Wildlife at risk on farms as vital hedge and river rules vanish
The National Trust, RSPB and The Wildlife Trusts say rivers and hedgerows are at increasing risk as UK Government fails to enshrine basic protection for nature on farms.
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Four nations’ nature charities denounce Truss government Bill due back in the Commons today
Today, Wednesday 18th January, the Retained EU Law Bill (REUL) is scheduled to have its Report Stage and third and final reading in the House of Commons, before moving on to the House of Lords.…
Trust urges government to abandon attack on nature
Surrey Wildlife Trust is urging local people to voice their opposition to government plans to reform the UK’s planning, agriculture and conservation policies, calling the proposals an ‘attack on…
The Wildlife Trusts call on the Government to bin the ‘Bulldozer Bill’*
Bill threatens important laws that protect places like the New Forest and wildlife such as otters, dolphins and peregrines
Birds, bees, and butterflies suffer as Brexit farming promises broken
Rescue rivers, wildlife and climate faster say three largest nature charities
Bad news for bees: Government reverses ban on bee-killing neonicotinoids
The Government has bowed to pressure from the National Farmers Union and agreed to authorise the use of the highly damaging neonicotinoid thiamethoxam for the treatment of sugar beet seed in 2021…
Crucial moment for the Agriculture Bill threatens the recovery of nature
Last night’s vote on the Agriculture Bill in the House of Commons saw MPs vote against an amendment previously passed in the Lords to #SaveOurStandards, despite a rebellion of 14 Conservative MPs…
Securing a Wilder Future for Surrey
Surrey Wildlife Trust meets Surrey MPs to discuss the Environment Bill
Environment Bill to determine future of Surrey’s wildlife
Surrey Wildlife Trust urges people to back ambitious environmental protections and a powerful, independent Nature Watchdog
In response to the 25 Year Environment Plan
Theresa May’s speech on the environment this week shows that, at last, a Government is seeing how much the environment means to the people of the UK, not least young people.