Dredging: Effectiveness and risks
Widespread dredging could make flooding in some communities worse in future – not better – according to a new report published by The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (…
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Environmental groups and Monty Don write to Government calling for end to use of peat compost
Environmental groups have come together to write a letter to the Environment Secretary calling for a ban on the use of peat in compost by 2025. Celebrity gardener, broadcaster and writer Monty Don…
The Wildlife Trusts join other environmental organisations and cross-party MPs in calls to strengthen post-Brexit environmental protections
The Wildlife Trusts today joins the Greener UK coalition of environmental groups today to announce that it is working with a cross-party group of MPs to strengthen the government's Repeal…
Underwhelmed: The Wildlife Trusts’ response to the Environmental Improvement Plan
Read our response to the much-anticipated new Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP).
Practical Conservation Work Groups
This link will open on the Somerset Wildlife Trust website.
The practical conservation work groups carry out essential habitat management tasks for the benefit of local wildlife. Tasks are dependent on the season, but include coppicing, fencing or walling…
Bank accounts for groups
Information about types of bank accounts for community groups. You need one to get money or grants. This tells you what you need to open one.
Insurance for local groups
What is insurance, why do you need it and how do you get it? This is not formal insurance advice.
Environmental DNA analysis – a new tool for conservation.
This link will open on the Isle of Man Wildlife Trust website.
Discover how Environmental DNA (eDNA) can be used to monitor aquatic biodiversity in a non-invasive way.
New leader for The Wildlife Trusts – environmental campaigner Craig Bennett
Craig Bennett, has been appointed as the new CEO of The Wildlife Trusts.
Farming, food and nature – a triple challenge for this election
Politicians are notoriously wary of talking about food.
Nervous that anything they say publicly about changing the system will be construed as hiking prices of, or affecting access to,…
Evidence shows PM’s plan to slash environmental protections is based on inaccuracies
MPs and environmental groups urge a rethink to avoid nature catastrophe
Faith groups and lottery funding
Find out about some of the faith groups in the UK and their religious position on gambling and lottery funds.