Maidstone Borough Council is set to support major river and nature restoration work across the borough with a grant to Kent Wildlife Trust, helping farmers and landowners work together to restore habitats, improve water quality and strengthen climate resilience.
With proposals for a new Planning and Infrastructure Bill to accelerate the delivery of high-quality infrastructure, Kent Wildlife Trust calls for a land use framework to be developed in the UK.
Deadly wildfires, raging storms and soaring temperatures are becoming increasingly common across the globe. Coupled with the recent news that Earth may have already exceeded a 1.5c warming and is set to pass 2°c by the end of the decade, Kent Wildlife Trust warns now is the time for action as we head towards a general election.
The Wildlife Trusts publish a list of the UK’s Government’s 10 broken promises to nature.
Kent Wildlife Trust urges MPs to back ambitious nature recovery targets
Lower Thames Crossing branded ‘likely the most environmentally damaging road scheme in England’
UK Government must increase efforts to protect at least 30% of land and sea by 2030 and strengthen environmental protections.
Plans to scrap post-Brexit environmental laws condemned by Kent Wildlife Trust; 17 protected wildlife sites in Kent could be downgraded if plans go ahead in December 2023.
