A pesticide known to kill bees has been authorised for farmers to use on sugar beet crops in England. The deadly neonicotinoid (or neonic), thiamethoxam, was banned EU-wide in 2018 because of the wide-spread harm it causes. We are shocked that the Secretary of State, George Eustice, has used his power to allow this. The decision to allow...
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. The Wildlife Trusts strongly oppose this decision. The Secretary of State, George Eustice, made the decision in response to the potential danger posed from...
The natural world is in a critical condition. Let’s put it into recovery. We love the classic story The Wind in the Willows. But since Kenneth Graeme’s beloved characters Toad, Badger, Ratty and Mole were first introduced almost 100 years ago, the UK has become one of the most nature-depleted nations in the world....
Today The Wildlife Trusts launch 30 by 30, a public appeal to raise £30 million to start putting nature into recovery across at least 30% of land and sea by 2030. Nature has suffered serious declines for decades with 26% of UK mammals in danger of disappearing altogether and hedgehogs, red squirrels, bats, turtle...
Ecosystems permanently damaged. Irreplaceable habitats destroyed. Taxpayer’s money spent on restoration wasted. Wildlife extinctions at a local level. This could be nature’s fate if the current plans for HS2 continue. In the most comprehensive environmental assessment to date we can reveal the sheer scale of potential damage from HS2. Our report shows that the...
Get closer to nature this Christmas, with our winter wildlife challenge Every June we challenge you to try 30 Days Wild, doing one wild thing a day throughout the month. We call these wild things “Random Acts of Wildness”, and they can be as simple as watching a bird from your window, or as...