wildlife. Caring is not enough.

The Time Is Now lobby: A new day for democracy - a new start for nature?

Judicial review – a blunt tool for badger protection

“More haste less Project Speed”: one week for a Green Recovery recovery.

The Great British Spring Clean Returns

Whaling without purpose: The unjustifiable commercial pursuit of peaceful ocean giants

From small sites to big opportunities on Biodiversity Net Gain

Judicial review – a blunt tool for badger protection

Newts and Project Speed

The International Whaling Commission: Conservation in the 21st Century

Whaling in the time of covid-19

One Million Hours Needs You!

Who should pay to restore nature?

The case for controlled Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling

Making the future of UK fisheries bycatch-free

Resilience and Hope

Nature and the economy: how can we prosper within planetary limits?

Riskier Business

Collaboration across water planning, policy and practice

The Governments flagship Highly Protected Marine Area programme is stalling, heres how to get things back on track

From fisheries to wind farms: understanding the different policies behind managing the North Sea

Turning water innovation into everyday environmental benefit

Time to deliver a Planning Bill that works for people and nature

No Drifting Back – Joint-working on Water is Key to Build on Environmental Achievements

The England Tree Strategy – a new start?

Celebrating the Autumn Equinox

The Land Use Framework. Unlocking future land use: nature is key

Why the flow of open and shared data is vital in protecting our waters

The EU gets tough on dolphin deaths

Are vital farming reforms in peril?

The Government must go for gold in defending our Marine Protected Areas

Trailblazing initiatives needed to make the waters fine for the environment and customers

The first starling - we can all play our part in protecting nature

One year on from the Leaders Pledge for Nature

Our global oceans, our global responsibility

What is inclusion?

High temperatures and high demand lead to environment lows for our rivers

How can citizen science support Blueprint for Water?

Why should Labour care about food, farming and the countryside?

Planning for nature: can zonal planning deliver the 25 Year Environment Plan?

Celebrating National Badger Day during a tough time for badgers

We need more than beach cleans to stem the plastic tide

A National Nature Service

Gene editing for livestock is not the answer, rare breeds are

The Environment Bill: Importance of Information

Power to the People to Revive our Rivers

The importance of species’ status data in developing strategies and plans

PCBs: An invisible, but whale sized problem

Using data to conserve species – what we’re learning from ‘newt counting’

Time to Fix the Broken Water Sector

The importance of setting standards to support Environment Bill delivery

Weekly volunteering on Skomer Island

Going for bold!

The customer's voice as a tool to protect the environment

Meeting biodiversity information needs - linking up local delivery with national monitoring

A drop in the ocean

To improve water quality, we need high quality environmental data

Digging deeper during the Agricultural Transition

Clean Water - the vital ingredient

Democratising the environment - access to information is at its core

Shaking up the system on toxic chemical cocktails

Our “Climate Change Act moment”: targets for nature

Meeting the objectives of the Storm Overflow Discharge Reduction Plan is not enough

A Global Agreement for Nature

Energy planning improved but still doesn’t power nature’s recovery

Keeping a flash of blue a treasured sight on our riverbanks

A Nature Premium would help children recover from lockdown and set them up to learn

To create change we need to reach hearts and minds, citizen science is exceptionally well placed to do both

Increase resilience and manage pressures

How rewilding can help build a Nature-Based Economy

Wanted: the Orange-spotted emerald - stolen from future generations

Concerted action is needed on Environmental Rights

When it comes to tackling the biodiversity crisis, international scientific collaboration is a must

What does it mean when a whole community of scientists from across the world calls for urgent action on whale, dolphin and porpoise conservation?

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We need a new vision for the road ahead

Prioritising UK Wildlife Crime

A nature positive UK? Not without new money for nature in this week’s Spending Review

Natural capital: The view from a small family farm

Environmental Land Management is too important to fail, but risks remain

Green Space Index finds more access to local parks required

Protecting our waters could bring our threatened animals back from the brink

Standing at a crossroads for humanity and nature

Ahead of COP26, Boris Johnson has recognised the flaws in our recycling system, now he must rapidly act to tackle the waste crisis

How can the Government 'level up' access to nature for everyone?

Wildlife & Countryside Act: 40 years old today

Where is our water coming from?

Better implementation and enforcement of nature laws needed

Shouting the benefits of healthy oceans from the rooftops of Parliament

Our climate needs nature

A Zero Carbon Countryside

Suffering salmon: A temperature-gauge for our worryingly low water-flow

Water quality: the true story

Hopes and aims for COP26 and beyond

Celebrating National Tree Week: The UK’s largest festival of trees

Coastal habitats for climate change adaptation at COP26

Restoring nature locally can help combat climate change

“A goal without a plan is just a wish”: How updated Management Plans for protected landscapes can drive nature recovery

Let’s beat wildlife crime

INNSpiring change in biosecurity

Whales, trees and butterflies – how WDC is giving a voice to the ocean at COP26

Build Back Wetter after COP26

Keep Beavering away!

Clear Access, Clear Waters

Tackling storm overflows - lifting the lid on the true costings

Protecting and regenerating soil - the fragile skin of the earth

Why you should be using native ponies for conservation grazing

Nature and Mental Wellbeing: The importance of a post-pandemic inclusive green wellbeing recovery

The case for an Environmental Rights Bill

Animals feel suffering, pain and joy too – animal sentience in law

Grasslands for climate

Invasive species: politics and public opinion

COP26: Beginnings of a green energy revolution for offshore wind

The Government’s Resources and Waste Strategy – everything you need to know

Can we harvest hope this Organic September?

Hope for Britain’s degraded biodiversity?

Government publishes (half) a draft Environment Bill

Making '30x30' meaningful

Walking – a simple solution to a big problem?

Bringing Rights Home – The Environmental Rights Bill

Recycling our land, for the sake of the countryside

Lead ammunition ban: Ongoing delay means ongoing harm

Ditching plastic? Don’t just paper over the cracks…

Parliamentary Inquiry Exposes Government's Inadequate Protection for Marine Mammals, Identifying Bycatch as the Primary Menace

One year on, is the Government delivering on the 25 Year Environment Plan?

Green recovery: a field guide

Our enigmatic seals are poorly protected by UK legislation, we’re supporting MPs’ recommendations to address this

Setting the right targets can help to save the planet

Trees on Farms: increasing agricultural ecosystem services from trees

How a mini-wetland revolution could help UK wildlife beat the heat and boost urban biodiversity

Philip Hammond must get drastic on plastic in the autumn budget

Setting the right targets can help to save the planet

Customers Count... when it comes to environmental investment

Thanks for the rejection - no, really!

The UK’s marine strategy is inadequate to restore our seas to good health and is in urgent need of reform

Eyes to the skies for the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch - 26-28 January 2019

A new report, for the first time, maps and quantifies the English North Sea’s carbon assets

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The Sustainable Farming Incentive offers a low-ambition starting point

Adapting to a changing climate – UK public concerned, but is government paying proper attention?

Making healthy waters become ‘business as usual’

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Native trees need to be at the heart of woodland expansion

Japan just asked the world a big question

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A threat to environmental justice

Ambition on Natural Capital recognised by Environmental Groups

Delivering for nature, climate and people: What the Government's response to the Glover Review must include

Target 100, Southern Water’s new approach to managing demand and protecting the environment

A critical time for National Parks – Government action needed

The upcoming protected landscapes consultation is a huge opportunity for nature recovery

Wildlife and Countryside Link publishes its first Bioenergy Position Statement

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Saving Lake Windermere - My statement on the Lake District water campaign

Toxic tides, troubled whales: the toll of chemical pollution

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Public access is a public good…isn’t it?

Making Biodiversity Net Gain a success

Watchdogs straining at the leash for a #BetterDealForAnimals

Duplicate of Moving to the 'Five Domains' model for assessing animal welfare

Nutrient negativity: the Government is planning to weaken legal protection for rivers

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A new era for our national landscapes

Iceland's Decision to Resume Whaling Raises Ethical and Environmental Concerns

Deal or No Deal – whatever the outcome, we need a #BetterDealForAnimals

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The House of Lords is debating whether leopards and elephants should be ‘harvested’ as hunting trophies

Requiem for a dolphin

UK lawmakers should extend Online Safety Bill protections to endangered wildlife

Britain’s Best Walking Neighbourhood 2019

Reusable packaging has huge environmental and financial benefits, so why are businesses lobbying so hard against it?

A year ago the Government committed to ban destructive fishing in four protected areas, yet with no progress on the water what has caused the delay?

Clean Waters, from Summit to Sea...

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To put nature in recovery, we must overturn the decision to allow bee-killing pesticides

It’s not enough to celebrate National Parks: we must give them a brighter future

The Local Green Space designation, a little-known but powerful tool for people and nature’s wellbeing

Speech by Hilary McGrady, Director General of the National Trust, at the launch of Natural England’s Nature Recovery Network Partnership

National Parks Minister: people power is making a difference to the National Parks

Game changer?

Is the Government's new Joint Fisheries Statement as transformational as we'd hoped for?

Getting a grip on urban invaders

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The campaign to secure legal protection from disturbance for seals

Nature can’t wait. We know the solutions, but our politicians must act now.

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We all need our personal space. So do whales and dolphins. It’s #RudeToIntrude

#ShowTheLove for nature this February

Save Water, Save Wildlife

Ensuring a sustainable future for water

Have your say, make packaging polluters pay!

Emerging Regional Water Resources Plans - Ten Observations from Blueprint for Water

Something momentous is happening. Is this the ‘Green Spring’?

Leaky Loos - a water wasting scandal!

The road to success for new Highly Protected Marine Areas

Local Nature Recovery Strategies - an opportunity to turn warm words into meaningful action

Enough is enough – it’s time for a total ban on peat use in horticulture

Why the royal birth and planetary health check are everyone’s business

We need less talk more action from UK governments on tackling whale and dolphin deaths in fishing gear

Using pigs in conservation grazing

UK’s biggest nature charities publish shared Nature Markets Principles to help build high integrity natural capital markets in the UK

Deposit return for a #CleanPlanet

Ask your MP to end badger cull cruelty on 21 March

Public access is a public good…isn’t it?

Forest foes: the invaders threatening our wonderful woodlands

Lurking beneath the surface: invasive species in freshwater

Government must aim higher on nature targets

The planning system & nature: What next?

Save our Seabirds from Island Invaders

Engaging farmers in the vital challenge of reversing the soil crisis

Nature Green Paper: What’s the Big Idea, DEFRA?

The species invading our seas

Rewilding the soil

The Government has been given a comprehensive plan to tackle wildlife crime – will it implement it?

Violation Tracker UK: Tracking the regulation of our waterways

Let's make our National Parks wilder

Why farming changes do not tick the box on cross compliance

Government should go beyond nutrient neutrality

Local Nature Recovery Strategies: Sowing the seeds for success

There can be no 'business as normal'

Grasping the low-hanging fruit: nitrogen reduction in soil

People want England’s National Parks and AONBs to be richer in nature

Mend Our Mountains

Healthy Soils, Healthy Food, Healthy People

Drawing a line in the sand on nature loss

Natural carbon-capturers - the neglected weapon in the climate fight

Whither the revolution? Reviewing the agricultural transition over a year in

Marine Protected Areas – more than just lines on a map?

World Soils Day: when is good soil management a public good?

Safeguarding our seafloors

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Our Big Plastic Count will create evidence the government cannot ignore, showing it's time to cut plastic production

New Tree Equity Score tool shows the connection between trees and health inequalities

Auditing Defra’s future farming programme: a crucial moment for farming and nature

The Nature Recovery Green Paper: A missed opportunity for species recovery

Transitioning to a PFAS-free economy: NGOs propose Action Plan to tackle forever chemicals

To be, or not to be a world leader in fisheries management?

UK Governments must seize opportunity to make fisheries truly sustainable

Will Biodiversity Net Gain improve English biodiversity? Results from the first evaluation of Net Gain, and what's next

Our rivers need a change of course

Human Rights Day 2023: Time to Recognise a Right to Clean Air for All

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Celebrating National Parks – and ensuring they deliver more for people, nature and climate

Going the extra mile for monitoring

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Future of UK seabirds on a cliff edge

Where-is-the-England-Peat-Strategy?

To level up access to nature we need to act for people as well as wildlife

The battle of contaminated UK seas has not yet been won

State-of-nature-amendment

Water neutral development - passing fad or here to stay?

Marine litter: Do something drastic, cut the plastic!

2021: The year of the hare

Environment Act targets for water must go further for nature’s recovery

Take action for wildlife on #CleanAirDay

The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill can deliver for nature

Changing minds and money

Farmers and conservationists on the same page about a brighter farming future

Nature is Not a Free Good

What's really going on with Japan's return to commercial whaling

Reversing the loss of biodiversity - what does it mean for the countryside?

The impact of INNS on trees and woodlands

Michael Gove asks: If not now, when?

The Year of the Ox: Reforming live animal transportation

We need to get tough on tackling bycatch

Protecting our seabirds, from the seabed up

Tackling the INNS in our gardens

Rewilding and mitigation of floods and droughts: how much do we know?

Natural flood management in future farming schemes – lessons from the Yorkshire Dales

Working in partnership to tackle floating pennywort

Ambitions of the GB Non-Native Species Strategy are undermined by lack of clarity on delivery

The invisible threat of chemical pollution

The Spending Review leaves a lot to be desired for nature and the economy

Rhododendron ponticum: a garden beauty and an ecological disaster

Pylon projects – what do they mean for nature?

Environmental Improvement Plan - update on our legal case

The Water Industry Price Review: Getting value for billpayers and the environment

Nature-positive pathways for each economic sector to boost nature

Businesses must pay for digital nature data – for equity and for action

World Animal Day - wildlife and conservation events from around the world

Helping wild plants to thrive, now and for future generations

Nature is a long-term investment, but that investment must be made now.

A big opportunity for small freshwaters? Why ponds, streams and small wetlands should be integrated into Local Nature Recovery Strategies

A Right to Clean Rivers Why the Environmental Rights Bill is Key to Saving the UK's Waterways

The annual update from Wildlife and Countryside Link into progress towards Global Biodiversity Targets.