UK risks major embarrassment on global stage at nature COP15 as wildlife declines at home
Kent Wildlife Trust urges MPs to back ambitious nature recovery targets
Topics: Climate Crisis
Conservation coalition calls for immediate review of Lower Thames Crossing
Lower Thames Crossing branded ‘likely the most environmentally damaging road scheme in England’
Kent Wildlife Trust call on UK Government to be world leader on climate at COP27 by taking urgent action to restore nature at home
UK Government must increase efforts to protect at least 30% of land and sea by 2030 and strengthen environmental protections.
Our asks for COP27 and COP15
We are demanding action from world leaders at the upcoming climate change and biodiversity conferences.
Kent residents asked to stand up and fight for nature as government bill puts over 500 environmental protection laws at risk
Plans to scrap post-Brexit environmental laws condemned by Kent Wildlife Trust; 17 protected wildlife sites in Kent could be downgraded if plans go ahead in December 2023.
As temperatures set to soar – Kent Wildlife Trust explains how wetlands for wildlife could be the answer to stopping wildfires
As the Southeast prepares for temperatures to soar to 36 degrees by the end of the week experts from the Wildlife Trust have explained how restoration of wetlands is crucial to preventing wildfires and helping nature thrive as we adapt to live through the climate crisis.
Feeling the heat? Kent’s nature is suffering too, but is part of the solution, new “State of Nature in Kent” report says
Following one of the hottest days of the year, it’s not just people that are struggling, our wildlife and environment is also under threat from hotter summers, but nature also has some of the answers to climate change.
The Government doesn't give a dam about beavers: yet more delays for beaver protection legislation
Legal protection for beavers, due to be laid in parliament on Tuesday 19 July, has been delayed at the eleventh hour.
Bison released into the wild to tackle climate change as UK temperatures soar
As experts predict the hottest day of the year – two leading conservation charities release bison into the wild to help tackle the climate crisis.
Kent Wildlife Trust urges people to take action for nature now
Over six months have passed since the landmark Environment Act was enacted – the first dedicated environmental legislation for nearly 30 years and the first time England has set legally binding targets for nature’s recovery.