Government delays Environment Bill reading
The Government has announced that the Environment Bill has been further delayed – and rolled over into the next parliamentary session. This is extremely disappointing news for wildlife and our…
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Environment Bill Report Stage
With one in seven species in the UK now at risk of extinction and 58% of species in decline, The Wildlife Trusts have long called for ambitious new laws to allow nature to recover. Ensuring a…
Bad news for bees: Government reverses ban on bee-killing neonicotinoids
The Government has bowed to pressure from the National Farmers Union and agreed to authorise the use of the highly damaging neonicotinoid thiamethoxam for the treatment of sugar beet seed in 2021…
B-lines Project bid success
Buglife’s “Severn B-Lines” project, which will be run in Shropshire, is one of the first environmental projects awarded a grant from the government’s £80 million Green Recovery Challenge Fund.
Response to the Prime Minister’s commitment to 30% of land for biodiversity
Shropshire Wildlife Trust welcome’s the commitment given by the Prime Minister to protect 30 percent of the UK’s land for biodiversity by 2030. However, the Government’s claim that 26% of land is…