Photography competition captures our chalk streams
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Plans for Portsmouth ‘super peninsula’ should be binned not backed, say wildlife charities
4000 new homes and new marine hub would rip up internationally important wildlife site and tear a hole through legal safeguards
Development could destroy vital line of natural defence…
Itchen Abbas Restoration Works
An extensive river restoration project at Itchen Abbas is being carried out by the Wessex Chalk Stream and Rivers Trust, with the approval of the Environment Agency. The area includes land which…
Team Wilder is helping fight for nature’s recovery, but more people are needed to tip the balance
One year on from the publication of its ambitious plan for nature’s recovery, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust has launched a new animation celebrating the difference that local people…
Prime Minister's pledge for nature falls short, says local Wildlife Trust.
Speaking at a meeting of global leaders, The Prime Minister has today set out a commitment to protect 30% of land for wildlife by 2030. This coincides with the launch of the Wildlife Trust’s…
The Wildlife Trusts launch £30 million appeal to kickstart nature’s recovery across 30% of land and sea by 2030
Today The Wildlife Trusts launch 30 by 30, a public appeal to raise £30 million to start putting nature into recovery across at least 30% of land and sea by 2030.
Wildlife Trust receives emergency National Lottery funding
We are delighted to have been awarded £167,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to help us cope with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Big Wild Weekend
Inspired by the wild: nature-loving celebs in sparkling line-up for The Wildlife Trusts’ Big Wild Weekend on 19th-21st June!
New survey reveals overwhelming support for a kinder, greener and wilder future for Hampshire and the Island
The lockdown has had a dramatic impact on people’s lifestyles and there are a number of behavioural changes that people are keen to maintain, according to new research with almost 600 local people…
Nature gets a kicking as local wildlife havens become hotbeds of anti-social behaviour
From racist graffiti, people fighting with broken bottles, piles of throw-away BBQs and groups of naked swimmers, Hampshire’s nature reserves have seen it all this weekend.