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Government risks breaking the law over plans to weaken nature protections
This week The Wildlife Trusts wait to hear whether the Government will weaken some of nature’s strongest protections, including slashing the habitats regulations and rules affecting national parks…
Recovery of nature must be at heart of government’s proposals for future farming
Call to recognise the value of wild places as government consultation closes
MPs warn Government that countryside and farming are at risk
A new report by a parliamentary committee published today warns Government that environmental protections must not be weakened after Brexit. The Wildlife Trusts respond...
Watchdog or lapdog? A test of the Government's commitment to nature
With an announcement due any day on a new Environment Bill, Russell Cooper, Public Affairs Manager at The Wildlife Trusts, shares his expectations of the Government at this critical time for the…
Government’s planning reforms must address the nature and climate crisis
The Wildlife Trusts call for a new designation – Wildbelt – to allow nature’s recovery
Public urged to rewild planning system by responding to consultation
Nature must be at the heart of the Government’s vision for energy and food security
The UK Government is set to publish an Energy Independence Plan and we are already seeing farming lobbyists push for greater intensive farming. These approaches fail to recognise the need to put a…
Five reasons for UK Government to restore nature in 2025
A focus on restoring nature in 2025 could help solve a raft of problems facing UK Government - from the economy, to floods and our water supply, and from climate, to farming and our health.
The Wildlife Trusts publish list of the UK’s Government’s broken promises to nature
King’s Speech must herald progress for nature or key UK Government pledge will fail.
Next week’s King’s Speech must signal a better future for the UK’s struggling natural environment –…
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Government amendment to Planning Bill threatens nature and infrastructure delivery
Bad news for nature recovery, communities and for infrastructure delivery.
Government U-turn on promise to reform farming post-Brexit
New farming policy stripped of ambition to aid nature recovery