Winchester puts nature at centre of future planning
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust has welcomed a decision by Winchester City Council to recognise natural capital as strategic infrastructure, and is encouraging councils across…
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Statement on environmental pollution incident in the upper Beaulieu River
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust is deeply concerned by reports of a major pollution incident affecting the upper Beaulieu River on 16 September 2026, following the failure of a water…
Wildlife Trust takes leading role in new parliamentary group for England’s chalk streams
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust is playing a leading role in a new cross-party parliamentary group dedicated to protecting England's globally rare chalk streams.
Local leaders back call for nature-positive and climate-resilient Hampshire, Solent and Isle of Wight region
More than 100 councillors, business and public sector leaders plus environmental organisations from across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight came together on Friday 10 July to discuss how nature and…
National recognition for Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Rising Star
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust is delighted to announce that Lorna Selby, Policy & Advocacy Officer, has been named as a Rising Star in the ENDS Report Power List 2026 – a…
Rivers gain a voice in North Hampshire
Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council formalises Rights of Rivers declaration
Wildlife Trusts call for nature recovery to be embedded in English Devolution
On Thursday January 8, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust brought together parliamentarians, local leaders and environmental organisations in Westminster to call for nature recovery to…
Nightmare before Christmas: worst environmental regression in decades looms
Labour’s list of broken promises mounts
East Hampshire becomes latest council to back legal Rights of Rivers
Momentum for stronger protection of Hampshire’s rivers continues to grow, as East Hampshire District Council has unanimously passed a motion recognising the Rights of Rivers - the latest local…
Wildlife Trust urges strong safeguards for wildlife habitats amid Solent Gateway 2 plans
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust has raised significant concerns over Associated British Ports’ (ABP) proposals for Solent Gateway 2, warning that the plans risk causing damage to…