Published on: 30 April 2020
As we contemplate week six of lockdown, Covid-19 continues to shine an unforgiving light on the inequity of the global food system and its consequences for nature and people.
Read More...Published on: 20 April 2020
Andy Knott, CEO of the League Against Cruel Sports, writes about how the Coronavirus pandemic could be a very good reason for people not to return to normal once its over – crucially giving wildlife and the environment the chance to flourish.
Read More...Published on: 15 April 2020
Tom Hunt, National Coordinator at ALERC urges us to use this uncertain time to recognise the little pieces of nature that were always around us: birdsong, stars and butterflies feeding on flowers. The year 2020 will be an anomaly for many reasons but let's make one of those more engagement with nature and far more UK garden records.
Read More...Published on: 6 April 2020
James Sawyer, Regional Director at Ifaw writes about the third, and forgotten sector which is more at risk than ever, amidst the covid chaos.
Read More...Published on: 23 March 2020
Andy Lester, Conservation Director at A Rocha UK, argues that, despite the anxieties and difficulties the coronavirus is causing, this crisis may also offer us reason to hope and dream.
Read More...Published on: 17 March 2020
With the local elections postponed, Neil Sinden, Director of CPRE London discusses where this leaves London in the midst of a public health, climate and nature emergency.
Read More...Published on: 16 March 2020
Plantlife's new CEO, Ian Dunn, discusses the challenges ahead for strengthening our environmental foundations, and the willingness needed to deliver a transformative joined-up approach which can bring us back from the brink of collapse.
Read More...Published on: 12 March 2020
February’s statement by (the then Chancellor) Sajid Javid, to the Financial Times, that today’s Budget statement would include the announcement of yet another ‘Red Tape Challenge’ brought with it a sense of déjà vu.
Read More...Published on: 27 February 2020
Legislation it seems are like buses. After the stagnation of 2019, the policy taps are well and truly flowing, with Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries bills in Parliament, and the publication on Tuesday of important papers on Defra’s plans for future farming, and separately their environmental land management scheme.
Read More...Published on: 19 February 2020
Julia Eriksen, Phil Michaels Legal Scholar at Friends of the Earth, explains how legislative reforms are frustrating access to environmental justice.
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