Today the UK Government will publish a revised National Planning Policy Framework for England. As a result, there will be ...

“We are calling on Government to outline a clear future for nature-friendly farm schemes as a matter of extreme urgency. Farmers on marginal land with low food production – but that has high potential ...

Alastair Fitter awarded Cadbury Medal for services to UK nature conservation - 26 years after his father received the same ...

Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) are a new type of marine designation designed to allow marine life to recover. By ...

The UK Government’s commitment to improving the planning system should prioritise preserving nature, as it forms the backbone ...

We want to see a ribbon of wildflowers running alongside roads, and on roundabouts; supporting crucial pollinators like bees and butterflies. Small changes, such as mowing later in summer make a big ...

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 ...

Over the space of a few weeks in spring, from mid-April onwards, bluebells set our woodlands ablaze with their bright blue flowers. The UK is home to more than half the world’s population of bluebells ...

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; ...

Despite appearances, the slow worm is actually a legless lizard, not a worm or a snake! Look out for it basking in the sun on heathlands and grasslands, or even in the garden, where it favours compost ...

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 ...

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 ...