Spring 2020 magazine UK News
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Great news for Gwent Levels as motorway plans scrapped
The Welsh Government has shown its commitment to a wilder future today, after rejecting plans to build an M4 relief road across the Gwent Levels.
Bad news for bees: Government reverses ban on bee-killing neonicotinoids
The Government has bowed to pressure from the National Farmers Union and agreed to authorise the use of the highly damaging neonicotinoid thiamethoxam for the treatment of sugar beet seed in 2021…
Strategy 2030
We need to restore nature at a global scale, on land and at sea. And it needs to happen now. Strategy 2030 provides the high-level framework of how we intend to go about it.
Yet again World Oceans Day is a good news day for our seas!
Joan Edwards of The Wildlife Trusts reflects on being a member of the HPMA panel and is calling on Government for an ambitious delivery plan for Highly Protected Marine Areas within a year.
News
Keep up to date with the latest stories, research, projects and challenges as we work to tackle the climate and nature crisis.
Mission 2030 - Bringing Back Nature In Suffolk
Nature is in crisis, but together, we can turn the tide. Suffolk Wildlife Trust has launched Mission 2030—an ambitious campaign to raise £1,000,000 over the next three years to restore wildlife,…
Suffolk Wildlife Trust
UK Government announces commitment to 30% of land for nature by 2030 – The Wildlife Trusts respond
Today the UK Government announced a commitment to 30% of land for nature by 2030. The announcement was made on the same day that The Wildlife Trusts announced their own vision for 30 by 30 and a…
UK Government confirms ban on all peat-based gardening products will not be implemented until 2030
Today, Defra (Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs) has confirmed that while some peat-containing products will be banned from shelves in 2027, others will be exempt from a ban until…
No real progress made on protecting 30% of land and sea for nature by 2030 and deregulatory plans risk sliding backwards, warn experts
The UK Government is not on course to protect 30% of the land and sea for nature by 2030.
The Wildlife Trusts launch £30 million appeal to kickstart nature’s recovery across 30% of land and sea by 2030
Today The Wildlife Trusts launch 30 by 30, a public appeal to raise £30 million to start putting nature into recovery across at least 30% of land and sea by 2030.
Rewilding
The UK has committed to protecting 30% of land for nature by 2030. Our programme targets creating bigger, better, and more connected wild areas for nature’s recovery, to allow natural processes to help restore nature’s abundance, resilience, and diversity.