Incredible footage 🐋🐋🐋

Huge congratulations to our Chief Executive, Debbie Tann, on receiving her MBE for services to wildlife and the natural environment yesterday! 🎖️ Such a well-deserved recognition for her dedication to nature conservation 💚

Protecting sandeels was a world-leading step for nature by UK Government💪

We’re backing Defra UK in pressing ahead & staying strong for nature in the face of EU opposition 🐟

This is key to protecting seabirds, marine mammals & UK fishing stocks🐋 👉 wcl.org.uk/nature-chariti…

Breaking news: A huge wave of support today shown by UK and EU NGOs for the recent sandeel closures asking Scot Gov Marine Defra UK to maintain a strong position in light of EU challenge RSPB News BirdLife Europe & Central Asia Blue Marine Foundation Marine Conservation Society Oceana UK Wildlife and Countryside Link

The Wildlife Trusts and other international green groups condemn ‘retrogressive’ EU challenge to UK sandeel fishing ban endsreport.com/article/187077… via @theENDSReport

Sandeels support struggling birds like Puffins & boost important fish species like Haddock🐟

Protecting them was a world-leading first for nature taken by the UK👍

Nature groups are backing Defra UK pressing ahead in face of opposition from the EU👇

wcl.org.uk/nature-chariti…

'The Treaty is the missing piece of the jigsaw'.

Great to see APPG supporters from across parties including Barry Gardiner urging the UK to ratify the historic Global Ocean Treaty.

The Treaty would enable critical marine protection beyond national waters, on the “high seas”.

Is banning peat sales no longer a priority for UK Gov. Plans to ban peat sales were absent from the Government’s legislative programme for its final session of Parliament. What's next for the peat ban? Find out in our new blog by Peat Officer Ailis Watt 👉wildlifetrusts.org/blog/ailis-wat…

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

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Our future depends on protecting the natural world.

But the Conservatives are destroying it.

Labour will conserve nature and help it recover. This commitment will run through Labour’s five missions to transform Britain.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

A really important piece of work by Green Finance Institute which, like #DasguptaReport shows that nature loss in not just an environmental and social crisis, it has massive economic impact as well

Extraordinary work by the Green Finance Institute today shows that damage to nature is slowing the UK economy and could lead to a 12% reduction in GDP - that's £150-£300bn - as early as the 2030s.

All political parties serious about the economy must invest and regulate to #RestoreNatureNow .

‘International political stupidity’: Government’s climate climbdown has ‘badly dented’ UK’s reputation, says Goldsmith endsreport.com/article/186978… via @theENDSReport

“10% of our rivers are contaminated by #neonics ”

Good to see Barnaby from The Wildlife Trusts on BBC Countryfile explaining why we oppose the repeated emergency authorisation for use of this banned pesticide.

WATCH NOW > LEGACY: How the Environment Act was made – and what its architects think of it now endsreport.com/article/186968… via @theENDSReport

UK-wide ban on plastic wet wipes to ‘finally’ move forward endsreport.com/article/186972… via @theENDSReport

The EU has lodged a complaint regarding the sandeel closure due to concerns regarding the impact to danish fishers. With 62% of seabird species in decline (likely higher since HPAI), this closure is much needed to protect prey (that were struggling) telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/1…

Love this development - so much to hear🪱🪲🐜
'More than half of the planet’s species live in the soil.. we are just starting to tune into what they are up to. Beetle larvae, millipedes, centipedes and woodlice have.. sound signatures'
Sustainable Soils Alliance 🌱 theguardian.com/environment/20…

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A Cabinet Office spokesperson says: 'We did not agree to the final wording. So the author is in breach of the Radcliffe Rules.'

Officials did not clear her revealing details of private conversations - including with the late Queen

A very clear response from Tony Juniper and Natural England about their role in this process. The process is quite clear, it's based on statute. And by the way Norfolk County Council have known about the bat issue for 10 years....