Tag: National Trust

Hedgerow study using artificial intelligence to help National Trust bring back its ‘blooming boundaries’

Stuart Mitchell

The National Trust has published research into the changes in hedgerows and density on its land in England and Wales since the start of the 20th Century, which will help inform its ambition for future conservation projects and aid plans to establish 4 million blossoming trees by 2030. Results revealed during the conservation charity’s first ever Blossom Week – a week designed to celebrate the beauty of the wide variety of tree and hedgerow blossom – found that across England and Wales in 1900 there were just under 10,000km of…

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Tackling the nature and climate crises is the biggest business opportunity this century, say industry leaders

Stuart Mitchell

Business leaders including Deborah Meaden and leaders from NatWest, John Lewis Partnership and the Financial Conduct Authority, are joining the UK’s three leading nature charities WWF, RSPB and National Trust to urge all businesses to act now to tackle the nature and climate crises. Nature is the foundation of the systems that allow businesses to function, yet the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world. Nature loss and climate change are resulting in ecological breakdown at an unprecedented level, creating risks to businesses from supply…

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Saving Our Wild Isles: Sir David Attenborough warns ‘this starts and ends with us’ in new UK nature documentary

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s three leading conservation charities – the RSPB, the National Trust and WWF launched a brand new documentary narrated by Sir David Attenborough and produced by Silverback Films last month on Sunday 9 April. Saving Our Wild Isles highlights the people working hard to halt the alarming decline in nature as well as focusing on the wildlife and habitats at risk in the UK – one of the most nature depleted counties in the world. “In this film, we’ll meet inspiring people, young and old, who are working to…

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National Trust, WWF and RSPB send urgent SOS for nature as Sir David Attenborough says ‘we must act now’ to Save Our Wild Isles

Stuart Mitchell

In their first major campaign together, the National Trust, the RSPB and WWF are urging everyone in society to come together to halt the destruction of UK nature and take urgent action to Save Our Wild Isles. Millions of people from all walks of life discovered the wonder but also the fragility of UK nature through the first episode of the new Wild Isles series, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, which aired last night. Now, three of the UK’s largest conservation charities, with 324 years of combined experience and 8.5…

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National Trust puts down roots of its first major community woodland

Stuart Mitchell

The National Trust is putting down the roots of its first major community woodland, with 90,000 trees due to be planted over the next three years. The conservation charity aims to create a 120-hectare future-proof woodland at Wembury Barton Farm on the stunning south Devon coast – equivalent in size to 168 football pitches. This will not only become a haven for wildlife but also for individuals and the wider community around Plymouth. With tree planting now underway, the existing 36 hectares of woodland at Wembury will be expanded by…

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