Yet there’s a huge opportunity to connect what we all eat to what really matters for nature as most of the food we eat comes from the land. The evidence of harm is overwhelming - agriculture is the ...
Many people feel unwelcome and unsafe in green spaces or are unable to access wild places close to where they live. Too often, this is associated with underlying issues in society of discrimination, ...
For centuries it was believed that peatlands were of no value unless drained or extracted from. Today, it known that this is not true – so why are 80% of the UK’s peatlands still degraded? Peat ...
Tomorrow, COP16 - the global UN nature conference - gets underway in Cali, Colombia. But how does it relate to the UK and why should we be interested? Dr Rob Stoneman, director of landscape recovery ...
Welcome to Wild LIVE! Our series of discussions hosted by The Wildlife Trusts' Chief Executive, Craig Bennett. Each episode we'll be joined by a knowledgeable panel to chat about some of the really ...
One of our most wild-seeming landscapes, heathland has actually been shaped by human actions. It began at least 5000 years ago, when humans started clearing trees growing on infertile soils, probably ...
Ahead of the 2024 General Election, The Wildlife Trusts laid out five critical priorities for an incoming government. These five asks are nature’s challenge to government to meet the true scale of the ...
The Wildlife Trusts launch a report which outlines the steps UK Government must take to reverse nature loss and meet global targets. Next week the new UK Government comes under scrutiny on the ...
Charles Rothschild had founded the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves (SPNR - now The Wildlife Trusts) in May 1912, with the objective of protecting special places for wildlife. Over the ...