How storm-damaged fences could help wildlife in Kent
Conservationists are asking people who lost fences during the recent extreme weather to consider replacing them with hedges instead.
Young people take action to improve Dover and Folkestone
Ambitious plans to improve the environment in and around Folkestone and Dover will be spearheaded by young people, thanks to a new scheme which has brought funding into the area.
Emergency authorisation of bee-killing pesticide is a “deathblow” say The Wildlife Trusts
The UK Government’s Farming Minister, Mark Spencer, has approved ‘emergency’ authorisation for the use of the highly damaging neonicotinoid, Thiamethoxam, on sugar beet for the fourth year in a row. This pesticide has been banned in the UK since 2018 but has been approved for use on British sugar beet crops. This announcement comes despite an industry commitment to end reliance on the banned pesticide by 2023.
Wildlife at risk on farms as vital hedge and river rules vanish
The National Trust, RSPB and The Wildlife Trusts say rivers and hedgerows are at increasing risk as UK Government fails to enshrine basic protection for nature on farms.
British Sugar fails to deliver on 3-year plan to end use of banned neonicotinoids
Time’s up! Minister urged to help sugar farmers go neonic-free and honour ban as deadline approaches to end reliance on bee-harming chemicals.
Kent Wildlife Trust ask National Grid to "Rethink Sea Link"
Conservationists ask National Grid to examine alternative route for cable linking Suffolk and Kent due to fears that decisions are based on the cheapest cost rather than minimising cost to wildlife at “internationally important” National Nature Reserve.
From Wilder Kent Awards to COP28 Winners, North Kent College is named “Nature Hero”
A college that scooped a Wilder Kent Award earlier this year has been awarded a $150,000 prize for climate innovation at the COP28 summit in Dubai.
Secretary of State visits Kent Landscape Recovery Project to make his first announcement since appointment
Kent Wildlife Trust has welcomed Steve Barclay's announcement of 34 landscape further recovery projects but warns there is much more the government must do to combat the nature and climate crises.