📢We're proud to be joining together with over 150 organisations to speak up for nature
💪We'll be marching to Parliament on 22 June to send a clear message to all politicians to
#RestoreNatureNow
Will you join us at this major moment for nature?👇
Join the UK's largest nature march on June 22 in London! 📆 Support urgent action with over 150 groups to address wildlife decline, pollution, and climate impacts. Volunteer, march, and demand to
#RestoreNatureNow
Will you be there too?
In votes just now, the House of Lords said NO to Government plans to…
❌Scrap
#NutrientNeutrality
rules
❌Give itself powers to further amend protections without proper security.
A massive thanks to the peers, orgs & people who have stood up for rivers & good policy making 🙏
‘The
#StateOfNature
report was a cry of despair for everybody who cares about wildlife and today is part of our answer to that report’ 🌱
@RSBenwell
up on stage at the
#RestoreNatureNow
protest calling for our politicians to put nature at the heart of the next election campaign.
The
#AttackOnNature
puts the UK on a path to be the ‘Dirty Man of Europe’
By ditching environmental laws
@trussliz
is slashing the UK's chances of meeting targets on nature & climate
Read more about this warning from across environment, heritage & business via
@Daily_Express
⚡️NEWSFLASH FOR NATURE ⚡️
@DefraGovUK
have listened to the 208,000+ people who signed our
#StateofNature
petition. A binding nature recovery target will be put in law which should see more 🦉🐝🦋 & other wildlife in years to come. Thank you to all who have won this for nature!
The Government's partial peat ban could leave our peat moors burning while we host
#COP26
! Nature groups are urging the Government to:
🔥
#BanTheBurn
on all upland peat
➰close loopholes that could leave our peatlands burning
Peaceful monitoring of hunts detects breaches of the Hunting Act & helps police with prosecutions🦊
We’ve written to
@BWallaceMP
following his decision to stop such monitoring (which spots 100+ suspected illegal hunts a month) on MoD land🚫
Read more👇
The wonderful & highly talented youth conservationist, & friend of
@WCL_News
,
@HollyWildChild
has been nominated to be Young Scotswoman of the Year. Please give Holly your support & votes for her amazing activism & eloquence on behalf of our natural world.
Voices across environment, business, unions, law & civil service are united in calls to stop the
#REULBill
🛑
EU Laws include key regulations protecting everything from nature to public health🌳
@RishiSunak
can stop putting them at risk, by immediately withdrawing the bill🌱
New
@EnvAgency
figures reveal today that 0% of rivers and lakes in England are now classed in good health. Urgent investment is needed to turn our suffering
#waters
into thriving blue corridors that are good for wildlife, people and business
The Retained EU Law Bill:
🧨Is an economic & environmental wrecking ball
👩⚖️Would allow Gov to change laws with almost no scrutiny
⛔️Won't allow improvement of environment protections due to “regulatory burden”
The
#REULBill
must be stopped👇
We’ve had political promises to save
#nature
before. And they’ve been missed time and time again. Now we’re calling on
@BorisJohnson
to put promises for nature’s recovery in law. Sign our petition for a
#StateofNature
target in the
#EnvironmentBill
. 👉
Our CEO
@RSBenwell
knows how to put on a show🎇
Making polluters pay is one of the five key actions we're calling for all politicians to get behind ahead of a general election🌱
Read the rest & add your voice to these calls via
#Nature2030
🚨Good news alert🚨
The Animal Sentience Bill has just passed its last parliamentary hurdle - UK law will soon recognise that animals are sentient! Thank you to all the campaigners & parliamentarians who have secured this step forward for animal welfare
#SentienceMatters
🦆🐄🐕
🚨Wildlife Crime Revealed! 🚨
The Guardian's
@dpcarrington
highlights our new report, which shows in 2020:
📈Crimes against most wildlife rose 35-90%
⚖️Convictions fell more than half
The system must change to
#EndWildlifeCrime
! RT if you agree 👇
The Retained EU Law Bill could produce a hefty price tag, including:
💧£20.6bn - damage to rivers
😮💨£44.9bn - poorer air quality
🧪£16.4bn - weaker chemical rules
🥀£1bn - weaker nature protections
The
#REULBill
must be scrapped👇
The 2023
#StateOfNature
report shows that nature loss is still out of control📉
This year’s figures that over 1500 species are at risk of being lost ☠️
Read the full report here:
Criminals are targeting the wildlife we love, with badgers, buzzards, bluebells, & many more species harmed.
If we want to restore nature we need Government to take tough action to
#EndWildlifeCrime
Find out more in a key new report 👇
💪We're winning! Thanks to 160,000+ who signed our petition for a better
#StateofNature
, England will be the 1st country EVER with a target in law to halt nature's decline. If the detail's right it could turn the tide for wildlife by 2030! 🦉🐝🦋🦔🐋
7 years on from the EU referendum, experts have assessed what Brexit has meant for animal welfare🦊
Lots of promises were made – & have now gone missing🔍
We need a
#BetterDealForAnimals
🐮
Read more via
@ALAWAnimalLaw
👇
The environment is the 4th biggest concern for UK voters. Given its importance in how people will vote, we're asking
@SkyNews
@itvnews
@BBCNews
to give nature a fair share of the air in their election debates & hold a much-needed
#ClimateDebate
RT if you agree
#IVote4Nature
📢
#StateofNature
petition handed in📢
208,498 people have asked
@BorisJohnson
to put a 2030 deadline for nature’s recovery into law. Government must act now to ensure a better
#StateofNature
for all!
We’re challenging the new PM to fast-track not back-track on nature-friendly farming reforms
The majority of Brits think farmers need more support to boost nature 🧑🌾🌱
Will
@RishiSunak
deliver the positive farming future we need?
Read more 👇
To have any chance of restoring
#nature
by 2030, we need the strongest possible legal protection for wildlife🌱
The environment sector stands united to ask the Government not to weaken the Habitats Regulations💪
Take action via
@Natures_Voice
👇
The Government promised to leave the environment in a better state🌿
But it has now failed to meet the deadline to set new
#EnvironmentAct
targets on clean air & water, boosted nature & better waste management
Read more in our complaint to
@DefraGovUK
👇
.
@DefraGovUK
claims to be on track for delivering on Government target to protect 30% of land & sea for nature by 2030☑️
We asked to see their evidence to back up this claim. How much do you think they had to share?
Absolutely NONE 0⃣
Read more👇
The Seals (Protection) Bill, supported by
@cornwallsealGRT
& other environmental groups, will be presented to the Commons by
@tracey_crouch
very shortly 🦭
Watch live here:
📢 Over 60 organisations have joined together to demand a ‘legal right to nature’ ⚖️
Nature is proven to boost our mental & physical health. But 1 in 3 of us don’t have nature near our home.
Join our calls for
#NatureForEveryone
. 👇
@luhc
As the Retained EU Law Bill comes to the Lords, we’re working with peers to stop the harms the bill could cause🛑
Government must withdraw the
#REULBill
, or risk damage to our environment, worker rights & more
Info in🧵below & briefing here👉
A one word change to Govt amendment to
#EnvironmentBill
could make all the difference to halting catastrophic loss of biodiversity in UK
My question to PM required only a one word answer. But all I got was the usual empty boosterism
That won't protect nature
#PMQs
@WCL_News
The Government must act fast to meet its
#Nature2030
goals🏞️
Ministers promised to protect 30% of the land & sea
#ForNature
by 2030🌊
New research shows just 3% of land and 8% of sea is well protected in 2022👎
Read more👇
We're almost 90% of the way to reaching 100,000 signatures for our petition asking
@BorisJohnson
to put nature's recovery in law. Can you help make up the final 10% so we can ask for a debate in parliament on the need for a better
#StateofNature
👇
We are one of the world’s most nature depleted countries.🌱🦔🐝Sign the
#StateofNature
petition and ask
@BorisJohnson
to put his promises into law to ⏪reverse wildlife’s decline by 2030. Play your part in protecting nature 👉
#KingsSpeech
is a missed opportunity for nature👎
Species are declining & habitats are being lost - impacting our own health, the economy & the UK's efforts to reach Net Zero🥀
Yet we heard no measures on nature recovery🌱
More in🧵
With the right investment from
@hmtreasury
, 'shovel-ready'
#nature
projects could:
1. deliver 10,000 jobs
2. create 200,000ha habitat
3. capture 100,000 tonnes of carbon
4. protect 100s of at-risk plants & animals
Let's
#GrowBackBetter
One year to go until
@BorisJohnson
hosts global climate talks at
@COP26
. One year ago, Ministers committed to ban peat-burning, a major source of CO2, but the promise remains unfulfilled. Time for Government to take
#ClimateChange
action &
#BanTheBurn
Polluted rivers, lost woodlands, overfished seas…
UK Nature is struggling, & it needs us to stand up for it🥀
Let’s unite for nature in London on 22 June, sending a clear message to all politicians📢 to
#RestoreNatureNow
Find out more & sign up👇
Speaking at
@michaelgove
event
@SteveBackshall
says since I’ve been alive our population has doubled & wild animals halved. The uk is one of the most nature depleted countries. We only have a generation to act. I hope the Environment Act gives us a chance to right these wrongs.’
On
#AprilFoolsDay
we’re reminding politicians that our
#StateofNature
is no joke. We’ve sent every MP in England the headlines we need for nature by 2030. Join us in demanding a target for 🦔 nature’s recovery 🌱 in law! 👇
Our letter calling on
@BorisJohnson
to put nature's recovery into law is backed by nearly 100 nature groups and activists. Please will you put your name to the calls for a better
#StateofNature
👉
The Retained EU Law Bill is a huge risk to nature, people, & the economy🌳🪙
Ditching key environmental laws could lead to UK going backwards in restoring nature & curbing the climate crisis🌍
It will also create uncertainty & instability for business
Today, Link has informed
@michaelgove
of our resignation from the Pesticides Forum alongside
@PAN_UK
. We can no longer stand by while it pushes pro-pesticide positions, ignoring spiralling declines in wildlife and public opinion
#NotInOurName
@RSPBNews
Worrying reports today that pollution rules protecting rivers could change
#NutrientNeutrality
helps protect our most vulnerable rivers, streams & lakes from damaging pollution
Without it, we can wave goodbye to saving our struggling rivers & wildlife
#OnThisDay
in 1981, the Wildlife & Countryside Act was published🏞️
This was a big moment in protecting our key habitats & species, but it was far from job done for nature🌱
It's time for another transformative bill - we're calling for a new Environmental Rights Bill
More in 🧵
Political leaders must back action to save UK nature by 2030:
👩🌾Double nature-friendly farming budget
🌊Make polluters pay
🏞️More space for nature by 2030
🌱Boost green jobs
🌳A human right to healthy environment
Read about
#Nature2030
& get involved👇
Today we release our annual report on wildlife crime📢
After soaring in 2020, reports of crimes such as raptor persecution remain at record levels🐰
Read more, including our recommendations to
@ukhomeoffice
on how to
#EndWildlifeCrime
👇
We’re here at the
#restorenaturenow
protest! 🦋🪶🐞🐟
Amazing to see so many people joining together to demand action from our politicians to put real nature on a path to recovery.
The
#EnvironmentAct
is now law. While not perfect it does make England the first country in the 🌍 with a legal target to end wildlife’s decline by 2030!
👏HUGE THANKS to the 208k people who signed our
#StateofNature
petition to get this great win for wildlife.👏
10yrs after the groundbreaking Lawton Review on wildlife, the experts say Government have failed to enact their vital recommendations & warn
@BorisJohnson
@10DowningStreet
that 1bn investment is needed to reverse
#nature
's decline:
A big bit of news from the Levelling Up Bill debates today…
@RichardHRBenyon
has confirmed that cross-party amendment led by
@uxbridgewalrus
to restore nature in protected landscapes has been accepted by Gov🌄
Thank you to the peers, orgs & people who have campaigned for this
🚨Our new research shows access to the outdoors is vital to public health as the cost-of-living bites🚨
We're calling on MPs & Government to back a legal right to nature proposed by
@CarolineLucas
that would help Level-Up access to
#NatureForEveryone
We've written to the Prime Minister warning that weakening planning laws would put
#nature
&
#countryside
at risk and undermine any plans for a
#GreenRecovery
.
The Habitats Regulations are the UK’s most important nature conservation laws🌳
But these Regulations are at risk as Government collects powers to amend them freely👎
@RSBenwell
explains how this could weaken protections for our treasured wildlife👇
We are delighted to announce that
@RSBenwell
will join
@WCL_News
as CEO from 1 October. Dr Benwell brings with him a wealth of skills and knowledge to help ensure the joint voice of the environment sector is heard & heeded.
Joint letter to
@luhc
&
@DefraGovUK
❎
#NutrientNeutrality
proposals are wrong in principle: they weaken the law, threaten rivers & ignore
#polluterpays
❎they're wrong in fact: house-building & nature protection can go hand-in-hand
❎the process has been awful: no consultation
*BLOG* There are a million urgent environmental causes to fight. So when nature groups come together on just one you know it's crucial. With almost 100 environment leaders calling for nature's recovery to be put in law
@BorisJohnson
must act
#StateofNature
The Habitats Regulations are the first line of defence for our precious wildlife 🦋🌳
As MPs consider amendments to the
#EnvironmentBill
this afternoon, they must back crucial safeguards that mean that these defences can only be enhanced, not weakened 💪
With our EU departure just days away we've written with 62 other organisations to
@BorisJohnson
on the need to protect in law our high
#AnimalWelfare
#environment
& farming standards. Vital with new trade deals round the corner. RT if you support
Our 30x30 report finds UK Government has made:
🏞️limited progress in protecting more of the land & sea
🥀no progress in improving existing protected sites
❌no progress on new policies to protect nature
Nature targets must be a priority🌱
Read more👇
From Red Kites to Beavers, reintroductions are an important part of rebuilding the UK’s lost biodiversity🌱
Top nature voices have written to Government today, to express concern that species reintroduction "is not a priority"🚨
Read the full letter👇
New research shows
#nature
charities face an ongoing struggle in the wake of
#Coronavirus
which could have a major impact on their ability to protect our land, wildlife, treasured places and climate for years to come. RT if you support help for nature
On 6 May Police & Crime Commissioners will be elected across England & Wales. We are asking PCC candidates to commit to making wildlife crime policing a priority if elected. Will your next PCC commit to work to
#EndWildlifeCrime
? 👇
‘‘We urge Peers to support Government to deliver its manifesto commitment for an intact ban on hunting trophies from endangered species’’🦁
@ClaireHSI
on the need to
#EndTrophyHunting
, through the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill📜
Read blog👇
We need to
#DefendNature
or risk a future of wildlife decline, less open spaces, & worse public health🥀
The Retained EU Law Bill could take us here as it risks removing protection for species from otters to orchids
Government must stop the bill now🛑
This afternoon will see the second reading of
#AnimalSentience
Bill in the House of Lords – Link has joined forces with fifty other organisations to set out how the bill could be strengthened. Read our briefing below 👇
#BetterDealForAnimals
🦡🐄🐕🦀
Unemployment is set to skyrocket in the wake of coronavirus. We’re asking Government to fund a way to work that will make a difference: a
#NationalNatureService
, dedicated to
#nature
and
#climate
action. Would you be part of it?
The UK has made some strong pledges for nature💪
But Government plans to protect land & sea, & to restore species could be undone by the Retained EU Law Bill🥀
@RSBenwell
explains how we’re at risk of a future where nature has less protection
#DefendNature
We found bee-killing pesticides in rivers across the country🐝
But shortcomings in official monitoring means this is likely just a taster of the
#ChemicalCocktail
in rivers🚨
We need better monitoring & rules against the use of toxic chemicals🧪
Watch via
@BBCNews
📺
We now have a once in a lifetime opportunity to demand that
#NationalParks
, covering almost a quarter of Britain, become areas where
#nature
can thrive.
@RewildingB
CEO Rebecca Wrigley writes for the Link blog about the Wilder National Parks campaign👇
Approving banned pesticide for 4th year in a row shows that the ban is a sham👎
These toxic pollutants add to a
#ChemicalCocktail
that puts both wildlife & public health at risk🐝💚
Government must uphold the ban & fund nature-friendly farming practices
Crimes against bats, badgers and birds of prey were up almost 1/4 last year in England & Wales. We need better recording & reporting, more enforcement-funding, harsher penalties & specialist prosecutors to help beat
#WildlifeCrime
Front page of
@thetimes
on
@Natures_Voice
timely 'Lost Decade for Nature' report. With the UN expected to announce tomorrow that 10yr global biodiversity targets have been missed
@BeccyRSPB
warns 'words alone will not revive our world'
New
@DefraGovUK
reforms were announced as the “compass [for nature’s] future” but they’ve lost their direction
Weakly worded targets won’t end nature’s decline & are not world-leading law for
#G7
.
Demand a better
#StateofNature
👇
Tomorrow, MPs are due to debate regulations which will make it harder to sanction polluting water companies🌊
MPs must stand up for our rivers, lakes & streams by calling for these regulations to be withdrawn - with related advice amended📢
Read more👇
📢Nature needs our help!📢
50+ nature charities have united to call for wildlife's recovery to be put in law. Environmental leaders are urging
@BorisJohnson
to guarantee promises for a better
#StateofNature
will be delivered. Please sign our petition
👉
As the Retained EU Law Bill is discussed by peers, we're shining a light on the environmental protections that could be weakened, including:
🌳Habitats Regulations
🌊Water Framework Directive
🧪Chemical Regulations
#REULBill
must be stopped
Read more:
*BLOG*
@Lucy_Lapwing
of
@WildJustice_org
makes the case for an immediate end to the badger cull, ahead of a Westminster Hall debate on culling now scheduled for 21 March 🦡
100+ nature & climate groups are calling on politicians to
#RestoreNatureNow
Will you join them at the peaceful march in London on 22 June to stand up for nature?
We're calling on everyone to join us & send a clear message to politicians📢
Read more👇
With at least 15% of UK wildlife at risk of extinction, we must let politicians know how much
#WeWantWildlife
and need action to save it. We’re asking supporters to march in
@ChrisGPackham
#PeoplesWalkForWildlife
. Save 22 Sept for a walk on the wild side