Planning reforms and a strategic approach to mitigation delivery could speed up planning and help restore nature, but proposed reforms don’t. Here's why.

A large proportion of the public sees nature as fundamental to economic growth – and so the recent rhetoric from the UK Chancellor seems off-kilter. Public affairs officer, Joseph Keegan, says…

Policy assistant, Joe Humpage considers the implications for nature's recovery of the new house building targets

There are problems in the planning system that the Government needs to address, but they should do so without reverting to the age-old cheap shot of blaming newts and NIMBYs and taking power away…

With less than a fifth of England’s rivers in good ecological health, we need the Government to deliver comprehensive protections for our unique chalk streams.

Throughout the election campaign, it became clear that people know that our natural world is in crisis and want politicians to make the bold and ambitious commitments to reverse the decline. So…

Ahead of this week's General Election, Harry Kaye, Policy Assistant, explains how you can ensure that nature is a top priority for your candidates.

BBOWT's president, Steve Backshall tells of the impact of river pollution on his doorstep

To tackle the climate crisis, we’re calling on all political parties to help nature and people adapt to climate change.

With more than one third of the population - nearly 9.5 million households in England – unable to access green places near their home, Liz Shearer explains why we must vote for nature