Government launches ‘green Brexit’ consultation on future for food, farming and the environment
Blog by Ellie Brodie, Senior Policy Manager, The Wildlife Trusts
Blog by Ellie Brodie, Senior Policy Manager, The Wildlife Trusts
It’s 2019, we have completed Brexit and our fishermen are looking out over British seas no longer governed by the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and are imagining a return to a golden age of…
Leading green groups issue final Brexit report card that finds static or weaker protections for the environment, urging government to strengthen plans
For the first time in nearly 40 years, the UK is setting out how it manages its fisheries outside the Common Fisheries Policy. The Government must take this opportunity to put fisheries management…
New farming policy stripped of ambition to aid nature recovery
Farmers and nature badly need ‘public money for public goods’ – but the new farm environment schemes are a shadow of their original promise. Government must up its ambition and dig deep into its…
Wildlife knows no political boundaries. I was reminded of this recently when I visited archaeological digs at Must Farm and Flag Fen in East Anglia. The finds of fish hooks and the remains of…
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…
A new report by a parliamentary committee published today warns Government that environmental protections must not be weakened after Brexit. The Wildlife Trusts respond...
Crucial moment for ‘nature’s engineers’ as consultation closes 17 November
The Wildlife Trusts are asking their members, supporters and the wider public to defend nature by contacting MPs and local councillors – both online and in person – to voice concerns over new…