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Give a gift for nature this Christmas
Wednesday 14th December, 2011
Last minute shoppers stuck for Christmas gift ideas need look no further than The Wildlife Trusts for inspiration.
Cull decision is shot in the dark
Wednesday 14th December, 2011
The Wildlife Trusts today express disappointment and regret at the Government’s decision to press ahead with a cull of badgers in pilot areas in England.
New Year's resolutions
Monday 12th December, 2011
The Wildlife Trusts and the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) are reminding people to remember wildlife when making New Year’s resolutions for 2012.
State investment in forests vital for wellbeing
Thursday 8th December, 2011
The Independent Forestry Panel must bust the Treasury myth about the Public Forest Estate and shout about the value of nature.
Water White Paper published
Thursday 8th December, 2011
A plan for the recovery of our wetlands, rivers and the wider natural environment must be put in place to help tackle England’s water crisis, according to The Wildlife Trusts, as the Government publishes its Water White Paper.
Minister joins Big Tree Plant at Camden estate
Thursday 1st December, 2011
Agriculture and Forestry Minister, Jim Paice, will today be rolling up his sleeves and joining London Wildlife Trust and residents at the Maiden Lane Estate to celebrate the first anniversary of The Big Tree Plant.
The Wildlife Trusts lose patience over new attack on nature
Tuesday 29th November, 2011
The Wildlife Trusts today voice exasperation at George Osborne's Autumn budget statement which includes plans to review the rules which protect some of the most important wildlife sites in England.
Protecting the North East’s Red Squirrels
Tuesday 29th November, 2011
Heritage Lottery Fund awards a £247,700 grant to help protect the red squirrel in the North East.
Trees and woods face greatest turning point in 100 years
Monday 28th November, 2011
Twenty of the UK's leading forestry and wildlife bodies have, for the first time, joined together to draw attention to the challenges and opportunities faced by forests, woods and trees, which they say are greater now than at any other time in the last 100 years.
New managers of the Roaches
Monday 28th November, 2011
One of Staffordshire’s most iconic landscapes, the Roaches, will be cared for by the county’s largest nature conservation charity.