Spring 2020 magazine UK News
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Great news for Gwent Levels as motorway plans scrapped
The Welsh Government has shown its commitment to a wilder future today, after rejecting plans to build an M4 relief road across the Gwent Levels.
Bad news for bees: Government reverses ban on bee-killing neonicotinoids
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…
Yet again World Oceans Day is a good news day for our seas!
Joan Edwards of The Wildlife Trusts reflects on being a member of the HPMA panel and is calling on Government for an ambitious delivery plan for Highly Protected Marine Areas within a year.
The Wildlife Trusts: Pride month
In memory of the 1969 Stonewall riots, June marks LGBTQ+ Pride month, where we celebrate the lives and identities of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer communities.
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A Month in New Zealand
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An illustrated talk about the landscape and wildlife of New Zealand
It’s Pride month! Join us in celebrating.
In memory of the 1969 Stonewall riots, June marks LGBTQ+ Pride month, where we celebrate the lives and identities of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer communities
Bee a Friendly Gardener with Monty Don
It has been estimated that 80 per cent of the western diet depends on pollination by bees. So their steady decline is a cause for real alarm. But British gardeners can actively nurture and…
Six months on from COP15, UK Government stalling on action for nature
Recently, The Wildlife Trusts and global law firm, Hogan Lovells, hosted an event to mark six months since the conclusion of the UN Biodiversity Conference, COP15 – the ‘nature COP’. The event…
Rewriting Extinction Launches 12-Month Campaign to Save the World
Launched by Cara Delevingne actor and model on June 15th 2021, Rewriting Extinction is a global movement founded by Paul Goodenough Emmy nominated Producer and Writer to save as many species from…
Environmental groups and Monty Don write to Government calling for end to use of peat compost
Environmental groups have come together to write a letter to the Environment Secretary calling for a ban on the use of peat in compost by 2025. Celebrity gardener, broadcaster and writer Monty Don…