Very welcome op-ed from Steve Reed, the Shadow Secretary of State Defra UK

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The next MP for Camborne and Redruth is in this photo! Thanks to Connor Donnithorne 〓〓 (Conservative), Thalia Marrington (Liberal Democrat), Catherine Hayes (Green), Perran Moon 〓〓🌹 🇺🇦 (Labour) and Roger Tarrant (Reform) for attending our Nature and Climate Hustings. Truro-Falmouth next 10th May!

The next general election is the most important of our lifetime...

In the small print of the latest Defra Environmental Land Management additions, new generous payments for farmers to establish ribbon wetlands along watercourses on their land. This is huge, because riparian buffers make the best nature corridors, as well as helping dramatically…

Had a break from budget stuff to visit a 4ha #beaver enclosure in NE Cornwall yesterday. Mindbogglingly good wetland is being constructed. The original incised river channel is away to the right of this picture. Imagine what this will look and sound like in May/June!! 🦫

Wow, incredible story. I just donated to the human 🦢's crowdfund. We (and especially wildlife) need Sacha mobile again⬇️

East-West flyover of the Moors #beaver enclosure. the amount of water in here is staggering... 🦫 arrived March 2019

Check this out 👇

We polled a sample of our 900k The Wildlife Trusts supporters and found:

-they broadly reflect political make up of UK population

BUT

-two-thirds might switch their vote to another party at the next election on the basis of nature and climate commitments

Rishi Sunak has abandoned the environment. Surely, as a nation of nature-lovers, protecting wildlife and wild spaces should be at the heart of our Government? Read more in our blog by Elliot Chapman-Jones, Head of Public Affairs at The Wildlife Trusts. 👉 wildlifetrusts.org/blog/elliot-ch…

Good for him👍

A clear, easy to read and evidence-based response to recent Government net-zero policy roll-back showing it for what it is....nonsensical, knee-jerk, desperate, short-term and with potentially far-reaching negative ripple effects. 🤦🏼

Public sector funding for UK biodiversity is a vanishingly small 0.023% of GDP.

So let's double funding for agroecological farming & double the ambition for Environmental Land Management.

#Farmers , don't be shy! We know we can't save nature without you.

bit.ly/nature_2030

Prime Minister, there is no public mandate for delay on climate action.

Flash flooding, wildfires and heatwaves are hitting people across the world.

📢 Our partners speak out today against politicians using the environment as a political football.

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IF NOT NOW, WHEN? Brilliant weekend at #keepitwild 's wildfest. The hopeful tales of bison, bustards and beavers was a good tonic😁. Much talk about the urgent need to bring more people into nature's corner, including our worryingly indifferent politicians.😬

If bumblebees could vote, what would they ask governments to prioritise? 🤔

Our #BumblebeeManifesto gives bumblebees a political voice by bringing the key actions they need to the attention of political parties and voters 🐝

📝 bumblebeeconservation.org/a-manifesto-fo…

#BeesNeedsWeek

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We’d urge any of the @defragovUK team who would like to see firsthand the role of beavers in restoring our landscapes to get in touch. We’d love to show how they can lead the way in nature recovery.

Read more in Alastair Driver's blog for Wildlife and Countryside Link ⬇️
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wcl.org.uk/keep-beavering…

This piece by Tony Juniper is right –  the evidence is clear. Beavers are a huge asset to our natural environment and people. Ministers must stop deliberating and act, it’s time to let Natural England get on and start issuing licenses for releases. 1/3
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Loved meeting Polish farmers this week. The most encouraging thing is that most of their amazing wildlife was trashed in the 1990s - It came back because they changed the way they farmed and managed land

LOVE seeing what beavers get up to in different locations! Kent Wildlife Trust's Ham Fen was extraordinary- no reed cutting or water level management required (the beavers are doing all the work😁). At Knepp Wilding beavers are busy building a wetland complex way better than we could!

Am on a bison field trip to Kent Wildlife Trust's Wilder Blean. Think we might need to throw away the old woodland management handbooks!! Thanks PaulHadaway and colleagues for sharing😁.