UK and Tar Sands Oil

Today 50 Greenpeace UK activists blocked their Department for Transport with two immobilised cars parked in front of the entrances and a giant handshake. This is because the UK government is trying to scuttle legislation that will block tar sands oil from being sold at UK petrol pumps. Next week, officials will meet fro...

10 Things About Durrell

The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust in the UK has a pdf document on their website that tells you 10 things you might not have known about Durrell. Some of the inform...

UK Butterflies Arriving Early

Due to unusually warm April weather, many butterflies across the UK are showing up earlier this Spring than usual, according to Butterfly Conservation...

Voices Wanted for England’s Forests

Following the UK Government’s climb down earlier this year on the consultation to sell-off public forests, the Woodland Trust is calling on the public to lend your voice once again and help protect England’s scarce woodland. If you’re in the UK, you can let the Indep...

Green Deal Energy Bill

UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne announced that landlords will be forced to improve their most energy inefficient properties, during hi...

UK Power Networks Supports Wildlife

UK Power Networks, Britain’s largest power network provider, recently into partnership with the nine Wildlife Trusts in its distribution areas to help preserve and develop wildlife habitats. These Trusts include Surrey Wildlife Trust and Norfolk Wildl...

Red Kites Success in UK

Results of one of Britain’s most successful conservation programs was spotted in the skies above England during the recent RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, reports the RSPB. At the turn of the 20th century, there was just a handful of red kites left in the U...

UK Sustainable Fishing

The best way to ensure we will have fish to eat in the future is to implement sustainable fishing. The UK might lead the way, if a recent poll by WWF  is listened to by the politicians. In the poll, 79% of people surveyed in the UK want the fish that is on sale to come from...

UK Forestry Panel

The UK government has announced the formation of an independent panel of forestry experts as part of the planned review of forestry policy in England, reports the Woodland Trust. The Trust’s Chief Executive Sue Holden has a seat on the panel, from w...

More Trees, More Good

In a call that has relevance to all countries, the Woodland Trust is calling for UK landowners of all kinds to plant native trees to increase the number of places wildlife can thrive. This is part of its ‘More Trees, More Good’ campaign. Native wood...

Badger Culling Controversy

A controversy is brewing in the UK about badgers and Tuberculosis in cattle (bTB). In effort to control bTB, a Minister in the Welsh Assembly recently announced that they intend to have a government-led slaughter of badgers in West Wales, reports Care ...

Oil and Virunga National Park

It’s not very often that we hear good news about the mountain gorillas, but recently the Congo government blocked a UK company’s (Soco) bid to drill for oil in Virunga National Park, reports WWF.  Rejecting the company’s analysis, the Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism declared that his department will do their own environmenta...

Animal Safety Features

People in the UK have a deep passion for nature and the natural environment – not just wildlife – and they want to see it protected, says Paul Wilkinson, head of conservation at The Wildlife Trusts charity, reports The Telegraph. UK councils and government agencies have reportedly spent almost £8.5 million on at least 270 animal friendly safety features in the past two y...

Conservation Stories of 2010

We hope you had a healthy and enjoyable holiday season. Before we move on, let’s take a quick look back at 2010, labeled the International Year of Biodiversity. The year had both good and bad conservation stories, according to a photo feature in th...

State of UK Birds

A coalition of UK conservation organizations has published a report on the successes and lack therein of the birds in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. In 1994, the UK government identified 26 species of bird most in need of conservation, and started on...