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238 English constituencies lack 15-minute walk access to green or blue space

Access to nature remains uneven across England, with hundreds of communities lacking convenient routes to green or blue spaces. New analysis by The Wildlife Trusts and Liberal Democrats for Nature and Climate found that 238 parliamentary constituencies, 44% of those in England, have at least 20% of properties located more…

The Times of India

New herd of bison having ‘great impact’ on woodlands just a few years after being introduced

The animals’ natural behaviour of grazing, felling trees, eating bark and taking dust baths opens the canopy, allows woodland regeneration and creates new spaces for other wildlife

The Independent UK

A century of care: Wildlife Trusts mark 100th birthday with woodland project

First of the trusts, formed with 12 people in a Norfolk pub in 1926, buys swath of farmland to restore to nature

The Guardian - UK

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Labour’s ‘blinkered’ drive to build risks pushing wildlife to point of no return, nature experts warn

Planning and Infrastructure Bill and weakening biodiversity gain rules will be disastrous, say RSPB and Wildlife Trusts

The Independent UK

UK government putting pressure on nature groups to drop opposition to planning bill

Exclusive: Officials offering to amend bill if wildlife organisations stop campaigning against plans

The Guardian - UK

‘Climate indicator’ sea slugs, whales and returning wildlife in UK seas in 2024

The Wildlife Trusts’s marine review of the year reveals conservation comebacks and calls for greater protection of the waters around the UK.

The Independent UK

£5m scheme boosts nature for hundreds of communities across UK, report shows

The ‘nextdoor nature’ programme by the Wildlife Trusts has worked with 1,600 communities in the past two years.

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NHS ‘could save £635m by prescribing time in nature’

Government survey found 90 per cent of people said being in nature was good for their mental health

The Independent UK

‘Let them garden’: call for landlords to help tenants and wildlife flourish

Garden designer says landlords have a responsibility to let renters improve outdoor space and help environment

The Guardian - UK

Temperate rainforests to be restored in Wales and Isle of Man

Wildlife Trusts schemes are part of wider programme to help rare habitat recover across British Isles

The Guardian - UK

World Wildlife Day: 7 ways gardeners can make a difference

Do your bit to celebrate World Wildlife Day. By Hannah Stephenson.

The Independent UK

Labour gave us national parks – how can Keir Starmer be so silent on nature’s survival now?

The party talks of a green and fair future, but that will be impossible without protecting Britain’s natural habitats, says Craig Bennett, chief executive of the Wildlife Trusts

The Guardian - UK

NI's former top civil servant warns of 'danger' Retained EU Law Bill poses to our environment

"This Bill is a real and present danger to our environment and to many of the safeguards and protections we take for granted in our daily lives"

Belfast Live

What’s this unfamiliar feeling I have after the Cop15 meeting? It might just be hope

The Montreal biodiversity conference set some ambitious targets, says Craig Bennett, chief executive of the Wildlife Trusts

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‘We have a long way to go’: can the UK hit its ambitious 30% rewilding targets?

Britain is a vocal supporter of the global bid to return 30% of land to nature, but its record is dismal. Can it make up lost ground in time?

The Guardian - UK

Wildcats could be released in England for first time in hundreds of years

Wildcat expert recruited by Wildlife Trust with view to reintroducing animal currently found in remote parts of Scotland

The Guardian - UK

This warm autumn is a warning: Britain’s seasons are changing for good

A mild November may be talked of as a ‘freak weather event’, but the climate crisis will make the abnormal normal, says Sophie Pavelle, ambassador for the Wildlife Trusts

The Guardian - UK

UK government delays clean water and nature targets, breaching Environment Act

Thérèse Coffey says targets underpinning nature recovery will not be published this month

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Bird Flu Prevention Zone declared across Great Britain following multiple outbreaks in last year

Thousands of birds have died across the UK since October 2021, with outbreaks affecting internationally-important seabird colonies off the North East coast

The Guardian - UK

‘He’s a believer’: will Sunak rebuild green agenda torn up by Truss?

Environmental groups see new PM as welcome relief but restoring climate credentials will be difficult

The Guardian - UK

Lost rainforest could be revived across 20% of Great Britain

Exclusive: campaigners call for protection and careful tree-planting to help restore the temperate rainforests that once covered swathes of the country

The Guardian - UK

Young people’s mental health bolstered by nature projects, report says

Participants in £33m scheme that improved 3,000 community spaces note confidence and wellbeing boost

The Guardian - UK

‘A tragedy for trees’: ash dieback ravages UK’s fragile woodlands

Only 5% of species now expected to survive as disease hits harder than first thought and prevention costs mount

The Guardian - UK

Beavers can help Britain fight the climate crisis – if we welcome them back

England is finally protecting the beavers that could save our failing rivers – if they’re permitted to be released into the wild, says author and wildlife ambassador Sophie Pavelle

The Independent UK

Autumn walks to help kids become interested in nature

In the run-up to The Wildlife Trusts’ Big Wild Walk, there are ways to make walks a family affair, says Hannah Stephenson.

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