YOU WONT BELIEVE: 5 - What They Never Told You

Calls for nature-friendly planning reform to support struggling councils

Research from green groups found that more than half of local authorities in England have failed to meet their ‘biodiversity duty’ requirements.

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2024

UK’s intensive farming hotspots have 79 times more chickens than people, data shows

Despite large poultry units being a key driver of river pollution, their number has soared near the Wye and Severn

The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2024

Red squirrels ‘to vanish from England’ unless vaccine against squirrelpox funded

Conservation group warns species threatened by exploding populations of grey squirrels who carry lethal virus

The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2024

England ‘seen as world leading on nature-friendly farming at Cop16’

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is reportedly considering a £100 million cut to funding for nature-friendly farming in Wednesday’s Budget.

Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2024

Wild camping on Dartmoor not a significant fire risk, research shows

Exclusive: Data on number and nature of wildfires at odds with claims of landowner seeking to ban wild camping

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2024

‘It’s a warning’: UK nature chief sounds alarm over ecosystem collapse as butterfly numbers halve

In a Guardian interview, Tony Juniper says housebuilding plans could be an opportunity to create ‘wild belts’ around cities to help habitat and species recovery

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2024

Many protected landscapes owned by English water firms in disrepair, data shows

Exclusive: Figures reveal just 16% of company-controlled sites of special scientific interest are in good condition

The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2024

Long-term badger cull plan dropped amid legal challenge but thousands still to be killed this year

Exclusive: Government legal document shows minister scrapped proposal on day Brian May film showed how one farm defeated bTB

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2024

Shocking badger cull film on BBC will prompt anger like Post Office scandal drama, claims Queen star Brian May

‘Dynamite’ claims come two days after government performed U-turn on election pledge to stop killing native mammal

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2024

Wildlife boosted by England’s nature-friendly farming schemes, study finds

Areas where farmers provide good habitats show notable increase in butterflies, bees, bats and breeding birds

The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2024