Protected Species
All wildlife is important, but some rare and threatened species and habitats have extra protection in law or policy.
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British rainforests – a new approach for climate action, communities and nature
We’re facing a climate and ecological emergency. We need to move much faster in rolling out joined-up solutions at scale, while also avoiding greenwashing traps that will only slow us down - write…
Stand for Nature Wales: An August update from our teams across Cymru
Loads of amazing work has been happening on our Stand for Nature Wales project with our youth teams acting to protect nature and lock in Carbon in communities across Cymru.
Over 60,000 people march to parliament to demand politicians Restore Nature Now
On Saturday 22 June The Wildlife Trusts travelled from across the UK to join more than 60,000 people and over 350 charities, businesses and action groups to march through central London to…
Landmark COP15 agreement gives nature hope for the future, if implementation follows
After twelve days of talks and two years of delay, negotiators at COP15 in Montreal have agreed a historic global deal to protect nature.
The UK Government has launched an attack on nature - tearing up the most fundamental legal protections our remaining wildlife has
The largest threat to nature in a generation is happening before our very own eyes, with UK government planning to scrap all EU laws relating to the legal protections of our natural spaces. We…
Young people are using the local elections in Wales to give nature a voice!
For the first time this year, 16 and 17 year olds will have the chance to vote in Wales’ Local Authority Elections on the 5th of May.
Amddiffyn Natur
Mae Llywodraeth y DU wedi lansio ymosodiad ar fyd natur, gan wanhau’r cyfreithiau sy’n amddiffyn ein bywyd gwyllt ac mae mynd yn ôl ar eu maniffesto yn argoeli i fod y Llywodraeth wyrddaf erioed: gwrthdroi diwygiadau i ffermio a gwneud penderfyniadau ynni a fydd yn gwaethygu’r newid yn yr hinsawdd.
State of Nature 2023
Y flwyddyn nesaf, bydd etholiad cyffredinol yn y DU. Er bod yr amgylchedd, ffermio a physgodfeydd wedi’u datganoli (penderfyniadau’n cael eu gwneud yn eu cylch yng Nghaerdydd), rydyn ni'n parhau i fod angen i bleidleiswyr yng Nghymru anfon neges glir at ASau eu bod yn poeni am yr hyn sy’n digwydd i fyd natur.
Mae Ymddiriedolaethau Natur Cymru wedi nodi pum blaenoriaeth ar gyfer ASau cyn etholiad cyffredinol nesaf y DU. Byddwn hefyd yn gofyn i wleidyddion y Senedd gefnogi’r un ceisiadau yn etholiad Llywodraeth Cymru yn 2026.
Mae Ymddiriedolaethau Natur Cymru wedi nodi pum blaenoriaeth ar gyfer ASau cyn etholiad cyffredinol nesaf y DU. Byddwn hefyd yn gofyn i wleidyddion y Senedd gefnogi’r un ceisiadau yn etholiad Llywodraeth Cymru yn 2026.
Natures recovery given a boost in Wales as Welsh Government announces their recommendations to achieve 30x30
Ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference COP15 in Canada this December, Welsh Government have announced their recommendations to achieve 30% of land and sea protected and improved for nature by…
Mitigation and Compensation
When wildlife could be harmed by development, local planning authorities should follow a step-wise approach to reduce that harm, known as the ‘mitigation hierarchy’. This is required in National Planning Policy.
Solar powered sea slug
This remarkable creature shows nature’s fantastic complexity!