07 Oct 2024
The annual update from Wildlife and Countryside Link (WCL) into progress in England on the target to protect 30% of land and sea for nature by 2030 (the “30×30 target”) has been published. Campaigners are calling for a rapid rescue package for nature – including designating more English waters as Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs). The annual […]
18 Sep 2024
An investigation by the Environment Agency into Severn Trent Water revealed that raw sewage from a blocked sewer had been discharged into a brook near Gloucester – impacting about 1.7km of the watercourse. The case has ended in the water company agreeing an Enforcement Undertaking (EU) with the Environment Agency and giving Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust […]
27 Oct 2022
A new project to create a new channel of the River Thames and restore long-lost wildlife habitat has been completed. The 450-metre watercourse in West Oxfordshire bypasses a manmade weir and will enable fish to swim along a 30km stretch of the Thames and spawn for the first time in more than a century. […]
13 Jul 2021
The Wildlife Trusts unveil new nature recovery projects – restoring peatlands, saltmarsh, kelp forests, chalk grassland, wetlands and woods – to store carbon. Today (8 July), a raft of new projects designed to help the UK tackle the climate and nature emergency is announced by The Wildlife Trusts. They focus on employing nature-based solutions to […]
30 Jun 2021
Helen Stace updates on the tragic state of the River Wye and the impact on our wildlife. The River Wye should be a proud and joyous example of a healthy river, considering that it is a notified Site of Special Scientific Interest and Special Area of Conservation, national and international designations intended to protect the […]
18 May 2021
edie piece conveys disappointment expressed by environmental charities, thought leaders and Green Party ‘Missed opportunity’ headline from the Independent Wildlife Trusts concerned about nature recovery and planning reform From the Guardian – Johnson’s planning laws an ‘utter disaster’, say countryside campaigners Following last week’s item on storm overflows, the Rivers Trust responds. PRESS RELEASE 11 […]
01 Jul 2020
The Wildlife Trusts have launched a new report, Let Nature Help. “All over the UK we are working to restore natural habitats that lock up carbon in our peatlands, meadows, forests and at sea, and to bring people closer to nature. The loss of nature and the climate crisis are inextricably linked, yet this is […]
12 May 2020
Ali Morse, Water Policy Manager at the Wildlife Trusts uses this blog to introduce the key pressures facing the water environment and how best they can be tackled using a holistic approach. May 2020 Managing the freshwater environment is indeed a tricky balance; we expect our waters to support wildlife, provide drinking supplies, take away […]