Our climate is changing, so what happens when the landscapes, farms, and rural economies built around the old climate have to change with it and how can Protected Landscapes facilitate this?

Our climate is changing, so what happens when the landscapes, farms, and rural economies built around the old climate have to change with it and how can Protected Landscapes facilitate this?

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is seeking evidence on the environmental and animal health and welfare impacts of gamebird rea...

Britain’s native species are adapted to a cool, wet climate. This summer is putting them under strain.

Exclusive: England ‘desperately unprepared’ for effects of crisis including water shortages and heatwaves

Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics

Ministers’ proposals to tackle ‘forever chemicals’ fail to match tougher stance taken in Europe, say experts Environmental campaigners have criticised a “crushingly disappointing” UK government plan to tackle “forever chemicals”, which they warn risks locking in decades of avoidable harm to people and the environment. The government said its Pfas action plan set out a “clear framework” of “coordinated action … to understand where these chemicals are coming from, how they spread and how to reduce public and environmental exposure”. Continue reading...

Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation could also force ultra-rich to pay global wealth tax

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has launched an investigation and an appeal for information after a Peregrine was found with gunshot injuries in County Tyrone. Peregrine Falcon. Photo…

MP Helena Dollimore is launching a petition to end the use of plastic beads in wastewater treatment.

Oceans absorb 90% of global heating, making them a stark indicator of the relentless march of the climate crisis

Sussex Wildlife Trust and Helena Dollimore MP are calling for the water companies to bin the beads.

Current Conservation Policing the Blue: The marine protection dilemma

Exclusive: From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus

To scale up restoration effectively, practitioners and policymakers should prioritize methods supported by robust empirical evidence rather than relying on untested claims. Our findings highlight the...

The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) is hosting an inaugural Welsh Raptor Convention on Saturday 31st January 2026 at Aberystwyth University. The event has been organised to celebrate the first …

The money will be spent on breeding thousands of frogs and managing their release in 2026.

Work to assess the feasibility of bringing the species back to the UK is under way.