Published on: 3 February 2022
Kirsten Carter, Marine Principal Policy Officer at RSPB, sets out the importance of the recently published Joint Fisheries Statement, asking whether it can deliver on the Government's promise of 'world leading fisheries management'.
Read More...Published on: 2 February 2022
Madeleine Gohin, Planning Officer at CPRE - The countryside charity, writes about CPRE's new report released today that shows that improving and broadening the use of the Local Green Space designation is an important tool to help improve access to nature.
Read More...Published on: 2 February 2022
Lucy Pegg, Public Affairs Officer at the Wildlife Trusts, writes on the damage risked to nature by the decision to give emergency authorisation for the use of Cruiser SB to treat sugar beet seed in 2022.
Read More...Published on: 1 February 2022
Exactly a year ago today, the Government unveiled proposals to better protect 4 of England’s 40 offshore MPAs with new byelaws restricting bottom trawling. Link's Matthew Dawson explains why these measures are so vital and must be delivered, arguing that they are a test of the Government's commitment to ensure that Brexit leads to stronger marine protections.
Read More...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.
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