Published on: 24 February 2023
The Government has one last chance in this Parliament to act to recover nature in National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Read More...Published on: 9 February 2023
Author Hannah Bourne-Taylor outlines the campaign to make swift bricks compulsory in new housing across Britain to help safeguard cavity species from becoming nationally extinct
Read More...Published on: 8 February 2023
Blueprint for Water share their take on the draft Water Resource Management Plans, and explain how you can tell you water company that their plans must work for nature.
Read More...Published on: 2 February 2023
Laura Williams, Campaigns Manager for Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, explains how they’re engaging new audiences with what wetlands are and why they matter this World Wetlands Day.
Read More...Published on: 2 February 2023
Matt Browne, Head of Policy and Advocacy at Wildlife and Countryside Link explores the Government’s response to concerns about the Retained EU Law Bill, ahead of its second reading in the House of Lords
Read More...Published on: 30 January 2023
The Habitats Regulations are the UK’s most important nature conservation laws and multiple reviews have found them to be effective. However, the Habitats Regulations are at risk as the Government collects multiple powers to amend these Regulations freely - Link's CEO Richard Benwell explains.
Read More...Published on: 25 January 2023
The Government is expected to make another announcement on the future of Environmental Land Management imminently, but will it hit the mark? Alice Groom (RSPB), Barnaby Coupe (The Wildlife Trusts) and Marcus Gilleard (National Trust) discuss.
Read More...Published on: 24 January 2023
Tom Ash, Policy & Advocacy Officer at Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, calls on the Government to urgently publish robust and effective Biodiversity Net Gain regulations prior to mandatory BNG in November 2023, to ensure BNG delivers on its potential to help restore nature.
Read More...Published on: 19 January 2023
In 2023, Wildlife and Countryside Link is supporting the new Food, Farming and Nature Consensus alongside farmers and other environmental organisations, to show a united front for a better farming future. Hannah Conway, Policy Officer, explains.
Read More...Published on: 12 January 2023
Tom Lancaster, Head of Farming and Land Management Policy at RSPB, reflects on the policy announcements at Oxford Farming Conference and looks ahead at what’s to come
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