Published on: 25 October 2025
Robson Peisley, BSc (Hons) Ecology and Conservation graduate and UK Youth for Nature Key Organiser, reflects on what the Planning & Infrastructure Bill means for young people.
Read More...Published on: 26 September 2025
Nick Hawkes, Campaigns Lead at Wildlife and Countryside Link, reflects on the first ever Wild Summit - the urgency for nature, uplifting atmosphere on the day, and what we need going into 2026
Read More...Published on: 22 September 2025
One month on from the deadlock of Global Plastics Treaty Talks, Christina Dixon of Environmental Investigation Agency reflects on what can come next for the treaty and what role the UK must play
Read More...Published on: 18 September 2025
More than 30 years ago, scientists first sounded the alarm about the deadly toll of fisheries entanglement (also known as bycatch) on dolphins and porpoises in UK waters. Tragically, the situation remains as urgent today as it was in the 1990s. Sarah Dolman (Senior Ocean Campaigner at Environmental Investigation Agency) discusses solutions that would prevent the death of thousands of marine mammals each year.
Read More...Published on: 1 September 2025
A recent stakeholder survey conducted by the Link’s Education and Learning Policy Group reveals near-unanimous support for an evidence-based proposed policy: that regular and high-quality access to, and engagement with, nature should be a statutory requirement in all education settings across England. Co-chair Suzanne Welch from the RSPB shares the results from the stakeholder survey.
Read More...Published on: 29 July 2025
Plastic pollution is a key driver of the climate and environmental emergency and the UK, as a major producer, exporter and polluter, has a responsibility to lead efforts in finding a comprehensive global solution to the challenge. With the final round of talks for a new UN Global Plastics Treaty set to resume in August, the UK Government must seize this moment.
Read More...Published on: 23 June 2025
The Restore Nature Now march, a year ago, brought up to 100,000 people to the streets united by one message: politicians must put short-termism aside and heal our wounded natural world. The Labour Party manifesto pledged to meet the promise of restoring nature, where other Governments had failed. So, twelve months on, how are they doing?
Read More...Published on: 23 May 2025
As the Planning and Infrastructure Bill heads out of Committee and back to the floor of the House of Commons for Report Stage, we consider how the debate around the Bill is shaping up and whether our concerns that the Bill will fail to deliver for people, communities and nature have been addressed.
Read More...Published on: 12 May 2025
12 – 18 May is Invasive Species Week. Rob Wakefield, Deputy Chief Non-native Species Inspector, explains the role of the Non-native Species Inspectorate in helping to tackle invasive non-native species in Great Britain.
Read More...Published on: 8 May 2025
The Government argues that planning changes will deliver a ‘win-win’ for development and nature recovery. However, the potential weakening of existing nature protections - along with anti-nature rhetoric from senior Government figures - has caused widespread concern amongst environmental experts.
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