What does the King's Speech mean for wildlife?
We are now almost a week on from the King’s Speech, which ushered in the opening of a new Parliament. The King’s Speech covered the plans and priorities of the new government, so what does this…
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An attack on nature
There are good weeks and bad ones – but the last seven days have been full of some seriously bad news for nature. The promises made by the government in their own 25 Year Environment Plan seem to…
The UK's energy security must be tackled alongside the nature and climate crises
We're in a time of great uncertainty and our actions in this decade will determine if we experience, or avoid, a catastrophic collapse in global biodiversity and runaway climate change.
The Environment Bill
For much of my career, getting airtime with politicians and other decision makers to talk seriously about the environment has been a largely depressing experience. In the face of devastating…
The Environment Act: a once in a generation opportunity for wildlife.
Lots of people get in touch with the Wildlife Trust with concerns about wildlife or habitats near to them being disturbed, damaged or destroyed. Most assume that such acts must be prohibited by…
The Wildlife Trusts call for major improvements to draft Environment Bill to put nature into recovery
The draft Environment Bill published by the Government on December 19th 2018 represents a weakening of existing environmental legislation. It will not tackle the serious environmental challenges…