Planning Bill breaks Labour’s nature promises, say The Wildlife Trusts and RSPB
New evidence shows nature does not block growth
New poll: Voters say Labour’s failing nature
Pull part 3 of the Bill: nature recovery pretence is ‘licence to destroy’
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The Wildlife Trusts: Our priorities for the next UK Government
The wildlife we have in the UK is incredible, with species found nowhere else on Earth. But decades of pollution and habitat loss has destroyed the places they call home and driven wildlife into chronic decline. Shockingly, 1 in 7 species in the UK is now at risk of extinction.
Are you our next trustee?
Jo Webb reflects on her time as Chair of the Trustee board and inspiring the next cohort of trustees as she prepares to step-down.
Devastating news for bees as Government reverses neonicotinoids ban
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is alarmed to learn the Government has agreed the use of a highly damaging pesticide - neonicotinoid thiamethoxam - for the treatment of sugar beet seed in response to…
UK Government amendments on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill – a welcome step forward, but not the end of the road
After months of campaigning by The Wildlife Trusts and other environmental organisations, the UK Government has tabled amendments to add nature safeguards to Part 3 of the Planning and…
We must act together, says Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, at the start of global conference on nature
The most important global summit for nature in decades – the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, also known as COP15 – started in Canada today
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust responds to Government announcement about the designation of the Yorkshire Wolds as an AONB
We welcome the Government’s ambition to protect the amazing landscape of the Yorkshire Wolds, but call for landscape protection to also support an abundance of wildlife, and contribute to tackling…
Underwhelmed: The Wildlife Trusts’ response to the Environmental Improvement Plan
Read our response to the much-anticipated new Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP).
Planning and Infrastructure Bill: What’s at risk for our wildlife?
As comments and reaction around planning and biodiversity gain pace, our Chief Executive Rachael Bice delves a little deeper into what’s at stake in the new Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
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