Published on: 25 May 2023
Emily Cooper, Policy and Advocacy Manager at Marine Conservation Society, responds to the Water UK sewage spills apology & shares thoughts on the ambition needed to tackle sewage pollution.
Read More...Published on: 24 May 2023
Richard Benwell, CEO at Wildlife and Countryside Link, writes about the threat posed by chemical pollution.
Read More...Published on: 18 May 2023
Simon Baker, Vice Chair at Waterlife Recovery Trust, shares their work to control invasive American mink across East Anglia and beyond.
Read More...Published on: 16 May 2023
Pippa Rowlandson, Environment Project Officer at British Canoeing, explains why we have to be diligent to tackle invasive species in our waterways, and shares practical steps for how we can all be more biosecure.
Read More...Published on: 15 May 2023
Ahead of a debate on public access to nature in Parliament on 18 May, Emma Clarke, Policy Officer at Wildlife and Countryside Link, writes about what measures are needed to deliver the Government's promise for all people to have access to nature within a 15 minute walk of home.
Read More...Published on: 12 May 2023
As Amphibian Week 2023 draws to a close, Froglife’s Conservation, Evaluation and Research Manager, Jenny Tse-Leon reflects on the importance of small freshwater bodies for wildlife and people.
Read More...Published on: 17 April 2023
Nik Perepelov, Senior Water Policy Officer at RSPB and Vice Chair of Blueprint for Water, reflects on the Plan for Water.
Read More...Published on: 12 April 2023
New Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) would provide the highest levels of protection for the marine environment, helping restore our degraded seas. However, nearly four years since work started to develop the HPMA concept, not a single site has been designated. With Ministers now committed to “explore additional sites this year” and with any future sites also subject to consultation, Wildlife and Countryside Link's Marine Group Chair Kirsten Carter, reflects on how the programme can avoid past mistakes and deliver these vital new sites.
Read More...Published on: 29 March 2023
As the Government takes steps to restore our degraded Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), Link's Marine Policy Officer Matthew Dawson writes that Ministers and officials must take this opportunity to deliver the strongest possible protections.
Read More...Published on: 25 March 2023
Despite committing last year to many of the nature proposals in the Glover Protected Landscapes Review, the Government has made very little progress and even appears set to make a disastrous u-turn on the legislative reforms crucial to support National Parks and AONBs for nature's recovery. Rose O'Neill of Campaign for National Parks, Meriel Harrison of the RSPB, Katherine Hawkins of the Wildlife Trusts, and Emma Clarke of Link report.
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