Living Seas
From local sustainable fisheries projects to campaigning for protected areas at sea - find out about The Wildlife Trusts work to bring our seas back to life.
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Living Landscapes
We need to create Living Landscapes where wildlife habitats are bigger, better managed and more joined-up, to help wild animals and plants move and disperse through the landscape.
Further oil and gas licensing will do nothing to address the cost of living crisis
Our actions this decade will determine the extent to which we experience a collapse in global biodiversity and runaway climate change. Neither the current UK Government, nor opposing political…
Protecting our seas
For over a decade, The Wildlife Trusts have campaigned with other environmental organisations in the UK for new laws to provide better protection for marine habitats and wildlife. As a result, the ground-breaking Marine and Coastal Access Act (Marine Act) was introduced in November 2009, providing UK Government with the tools needed to revolutionise the management of our marine environment. Wildlife Trusts Wales are calling for the Marine Act to be effectively implemented in Wales, and the opportunities provided by the Act seized to ensure real benefits for biodiversity around the Welsh coast.
Great diving beetle
The great diving beetle is a large and voracious predator of ponds and slow-moving waterways. Blackish-green in colour, it can be spotted coming to the surface to replenish the air supply it…
King diving beetle
Britain's largest 'diving beetle' is an impressive creature, though it's not easy to find.
Young people take action for our seas!
Ceredigion-based Stand for Nature Wales youth forum talks all things climate and the sea with Ruth from Coast and Country!
Caught in the net: ending bycatch in UK seas
Every year in UK waters, thousands of marine animals are accidentally caught and killed in fishing gear. Ruth Williams, Head of Marine Conservation, explores the crisis beneath our waves.
Biting stonecrop
Also known as 'Goldmoss' due to its dense, low-growing nature and yellow flowers, Biting stonecrop can be seen on well-drained ground like sand dunes, shingle, grasslands, walls and…
Great spider crab
Despite its name, the great spider crab is actually smaller than the more common European spider crab.
Saving species
The Wildlife Trusts are working to help species pushed close to extinction and to reintroduce missing keystone species.