Items Tagged 'Wildlife And Countryside Link'

• Government urged to make tackling climate and nature crises a top farming resolution
• 8 steps to woodlands for climate, nature and people
• Wildlife and Countryside Link response to the shift in Government's bovine TB strategy
• eNGOs challenge Government to do more to avoid hamstrung environment mission
• Huge nature, well-being and climate cost of coronavirus
• Reaction: Welcome Government commitments towards closing our doors on nature invaders
• Government and the public urged to help turn the tide for our struggling seas on World Oceans Day
• Twenty-five thousand jobs could be created through government investment in a green recovery
• Failure on global and UK nature targets a wake-up call that UK governments must answer
• Official figures reveal not one river or lake in England is in good health
• Spend £6 million a year to save £2.7 billion on nature invader costs to the economy by 2040
• 83% of public say Government should offer nature jobs to those unemployed in COVID-19 crisis and beyond
• Government warned nature targets will be missed without more investment
• Green Industrial Revolution must tackle climate and nature crises together
• Spending Review leaves effort to avert a nature and climate crisis on ice
• Partial peat-burning ban positive as a first step, but limits and loopholes leave cause for climate concern
• Welcome EAC report outlines the groundwork for a green recovery
• Green nuggets in the Budget but not the Green Recovery hoped for
• English waters among the least healthy in Europe, and climate change will make this worse - Conservationists launch roadmap for restoring waters and wildlife
• Chancellor urged to commit at least £1.2bn annual nature funding ahead of climate talks
• Rising reports of wildlife crimes during the pandemic spark fresh fears for beloved species
• New campaign calls for a ‘legal right to local nature’ in Levelling Up reforms
• World Oceans Day call for action as three quarters of Brits say better protection for our ocean is needed
• Politicians come together to bring an end to toxic lead pollution
• Urgent action needed as peat burning ban and restoration measures miss the mark
• Report for parliamentary group concludes that ban on lead shot can be achieved by 2024
• A backwards step for the UK in fighting the climate and nature crisis - nature campaigners hit out at plans to drop retained EU laws for protecting the environment
• Joint route map launched to boost ethnic diversity in the environment sector
• Government has made no appreciable progress on its policy to protect 30% of the land and sea for nature by 2030
• Prime Minister challenged to fast-track not back-track on support for farmers and nature
• Towards greater ethnic diversity in the environment sector
• “An economic and environmental wrecking ball” – new figures reveal ripping up of retained EU laws could cost £82bn for the UK
• Toxic chemical cocktails found at over 1,600 river and groundwater sites across England
• “Government has no credible plan” – reaction to report on progress towards goal of protecting 30% of England for nature
• Bee-killing pesticides found at wildlife-threatening levels in rivers around the country
• Wildlife and Countryside Link launch ‘People and Nature’ mini manifesto
• Double down on delivery or Government nature targets will just be daydreams, says environment coalition
• Frontrunner councils show that Biodiversity Net Gain can be more than a glorified offsetting scheme
• Hair and blood of UK politicians and environmentalists polluted by harmful chemicals
• Urgent UK nature rescue plan needed around COP16 talks to plug massive 30x30 target gap
• Response to publication of National Planning Policy Framework
• Can the Nature Restoration Fund really restore nature?
• Lack of ambition on Biodiversity Net Gain leaves scheme missing the mark for nature one year on
• Positive news for wildlife-friendly farming, but Defra spending settlement still leaves challenges for nature recovery
• Government proposals would torpedo vital nature recovery scheme & biodiversity market, but new research shows a better solution for nature and development.
• Reaction: If reforms are to succeed, they must show that planning can be both pro-nature and pro-growth
• Not adding up: new research shows UK is miles away from meeting 2030 goals
• Decisive Supreme Court judgment upholds essential wildlife laws
• Young homebuyers being forced into urban nature deserts, new research finds