Community voices gather to shape river rights for the Itchen and Meon
Local residents joined Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust for a Rights of the River Forum in Winchester
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MPs back call to protect chalk streams from harmful planning reforms
More than 10 MPs gathered in Parliament Square on Wednesday (4th June) to call on the Government to strengthen planning reforms to protect England’s globally rare chalk streams.
Planning Bill breaks Labour’s nature promises and must be scrapped
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust is demanding that the UK Government scrap draft legislation which would significantly downgrade crucial regulations that have protected the country’s…
Hampshire rivers given legal rights in landmark Council decision
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust welcomes Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council’s momentous decision, at Full Council on Thursday 15 May, to grant ‘personhood’ rights to local rivers…
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust welcomes the scrapping of the controversial Solent CO2 Pipeline Project
The Trust welcomes the cancellation of the Solent CO2 Pipeline Project, which posed risks to protected areas in the New Forest and Isle of Wight.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust expresses serious concerns over Solent CO2 Pipeline proposal
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, together with partners RSPB, Solent Protection Society and Isle of Wight Biosphere, have written an open letter raising significant concerns over the…
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust hosts parliamentary event to call for urgent action to address the exploitation of biodiversity net gain exemptions
The event focussed on the critical issue of the mass exploitation of exemptions to Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), the flagship policy designed to ensure new developments compensate for any habitat…
Trust and RSPB response to latest Tipner West plans
“A dangerous and damaging precedent” - Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust and the RSPB respond to latest Tipner West plans in the draft Portsmouth Local Plan.
General Election 2024: Trust calls for urgent action to restore UK wildlife
With the General Election announced for July 4th, the Trust has identified five key policy priorities that must be addressed to halt the decline of UK wildlife
A New Era for Nature Positive Development
From Monday 12th February, a new era for nature positive development begins when Biodiversity Net Gain will be mandatory for major developments in England.