The Wildlife Trusts’ initial response to the 25 Year Environment Plan
Theresa May’s speech on the environment today has encouraging ambitions for land and sea but The Wildlife Trusts believe that the lack of legal underpinning is a fundamental flaw
News
David Parkyn
Keep up to date with our stories, research, projects and challenges as we work to tackle the climate and nature crisis, by bringing nature back to where we live and work, and making it part of everyone's daily life.
Are you writing a story or want to find out more about anything here? Contact our media team at press@wildlifetrusts.org.
News
Humans of the Levels - a picture of the Levels, one story at a time
Somerset Wildlife Trust launches new digital community project that harnesses ‘human spirit’ and ‘sense of place’
People's Postcode Lottery Charity Gala
Last week we headed up to the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh for the People’s Postcode Lottery annual charity gala, a great get together of the charities and People’s Postcode Lottery team to…
HS2 second reading today: Phase 2a will destroy the heart of a Defra-funded Nature Improvement Area
The Wildlife Trusts believe the impacts on wildlife and wild places are severely underestimated by HS2 Ltd. The level of proposed mitigation and compensation is simply not good enough if the…
Response to hen harrier brood management proposals
Hen harriers are one of the rarest breeding birds in England. The Wildlife Trusts cannot support the recent decision by Natural England to licence what is called “brood management” of hen harriers…
New housing proposal in Kent threatens important wildlife habitats across the country
A council's plans to develop Lodge Hill, Site of Special Scientific Interest and one of the last strongholds for nightingales in the UK, will test the safeguards that prevent our finest…
New guidelines call for homes for people and wildlife
Why and how to build nature-friendly housing developments
The weight of 3.3 million penguins in plastic waste – UK’s Christmas gift to the environment
UK environment and animal welfare charities are calling for action on the plague of plastic pollution this Christmas.
Industry calls for ‘Gove guarantee’ on agri-environment schemes
Farming and green organisations have come together to seek a guarantee from Michael Gove that farmers and land managers who sign up to agri-environment schemes before the UK leaves the EU are not…
New report estimates the cost of creating a wildlife-rich countryside for future generations
New report shows how much Government might need to pay farmers and land managers for their role in looking after our natural heritage