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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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The England Tree Strategy – a new start?

Published on: 29 July 2020

Matt Browne, Advocacy Lead at Wildlife and Countryside Link, reports on the recent Link webinar on the England Tree Strategy.

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Riskier Business

Published on: 10 July 2020

Colleagues from RSPB and WWF-UK investigate the need for urgent action for the UK to reduce its global impact.

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Resilience and Hope

Published on: 9 July 2020

Andy Lester from A Rocha UK, reflects on the resilience of nature and the glimmers of hope for the future that can be found in the strangest of places

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Whaling in the time of covid-19

Published on: 6 July 2020

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Newts and Project Speed

Published on: 2 July 2020

ARC’s Conservation Director, Jim Foster, reflects on the ministerial mistake of framing newts as a hindrance to building a new future for Britain.

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“More haste less Project Speed”: one week for a Green Recovery recovery.

Published on: 30 June 2020

Richard Benwell, CEO at Wildlife and Countryside Link, reflects on the Prime Ministers 'New Deal' promises and it's lack of love for nature.

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The Time Is Now lobby: A new day for democracy - a new start for nature?

Published on: 30 June 2020

Matt Browne, Advocacy Lead at Wildlife and Countryside Link, marks the first ever virtual lobby of Parliament and highlights the opportunity it presents for nature.

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Everyone hates Bovine Tuberculosis

Published on: 29 June 2020

Both farmers and wildlife enthusiasts can agree on their hatred for the disease, though for differing reasons. Rosie Woodroffe, ZSL, urges this Government to urgently implement their eradication strategy, moving towards vaccination as a primary focus.

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Make clean ponds to save freshwater biodiversity

Published on: 26 June 2020

With freshwaters under pressure like no time before, and showing little sign of improving, important good news has come recently from a perhaps unexpected quarter. Jeremy Biggs, Freshwater Habitats Trust, gives details of the lessons learned from the Water Friendly Farming Project and urges us to protect ponds as a critical habitat.

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