The Link Blog is a space for members, and others, to express their views about the natural environment.
It includes our 
year plan and Agriculture Bill 
series, as well as our Blueprint for Water focused blogs.
If you would like to contribute a blog, please contact Emma Adler..
Published on: 14 August 2019
New EU measures have come into force to tackle bycatch across the EU but will this be enough and how can we go further to tackle the issue in UK waters.
Read More...Published on: 17 July 2019
CHEM Trust discuss the Environment Audit Committees new report on ‘Toxic Chemicals in Everyday Life’ and how it highlights the urgent action needed to protect our natural environment from chemical pollution.
Read More...Published on: 16 July 2019
This morning, Environment Secretary Michael Gove addressed key stakeholders at Kew Gardens. He gave a detailed account of Defra's work and vision for the environment, and asked if not now, to tackle climate change and reverse nature’s decline, then when?
Read More...Published on: 1 July 2019
What is driving our living world to the brink and what can be done? Mair Floyd-Bosley, Campaigns and Policy Assistant, Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) explores the key changes needed to transform our future so people and nature thrive together.
Read More...Published on: 28 June 2019
With Japan due to resume commercial whaling on the 1st July, Mark Simmonds, Chair of the Link Whales Group and Senior Marine Scientist at HSI International, fills us in on how it came to this.
Read More...Published on: 24 June 2019
Farmers and conservationists are often seen as opposing sides in the discussion over our environmental and farming future. But with a comprehensive survey of farmers’ attitudes to changes in future Government policy showing we’re largely on the same page, is now the time to write a new chapter where nature and farming thrive together.
Read More...Published on: 20 June 2019
Jenny Hawley, Senior Policy Officer at Plantlife, calls for faster progress in delivering the Clean Air Strategy’s aim of cutting ammonia emissions to protect wildlife and people.
Read More...Published on: 19 June 2019
Seamus Girvan, a placement student at Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful, highlights the work needed to tackle the scourge of marine litter pollution in Irish and UK seas through the UK Marine Strategy.
Read More...Published on: 18 June 2019
We all wish that chemical pollution of the ocean was ancient history, and that it no longer represented a threat to UK marine wildlife and to the consumption of seafood, but sadly this is not the case.
Read More...Published on: 14 June 2019
RSPB's Gareth Cunningham highlights the plight of UK seabirds and pushes for urgent action in the UK Marine Strategy
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