1/7: New research 📢from RSPB Science published today shows that new regulations limiting burning over peat in England were followed by a reduction in burning suggesting that the regulations had a beneficial effect in reducing this damaging practice 🧵👇
doi.org/10.1002/rse2.3…

Last month, the UK announced it will close sandeel fisheries. This was fantastic news for nature at sea.

‼️ But now, the EU decided to legally challenge the UK's measure to close sandeel fisheries, caving into the pressure from Denmark and Sweden.

Sandeels are forage fish…

Excellent news!

📺 'Our tax system is set up in a way that those who are on low incomes pay much more than the wealthiest.'

Carla Denyer reacts to #Budget2024 on BBC News ⬇️

Why is restoring our rivers important, you ask? This is why 🏞️👇 #InternationalDayOfActionForRivers

📸: Arvore Agua

Budget 2024: Where was the long-term plan for nature?

The conspiracy of silence extends to the nature crisis.

Read our latest #NaturesAdvocates blog: community.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/b/natu…

England's rural hedgerows are home to millions of nesting birds in spring and summer. However, crucial protections expired at the end of 2023

Take action to #HelpOurHedgerows by emailing your MP to support the reintroduction of these vital protections

action.rspb.org.uk/page/145053/ac…

Cash strapped families want to eat well and understand the health benefits of doing so ⬇️

See this study with some of our clients and suppliers by Food, Farming and Countryside Commission ffcc.co.uk/news-and-press…

We work with partners like Riverford to enable access for families to good food

We can’t keep burning trees for energy. It needs to stop🔴

We’re calling on the UK government to end subsidies for large-scale burning of forest biomass. 🧵👇

standard.co.uk/news/politics/…

The Prime Minister’s speech at the NFU conference this morning makes it clear; there is still much missing from UK Government policy if it is to truly tackle the nature and climate crisis, and provide adequate support to farmers. 🧵⬇

If ever there were a sign of political failure it’s combination of the (currently) top 2 stories on BBC:

1. Global temperatures exceed 1.5C above pre-industrial levels for 12 months
2. Labour abandon £28bn per year spending pledge

A thread 🧵🧵

Are you an undergraduate looking for a paid internship this summer, working on biodiversity and nature recovery? Develop your skills by joining the Centre for Landscape Regeneration for 9 wks. Details here: zero.cam.ac.uk/who-we-are/blo… Deadline 11 March. Please RT British Ecological Society Royal Entomological Society Selwyn College

A proposed Rs.750 billion mega project will destroy over 850000 trees in Nicobar island & be a deathsentencefor the indigenous people. Join the campaign to save our beautiful islands!
bit.ly/3OzVwg1 @jhatkaadotorg

Please report any signs of sickness amongst garden birds. A new research project is trying to understand how trichomonosis spreads between garden birds. Blog and how to report here: shorturl.at/fhilr
ZSL Science @BTO BTO Garden BirdWatch

It’s debate day in parliament for our #GetFairAboutFarming petition. We’ve brought 49 scarecrows with us, representing the 49% of farmers who fear they’ll go out of business in the next 12 months. Is this the day we start to see some seeds of change ? It couldn’t be more urgent🌱

** An alarm call for us all **

The official nature watchdog, The Office for Environmental Protection, says that 'government is largely off track' to meet legally-binding nature targets.

That's true for 8/10 targets, including the overarching goal of halting nature's decline by 2030.

#COP28UAE may have ended, but there is still plenty to do if we are to navigate the road ahead. As our experts discuss in the latest #NaturesAdvocates blog, progress has been made, but challenges remain ➡ bit.ly/3Rhawma

The absence of UK leadership at this pivotal moment in #Cop28 📷 is alarming.

The RSPB team is on the ground, working tirelessly for the right outcomes.

We need strong, present leadership at this critical juncture for nature, climate, and our shared future. Where is it?

Our latest #NaturesAdvocates blog is coming to you straight from COP28 🌍 as we look at progress so far and whether we're approaching a tipping point in recognising nature role's in climate ambition ➡ bit.ly/3RgcPpr