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Enough diagnosing the crisis. It’s time to redesign the system.
We know what is happening. Are we prepared to redesign the systems that are making us vulnerable? Here are 15 places to start.
Biodiversity Net Gain: Time to close the loophole
In a joint blog and briefing Matt Browne of The Wildlife Trusts and Philip Box of Wildlife & Countryside Link make the case for removal of the much-abused de minimis exemption to Biodiversity…
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
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
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
Righting the apple cart: Where might Ministers look to save the farming transition?
The Government’s immediate suspension of nature-friendly farming schemes and the risk of spending cuts to Defra’s farming budget threatens to derail the agricultural transition. Our senior land…
Planning and Infrastructure Bill: reforms must protect nature
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.