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A freshwater recovery plan - Actions to recover England's waters and wildlife

Published on: 10 September 2021

Blueprint for Water is launching its new Vision for the freshwater environment. Ali Morse, Chair of Blueprint for Water, and Jazz Austin, Vice Chair of Blueprint for Water, discuss what this means and why action is needed, for people and for nature.

Putting people in the picture: Organisational learnings from ‘access to the countryside for people of colour’ research project

Published on: 25 August 2021

Many people think that commercial whaling has been consigned to history; in fact, it is thriving

Published on: 19 August 2021

Climate-smart fisheries can provide a win-win for fishers, the environment, livelihoods and wider society

Published on: 18 August 2021

The public are putting in huge efforts to tackle plastic pollution, these Government policies would effectively support them

Published on: 17 August 2021

Improving evidence use in ecological mitigation for protected species

Published on: 17 August 2021

Ecological mitigation measures are widely applied tools to reconcile development with the protection of threatened species - but less than half of the measures recommended for development are actually supported by evidence. Bronwen Hunter, PhD student at the University of Sussex, outlines the findings and recommendations from her research to improve species-based mitigation.

Regional Water Resources Planning - why it’s important & what we want to see

Published on: 9 August 2021

Ali Morse, Nathan Richardson and Ellie Ward set out Blueprint for Water's top asks for the Regional Water Resources Plans, and explain why regional water resources management is so important for people and nature.

Protecting our blue spaces this summer

Published on: 26 July 2021

David Dangerfield, Environment Agency Director for Water, Land and Biodiversity, introduces the Water Warriors campaign and explains how we can all play a part in protecting our blue spaces this summer.

Why we need to rethink burning trees for electricity

Published on: 21 July 2021

Sasha Stashwick, Senior Advocate at NRDC explains why reliance on large-scale biomass-burning in the UK to meet net zero risks exacerbating the nature and climate crises, and why Government should redirect biomass subsidies to real renewables like wind and solar.

Shaping local food systems to deliver for people and nature

Published on: 14 July 2021

Marcus Nyman, Senior Policy Officer at RSPB writes about how local food systems benefit communities and nature though shorter, decentralised supply chains, more diverse agroecological production systems, independent producers and retailers, and a greater farmer-focus.