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National Trust calls on people to ask their MP to step in over nature crisis, as research reveals stark divide between Government and public attitudes

Stuart Mitchell

Europe’s biggest conservation charity has taken the rare step of asking the public, including its members, to contact their MP over the current state of nature in the UK. The National Trust is calling on people to join a campaign aimed at stopping the unravelling of nature protections and instead persuading Ministers to step up the pace to help British wildlife recover. It comes as polling for the charity by the independent research agency More in Common reveals that the Government’s lack of action to restore nature is out of…

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Public invited to vote on six proposals by national artists shortlisted to create a lasting legacy from the Sycamore Gap tree wood

Stuart Mitchell

The National Trust has launched a public vote to help select the artist who will create a new public artwork from the wood saved after the illegal felling of the much‑loved Sycamore Gap tree in 2023. The vote invites people across the UK – and around the world – to choose from six shortlisted proposals, each offering a different vision for how the tree’s story, symbolism and memory can live on for future generations. It follows Trees of Hope, where communities around the UK were invited to apply for one…

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National Trust to release wild beavers in Somerset in landmark move for UK nature recovery

Stuart Mitchell

The National Trust has legally released into the wild a family and pair of Eurasian beavers at two sites as part of a wider release across the Holnicote Estate on Exmoor in Somerset, to contribute to one of the most ambitious and innovative river and wetland restoration efforts undertaken by the conservation charity. Other animals will be released over the coming days in areas where they can establish their own territories to engineer wetlands, build dams and shape diverse habitats to benefit other wildlife and communities alike. The release across…

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“We can do bold things when people come together”: Giant response to appeal helps National Trust secure cherished Dorset landscape

Stuart Mitchell

Thanks to an overwhelmingly generous response to its fundraising appeal, the National Trust has been able to secure land surrounding the iconic Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset, protecting this cherished landscape for nature, heritage and future generations. The appeal, launched in early December last year and backed by Sir Stephen Fry, asked for public support in raising £330,000 toward the purchase and care of a 138‑hectare (340‑acre) site around the famous chalk figure. Supporters locally and around the world immediately responded with donations of all sizes, from £1 to £32,000,…

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New life from old barges: National Trust undertakes ultimate recycling mission to create island haven for endangered seabirds

Stuart Mitchell

A bold marine engineering feat is taking shape in the Blackwater Estuary, Essex, where the National Trust has sunk three decommissioned Thames lighters to form a brand-new island designed to help protect some of the UK’s most threatened seabirds. The project—believed to be the first of its kind in the UK—marks the latest chapter in more than 30 years of cutting edge coastal adaptation work in the estuary where the conservation charity has been trialling innovative, nature based solutions to protect Northey Island against rising sea levels and the rapid…

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