Conservation

A full right to roam can ensure access to nature while allowing flora and fauna to flourish.

Conservation projects that don't take gender equality into account may be undermining our efforts to tackle biodiversity loss.

To protect nature, we must first be able to appreciate it.

Bird populations bounce back when farmers devote 10 per cent of their land to nature-friendly measures, a new study finds.

'Man of the hole’ protected the Amazon for 26 years: his legacy lives on in a court ruling to protect his ancestral territory.

The defeat of Brazil’s fascist president Jair Bolsonaro represents a possibility for a radical relationship with life.

The Tory government in the UK is failing on its promise to protect 30% of land and seas.

Lack of government action on waste crime could see rise in fly-tipping, illegal waste sites, and evasion of landfill tax, a new report reveals.

Scientists are urging the Biden administration to protect the endangered Gulf of Mexico whale from extinction - which are under threat due to fossil fuel extraction. 

Delaying or diluting payments for farmers to help nature recover would be a significant missed economic opportunity, the government has been warned.

Human rights groups call for urgent protection of Indigenous land after death of last remaining member of an Amazonian tribe.

A rise in the number of macaques removed from the wild for research laboratories poses a major threat to the now endangered species.

Wildlife campaigners welcome new legislation and call for a 'sensible' beaver re-introduction to British waterways.

Trophy hunting puts South Africa’s tourism industry in peril, charity claims.

Should rivers be given legal rights like humans? A Bristol campaigner is testing the waters of British law in an effort to protect the Avon from further pollution.

Living-language-land offers a fresh approach to the environmental crisis.

Structurally unique freshwater mangrove forests have been discovered in Brasil's Amazon Delta for the very first time.

Language can change our relationship with the environment.

The UK’s most valuable import from Brazil – gold – is fuelling deforestation in the Amazon, new footage reveals.

A global restoration effort aims to protect mangroves - as a study reveals the extent of climate-related destruction.

A global policy around prohibiting plants - such as cannabis, coca and opium - undermines work to reduce their environmental impacts.

Ocean Conservation Trust launches 700 hectare seagrass protection project on World Ocean’s Day.

Game birds illegally killed on one of Britain’s most prestigious shooting estates.

Officials investigate claims peatland sites described as England’s “national rainforests” have been burned on grouse moors despite a ban.