Government spending needed on climate and nature emergency
02 Sep 20193.2 MB PDF file
Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and others have identified that the government needs to spend £42 billion a year on climate change and nature.
Driving pesticide reduction – why the government must set ambitious targets
Sandra Bell28 Aug 2019
Will the UK government step up action on pesticides reduction in response to the current ecological crisis?
How water companies could help double tree cover
Guy Shrubsole08 Aug 2019
Could water companies use their land more effectively to help fix the climate emergency?
There’s something wrong in the countryside: rising pesticide use in the UK
05 Jun 2019
A close look at pesticide use reveals we’re treating crops more frequently and with a greater variety of chemicals than ever before – it’s time to reverse this trend and put the UK onto a trajectory of pesticide reduction.
What’s the evidence of nature declining and is extinction beckoning?
Paul de Zylva02 May 2019
Our natural world is in trouble. Are we on the verge of the world's sixth mass extinction?
Insectageddon-what's happening to bees and other insects?
Paul de Zylva30 Apr 2019
If we lose the insects then everything is going to collapse.
Why supporting nature friendly farming is essential to productivity
Sandra Bell16 Apr 2019
Global insect decline is a wake-up call. Intensive farming is destroying the very species that underpin food production - including pollination, natural pest control and soil health.
Why the UK should double forest area to curb climate change
29 Mar 2019
How more trees, woodlands and forests will support aims to help combat climate change, and protect and restore nature.
Net Gain – the new threat to nature
04 Mar 2019
Is the Government's plan for 'Net Biodiversity Gain' another ruse to let developers trample over our wildlife?
New tricks: biodiversity offsetting and mining
19 Feb 2019
Biodiversity offsetting allows damage to nature in one area to be offset through conservation work in another but we show this is harming people and nature in Madagascar and elsewhere.
Nature’s in trouble. Now, for my next trick
Paul De Zylva19 Feb 2019
Governments and businesses are presenting biodiversity offsetting as a nature conservation solution. But it’s failing people and the planet.
Nature and wildlife: our position
24 Nov 2017
Why our future as a species depends on nature and wildlife thriving in our countryside, towns and cities: Friends of the Earth's position.