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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.

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A Global Agreement for Nature

Published on: 15 October 2021

Georgina Chandler, Senior International Policy Officer at RSPB, reflects on this week's opening of the Convention on Biological Diversity COP15 in Kunming, and sets out what needs to happen in the run up to the main negotiations next year.

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Digging deeper during the Agricultural Transition

Published on: 14 October 2021

Dr Richard Benwell, CEO of Wildlife and Countryside Link discusses the state of play on agricultural policy, and outlines the recommendations from Link's new report 'Digging Deeper'.

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Wildlife & Countryside Act: 40 years old today

Published on: 14 October 2021

Dr Richard Benwell, CEO of Wildlife and Countryside Link, discusses the future of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981

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Weekly volunteering on Skomer Island

Published on: 12 October 2021

Ceris Aston, Assistant Warden at Skomer Island, shares the exciting upcoming weekly volunteering opportunities on Skomer Island in 2022 - home to 34,500 puffins, 350,000 pairs of Manx Shearwaters, and its own subspecies of vole!

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Time to Fix the Broken Water Sector

Published on: 11 October 2021

Stuart Singleton-White and Janina Gray discuss the Angling Trust and Salmon & Trout Conservation's new 'shadow' strategic policy statement for Ofwat, and why what might seem a minor, technical detail is in fact vital for our freshwater environment.

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Celebrating National Badger Day during a tough time for badgers

Published on: 6 October 2021

To mark Badger Day 2021 Adam Laidlaw, Executive Director of Badger Trust, writes on the challenges facing this iconic British mammal.

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Power to the People to Revive our Rivers

Published on: 5 October 2021

A week on from their landmark 'State of Our Rivers' report, Mark Lloyd (CEO, The Rivers Trust) shares why 'knowledge is power' when it comes to our freshwater environment.

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Gene editing for livestock is not the answer, rare breeds are

Published on: 30 September 2021

After the government announced that it will be relaxing rules on gene editing, Christopher Price, CEO of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust discusses the potential risks of gene editing for livestock.

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What is inclusion?

Published on: 27 September 2021

National Inclusion Week 2021 takes place from Monday 27th September - Sunday 3rd October. Catriona Corfield, Head of Diversity & Inclusion at Woodland Trust, explores what inclusion is, and why it is vital.

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How can citizen science support Blueprint for Water?

Published on: 24 September 2021

Isabel Bishop, Freshwater Research Lead at Earthwatch Europe, discusses the importance of citizen science not only for collecting data, but for raising awareness of and engagement with our blue spaces.

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