Blog: Government policy

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Planning to fail

Our CEO, Harry, reflects on the new planning reforms which could see our precious wildlife facing further threats

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General Election results: what now?

So the third election in five years is over. Here in Devon not a great deal has changed, but nationally it’s a new political landscape. The Conservatives have a clear majority and Brexit by the…

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Why I’m joining the Youth Strike 4 Climate

On Friday 20th September, students from around the World will be shunning their classrooms, textbooks and smart boards and taking to the streets to demand action on the climate emergency.

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Land and Climate Change

Well, it’s official. According to the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), how we use our land is one of the most significant contributors to global warming –…

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What next?

What does a new Government mean for our environment's uncertain future?

Wilder Future: a badger's view

Badger. Strong defiant, paternal, the only animal that the weasels and stoats won’t dare to cross. It is badger who the other animals turn to when things go wrong, the reluctant leader who steps…

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Wilder Future: a mole's view

It’s a crisp, early spring morning of watery sun and rippling bird song. The April greens are at their sharpest, the leaves of every plant impossibly lush. The flowers pushing themselves up among…

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Wilder Future: a toad's view

It’s always intrigued me that Kenneth Grahame chose Toad as his most impulsive, charismatic and rumbustious character. An adrenaline junky, desperate to be loved and the antithesis of Ratty’s…

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Wilder Future Campaign Launch

Yesterday, The Wildlife Trusts launched Wilder Future, our most ambitious campaign ever. Our reasoning? Because wildlife is declining fast and because the UK is now officially one of the most…