Stormy waters ahead for Marine Act
Humankind is being challenged to rethink its relationship with the natural world. The years ahead are going to have to be very different from the years behind. Ever since we, as a species unlike any...
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Winter chill comes from Autumn statement
Yesterday morning we heard the Chancellor give his autumn budget statement. I don’t imagine many of us were expecting a lot of good news. What we were not expecting was a whole swathe of measures...
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Celebrating 50 years of protecting wildlife
A few words from Geoff Hearnden, Vice Chair of DWT Board of Trustees ‘Fifty years ago otters were regularly hunted and the large blue butterfly was drifting into extinction. Hedges were grubbed out...
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It’s been a wild week for the future of the countryside
DWT CEO Harry Barton Well, it’s official at last. Protecting our most important habitats and threatened species is not standing in the way of economic growth. And neither is there any evidence that...
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Climate change
Harry Barton, DWT CEO, looks at the challenges of climate change and economic growth ‘In the volley of headlines about budget difficulties this summer, three bits of news quietly slipped under the...
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What a bitterly disappointing week the start of December was for the...
Fracking and gas energy First, we had the official announcement that “fracking” has been given the go-ahead. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a process of releasing natural gas from oil rich...
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Conference for Nature
In May 2013, a coalition of environmental NGOs, including the RSPB and The Wildlife Trusts, launched a stark report on the condition of our natural environment, State of Nature. Its blunt headline,...
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Why our government is failing on climate change
Harry Barton, Devon Wildlife Trust’s Chief Executive, tackles the new government on climate change What a ray of sunshine to hear world leaders start to speak out for action on climate change! In...
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