Wildlife

Nature charities urge Chancellor to ramp up biodiversity spending in Budget

Biodiversity

Nature charities urge Chancellor to ramp up biodiversity spending in Budget

New modelling from leading green campaign groups suggests a minimum investment of £1.2bn a year is needed to achieve the UK's nature protection goals, as concerns grow that Environment Bill could be watered down

clock 20 October 2021 • 5 min read

Science

'Wake up call': Halting nature destruction key to avoiding pandemics, UN report finds

The world is now in an 'era of pandemics' due to nature loss and unsustainable economies, leading scientists warn

clock 29 October 2020 • 4 min read

Policy

Nature playing critical role in nation's wellbeing during pandemic, survey finds

Natural England's latest People and Nature survey found four in ten people are spending more time in natural spaces since the pandemic began

clock 01 October 2020 • 2 min read

Biodiversity

'Earth's living systems are being compromised': World misses all UN biodiversity targets

Range of targets on deforestation, habitats, oceans, plastic pollution adopted a decade ago have all been missed or are heading in wrong direction, UN report warns

clock 16 September 2020 • 4 min read

Policy

Environmental charities fear huge nature and climate cost from coronavirus crisis

Green groups come together to warn that welcome financial support from government is failing to go far enough

clock 15 April 2020 • 3 min read

Policy

Defra launches natural capital tool to help businesses make greener decisions

Tool is the first time evidence and guidance about UK natural capital will be accessible in one place

clock 22 January 2020 • 2 min read

Work

National Trust promises to go net zero by 2030

"We need to step forward and leave our own legacy" says director general Hilary McGrady on charity's 125th anniversary

clock 09 January 2020 • 2 min read

Technology

IBM traces passage of the Mayflower with self-guided ship

Project will collect data on wildlife and ocean plastics, as well as test the potential for unmanned vessels to cut cost and emissions from research voyages

clock 17 October 2019 • 2 min read

Biodiversity

Going, going, gone: UK wildlife population suffering 'worrying declines'

Coalition of wildlife charities concludes key biodiversity metrics are down 13 per cent since the 1970s, with some wildlife populations losing up to a quarter of their number

clock 03 October 2019 • 2 min read

Policy

Agriculture Bill becomes latest casualty of Brexit chaos

A bill to introduce payments for environmental improvements by farmers fails to win time in Parliament to pass into law

clock 06 September 2019 • 2 min read