Conservation

Donald Murray explores the good – and the dark – side to peat-digging.

87 Beavers have been shot under license in Scotland. What has gone wrong?

Ecuador's protected forests to define Rights of Nature and test jurisprudence in country’s Constitutional Court.

Wildlife campaigners launch legal case to challenge badger cull.

The courts have given the private corporation behind HS2 three weeks more to desecrate our ecological heritage.

Coconut oil production may be more damaging to the environment than palm oil, researchers say.

Activists have taken to the trees to halt HS2 construction that threatens to fell tracts of north-London nature reserve.

🌳 An extract from Hendrikus van Hensbergen's forthcoming book for young people: How You Can Save the Planet.

🌳 Reflections on poetry among the trees in 2019 and the power of art to nurture visions for the future.

The mammals were hunted to extinction for their meat, fur and scent glands in the UK by the beginning of the 16th century but have since been reintroduced.

Wild Justice granted permission to apply for Judicial Review into impact of release of more than 50 million gamebirds.

The UK urgently needs to increase tree cover to mitigate climate change and boost wildlife. The government is asking the public for views on its plans.

Trophy hunting is a multi-million dollar global industry. There needs to be concerted international action to ban with this archaic and cruel bloodsport.

Two thirds of adults in England think their local green space or nearby countryside could be enhanced.

Boris Johnson promised 30m trees planted by 2025 during high stakes general election - but his government is already failing to deliver.