The Government announce a net zero target
The Wildlife Trusts welcome the Government’s decision to set a net zero target by 2050, in line with recommendations by the Committee on Climate Change. As the first major economy to do this, it’s…
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208,498 people back legal target for nature’s recovery
A petition calling for a legal target to halt the decline of nature by 2030 has been handed in to Rt Hon George Eustice MP, the Environment Secretary, today.
Will the Environment Act wastewater target deliver pollution-kicking, or box-ticking?
Water policy manager Ali Morse looks at why the target could fail to deliver improvements in the chalk stream reaches where it’s most needed.
New report calls for ambitious pesticide reduction target
Nation of insect champions needed to reverse insect decline
We need a target that will leave the next generation with more nature – not less.
The Government’s headline promise is to halt wildlife decline by 2030. But it cannot be enough to simply ‘halt decline’ – after we have lost so much, we need to start putting nature into recovery…
The Wildlife Trusts write to Defra about missed Environment Act targets*
The Wildlife Trusts have joined other nature charities in writing to the UK Government about its failure to publish required nature recovery targets by the stipulated deadline of Monday 31st…
Targets to improve rivers are at risk as farm funding pledges are watered down
Rivers are in a bad way – politicians must help farmers prevent pollution, writes Ali Morse...
New report reveals that nature-friendly farming budget is inadequate to meet climate and nature targets
- New report reveals that UK Government must significantly increase nature-friendly farming budget to meet climate and nature targets
- RSPB, National Trust and The Wildlife Trusts call…
New UK Government targets could mean less wildlife for future generations
The Wildlife Trusts urge people to take action for nature now
Rhetoric masks meagre nature recovery plans – The Wildlife Trusts say Government targets must aim higher
The Government has today published two major documents on nature protections and environmental targets – but The Wildlife Trusts say they will fail to stop nature’s decline, let alone enable it to…
The Wildlife Trusts urge for better plan as UK Government fails environmental targets again
Today, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) published its second annual report saying progress on around half the UK Government’s nature goals is either static or moving in the wrong…
Argent & sable
This striking black-and-white moth flies during the day in open woodlands, moorlands, and bogs. It's most common on Scottish moors.