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The General Election is over…what happens next?

We can only look to create a Wilder Kent and reverse the alarming declines in wildlife and their habitats with continued support from our members and donors. Every piece of land we can purchase helps us ensure wildlife has more space to thrive. By connecting these areas up, we can help to rebuild our fragmented landscape.

Kent Wildlife Trust invited guests who have been supporting Kent Wildlife Trust for a number of years, or who have an interest in leaving a Gift in their Will to a wonderful afternoon of presentations and high tea in the superb setting of Canterbury Cathedral Lodge.

The long-awaited publication of the Environment Bill is welcome but The Wildlife Trusts are concerned that the Bill must not be delayed further if we are to tackle the serious environmental challenges we face. Cross-party support is needed to trigger nature’s recovery.

Sir David Attenborough, president emeritus of The Wildlife Trusts has made a short film with the charity to provide answers to the State of Nature partnership’s latest warnings of continued, devastating wildlife declines in the UK.

The UK’s wildlife continues to decline, according to the State of Nature 2019 report. The latest findings show that since rigorous scientific monitoring began in the 1970s there has been a 13% decline in average abundance across wildlife studied and that the declines continue unabated.

This week our Dover Connector Project Officer Ed Turpin joined the community of Bunker’s Hill for a fun-filled day of getting outside, green-thumbed and re-connected with nature.

Kent Wildlife Trust this week joined 12,000 people from across the UK in Westminster for historic natural environment and climate lobby with MPs outside Parliament.