Image – Early Oat Fields, Haregill Lodge Farm, Ellingstring, North Yorkshire – Paul Harris/2020VISION Today Defra has finally published more details on the Environmental Land Management schemes (ELM) that farmers have been clamoring for. Whilst many questions remain, The Wildlife Trusts, RSPB, and The National Trust welcome a significant step in the right direction...
UK government allows ‘emergency’ use of banned bee-harming pesticide just days after EU tightens protections Today, 23 January 2023, the government has announced that for the third year in a row, it will permit the use of the banned pesticide thiamethoxam – a type of neonicotinoid – on sugar beet in England in 2023....
The Government has announced new payments for farmers which raise serious questions as to whether we’ll see any better environmental outcomes now than the era of the much-derided Common Agricultural Policy. Our food security’s dependence on nature and a stable climate is in the spotlight at this week’s farm conferences, particularly in the light...
After twelve days of talks and two years of delay, negotiators at COP15 in Montreal have agreed a historic global deal to protect nature. The new Global Biodiversity Framework enshrines the target of protecting 30% of land and sea for nature in international law, and commits richer countries to providing $30bn a year to...
The Wildlife Trusts are appalled that Government ignores public’s plea to improve river health and protected places – and allows nature to flatline for next 20 years Today, the Government unveiled their overdue domestic environmental targets while taking the stage at the international nature conference, COP15, where negotiators are attempting to agree a global...
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No Nature. No Future. Abundant, healthy wildlife and a thriving environment are the answer to many of the challenges we face today. Without nature, there will be no food, no growth, no security, no peace of mind. No future. And yet, UK Government has launched an attack on nature – suggesting the laws in...
Mammal expert Stuart Edmunds introduces this incredible collection of carnivores. What is a mustelid? Mustelid probably isn’t a word that most people use very often. Everyone has heard of stoats and weasels, but you might be unaware that these carnivorous animals belong to a group of mammals called the mustelids. Other members of the...
The nature and climate crises are two sides of the same coin, and one cannot be solved without tackling the other. So as the gavel finally rests on a deal at COP27, and with just a handful of weeks until the international biodiversity conference in Montreal, we review COP27’s key outcomes for nature. The...
Absence of nature’s recovery in today’s Autumn Statement puts future prosperity at risk Today the Government published its Autumn Statement. While The Wildlife Trusts are pleased that the Government remains fully committed to the UK’s climate obligations, including a 68% reduction in our own emissions, it is still not on track to meet this...
The Wildlife Trusts’ youth activism manager, Arran Wilson, draws on his background as a lecturer in zoology to explore what exactly hibernation is, and which animals rely on it to get through winter. Winter brings very different challenges to the UK’s wildlife – temperatures are lower and food is often harder to find. Many...
The Wildlife Trusts have joined other nature charities in asking the Office for Environmental Protection to investigate the Government’s failure to publish required nature recovery targets by the stipulated deadline of Monday 31st October. The Government has broken the law by failing to set the targets – the Secretary of State, Therese Coffey, has...