Published on: 22 August 2023
A new report from Whale and Dolphin Conservation has brought together what is known about the harmful effects of chemical pollution on whales, porpoises and dolphins, highlighting the threats and making recommendations for necessary changes needed to combat chemical pollution in our seas.
Read More...Published on: 11 August 2023
Bioenergy means many things: turning energy crops into fuels for cars; using manure on farms to generate gas; and burning imported wood pellets in power plants that used to burn coal. In the UK this use of wood for generating electricity is one of the biggest concerns, and is the focus of Link’s new Position Statement. Burning wood for bioenergy - which looks set to continue into the future - harms the climate and nature.
Read More...Published on: 17 July 2023
Ahead of the release of the government's third National Adaptation Programme, Paul de Zylva from Friends of the Earth and Kathryn Brown from The Wildlife Trusts ask if it will match rising public concern about how the changing climate is affecting our lives and the environment and set out what Link members would like to see included in the plan.
Read More...Published on: 14 July 2023
With soaring summer temperatures just firing up, the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) wants as many people as possible across the UK to build their own mini-wetlands to help local wildlife. Communications and Campaigns Manager Penny Read explains what mini-wetlands are, what they do for us and nature, and how you can help
Read More...Published on: 13 July 2023
Parliament’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has published an important new report on ‘Protecting Marine Mammals in the UK and Abroad’. The committee of MPs have made a number of recommendations for enhancing legislative protections for marine mammals. In the second of our blogs in response to the report, Sue Sayer MBE Founder and Director of the Seal Research Trust, explores the committee’s ‘strong endorsement’ of proposals that “seals be added to the list of species in Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act to protect them from reckless disturbance”.
Read More...Published on: 13 July 2023
Parliament’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has published an important new report on ‘Protecting Marine Mammals in the UK and Abroad’. The committee of MPs have made a number of recommendations for enhancing legislative protections for marine mammals. In the first of our blogs in response to the report, Bianca Cisternino, Bycatch coordinator at Whale and Dolphin Conservation, explores the committee’s findings on bycatch.
Read More...Published on: 12 July 2023
Lead ammunition continues to pollute the countryside, to cause animal suffering and to risk human health. A ban is urgently needed.
Read More...Published on: 11 July 2023
Professor Carolyn Abbot (University of Manchester) and Professor Maria Lee (University College London) set out how the Environmental Rights Bill could shape an environmentally democratic culture.
Read More...Published on: 4 July 2023
Carol Day, Consultant Solicitor for the RSPB and co-chair of Wildlife and Countryside Link Legal group, Dave Timms, Head of Political Affairs, Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern Ireland), David Wolfe KC and Kate Cook of Matrix Chambers, consider why the UK needs an Environmental Rights Bill, what the key elements of the proposed Bill are and the next steps.
Read More...Published on: 29 June 2023
Professor Alastair Driver, Director of Rewilding Britain, calls out delays holding back the benefits of beaver reintroduction.
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