Published on: 11 July 2023
Professor Carolyn Abbot (University of Manchester) and Professor Maria Lee (University College London) set out how the Environmental Rights Bill could shape an environmentally democratic culture.
Read More...Published on: 4 July 2023
Carol Day, Consultant Solicitor for the RSPB and co-chair of Wildlife and Countryside Link Legal group, Dave Timms, Head of Political Affairs, Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern Ireland), David Wolfe KC and Kate Cook of Matrix Chambers, consider why the UK needs an Environmental Rights Bill, what the key elements of the proposed Bill are and the next steps.
Read More...Published on: 29 June 2023
Professor Alastair Driver, Director of Rewilding Britain, calls out delays holding back the benefits of beaver reintroduction.
Read More...Published on: 22 June 2023
Campaign for National Parks, National Trust, the RSPB, the Wildlife Trusts, and Wildlife and Countryside Link write together to send a clear message to the UK Government, Natural England and the protected landscape bodies about what Management Plans for National Parks and AONBs need to contain if they are to drive nature’s recovery.
Read More...Published on: 15 June 2023
Where is our water coming from? WildFish Deputy CEO Janina Gray and Water Policy Officer James Overington discuss the launch of their new campaign.
Read More...Published on: 13 June 2023
As the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill nears its final stages, Rebecca Pullinger from the Woodland Trust and Chair of the Link Land Use Planning Group explores what it means to ‘level up’ nature.
Read More...Published on: 9 June 2023
Fields in Trust updated the Green Space Index yesterday. Maxwell Patterson, Policy and Communications Officer, writes about the GSI's findings and what the Government can do to ensure all people have access to parks and greenspaces within a 10 minute walk of home.
Read More...Published on: 9 June 2023
Robert Fraser, Herefordshire farmer and Executive Director of the Real Farming Trust, on how markets for nature will favour big landowners and allow companies to continue to offset harmful practices while the most biodiverse farms are being forced to intensify or give up
Read More...Published on: 6 June 2023
Simon Marsh, formerly the RSPB’s Head of Nature Protection and now a freelance planning consultant, reflects on the key points raised in Link's response to the Government's recent consultation on the draft revised National Networks National Policy Statement.
Read More...Published on: 5 June 2023
Prof Nathalie Pettorelli, of Zoological Society of London, talks about the valuable role of the Biodiversa+ global biodiversity partnership in supporting research and innovation, and how the UK joining it would be a no brainer
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