Our ongoing campaign to Stop and Rethink HS2
On the day that HS2 Ltd are due to take legal possession of a precious Wildlife Trust nature reserve, The Wildlife Trusts’ Rachel Hackett will present evidence to the HS2 Bill Select Committee as…
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A housebuilder’s biodiversity strategy – from a Wildlife Trust perspective
Rosie Whicheloe, a landscape ecologist at The Wildlife Trusts, shares her insights from her secondment with leading housebuilder Redrow
Slicing through the north west peatlands: A spotlight on HS2
Current plans for HS2 will slice a line through the north west peatlands, creating a barrier to a recovery network. Alan Wright, from the Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North…
Ancient woodland translocation: a spotlight on HS2
In the latest in our HS2 blog series, Kate Dewey, Senior Planning Officer at Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, looks at the impact of HS2 on ancient woodlands, and explains the reality of…
Why HS2 still need to stop and rethink plans
Whilst much of the country is in lockdown, construction and planning work for HS2 continues to forge ahead largely unseen, putting at risk ancient woodland, meadows and other important habitats…
HS2 should not get the green light in current form
Today, an edited version of an open letter to the Prime Minister was printed in The Times. It calls on Boris Johnson to stop and rethink current plans for HS2 in light of the hugely damaging…
Nature is in crisis – the Queen’s speech on Monday must announce an Environment Bill to ensure its recovery
The Wildlife Trusts have long called for ambitious new laws that aim to put nature into recovery and we hope that next week’s Queen’s Speech will mark a significant point in history by including…
Wilder National Parks
With the release of the Glover Review into our National Parks and AONBs, Jo Smith, Chief Executive of Derbyshire Wildlife Trust shares her initial thoughts on its findings.
Fight to keep special ‘protected’ place for wildlife safe
Home to rare and endangered wildlife, Coul Links, on the coast of East Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands, is one of the few places of its kind to remain relatively undisturbed by development.…
Local Wildlife Sites - local in name only
Living Landscape Development Manager Rachel Hackett highlights the plight of Local Wildlife Sites – an essential part of the UK’s nature recovery network