Tag: The Wildlife Trusts

Lloyds Banking Group’s historic Edinburgh building becomes first city centre site to achieve Biodiversity Benchmark

Stuart Mitchell

Lloyds Banking Group’s historic Bank of Scotland building on The Mound has become the first city-centre site to achieve The Wildlife Trusts’ Biodiversity Benchmark, recognising its role in creating a stepping-stone habitat for wildlife through central Edinburgh. Located between Edinburgh’s Old and New Towns, The Mound provides a link between larger green spaces across the city, helping wildlife move through one of the capital’s busiest urban areas. Working with the Scottish Wildlife Trust, Lloyds Banking Group has enhanced the site to create a valuable space for nature within the busy…

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Government inaction on access to nature risks public health, warns The Wildlife Trusts

Stuart Mitchell

A new paper, unveiled recently by The Wildlife Trusts, outlines how improving access to nature across Britain should be a priority for Prime Minister Burnham’s Government. It follows research suggesting many still do not have parks, gardens or bodies of water within a 15-minute walk of their home, undermining the public health benefits associated with spending time outdoors.  Following the heat emergency of the summer, when inner city temperatures soared to over 38 C, the paper – Unlocking nature for all: How to increase access to nature for a fairer,…

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Largest appeal of its kind takes giant stride towards finish line with £5.5m donated in a week

Stuart Mitchell

Ambitious campaign to purchase The Rothbury Estate in Northumberland receives its biggest boost to date as £30m deadline looms Within days of the announcement that the Rothbury Estate appeal had reached the £20m milestone, the largest and most ambitious single fundraising appeal in the history of The Wildlife Trusts has reached new heights.  A number of philanthropists have come forward to offer further support and pledges totalling £5.5m, joining donations from around the world to help fund the purchase of the historic Rothbury Estate for nature and the nation. Providing the biggest surge…

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New report shows UK nature bearing brunt of chaotic climate

Stuart Mitchell

The Wildlife Trusts have published their new assessment of the effects of climate change on nature across the UK. The report, Resilient Nature, shows how much-loved species and habitats are faring across The Wildlife Trusts’ 2,600 nature reserves in response to the changing climate and extreme weather over the past year.  Whilst summer’s headlines were dominated by heatwaves and drought, the report reveals that over the past 12 months it has been extreme changes in weather patterns that have been the most damaging overall, with the natural world bearing much…

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Wildlife and climate campaigners unite in what could be the biggest ever march for nature

Stuart Mitchell

Environment campaigners are urging anyone who cares for nature to unite and march through London to Parliament Square on Saturday 22 June, with a simple demand to all political parties: Restore Nature Now.  This legal demonstration aims to be the biggest gathering of people for nature and climate that the UK has seen and is both a celebration of UK nature and a protest for urgent political action on the nature and climate emergencies.   The Restore Nature Now march is a peaceful, inclusive and family-friendly event. It is supported by…

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