What’s behind the increasingly shrill calls to disregard nature protections?
A peek behind the curtain at the illusionists peddling nature destruction as a public good:
www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/public-...
The Nuclear Review – disastrous for nature, also bad news for Government electability
New polling out today shows that the PM’s speech calling nature protections ‘well-meaning but fundamentally misguided’ losing him support on both left & right:
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/anti-na...
"I think [the government has] been taken in by these airy assurances from these dinosaur developers that nature is fine. You can just throw money at it, and it will all be okay.
"And that is the deception..."
Listen to @mattrcbrowne.bsky.social on the ECO Chamber podcast now 🎧 pod.fo/e/3827cf
A split image showing Canford Heath, Dorset: left side features a 1960s land utilization survey map with color-coded zones; right side displays a present-day satellite view, highlighting urban development over former heathland.
A historical land use map of Downham Market, Norfolk from the 1960s, shaded to show various land types like arable, urban, and woodland.
Four digitised maps showing land cover changes in Wolverhampton, England from 1930 to 2020, highlighting shifts from broadleaved woodland and grassland to arable land and urban areas.
New analysis of 1960s land use maps, many created by schoolchildren and students, reveals fresh insights on the timing and extent of habitat losses caused by post-war agricultural intensification and urban growth in England and Wales.
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#maps #LandUse
Criticising the Treasury is a staple of British politics, but environmentalists have a particularly strong case for saying the department is failing in its current form.
Some reflections ahead of next week’s budget on the real roadblock to green growth:
www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/policy/...
Image of countryside with words reading: 'Let communities own rivers, woods & moors. Write to your MP about the upcoming Community Right to Buy laws'
Let communities own rivers, woods & moors!
Excellent to see @simonforstroud.bsky.social has tabled amendments 107 & 108 to the Devolution Bill to strengthen Community Right to Buy laws in this way.
We need more Labour MPs to support this - email yours:
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Ministers are reportedly thinking of weakening nature protections yet again.
This wouldn't conjure growth, but would diminish the joys that enrich life, like visits to see wildlife in National Parks. Protections safeguard those happy days - Gov must rethink
www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/public-...
A year on from the inspirational Restore Nature Now march, where are we with nature policy in Westminster?
Some musings on cold winds, old chestnuts and a few hope-inducing swallows
www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/p/natur...
Honoured to be on ENDS Power List this year, especially as I work in a sector where unsung heroes abound!
Looking forward to continuing to work with brilliant colleagues in The Wildlife Trusts and in other environmental orgs on nature advocacy. There is lots to do...
New RSWT briefing on Planning & Infrastructure Bill out today, making the case for four amendments to add essential safeguards to the Nature Restoration Fund proposals. Huge thanks to the MPs & other environmental orgs that have jointly worked on these:
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/gaps-pl...
“The chancellor and prime minister would do well to remember that nature does not block growth – it is the very foundation on which growth is built” - well said @mattrcbrowne.bsky.social. For more, see...
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All of the profits from a £22 billion Government investment in carbon capture tech are destined for the pockets of BP & other huge energy companies. Instead a fair share should go to supporting farmers deliver natural carbon capture 👇
www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/barnaby...
Wildlife Trusts response to the Planning Bill published today:
www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/becky-p...
In a nutshell: Some welcome Nature Restoration Fund safeguards, but more needed - both to damage-proof the Fund & to secure better environmental outputs from the planning system.
