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The science, cross-party peers and the Minister agree: heather burning is bad for peat

Published on: 22 March 2021

Adam Barnett, Senior Parliamentary Officer at RSPB, reviews the debate in the House of Lords on the Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2021

Public money for private gain? Dissonance in Defra’s approaches to forestry and farming

Published on: 18 March 2021

Tom Lancaster of RSPB interrogates England's forestry policy, and suggests how this can be improved to support nature's recovery and tackle the climate crisis.

We can’t let half the UK badger population be eradicated.

Published on: 17 March 2021

We can’t let half the UK badger population be eradicated.

Countdown to the COPs - why the nature and climate talks go hand in hand

Published on: 17 March 2021

Countdown to the COPs - why the nature and climate talks go hand in hand

The fight for 'A More Natural Capital' continues

Published on: 16 March 2021

A More Natural Capital Blog 1

Fund paves the way for 50 million more trees

Published on: 11 March 2021

Emergency Tree Fund

A Natural Health Service for Captain Sir Tom

Published on: 4 March 2021

A Natural Health Service for Captain Sir Tom

#StateofNature: join the fight to stop the destruction of nature by 2030

Published on: 28 February 2021

Sign the petition for a target in law to stop nature's decline by 2030

What is Beauty?

Published on: 25 February 2021

The RSPB’s Carl Bunnage and Vice-Chair of the Land Use Planning Group reflects on the concept of beauty and why it is critical that proposed revisions to national planning policy including the introduction of a National Model Design Code must place nature at the heart of delivering beautiful places.

Ending dolphin, porpoise and whale deaths in UK fishing gear

Published on: 23 February 2021

Sarah Dolman, End Bycatch programme lead at WDC, writes about the new 'Goodbye Bycatch’ campaign to end the deaths of dolphins, porpoise and whale deaths in UK fishing gear.