Published on: 29 September 2026
Wildlife crime remains at disturbingly high levels, with new figures revealing thousands of suspected offences against wild animals but fewer than 2% resulting in a conviction.
Read More...Published on: 17 September 2026
Today the Government has published the first draft Environmental Delivery Plan (EDP) under the new Nature Restoration Fund. The Norfolk EDP is intended to tackle nutrient pollution affecting the Broads and River Wensum, replacing site-by-site mitigation with a strategic approach in which developers pay a levy to fund larger-scale conservation measures, including river restoration, wetland creation, and management of fens and reedbeds.
Read More...Published on: 9 September 2026
New research commissioned by Wildlife and Countryside Link reveals that annual investment in protected nature sites needs to increase from around £1.1 billion today to approximately £2 billion to restore England’s protected places by 2042, the deadline for key Environment Act nature targets. This investment would also help deliver 30by30 – the commitment to protect and effectively manage 30% of England’s land and sea for nature by 2030.
Read More...Published on: 3 September 2026
Tomorrow (4 September), the Government has said that it will launch a major Call for Evidence on the rearing, release, and shooting of gamebirds in England. The review will take a welcome and much-needed look at the impacts of the shooting industry on nature and protected sites, animal welfare, biosecurity and disease, wildlife crime, and natural resources.
Read More...Published on: 17 August 2026
Today the Government has unveiled its new National Planning Policy Framework, setting the direction for planning and development across England.
Read More...Published on: 17 August 2026
New documentary and book lift the lid on one of Britain's biggest pollution scandals as campaigners demand an end to the toxic legacy – and warn that history is repeating itself.
Read More...Published on: 13 July 2026
Today the Government announces its Delivery Plan to protect 30% of land for nature by 2030. 30by30 is Target 3 of the Convention on Biological Diversity's Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and failure to achieve it will leave the UK in breach of its international commitment to halt and reverse nature loss. It will also leave British people more vulnerable to the most severe impacts of climate change. With only 4 years left until 2030, it is essential that this Delivery Plan sets out exactly how landscapes and landowners in England can contribute to 30by30.
Read More...Published on: 1 July 2026
Nature and climate charities are calling on the Government to put nature at the centre of plans to protect the UK from worsening heatwaves, flooding, drought, and food insecurity, following the publication of the Climate Change Committee’s latest adaptation report.
Read More...Published on: 24 June 2026
Today the Government announces the Farming Roadmap – a long-awaited plan which should set out the future direction of the agricultural sector. This is a massive opportunity for the Government to get farming right. Environmentalists have long been calling for more, and longer term, funding for Environmental Land Management schemes. This would help support farmers transition to more nature-friendly methods while maintaining profitable businesses. NGOs want to see farmers rewarded for healthier soils to capture more carbon, more trees for natural cooling and water retention, and less harmful chemicals sprayed on the land.
Read More...Published on: 16 June 2026
Hazardous and persistent chemical flame retardants have been found most English rivers, and at unsafe levels in all wildlife samples analysed, according to new analysis of Environment Agency and water industry data by The Rivers Trust and Wildlife and Countryside Link.
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