Published on: 5 March 2024
Ahead of a Westminister Hall debate (Tuesday 5th March) on the continued use of Neonicotinoids, Wildlife and Countryside Link has again called for the phasing out of toxic pesticides and for the government to deliver on its long-awaited strategy on pesticide use.
Read More...Published on: 13 February 2024
News reports from multiple media outlets about Wildlife and Countryside Link’s evidence on racism and the countryside have taken comments from an inquiry response to MPs and misrepresented them out of context
Read More...Published on: 7 February 2024
Ahead of roll out of mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) on 12 February, Wildlife and Countryside Link (Link) has released new analysis revealing that in most Local Authorities, Biodiversity Net Gain will fail to go beyond “offsetting”
Read More...Published on: 31 January 2024
Marking one year since the publication of the Environment Improvement Plan, Government today announced actions for nature that have been welcomed by environmental coalition Wildlife and Countryside Link.
Read More...Published on: 18 January 2024
In the first major review of the Environment Improvement Plan, Government advisors warn that the Government is off-track, and risks missing the legally-binding target to halt nature decline by 2030.
Read More...Published on: 18 January 2024
Emergency use of Cruiser SB granted for sugar beet crop - the fourth year running that its use has been permitted since a ban was put in place
Read More...Published on: 18 January 2024
Emergency use of Cruiser SB granted for sugar beet crop - the fourth year running that its use has been permitted since a ban was put in place
Read More...Published on: 12 January 2024
On 9th January, the CEOs of five environmental organisations met with Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party and Steve Reed, Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to discuss the policy interventions needed to achieve net zero by 2050 and to halt the decline of nature by 2030.
Read More...Published on: 4 January 2024
Following today’s (4th January) announcement by the Secretary of State on updates to the UK’s farming schemes, nature coalition group Wildlife and Countryside Link has welcomed the announcement but has called on the government to support a more holistic approach to sustainable farm payments which enable environmental recovery at scale and to make good on its commitment to regulatory reform.
Read More...Published on: 14 December 2023
A year on from a global pledge to halt the decline of nature by 2030, signed by the UK at COP15, nature groups are warning that the UK risks missing the targets.
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