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Expanding the freedom to roam

Published on: 30 November 2022

Oliver Hicks-Pattison, Senior Campaigns Officer at the Ramblers, talks about a new campaign to give us all the right to roam in nature near our home.

How should DEFRA catch up on its breach of the Environment Act targets duty?

Published on: 29 November 2022

Richard Benwell, CEO at Wildlife and Countryside Link, calls for haste and higher ambition for protected site condition and water quality in the Environment Act targets framework.

Wildlife crime is still at shockingly high levels, but is the Government ready to get tough on it?

Published on: 29 November 2022

Martin Sims, chair of Wildlife and Countryside Link's wildlife crime working group writes how this year's Wildlife Crime Report could be the start of the journey to the UK Government listening to calls to make a number of wildlife crimes notifiable

The Commitment – your vote for a healthy planet

Published on: 25 November 2022

Kari-ann Whitbread, Head of Fundraising at The Commitment, outlines how people can speed up government action on the climate and biodiversity by showing politicians that their voters want urgent action.

A human murmuration for action at CBD COP15

Published on: 25 November 2022

The Retained EU Law Bill should be withdrawn

Published on: 24 November 2022

Richard Benwell, CEO at Wildlife and Countryside Link, sets out three risks posed by the Retained EU Law Bill to environmental protection, and why environment charities are calling for the bill to be withdrawn.

It’s time to get Environmental Land Management right

Published on: 24 November 2022

Before a rumoured announcement on the future of the Government's flagship farming and land policy (Environmental Land Management), farming leads Alice Groom (RSPB), Marcus Gilleard (National Trust) and Barnaby Coupe (The Wildlife Trusts) say we need to see a clear departure from the old agri-environment schemes for nature's recovery.

COP27 – A COP of two halves

Published on: 22 November 2022

ZSL’s Senior Policy Specialist Bethan Laughlin reflects on the outcomes of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change’s COP27 and what it means for nature.

Make it bold, make it binding – towards an effective plastics treaty

Published on: 21 November 2022

Ahead of the first meeting negotiating a global plastics treaty next week, Christina Dixon, Ocean Campaign Leader at the Environmental Investigation Agency, writes about this once-in-a-generation opportunity to curb the ever-growing plastics crisis and how the UK Government can ensure the success of this process.

COP27 mid-point: How’s it all going?

Published on: 15 November 2022

Fiona Dobson, International Policy Officer at the RSPB, reports from the UN Climate Conference, COP27, in Egypt on the successes and challenges so far, and what is yet to come.