One year after Biodiversity Net Gain was introduced to ensure that new developments leave the natural environment in a better state than they found it, The Wildlife Trusts are proving that restoring ...

Chair, explores the legacyof Elke Mackenzie—a trailblazing botanist and explorer whose lichenology work shaped natural ...

The Wildlife Trusts co-hosted a workshop at the Oxford Real Farming Conference, discussing the challenges lowland peat soils face and potential solutions. In this blog, Vicki Hird, Strategic Lead on ...

Latest update: a WIN for wildlife! January 2025: The UK Government has said NO to the industry's request to allow banned chemicals to be used on our sugar beet crops! Joan Edwards, Director of Policy ...

The water vole is a much-loved British mammal, known by many as ‘Ratty’ in the children’s classic The Wind in the Willows. Unfortunately, the future of this charming riverside creature is in peril; ...

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 ...

We need to restore nature at a global scale, on land and at sea. And it needs to happen now. Strategy 2030 provides the high-level framework of how we intend to go about it. Our vision is of a ...

Some say winter is lifeless. It’s anything but. Many birds that fought each other off all spring and summer now gather together in enormous numbers, and starlings fill the skies with the incredible ...

The landmark 2023 State of Nature Report has shown that the UK – already classified as one of the world’s most nature-depleted countries – is continuing to allow nature to decline. With election ...

We are living in a time of real challenge, facing intertwined nature, climate and health emergencies that are having devastating, global impacts. But there are still ways to make positive changes.

In light of the coronavirus pandemic, maintaining a connection with the natural world is more important than ever to ensure we're taking good care of our health and wellbeing. Our activity sheets ...

MPs want to know what it is you care about. Not only do they want to hear from you, they also have a duty to listen - their job is to represent you in Parliament! Writing to your MP is a great way to ...