Two more Hampshire councils back legal rights for rivers
Momentum continues to build for the protection of Hampshire’s rivers as Southampton City Council and Test Valley Borough Council become the latest to pass Rights of River motions.
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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
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.
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…
Urgent action launched to save endangered Atlantic salmon
The clock is ticking for the Atlantic salmon of the River Itchen.
Shelved recovery plan sparks outcry for chalk streams
215 local councillors demand urgent action to protect globally rare chalk streams
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 demand legal protections for all chalk streams
Megan McCubbin, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust President, joined school children from Whitchurch Church of England Primary school today (Tuesday 19 September) to call on the…