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It’s time for UK Government to accelerate policies for nature recovery

Monday 13 April 2026

MP and NGOs will join together at a parliamentary event on 15th April to urge Government to reset environmental policy to address the nature loss crisis.

Governments set low bar on phase out of gardeners’ use of peat

Saturday 18 December 2021

The Wildlife Trusts call for immediate ban on all peat sales, peat extraction and peat imports to help address the nature and climate crisis

Charity calls on public to make views on beavers known

Wednesday 25 August 2021

• Defra announces public consultation on future of beavers in England
• ‘Outstanding success of Devon’s wild beavers should be allowed to happen elsewhere’ says charity
• Public urged…

Government says beavers can stay in their Devon home

Government says beavers can stay in their Devon home
• Defra announces ‘pioneering’ wildlife decision
• Secures a future for the first ever reintroduction of an extinct
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News: Defra

It’s time for UK Government to accelerate policies for nature recovery

Governments set low bar on phase out of gardeners’ use of peat

Charity calls on public to make views on beavers known

Government says beavers can stay in their Devon home

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