Press releases

Press releases

Media enquiries can be sent to media@wcl.org.uk

Press releases are one channel for our members to raise awareness of joint sector issues. The latest press releases can be read here.

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Government’s watchdog highlights next Environmental Improvement Plan as “make or break” for wildlife, climate and people

Published on: 16 January 2025

Nature groups urge Government to “scale up, speed up, catch up and keep up” if they are to meet legally binding 2030 nature recovery target

Response to Government announcement on complete ban of bee-killing pesticides

Published on: 21 December 2024

Wildlife and Countryside Link reacts to today's news that holes in the ban on neonicotinoid pesticides will be closed

Nature-friendly planning reform needed as over half of English Local Authorities missed legal deadline on actions to restore nature

Published on: 13 December 2024

As new research, released today by Wildlife and Countryside Link reveals that overstretched and under-resourced English Local Authorities have been struggling to meet legal deadlines to consider the nature recovery action they need to take and the policies to support this; environmental groups launch the Wilder By Design campaign today calling on government to put nature at the heart of planning.

Response to publication of National Planning Policy Framework

Published on: 12 December 2024

Wildlife and Countryside Link reacts to today's publication of the National Planning Policy framework, calling for a plan-led approach to any release of greenbelt land that doesn't open the door to speculative development. Local Wildlife Sites, irreplaceable habitat & Local Nature Recovery Strategy priorities should all be off the table.

Biodiversity indicators in UK and England - reaction from Wildlife and Countryside Link

Published on: 10 December 2024

Wildlife and Countryside Link reacts to Biodiversity indicators in UK and England

Online giants to pay their fair share for electrical waste - reaction from Wildlife and Countryside Link

Published on: 10 December 2024

Wildlife and Countryside Link reacts to news of plans to make online giants pay towards recycling of electrical waste

Green groups unite with farmers in calls to fix farming system

Published on: 9 December 2024

Green groups unite with farmers in calls to fix farming system

Bee killing pesticides polluting the vast majority of English rivers

Published on: 2 December 2024

A new analysis of the latest official data from the Environment Agency has uncovered widespread river pollution linked to toxic neonicotinoid pesticides (neonics), known for their harmful effects on bees

Water company profits should not be soaring while performance for customers and the environment continues to fail

Published on: 29 November 2024

Water company profits should not be soaring while performance for customers and the environment continues to fail

Wildlife crime at worrying levels while convictions at an all-time low warn conservationists

Published on: 4 November 2024

Wildlife and Countryside Link's new 2023 Wildlife Crime Report found that wildlife crime levels have remained stubbornly high since a surge during the Covid-19 pandemic, with 4,735 incidents reported in 2023. There were increased instances of persecution, harm or death being reported for badgers, bats and marine mammals in 2023.

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