Nature

The environmental organisation backs Henry Dimbleby's vision for the future of food

tree plan just rehashes government’s current unambitious targets, while plans to restore damaged peatlands are still too vague

Environment group points out that England will deliver less than a quarter of planting target for UK, and that plan fails to rise to the challenge of the climate and nature crisis.

Access to nature is important to our physical and mental wellbeing. But the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted just how many people – particularly in urban areas – are robbed of important green space. Paul de Zylva explains how we can make our neighbourhoods cleaner, greener and healthier for all.

The government gave temporary approval to a ‘banned’ bee-harming pesticide earlier this year, going against the recommendations of its own expert advisors, according to documents seen by Friends of the Earth.

But bees still under threat from emergency pesticide authorisations

Over two million cubic metres sold or used in UK last year

Dozens of Local Authority Areas have the potential for doubled, tripled, or even quadrupled woodland cover

Ministers must get tougher on peat used in the horticultural industry.

It’s time to ban the burn and invest properly in peatland restoration