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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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Brexit: Turning words into action for animal welfare

Published on: 2 October 2017

In impassioned conversations and speeches taking place in the halls and corridors of Party conferences, the word on every politician’s lips is of course ‘Brexit’. But what does this mean for animals?

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Green Brexit: Securing the future for farming and the environment

Published on: 29 September 2017

A day after the Natural Capital Committee called for farm payments to shift toward ‘the provision of public benefits’, we have today published our proposals for what this could look like.

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Tackling ocean plastics - why we need a deposit return scheme

Published on: 28 September 2017

“Heartbreaking” is what David Attenborough called it in an interview with Greenpeace's Unearthed news platform this week. He was speaking about the scourge of plastic pollution in our oceans...

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Protecting our unexpected wildlife havens

Published on: 18 September 2017

Ruth Chambers explains why Link has published new guidance to help Local Planning Authorities deal with development applications on brownfield land in England.

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A significant step forwards in protecting our Seabirds

Published on: 14 September 2017

Natural England have announced the formal designation of Northumberland Marine Special Protected Area (SPA), providing greater protection to a key site for UK seabirds.

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Why nature conservationists should ‘Back British Farming’

Published on: 13 September 2017

Farmers need our backing – particularly those on the smaller mixed farms that are disappearing at an alarming rate.

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UK Government needs to rethink environmental governance

Published on: 25 August 2017

If the Government is to deliver a Green Brexit, it needs to rethink its plans for domestic governance arrangements.

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#binit4beaches to keep our bathing waters clean

Published on: 18 August 2017

This summer, organisations across the UK – charities including Marine Conservation Society (MCS) and Keep Britain Tidy, water companies, the Environment Agency, Local Authorities and beach managers – have all come come together as part of the #binit4beaches campaign, to highlight the importance of only flushing the 3P’s – pee, poo and paper – and always putting wet wipes in the bin.

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