Policy and Campaigns blog

The planning system is broken. Not only is it failing to create the type of sustainable, healthy communities that we all need but new development continues to tear up valuable habitat and further…

Recently we stepped forward with an idea that can help wildlife, communities and the economy, whilst tackling the pressing issue of nitrate saturation in the Solent.

The warm weather, combined with all the wonderful sights of spring, makes May a fantastic time to get outside and with this week being Mental Health Awareness Week there is no better time to take…

This June, over 6,000 people across Hampshire and Isle of Wight have taken up the challenge to do something wild every day for a month. That’s around 180,000 random acts of wildness. Back for its…

Coronavirus continues to cause unprecedented challenges for Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust – we like many other Trusts are already suffering financial losses because many of our…

Insects have declined by 50% since 1970. Insects play a crucial role in our lives and in wildlife in so many ways that if they were to disappear, life as we know it wouldn't be the same. No…

The Chancellor's Budget doubled spending on flood defences - but do flood defences always mean concrete walls and hard solutions?

Ellie Brodie, Head of Land Management for Wildlife Trust's national office, takes a look at how the Agriculture Bill and recent Defra policy statements are stacking up for wildlife and wild…

Team Wilder's local villages in the Test Valley are coming together to take community action to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss.

Will Parsons, The Wildlife Trusts’ public affairs officer, reveals the role natural habitats play in tackling the climate crisis.