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The Land Use Framework. Unlocking future land use: nature is key

Published on: 25 April 2025

John Harold, Farm Partnership Officer at Plantlife, reflects on how the Land Use Framework could deliver for nature.

From fisheries to wind farms: understanding the different policies behind managing the North Sea

Published on: 14 April 2025

Valeria Zambianchi, postdoc at the Earth and Life Institute at UC Louvain (Belgium), analyses the UK policy landscape that governs decarbonisation and marine conservation in the management of the North Sea. The piece is based on her PhD research, available here.

From small sites to big opportunities on Biodiversity Net Gain

Published on: 2 April 2025

On April the 2nd, Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) celebrates the first full year of implementation for small sites, a crucial milestone given their collective impact. Philip Box, Senior Policy Officer at Link explains how to strengthen the scheme to make the most of the opportunity presented

One Million Hours Needs You!

Published on: 1 April 2025

The Great British Spring Clean Returns

Published on: 27 March 2025

Thousands of dedicated #LitterHeroes are donning their gloves, grabbing their litter-pickers, and cleaning up their local streets, parks and beaches. That’s because the nation’s biggest mass-action environmental campaign, the Great British Spring Clean, is back, running until 6 April!

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill: what are the risks and opportunities?

Published on: 20 March 2025

As we approach second reading of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, nature groups are concerned about the "nature vs. growth" rhetoric coming from Government. So, what are the risks to nature if we get planning reform wrong, and how can the bill be improved to ensure this doesn't happen? Richard Benwell, CEO of Wildlife and Countryside Link, explains

The UK’s National Biodiversity Plan: A Critical Next Step for Nature?

Published on: 26 February 2025

Today’s blog is written by Donia Zhang, Global Policy Volunteer at the RSPB, on the newly released UK response to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

Happy birthday to Biodiversity Net Gain

Published on: 6 February 2025

The Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) policy – which requires developers to more than offset their harm to habitats – has now been a mandatory requirement for Town and Country Planning Act developments since 12 February 2024.

Enough Said, Ban Lead: why a ban on lead ammunition is needed now

Published on: 4 February 2025

WWT's campaign team on where we currently stand in the fight to ban lead ammunition, and how you can get involved

Building regenerative fisheries and healthy seas: what can we learn from farming?

Published on: 28 January 2025

Alec Taylor, Director of Policy and Research, Oceana UK, writes on the parallels between farming and fishing, and progress needs to be mirrored across the sectors