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Healthy soils: essential for food and wildlife
This Sunday marked World Soil Day; providing us an opportunity to recognise the important role soil plays in a healthy environment and therefore a healthy life – and to do what we can to support…
A Resilient Economy, Healthy Communities and the Natural World
We call on the Prime Minister to create a more resilient economy, healthier communities and a thriving natural world.
Healthy soil – the ultimate essential infrastructure
As the Wildlife Trusts head off to the regenerative farming event Groundswell, where soil health rightly takes centre stage, Vicki Hird looks at the tools we need to restore and protect our soils…
Farming
Over 70% of the UK’s land is farmed in some way – so how this land is managed has a big impact on wildlife.
A Natural Health Service
In this blog, Dom Higgins, Nature and Wellbeing Manager for The Wildlife Trusts, makes the case for a natural health service in the UK to benefit all our mental health and wellbeing
Nature = Health
The world around us shapes everyone’s health and wellbeing. This is especially true of the natural world.
Mental health and the green environment, by Gavin Atkins
Part of our Mental Health Awareness Series: Gavin Atkins is Head of Community Programmes and Grants for Mind, overseeing a team that administers large scale projects with Mind’s network of 138…
Improving people’s health and wellbeing through a 25 Year Environment Plan
Dom Higgins, Nature and Wellbeing Manager for The Wildlife Trusts, comments on the Government’s ambition to improve people’s health and wellbeing through a 25 Year Environment Plan
English waters among the least healthy in Europe, and climate change will make this worse
Conservationists launch roadmap for restoring waters and wildlife
A new Vision for Food, Farming, and Nature
With the ever present nature and climate crisis making itself known, a collective of farmers, landowners and environmental charities came together to form a vision for food, farming and nature…
HS2 Ltd approach to natural environment is derisory
The Wildlife Trusts condemn HS2 Phase 2b draft Environmental Statement. Public consultation closes Friday 21st December.