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- Putting nature at the heart of plans for farming and for water
- Environmental charities challenge Government on economic decisions
- Wildlife and Countryside Link appoints new Chair of Trustees
- Wildlife-rich areas must not suffer at the expense of land development
- 100 voluntary organisations Unite to Defend Nature
- Bee-killing Asian hornets could arrive in Britain soon
- Link statement about the EU Referendum
- Link response to EU Referendum result
- NGOs call for UK to defend nature as EU saves its flagship legislation
- Ballast convention reduces mitten crab threat, but it’s not the end of the story
- NGOs call for wildlife havens to be protected from new development
- The Repeal Bill: a huge opportunity to safeguard our environmental and animal welfare protections
- Environment groups welcome plastic pollution plans but urge caution on homes planning
- New report shows future farming needs the environment after Brexit
- Government creating gaping Brexit environmental legal loopholes warn charities
- Wildlife crimes going unpunished without proper reporting
- The weight of 3.3 million penguins in plastic waste – UK’s Christmas gift to the environment
- Environment charities welcome 25 Year Environment Plan, but an Environment Act needs to secure its success
- Forty animal charities call for Government to put words into action on Post-Brexit animal welfare
- UK leads the way to halt alarming number of EU fishing fleet dolphin deaths
- Government applauded for putting the environment at the heart of post-Brexit farming proposals
- Michael Gove’s hand in glove approach on farming and the environment is welcome
- Multi-billion pound bill from ‘nature invaders’ set to soar post-Brexit
- Scale of ‘packaging waste mountain’ to be climbed means legally-binding targets are essential – warn charities
- Gove getting drastic on plastic but manufacturers must shoulder responsibility to slash production
- Experts shine a light on invisible wildlife crime with a new annual report
- World-leading ambitions watered down on watchdog and environmental protection plans
- Plummeting butterflies and falling farming profits highlight the urgent need to support nature-friendly farming – warn charities
- ‘100,000 voices for nature can’t be ignored’ Charities meet with Green Party co-leader to call for action to stop nature’s collapse at the next election
- Huge nature, well-being and climate cost of coronavirus
- New environmental land management schemes welcomed
- Debate on global biodiversity commitments - environment groups warn the UK needs more than a wish list for nature
- Official figures reveal not one river or lake in England is in good health
- Wildlife and Countryside Link reacts to publication of storm overflow spill data for 2023
- New PM must ‘Restore Nature Now’ as one of top priorities
- remove-badger-blinkers
- Government focus on sustainable fishing welcomed but firm plans are needed
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- gold-standard-environment-pledge-tarnished-by-lack-of-environmental-Budget-measures
- Killer whale wipe out warning prompts calls for urgent Government action
- remove-badger-blinkers
- remove-badger-blinkers
- Clean Air Strategy: progress for wildlife and people on ammonia - the ‘poor cousin’ of air pollution
- New environmental scorecards reveal good news but gaps in water company five-year plans
- Phase-out single-use plastics by 2025 not 2042
- 36 animal welfare organisations warn of public dismay as animals become victims of Brexit
- British celebs send open letter to PM demanding a better Brexit deal for animals
- MPs push Gove to take action for animals post-Brexit
- SOS for sea-life - UK Marine Strategy shows spectacular failure to protect our seas
- Expanded Blue Belt welcomed - But Government must champion its protection
- A letter calling on UK Governments to Seas Our Future
- Saving the environment is more important to farmers than subsidising food productivity
- Celebrities and conservationists worldwide call for G20 ‘international intervention’ as Japan restarts commercial whaling
- Senior Defra adviser takes on top job at biggest environmental coalition in England
- Reports of crimes against wildlife continue to rise, reveals third annual wildlife crime report
- Resounding support for tripling UK budget for defences against ‘nature invaders’
- Government urged to make tackling climate and nature crises a top farming resolution
- Welcome return of the Agriculture Bill keeping the course for nature’s recovery
- Environment Bill a once-in-a-generation opportunity to help nature
- Wildlife and Countryside Link response to the shift in Government's bovine TB strategy
- Mayoral candidates urged to prioritise the environment for people and nature
- eNGOs challenge Government to do more to avoid hamstrung environment mission
- Welcome Government commitments towards closing our doors on nature invaders
- Government and the public urged to help turn the tide for our struggling seas on World Oceans Day
- Flatline on recycling rates puts pressure on for 2035 65% recycling target
- Twenty-five thousand jobs could be created through government investment in a green recovery
- Response to Prime Minister’s Dudley Speech
- Response to George Eustice’s Green Alliance Speech
- Wildlife and Countryside Link calls for ‘project speed’ to take a different direction
- Oversimplifying the planning system could speed up nature's decline
- Failure on global and UK nature targets a wake-up call that UK governments must answer
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- nature-invader-costs-to-economy-2020
- Government’s new farm funding scheme puts environmental ambitions for agriculture at risk
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- government-warned-nature-targets-will-be-missed-without-more-investment
- wildlife-crime-underworld-beneath-the-radar
- welcome-labour-green-recovery-proposals
- welcome-labour-green-recovery-proposals
- green-industrial-revolution-must-tackle-climate-and-nature-crises-together
- positive-steps--but-detail-needed-on-foggy-farming-future
- weak-ban-could-leave-englands-peatland-burning
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- state-of-nature-campaign-launches
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- farming-pilot-is-a-road-test-without-a-route-map
- green-nuggets-in-budget-but-not-green-recovery-hoped-for
- MPs receive nature ‘news from the future’ on April Fool’s Day
- Will the "Marine Super Year" bring a wave of successes?
- Nature coalition welcomes major milestone toward wildlife recovery
- Badger vaccination roll-out left lagging behind in bovine TB plans
- Welcome World Ocean Day action to protect our most vulnerable marine sites
- Environmentalists dismayed as DEFRA fails to set target to halt decline of nature
- Dasgupta-response-on-message-not-on-the-money
- New AONBs positive, but stronger nature duties and funding needed to bring protected landscapes to life
- Charities call out companies still selling climate-harming compost
- Welcome EAC report warns much more action is needed on nature loss
- Positive steps towards a nature-friendly farming future, but still a long road ahead
- Environmentalists warn of threat to seals and dolphins this summer
- Conservationists launch roadmap for restoring waters and wildlife
- Chancellor urged to commit at least £1.2bn annual nature funding ahead of climate talks
- New octopus, crab & lobster provisions put Animal Sentience Bill in better shape
- Welcome watchdog action to tackle illegal waste in our waters
- Rising reports of wildlife crimes during the pandemic spark fresh fears for beloved species
- “Don’t deregulate, designate” – say nature charities calling for bigger and better protected sites for wildlife
- Green charities deliver verdict on stalled “super year” for marine protection
- New mission for protected landscapes needs new means to flourish
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- government-must-aim-higher-on-environment-targets
- Nature-friendly farming reforms key to long-term food and farming security
- Shocking sewage overflows show urgent need to go further, faster, on water pollution
- Acceptance of key amendment by Government puts Judicial Review & Courts Bill in better shape
- Harmful air pollution levels leave millions of people breathing dirty air
- Call for new invasive species defences and for gardeners to ‘buy British’
- Queen’s speech: Levelling Up Bill could boost health, wellbeing and wildlife
- Government must heed warning or risk failing to meet ambition of 25 year environment plan
- Charities applaud a significant legal win for nature
- Good news for rivers as nutrient neutrality scheme launched, but nature campaigners call for stronger measures to restore wildlife
- Standing up for a nature-positive world MPs and Peers call for a strong UK leadership role at crucial UN Biodiversity Summit, COP15
- World Oceans Day call for action as three quarters of Brits say better protection for our ocean is needed
- Politicians come together to bring an end to toxic lead pollution
- Prioritise most climate-valuable sites in ocean protection plans urge experts
- Urgent action needed as peat burning ban and restoration measures miss the mark
- PM candidates urged to pledge on nature leadership.
- New UK whale protection commitment on whaling ban anniversary
- Report for parliamentary group concludes that ban on lead shot can be achieved by 2024
- A backwards step for the UK in fighting the climate and nature crisis - nature campaigners hit out at plans to drop retained EU laws for protecting the environment
- Joint route map launched to boost ethnic diversity in the environment sector
- Letter from nature campaigners warns Prime Minister of the impact of ripping up environmental protections
- Joint route map launched to boost ethnic diversity in the environment sector
- Record high wildlife crime levels could be worsened by new Government law warn wildlife campaigners
- PM challenged to fast-track not back-track on support for farmers and nature
- Green groups launch complaint against the Government after it misses its own legal deadline to set new legally binding environmental targets
- What a Christmas Waste!
- Legal right to nature vital to public health
- Maintain UK nature laws or risk losing our iconic wildlife
- "A job half done" - Wildlife and Countryside Link reacts to publication of new environment targets
- Gaps may be left in toxic forever chemical regulation reforms warn nature experts
- Gold standard of ocean protection must not be tarnished by loss of pilot sites
- Leaders of environmental organisations meet with Sir Keir Starmer
- “An economic and environmental wrecking ball” – new figures reveal ripping up of retained EU laws could cost £82bn for the UK
- "The days of fluffy wish lists must end" - Wildlife and Countryside Link reacts to Progress on Environmental Improvement Plan
- "Defra must be far braver and more generous in supporting regenerative agriculture with a whole farm approach" - Link reacts to farming announcement from Defra
- “New species funding must be more than a flash in the pan” – Wildlife and Countryside Link reacts to Environment Improvement Plan
- New Green Infrastructure Framework is an opportunity to brighten millions of lives
- Young Londoners encouraged to apply to get paid to protect the planet
- Wildlife and Countryside Link reacts to COP28 Nature Day announcements from Government
- Huge nature access gap must be bridged to meet Government's 15-minute nature promise
- UK falling behind in fight against toxic forever chemicals
- "Only a well-focused, well-resourced and far-reaching plan will turn the tide for nature" - Link reacts to the Plan for Water
- Legal targets on sewage welcomed, but urgent need remains for action on all sources of pollution
- Ban foreign soil imports to help save British wildlife – warn nature experts
- Environment Agency report another mark of shame for water companies
- Nature 2030 campaign launches
- Charities warn of triple failure on nature protection ahead of key Parliamentary vote
- “Government has no credible plan” – reaction to report on progress towards goal of protecting 30% of England for nature
- ‘No evidence’ that the Government is on track to meet crucial 2030 nature target
- More than half of Brits say their community has poor air, water or nature quality" – experts demand new legal right to a healthy environment for all
- Devolution of environment policy in jeopardy, say NGOs
- PFAS pollution warning signal in freshwater fish
- Low convictions allowing wildlife crime to go unpunished, say nature groups
- Wildlife and Countryside Link reacts to COP28 Nature Day announcements from Government
- Wildlife and Countryside Link reacts to COP28 Nature Day announcements from Government
- Double down on delivery or Government nature targets will just be daydreams, says environment coalition
- Government grants use of banned pesticide for fourth consecutive year
- Frontrunner councils show that Biodiversity Net Gain can be more than a glorified offsetting scheme
- Environment coalition welcomes steps on sandeels and Marine Protected Areas
- Domestic action needed to get UK back on track as international nature leader at COP16
- Wildlife and Countryside Link welcomes Government review of Environmental Improvement Plan
- Government grants use of banned pesticide for fourth consecutive year
- Government grants use of banned pesticide for fourth consecutive year
- Wildlife and climate campaigners unite in what could be the biggest ever march for nature
- Extreme weather is opening the floodgates to nature invaders in the UK
- Nature charities back UK pressing ahead with world-leading sandeel protections, despite EU legal pressure
- Charities meet with Liberal Democrat environmental spokesperson to call for General Election commitments to stop nature’s collapse
- Main parties to go head-to-head on plans to recover nature and tackle climate crisis at major hustings event
- Politicians are not doing enough to protect the environment for future generations say UK public
- Environment groups challenge political parties’ plans to halt wildlife decline
- To unblock development, parties must prioritise nature and climate, say environmental charities
- Hair and blood of UK politicians and environmentalists polluted by harmful chemicals
- General Election hustings held on environmental policy
- Chris Packham, celebrities and wildlife CEOs issue rallying cry to UK nature-lovers
- 60,000 people march to parliament to demand politicians Restore Nature Now
- It’s time to hold water and sewerage companies to account for their environmental performance
- Environmental Groups call for Lords to ‘back the bill’ calling for a Green Duty
- Environmental experts and industry call on Chancellor to invest in environmental planning expertise
- Just 2% of water company budget to be spent on natural infrastructure to help pollution-hit environment
- Urgent UK nature rescue plan needed around COP16 talks to plug massive 30x30 target gap
- ‘Don’t let our chance to restore Britain’s rivers go down the drain’
- Wildlife crime at worrying levels while convictions at an all-time low
- Water company profits should not be soaring while performance for customers and the environment continues to fail
- Bee killing pesticides polluting the vast majority of English rivers
- Online giants to pay their fair share for electrical waste - reaction from Wildlife and Countryside Link
- Biodiversity indicators in UK and England - reaction from Wildlife and Countryside Link
- Eagle Eye on the Environment
- Blog
- Hello and welcome
- Will you help to #SaveOurWaters?
- Saving our waters shouldn't be a dream
- 4 reasons why I have fallen in love with rivers
- Natural drainage: a whole lot more than drains
- Confusion reigns over water quality figures
- EU rules reveal English rivers run dirty and dry
- Saving Water through WaterSocial
- Water experts urge Lords to fight for flood resilient homes in affordable houses debate
- Water management that manages both flooding and drought
- Soil is as important as air and water
- What the EU referendum means for water
- Discover Water – an online dashboard for household customers
- Wet wipes turn nasty when you flush them
- The National Flood Resilience Review - does it live up to its name?
- Invaders, water quality and large scale water transfers
- 21st Century Drainage Programme - Protecting health, supporting communities, securing the environment now and for the future
- Changing the status quo – will it reduce flood risk?
- Ensuring water companies deliver for nature
- New website for customers to see how their water companies are performing
- The Government responds to the EFRA Committee’s Flood Report
- Natural Flood Management
- SuDS and Sovereignty: Parliament pushes back on impermeable paving!
- Bringing farmland ponds to the fore in agri-environment schemes
- The importance of our Natural Infrastructure
- Taking Action to Save Water
- Sustainable Shores – Are we doing enough to address habitat loss at our coast?
- Water resilient cities and schools
- Environmental Priorities for Future Water Company Investment
- Unique Opportunity to Tackle Deepseated Failures in Water Management
- What has water efficiency ever done for us - and what could it do…?
- More than just a meter
- Making the case for catchment management
- Protecting water through catchment management
- Resilient Water – How to Manage Our Precious Water Resources
- Ground breaking multi-sector approach to long term water resource planning
- Pollution - The biggest problem facing our freshwater environment
- Preventing Pollution – progress towards a better environment
- We need to protect the environment for future generations
- Where have the rivers gone?
- Hell or High Water – Tackling flooding and drought together with nature
- #binit4beaches to keep our bathing waters clean
- Microplastics research finds more than half of those released remain on land
- Making a Great 25 Year Plan for the Environment
- If you can’t measure it, how can you manage it?
- Welcome New Farming Rules for Water
- PR19 – what’s in it for the environment?
- Christmas reflections, passions and hope for 2018
- Solving the surface water problem naturally
- Greater effort needed to restore our valuable coastal habitats
- Putting housing over heritage threatens rural democracy and wildlife
- British public want strong laws to protect the ocean after Brexit
- Turtles in a tangle
- Taking our future into our own hands
- The forgotten sector
- It's time to make our National Parks wilder
- At home with nature
- Water neutral development - passing fad or here to stay?
- Engaging farmers in the vital challenge of reversing the soil crisis
- Game changer?
- Ivory ban challenge, dismissed for a second time
- Time to Fix the Broken Water Sector
- Duplicate of Moving to the 'Five Domains' model for assessing animal welfare
- Something momentous is happening. Is this the ‘Green Spring’?
- Save Water, Save Wildlife
- Government publishes (half) a draft Environment Bill
- Newts and Project Speed
- Riskier Business
- Restoring nature locally can help combat climate change
- Beat the blues with blue spaces
- Protecting our waters could bring our threatened animals back from the brink
- Prioritising UK Wildlife Crime
- The next chapter in the story of species decline
- INNSpiring change in biosecurity
- Filling the gaps to protect our sealife
- Connecting the dots between land and sea
- High temperatures and high demand lead to environment lows for our rivers
- Marine Protected Areas for now, the future and beyond.
- A whale too far for Icelandic whaling
- The customer's voice as a tool to protect the environment
- Change is on the horizon for National Parks
- Wildlife crime policing strategy a big step forward
- Celebrating our seas in National Marine Week
- We need more than beach cleans to stem the plastic tide
- Time to stop cheating cheetahs
- Will Government take the chance to deliver on its promises for the environment?
- No Drifting Back – Joint-working on Water is Key to Build on Environmental Achievements
- Turning water innovation into everyday environmental benefit
- Whaling without purpose: The unjustifiable commercial pursuit of peaceful ocean giants
- It’s time to act now or never for British wildlife. Caring is not enough.
- Judicial review – a blunt tool for badger protection
- Judicial review – a blunt tool for badger protection
- Collaboration across water planning, policy and practice
- The International Whaling Commission: Conservation in the 21st Century
- The case for controlled Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling
- Making the future of UK fisheries bycatch-free
- Our global oceans, our global responsibility
- Why the flow of open and shared data is vital in protecting our waters
- Trailblazing initiatives needed to make the waters fine for the environment and customers
- Clean Water - the vital ingredient
- Why should Labour care about food, farming and the countryside?
- PCBs: An invisible, but whale sized problem
- Eyes to the skies for the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch - 26-28 January 2019
- A drop in the ocean
- Keeping a flash of blue a treasured sight on our riverbanks
- Suffering salmon: A temperature-gauge for our worryingly low water-flow
- Wanted: the Orange-spotted emerald - stolen from future generations
- Better implementation and enforcement of nature laws needed
- Britain’s Best Walking Neighbourhood 2019
- Clear Access, Clear Waters
- A Zero Carbon Countryside
- Celebrating National Tree Week: The UK’s largest festival of trees
- Let’s beat wildlife crime
- Animals feel suffering, pain and joy too – animal sentience in law
- Protecting and regenerating soil - the fragile skin of the earth
- The Government’s Resources and Waste Strategy – everything you need to know
- Ditching plastic? Don’t just paper over the cracks…
- One year on, is the Government delivering on the 25 Year Environment Plan?
- Philip Hammond must get drastic on plastic in the autumn budget
- Customers Count... when it comes to environmental investment
- Making healthy waters become ‘business as usual’
- Japan just asked the world a big question
- National Parks Minister: people power is making a difference to the National Parks
- Ambition on Natural Capital recognised by Environmental Groups
- Target 100, Southern Water’s new approach to managing demand and protecting the environment
- Watchdogs straining at the leash for a #BetterDealForAnimals
- The plight of wildbirds is a warning call for us all
- A new era for our national landscapes
- Deal or No Deal – whatever the outcome, we need a #BetterDealForAnimals
- We all need our personal space. So do whales and dolphins. It’s #RudeToIntrude
- Clean Waters, from Summit to Sea...
- It’s not enough to celebrate National Parks: we must give them a brighter future
- Have your say, make packaging polluters pay!
- Getting a grip on urban invaders
- Michael Gove asks: If not now, when?
- Why the royal birth and planetary health check are everyone’s business
- Deposit return for a #CleanPlanet
- Forest foes: the invaders threatening our wonderful woodlands
- Lurking beneath the surface: invasive species in freshwater
- Save our Seabirds from Island Invaders
- The species invading our seas
- Mend Our Mountains
- There can be no 'business as normal'
- UK Governments must seize opportunity to make fisheries truly sustainable
- Marine Protected Areas – more than just lines on a map?
- Safeguarding our seafloors
- Auditing Defra’s future farming programme: a crucial moment for farming and nature
- The largest destruction of a protected species in living memory
- The battle of contaminated UK seas has not yet been won
- Going the extra mile for monitoring
- Future of UK seabirds on a cliff edge
- Marine litter: Do something drastic, cut the plastic!
- Take action for wildlife on #CleanAirDay
- What's really going on with Japan's return to commercial whaling
- Farmers and conservationists on the same page about a brighter farming future
- Reversing the loss of biodiversity - what does it mean for the countryside?
- We need to get tough on tackling bycatch
- We must fix our rivers before it's too late
- The invisible threat of chemical pollution
- Why we should #MakeFoodKinder to help animals and the planet
- Shifting the debate from plastics to resources and waste
- Brexit and the Precautionary Principle
- Why beach cleans are so important
- Our designated landscapes can be leaders – we need to ensure it happens
- How thriving oceans can help to defend us against climate change
- FSC Friday: What’s in a label?
- Review the environmental cost of HS2
- Queen’s speech: twelve words to watch for
- Bovine TB - it’s not all black and white
- Our farming future is key to balancing our carbon budget
- Commitments we need to hear at the Oxford Farming Conferences
- Pervasive pesticides: the cocktail effect
- Environment Bill: praise today; raise ambition tomorrow
- Brexit deregulatory power-grab tucked into Environment Bill
- Government remain unable to report on extent of wildlife crime
- Parliamentary debate on massive scale nature restoration to help stop climate breakdown
- Treasury must treat invasive species like the ticking time bomb they are
- Diversity is vital in our environment and in the debate about its future
- Leaky Loos - it’s going down the pan!
- A Blue Christmas
- Agriculture Bill 2020: Do good things come to those who wait?
- Whaling in the time of covid-19
- Managing land for butterflies and moths in England
- Get out walking this winter
- Food choice and change
- From packaging to porpoises, how forever chemicals in the food aisle impact our environment
- 8 steps to woodlands for climate, nature and people
- A thriving countryside for all: getting the policies right
- Join the search to save thousands of miles of lost historic paths
- New report reveals major gaps in environmental protections post-EU Exit for soils and hedgerows
- Our right to challenge environmental decisions at risk
- The devil’s in the detail for future farming aspirations
- The Reforming Regulation Initiative – deregulatory déjà vu?
- Our Natural World: are we willing to meet the challenges ahead?
- Hope for the planet
- The fight for a more natural capital must go on
- For wildlifes sake, let's not get back to normal
- The sorry state of our water environment
- A green recovery: growing back better
- We need a tree strategy for England that delivers for carbon, nature and people
- What does Covid-19 mean for food, farming and nature?
- Why now is the time for a Fur Free Britain
- High standards trade – protecting our planet
- Brits count down the days until they can get back to the coast
- Putting equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of eNGOs
- A World Oceans Day to remember
- Setting the new environmental land management scheme in England up for success
- Urgent action needed to stop porpoises dying in nets in UK seas
- Why we need to change course if we are to restore our waters
- A small change, but a big impact for people, animals and the planet
- Counting your lucky stars?
- On the Conservation of Agro Biodiversity – because cows are part of nature too
- Whither Environmental Land Management in England?
- Who should pay to restore nature?
- A green, reusable and refillable recovery
- Call for a National Nature Service
- New research shows huge public support for putting nature at the heart of Coronavirus recovery plans
- We need to give cigarette butts the boot
- Make clean ponds to save freshwater biodiversity
- Everyone hates Bovine Tuberculosis
- The Time Is Now lobby: A new day for democracy - a new start for nature?
- “More haste less Project Speed”: one week for a Green Recovery recovery.
- Resilience and Hope
- The England Tree Strategy – a new start?
- The EU gets tough on dolphin deaths
- The first starling - we can all play our part in protecting nature
- Planning for nature: can zonal planning deliver the 25 Year Environment Plan?
- A National Nature Service
- The Environment Bill: Importance of Information
- The importance of species’ status data in developing strategies and plans
- Using data to conserve species – what we’re learning from ‘newt counting’
- Green recovery: a field guide
- The importance of setting standards to support Environment Bill delivery
- Going for bold!
- Meeting biodiversity information needs - linking up local delivery with national monitoring
- Democratising the environment - access to information is at its core
- To improve water quality, we need high quality environmental data
- Our “Climate Change Act moment”: targets for nature
- 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
- What does it mean when a whole community of scientists from across the world calls for urgent action on whale, dolphin and porpoise conservation?
- Standing at a crossroads for humanity and nature
- Shouting the benefits of healthy oceans from the rooftops of Parliament
- Water quality: the true story
- Why you should be using native ponies for conservation grazing
- Invasive species: politics and public opinion
- Can we harvest hope this Organic September?
- Making '30x30' meaningful
- Setting the right targets can help to save the planet
- Setting the right targets can help to save the planet
- Thanks for the rejection - no, really!
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- Anglers-against-pollution
- taking-action-to-end-factory-farming-this-worldveganday
- no-more-delays-on-animal-welfare
- endsewagepollution-coalition-want-your-mp-to-pipe-up
- green-spaces-access-for-all
- The-Big-Climate-Fightback
- which-bees-need-saving
- Requiem for a dolphin
- the-knowledge-attitudes-and-practices-challenge-for-water-efficiency
- Speech by Hilary McGrady, Director General of the National Trust, at the launch of Natural England’s Nature Recovery Network Partnership
- getting-the-right-balance-from-our-land
- The Year of the Ox: Reforming live animal transportation
- Ensuring a sustainable future for water
- Leaky Loos - a water wasting scandal!
- Local Nature Recovery Strategies - an opportunity to turn warm words into meaningful action
- We need less talk more action from UK governments on tackling whale and dolphin deaths in fishing gear
- Using pigs in conservation grazing
- Natural carbon-capturers - the neglected weapon in the climate fight
- Healthy Soils, Healthy Food, Healthy People
- Rewilding the soil
- Grasping the low-hanging fruit: nitrogen reduction in soil
- World Soils Day: when is good soil management a public good?
- Where-is-the-England-Peat-Strategy?
- Poisoning-the-Environment-to-Make-Ourselves-Ill?
- hope-for-our-farming-future
- bats-in-churches-midnight-en-masse
- Will Biodiversity Net Gain improve English biodiversity? Results from the first evaluation of Net Gain, and what's next
- Improving health and wellbeing for all Londoners
- How the next Mayor of London can clear the air on pollution
- Ending dolphin, porpoise and whale deaths in UK fishing gear
- emergency-tree-fund
- State-of-nature-amendment
- Changing minds and money
- 2021: The year of the hare
- Nature is Not a Free Good
- Protecting our seabirds, from the seabed up
- Natural flood management in future farming schemes – lessons from the Yorkshire Dales
- London leadership for climate change action
- The Charter for Parks: Championing London’s parks for nature and people
- What is Beauty?
- #StateofNature: join the fight to stop the destruction of nature by 2030
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- stand-up-for-badgers
- Countdown to the COPs
- The fight for 'A More Natural Capital' continues
- Public money for private gain? Dissonance in Defra’s approaches to forestry and farming
- The science, cross-party peers and the Minister agree: heather burning is bad for peat
- World Water Day - valuing water for people and nature
- The cost of exempting Major Infrastructure Projects from Biodiversity Net Gain
- Recognising and rewarding the people protecting our National Parks
- Tackling waste, water and light pollution in London
- Why ocean recovery is a missing piece of the climate change puzzle
- Good green growth in London - developing with nature in mind
- Turning the tide on single-use plastic pollution in London
- The Countryside Code
- 'Goodbye Bycatch' campaign – what have we achieved and what’s next?
- Every tree matters in London: embracing natural solutions in the fight against climate change
- The state of woods and trees
- London needs less concrete and more nature
- Planning should be at the heart of reaching net zero
- Invasion of the Bug and Fly Snatchers
- Bovine TB plans are still bad news for badgers
- Why we’re launching a marine scorecard for Defra
- Ministers must urgently reform our marine planning system this Marine Super Year
- Why we’re calling for new ocean and nature targets
- The Government must deliver action on new Highly Protected Marine Areas in 2021
- Taking Action to Reverse Nature Decline Now Will Offer Good Jobs for a Green Recovery
- Blue Carbon solutions to climate change need action in the ‘Marine Super Year’
- The fight for 'A More Natural Capital' continues
- A renewed social contract with UK farming to help secure a healthy environment for all
- Is the Environment Agency doing its job?
- Wild Fish: the importance of scientific evidence, as well as cultural and community initiatives, in seeking to save wild salmon
- The Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill
- Three decades of sediment contamination and the need to address hidden sources for clean and healthy seas
- The Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill: Progress at long last, with further still to go
- Nature-Positive Planning and the Mental Health Connection
- INNS impacts on the UK's offshore islands
- 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
- Does the government’s long-awaited England Peat Action Plan deliver?
- Tackling Invasive Non-Native Species
- We need to demand more for our marine turtles and their habitats
- 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
- The three essential features of a State of Nature target
- The Environmental Assessment we need
- England Trees Action Plan: Welcome measures, but long term vision needed
- The Habitats Regulations at Risk
- Hope in a time of Anxiety
- Lifting Baseline Syndrome: The tide of ocean restoration should now lift us all
- A call for a truly ambitious Seabird Conservation Strategy
- Species abundance target: what’s in a word?
- Chemical pollution, the other driver of the nature crisis
- We need to talk about ALAN
- When will the government realise that National Parks hold the key to tackling climate change?
- the-route-to-success-for-new-highly-protected-marine-areas
- What legal change do we need for Nature to be truly protected?
- Securing the full traceability of pets across Europe
- Guiding the restoration of our rare wildflower meadows
- Towards an effective environmental information infrastructure
- Adopting a humane approach to all species: Bug sentience
- Demanding more for the water environment
- The health, wellbeing and prosperity of nature and people are inextricable
- Shaping local food systems to deliver for people and nature
- Why we need to rethink burning trees for electricity
- Are vital farming reforms in peril?
- Celebrating the Autumn Equinox
- Time to deliver a Planning Bill that works for people and nature
- Nature and the economy: how can we prosper within planetary limits?
- One year on from the Leaders Pledge for Nature
- What is inclusion?
- How can citizen science support Blueprint for Water?
- Celebrating National Badger Day during a tough time for badgers
- Gene editing for livestock is not the answer, rare breeds are
- Power to the People to Revive our Rivers
- Weekly volunteering on Skomer Island
- Digging deeper during the Agricultural Transition
- Protest, Free speech and environmental defenders
- A Global Agreement for Nature
- How rewilding can help build a Nature-Based Economy
- Concerted action is needed on Environmental Rights
- It’s-time-to-get-ELM-right
- A nature positive UK? Not without new money for nature in this week’s Spending Review
- Environmental Land Management is too important to fail, but risks remain
- Native trees need to be at the heart of woodland expansion
- Ahead of COP26, Boris Johnson has recognised the flaws in our recycling system, now he must rapidly act to tackle the waste crisis
- The UK’s marine strategy is inadequate to restore our seas to good health and is in urgent need of reform
- Wildlife & Countryside Act: 40 years old today
- Our climate needs nature
- Hopes and aims for COP26 and beyond
- Coastal habitats for climate change adaptation at COP26
- Whales, trees and butterflies – how WDC is giving a voice to the ocean at COP26
- Build Back Wetter after COP26
- Tackling storm overflows - lifting the lid on the true costings
- COP26: Beginnings of a green energy revolution for offshore wind
- Nature and Mental Wellbeing: The importance of a post-pandemic inclusive green wellbeing recovery
- Grasslands for climate
- Hope for Britain’s degraded biodiversity?
- Walking – a simple solution to a big problem?
- People want England’s National Parks and AONBs to be richer in nature
- Recycling our land, for the sake of the countryside
- A critical time for National Parks – Government action needed
- A new report, for the first time, maps and quantifies the English North Sea’s carbon assets
- Trees on Farms: increasing agricultural ecosystem services from trees
- The King of the Jungle needs our help – why a ban on hunting trophy imports is long overdue
- A threat to environmental justice
- The Sustainable Farming Incentive offers a low-ambition starting point
- Delivering for nature, climate and people: What the Government's response to the Glover Review must include
- The upcoming protected landscapes consultation is a huge opportunity for nature recovery
- Saving Lake Windermere - My statement on the Lake District water campaign
- Public access is a public good…isn’t it?
- Emerging Regional Water Resources Plans - Ten Observations from Blueprint for Water
- Is the Government's new Joint Fisheries Statement as transformational as we'd hoped for?
- The Local Green Space designation, a little-known but powerful tool for people and nature’s wellbeing
- 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?
- To put nature in recovery, we must overturn the decision to allow bee-killing pesticides
- The Nature Recovery Green Paper: A missed opportunity for species recovery
- Ask your MP to end badger cull cruelty on 21 March
- The campaign to secure legal protection from disturbance for seals
- #ShowTheLove for nature this February
- From Bonn to Sharm el Sheikh: the road to COP27
- The Government has been given a comprehensive plan to tackle wildlife crime – will it implement it?
- The road to success for new Highly Protected Marine Areas
- Enough is enough – it’s time for a total ban on peat use in horticulture
- Government must aim higher on nature targets
- Nature Green Paper: What’s the Big Idea, DEFRA?
- Let's make our National Parks wilder
- Government should go beyond nutrient neutrality
- Drawing a line in the sand on nature loss
- Whither the revolution? Reviewing the agricultural transition over a year in
- Our Big Plastic Count will create evidence the government cannot ignore, showing it's time to cut plastic production
- Our rivers need a change of course
- To be, or not to be a world leader in fisheries management?
- Celebrating National Parks – and ensuring they deliver more for people, nature and climate
- To level up access to nature we need to act for people as well as wildlife
- Tackling the INNS in our gardens
- Environment Act targets for water must go further for nature’s recovery
- Levelling up Blue Spaces
- The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill can deliver for nature
- The impact of INNS on trees and woodlands
- Working in partnership to tackle floating pennywort
- Will the new world-leading ivory ban effectively bring an end to the ivory trade in the UK?
- Recovering ‘Ratty’ - why we can’t shy away from tackling invasive American mink
- Biosecurity for LIFE: protecting seabirds from invasive predators
- Further and faster: the best way forward for sustainable farming and food security
- Half of Britain’s butterfly species on new Red List
- Is there a future for farming under ELMS?
- We need political fuel on the fire to halt waste incineration
- Greening the Blue – Ocean recovery and blue carbon
- Crucial Convention on Biological Diversity meetings come to a close
- The Big Butterfly Count 2022
- Saving the Whales Again: Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the International Whaling Commission’s global ban on commercial whaling and looking ahead
- Five ways to raise our game on diversity and racial justice
- UK Government must use the opportunity of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill to embed the right to a healthy environment in domestic law
- River basin management plans – a levelling-up opportunity
- We must increase our resilience to drought to protect people and nature from running out of water
- Levelling up by restoring vulnerable & damaged floodplains
- Levelling up on water efficiency
- The case for nutrient negativity
- Fix the Fells: Winners of the Park Protector Awards 2022
- Chemical Pollution: The Silent Killer of UK Rivers
- The UK’s new ‘Bycatch Mitigation Initiative’ is strong on words but light on action
- Woodcocks need our help
- The Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan: A missed opportunity to truly recover our waterways
- Levelling Up National Parks and AONBs
- Local Nature Recovery Strategies: We will reap what we sow
- When will the UK governments roll out fishing vessel monitoring given the benefits for wildlife, fishers and the consumer?
- Let’s wake up and act on water efficiency
- The three pillars of success needed for Defra's farming review
- Regulation is a public good not a dirty word
- Paddlers’ Code will help people enjoy and protect our waterways
- As the cost of living crisis hits, the Government must cut the cost of sustainable packaging
- A World Richer in Nature: a rallying call for the UK to deliver a decade of action
- Nature and business are not at war
- The Retained EU Law Bill should be withdrawn
- How should DEFRA catch up on its breach of the Environment Act targets duty?
- Expanding the freedom to roam
- The Governments flagship Highly Protected Marine Area programme is stalling, heres how to get things back on track
- The Government must go for gold in defending our Marine Protected Areas
- The case for an Environmental Rights Bill
- Shaking up the system on toxic chemical cocktails
- Meeting the objectives of the Storm Overflow Discharge Reduction Plan is not enough
- Energy planning improved but still doesn’t power nature’s recovery
- When it comes to tackling the biodiversity crisis, international scientific collaboration is a must
- We need a new vision for the road ahead
- Natural capital: The view from a small family farm
- Green Space Index finds more access to local parks required
- How can the Government 'level up' access to nature for everyone?
- Where is our water coming from?
- “A goal without a plan is just a wish”: How updated Management Plans for protected landscapes can drive nature recovery
- Keep Beavering away!
- Bringing Rights Home – The Environmental Rights Bill
- Lead ammunition ban: Ongoing delay means ongoing harm
- Parliamentary Inquiry Exposes Government's Inadequate Protection for Marine Mammals, Identifying Bycatch as the Primary Menace
- Our enigmatic seals are poorly protected by UK legislation, we’re supporting MPs’ recommendations to address this
- How a mini-wetland revolution could help UK wildlife beat the heat and boost urban biodiversity
- Adapting to a changing climate – UK public concerned, but is government paying proper attention?
- Toxic tides, troubled whales: the toll of chemical pollution
- Wildlife and Countryside Link publishes its first Bioenergy Position Statement
- Reusable packaging has huge environmental and financial benefits, so why are businesses lobbying so hard against it?
- Making Biodiversity Net Gain a success
- The House of Lords is debating whether leopards and elephants should be ‘harvested’ as hunting trophies
- Nutrient negativity: the Government is planning to weaken legal protection for rivers
- UK lawmakers should extend Online Safety Bill protections to endangered wildlife
- Iceland's Decision to Resume Whaling Raises Ethical and Environmental Concerns
- Local Nature Recovery Strategies: Sowing the seeds for success
- Nature can’t wait. We know the solutions, but our politicians must act now.
- Rewilding and mitigation of floods and droughts: how much do we know?
- UK’s biggest nature charities publish shared Nature Markets Principles to help build high integrity natural capital markets in the UK
- Public access is a public good…isn’t it?
- The planning system & nature: What next?
- Violation Tracker UK: Tracking the regulation of our waterways
- Why farming changes do not tick the box on cross compliance
- New Tree Equity Score tool shows the connection between trees and health inequalities
- Transitioning to a PFAS-free economy: NGOs propose Action Plan to tackle forever chemicals
- Human Rights Day 2023: Time to Recognise a Right to Clean Air for All
- More trees please
- Where are we heading on sewage pollution?
- Restore the Downs! A vision for the ecological restoration of the chalk landscape from Eastbourne to Brighton and beyond.
- Ambitions of the GB Non-Native Species Strategy are undermined by lack of clarity on delivery
- Make access to nature at school a statutory right
- What can we do about the impact of neonicotinoids?
- Outdoors For All Manifesto sets out a vision for a natural health service that is free and available for all
- Getting Sustainable Solutions for Water and Nature to take flight
- Blood tests reveal EU politicians’ exposure to “forever chemicals”, a silent threat to public health
- If the UK wants to solve our plastic waste problems, we must limit production
- Police and Crime Commissioner elections: Putting wildlife crime in the spotlight
- Ultra-Processed Britain: time for a political response
- Invasive American Mink and the Plight of Britain’s Water Voles
- Game changers in giving nature a voice
- A new focus on small waters would drive fast, cost-effective progress towards our nature recovery goals
- Supporting farmers in the agricultural transition: Creating a better future for farming with a pay rise for nature
- A Healthy Environment is Vital for Thriving Sport
- Action to save our seabirds is needed now more than ever with five new species added to the Red List
- The future of farming: the need for joined up support
- A fresh start for England’s Environmental Land Management schemes?
- The troubling reality lurking below the surface of our Marine Protected Areas
- A win for nature: Amending the Crown Estate Bill
- How nature in education can benefit teachers and students
- Think Global Act Local: The latent power of the LNRSs to deliver global targets
- District Level Licensing won’t work for bats, not all species are the same
- The Spending Review leaves a lot to be desired for nature and the economy
- Pylon projects – what do they mean for nature?
- Rhododendron ponticum: a garden beauty and an ecological disaster
- 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
- Helping wild plants to thrive, now and for future generations
- World Animal Day - wildlife and conservation events from around the world
- 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
- COP promises on forests must be delivered, at home and overseas
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