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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 · Oct 21, 2022

‘I’m shedding tears of rage!’ How the Tories’ ‘war on nature’ outraged everyone from the RSPB to farmers

Liz Truss’s ministers seem determined to rip up environmental protections. But they’re facing resistance from an extraordinary alliance of wildlife charities and green-minded Conservatives

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2022

Ministers may go ahead with nature-friendly scheme, farmers believe

Speculation had been rife that government would block Elms subsidies for creating wildlife habitats

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2022

RSPB ‘not ruling out’ direct action to defend nature from government policy

Beccy Speight says charity coalition plans to step up campaign against changes posing threat to wildlife

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2022

Liz Truss facing rural rebellion over anti-nature ‘growth’ push

Wildlife charities, Tory former ministers and millions of ordinary people raise alarm over environment

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2022

Huge Asian hornet nest as big as a basketball discovered in Essex back garden

Home owner David Holborn was shocked when inspectors found the huge nest in his garden. The British Beekeepers Association said the nest was taken away for examination by government scientists

Daily Mirror · Oct 7, 2022

Truss’s policy on environment seems to be: don’t think about it

The RSPB, National Trust, green farmers and anti-frackers all got it in the neck at the Conservative conference

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022

Environment sector has failed to become more inclusive, study suggests

Out of 44 charities, only 4% said they had a consistently implemented action plan to increase ethnic diversity

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022

Tory MPs dismiss critical RSPB campaign as ‘marketing strategy’

Wildlife charities accused of trying to ‘upset people’ by urging members to condemn environment policies

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022

Rise up, twitchers! The thinktanks are coming

Time is running out to protect the RSPB and National Trust from climate crisis-denying, neoliberal lobbyists and their nature-hating Tory cronies

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022