Published on: 19 January 2022
John Arwel Watkins, Chief Executive of The National Association for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, discusses the Government's Glover Review plans, and the new era ahead for our AONBs, soon to be renamed as national landscapes
Read More...Published on: 10 January 2022
Barrister Gethin Thomas reports on committee stage consideration of the Judicial Review & Courts Bill, highlighting the impact that clause 1 could have on access to environmental justice.
Read More...Published on: 16 December 2021
Environmental Land Management will be available to all farmers and land managers in the next few years, but so far there are no clear plans to include access the available schemes. Stephen Russell, Policy and Advocacy Officer at Ramblers, Ben Seal Places to Paddle Manager at British Canoeing, Kate Ashbrook General Secretary of Open Spaces Society and Cath Flitcroft, Access and Conservation Officer at the British Mountaineering Council set out the case for including access to nature in the future schemes.
Read More...Published on: 15 December 2021
David Hampson, Policy Officer at RSPB, writes about what tools and resources designated landscapes need to help deliver the transformative changes required to tackle the nature and climate emergency.
Read More...Published on: 14 December 2021
Ruth Bradshaw, Policy and Research Manager at Campaign for National Parks, writes about what Government action is needed to deliver the bold and ambitious vision for designated landscapes that Glover proposed.
Read More...Published on: 13 December 2021
Emma Clarke, Policy and Information Coordinator at Link, outlines what Link hopes to see in the Government's response to the Glover Review to ensure that National Parks and AONBs can deliver their potential for nature, climate and people.
Read More...Published on: 9 December 2021
Daisy Sopel, FOUR PAWS UK Campaigns Assistant, writes about a pioneering new approach to measuring the welfare of animals.
Read More...Published on: 3 December 2021
Matt Browne, Advocacy Lead at Wildlife & Countryside Link, marks National Trees Week with a piece celebrating the nature and climate benefits provided by native tree species.
Read More...Published on: 2 December 2021
As Defra unveils its plans for the Sustainable Farming Incentive today, Martin Lines, Chair of the Nature Friendly Farmers Network says that the scheme needs to improve in the coming years to support farmers already going above and beyond for nature and climate
Read More...Published on: 2 December 2021
A new report, for the first time, maps and quantifies the English North Sea’s carbon assets
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