Ask for a #WilderFuture

This general election, ask for a #WilderFuture

Our natural world is in deep trouble. We’re facing a climate and ecological emergency. Wildlife is in serious decline, in ever more isolated pockets, and the UK has become one of the most nature-depleted nations in the world.

But momentum for change is growing rapidly. Public concern for the environment is higher than ever and thousands of people have been calling on government to stand up for nature and tackle the climate crisis head on.

The general election is a golden opportunity to build on this momentum, but we need your help. We must all urge parties and their candidates to act now to turn things around.

Water Vole (c) Terry Whittaker/2020VISION — ©Terry Whittaker/2020VISION

Use your voice!

Nature urgently needs our help to recover. As the country heads to the polls for a General Election on 12 December, it’s crucial that candidates from all political parties hear about how important the environment is to people across the UK. We also want all candidates to understand our vision for wildlife so they can take the right steps to help ensure nature’s recovery, should they be elected into office. Tell them that they need to step up for nature!

You can:

Print our poster

We’ve produced a poster to help you talk to candidates and we hope it will be useful for you at this important time. It contains our three key asks and some questions you can you as a prompt to help ask candidates key questions about their plans if they are elected. You could also display it somewhere visible so candidates can see it when they are canvassing in your neighbourhood.

Download the poster

Use our twibbon

Show your support on your social media by using our twibbon!

Get the twibbon here.

Quiz your candidates

If you want to quiz your candidates on what they’ll do for nature, we’ve put together a few quick questions you can ask them:

How will you and your party act decisively to tackle the crises in the natural environment?

You could also ask: Will you and your party commit to an Environment Act that creates connections for wildlife and tackles nature’s decline head on?

What will your party do to support farmers in contributing to nature’s recovery?

If you want more detail, ask them: Will you and your party introduce an Agriculture Bill that pays farmers for helping wildlife’s recovery and other positive environmental actions?

What will your party do to protect and revive our seas?

More specifically: Will you make sure that our seas are managed properly, and important marine habitats are given the high level of protection they need and deserve?

Make a bigger splash – share these questions with others who care too!

Little cuttlefish. Scientific name: Sepiola atlantica — Dan Bolt www.underwaterpics.co.uk

Our manifesto for a #WilderFuture

This general election, we’re calling on every political party to pledge to deliver a #WilderFuture.

We know nature can bounce back in amazing ways. With the right laws in place, we can give nature the chance to recover and we can take big steps forward in the fight against climate change.

We want to see: