the wildlife trusts

Business welcomes certainty over HS2 but environmentalists remain concerned

12.02.2020

Laura Edgar

ancient woodland | Business & Enterprise | England | Environmental | Euston | HS2 | Infrastructure - Transport | midlands connect | nature | northern powerhouse rail | RTPI | the wildlife trusts | UK

Business leaders are breathing ‘a sigh of relief’ now the government has given the HS2 rail project the go-ahead, but environmental campaigners are perturbed about the damage the line will cause to nature.
Wildlife Trusts demand nature recovery networks to reverse decline

13.02.2019

Huw Morris

England | Environmental | the wildlife trusts | wildlife

All new developments should contribute to a ‘nature recovery network’ under the government’s new ‘net gain’ approach, according to the Wildlife Trusts.
Wildlife charity expresses concern over ‘Ox-Cam Expressway’

14.09.2018

Laura Edgar

Cambridge | England | Environmental | Infrastructure - Transport | Milton Keynes | Oxford | the wildlife trusts

The Wildlife Trusts group has voiced its concerns about the government’s preferred choice for the missing link in the Oxford to Cambridge Expressway between Oxford and Milton Keynes, saying it has ignored ‘expert ecological advice’.
Guidelines for people and wildlife published

15.01.2018

Laura Edgar

England | Environmental | Housing | nature | the wildlife trusts

The Wildlife Trusts has published new guidelines that aim to show how new housing developments can be built in a way that gives people ‘green, inspirational’ homes that help to reverse decades of wildlife and habitat decline.