Buckinghamshire chalk streams given new protections in unanimous Council decision
Holly Gray, BBOWT's Planning and Policy Officer, celebrates a win for local chalk streams and how it could encourage more councils to protect them too
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Why the Fingleton Review recommendations would damage nature
Holly Gray explains why the recommendations could turn the nature crisis into a catastrophe
A shameful step back for nature as UK Government pushes through damaging Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Despite valiant efforts by nature champions in the House of Lords, last night saw the Government bulldoze the wildlife-harming Planning & Infrastructure Bill through its last remaining hurdles…
Spotlight on a volunteer
In the next in our series, Joe Humpage chats to Val Siddiqui, BBOWT Volunteer and Wildlife Ambassador about her campaigning for nature
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill: a review of the amendments
"The fundamental flaw at the heart of the bill is that its core purpose is to make it easier for developers to destroy species and habitats."
Why the amendments to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill are not enough
"the amendments don’t make the bill good, they just make it a bit less bad"
Biodiversity Net Gain must not be weakened
A recent win for nature is under threat from proposed changes for developers
What evidence does the Government have the Nature Restoration Fund will work?
As the Planning and Infrastructure Bill goes through Parliament, Policy Assistant, Joe Humpage asks what evidence there is that the Nature Restoration Fund will work
New poll shows two-thirds of the public believes nature is fundamental to economic growth, so should the UK Government really be forging ahead at any cost?
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…
Save our chalk streams!
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.