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Victory for nature: Government reject destructive Tipner West development
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust and the RSPB welcome the position from the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, the Rt.Hon. Angela Rayner MP, to uphold…
Isle of Wight Local Nature Recovery Strategy
Authorities across England, including Hampshire County Council and Isle of Wight Council, are producing Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) as required under the Environment Act (2021). These…
Nature charities urge UK Government ministers to protect globally rare chalk streams in planning reform
A group of UK nature charities have written to Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP and Rt Hon Steve Reed OBE MP calling for action to protect the UK’s chalk streams in planning reforms.
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 formally responds to Portsmouth Local Plan and controversial Tipner West proposals
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust has published their formal response to the Portsmouth Local Plan Pre-Submission consultation. Within their response, the Trust strongly objects to the…
New vision for beavers in England and Wales
The Wildlife Trusts say: end enclosures and take action for beavers to be wild
Today, The Wildlife Trusts publish A vision for the return of beavers to England and Wales making the case…
Solent Seascape Project, the first seascape-scale marine restoration project in the UK, receives international recognition from United Nations
The Solent Seascape Project is working to restore, protect and connect nature within the Solent. In July 2024, the project was endorsed as an official United Nations Decade Action since it is an…