Deeply Rooted
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To put nature in recovery, we must overturn the decision to allow bee-killing pesticides
Lucy Pegg, Public Affairs Officer at the Wildlife Trusts, writes on the damage risked to nature by the decision to give emergency authorisation for the use of Cruiser SB to treat sugar beet seed…
Gaps in Planning & Infrastructure Bill “deeply concerning”, say The Wildlife Trusts
Today The Wildlife Trusts have published a briefing, urging the Government to ‘fill in the blanks’ to avoid the Planning & Infrastructure Bill undermining vital nature protections.
Decision to authorise banned chemical puts Government commitments at risk
Today, the Government has given the green light to the use of the banned neonicotinoid chemical Thiamethoxam on sugar beet crops this year. This follows the decision earlier this year to grant an…
High Court decision on HS2 does not deliver for wildlife
The Wildlife Trusts are saddened to hear today’s High Court decision to allow HS2’s enabling and clearing work to continue. The risk these construction works place on irreplaceable habitat is…
Solar farm shock decision will destroy legally protected wildlife site
A decision to build on a legally protected area of lowland acid grassland – one of the largest areas of this flower-rich habitat in England – has been met with disbelief
HS2 decision will destroy precious wild places
The Wildlife Trusts call for a redesign.
Today the Government gave the green light to the High Speed 2 rail project, without acknowledging the devastating impact on the hundreds of precious…
Farming
Around 70% of the UK’s land is farmed in some way – so how this land is managed has a big impact on wildlife. Explore our work on food and farming.
New ‘Coronation Gardens for Food and Nature’ launches today
Celebration of The King’s vision for treasuring nature and living sustainably
One last push for nature on the Planning & Infrastructure Bill
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is almost law – and without key protections that the House of Lords has just voted to add to the Bill it could be disastrous for wildlife and wild places. We…
Lords defend nature against the Planning Bill today
This afternoon, the House of Lords voted on a crucial amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill which could disarm the most nature-damaging aspects of the bill.
Spring 2020 magazine UK News
Updates from the Wildlife Trusts