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Our Strategy for a Wilder Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Our future has to be wilder.
This is our response to the nature emergency.
We will need your help to deliver it.
Our vision
In the next ten years we must create a much wilder Hampshire and Isle of Wight.
We want nature’s recovery to be at the forefront of tackling the climate crisis.
We want broken ecosystems to be restored and missing wildlife to return.
We want people to benefit from a healthy natural environment.
We’ve lost so much already
You might remember that the state of nature was different when you were growing up, but subtle changes easily go unnoticed. Subsequent generations have unknowingly accepted this creeping impoverishment. Wildlife is in freefall and yet, for many, the present paucity of nature is seen as normal.
This is not normal.
Why now?
2020 is a critical year. Decisions and actions taken in the next ten years will affect the next thousand years. By 2030 we must see nature recovering, wildlife returning and ecosystems restored.
If we delay, the damage will be irreversible.
Why me?
These may be big global issues, but your voice matters and local action counts.
Together our local actions form part of the collective national and global effort for a better, wilder future.
We can be the people that fix this.
OUR PLAN
Our work will focus on achieving our connected goals:
- more people on nature’s side
- more space for wildlife to thrive
- reduced pressure on the environment
Through our two key programmes:
Team Wilder and Wilder Land & Sea
Team Wilder
We recognise that, in order to tip the balance, we need many more people on nature’s side. Without this we cannot hope to put nature into recovery.
Team Wilder
We want to see 1 in 4 people connecting with wildlife and taking action for nature’s recovery.
This is vital if we are to create more space for wildlife to thrive and reduce wider pressures on the environment.
View the Team Wilder programme
Wilder Land & Sea
Space for wildlife on our land and in our seas is being constantly squeezed: Built over, bruised, bashed, and beaten. We need to stop abusing it with chemicals and pollution. We have to give nature space and time to breathe and recover.
Wilder Land & Sea
We need at least a third of land and sea to be wilder and where wildlife is recovering.
We need the pressure on nature reduced everywhere else.
We want to see nature recovering, ecosystems restored and wildlife returning.
Read Wilder 2030
Creating a wilder Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Read Debbie Tann’s, CEO of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, full speech from the Wilder Conference here.
GET INVOLVED
Now we need your help to bring it to life and make our vision of a wilder, wonderful future a reality.
We are looking for pioneers and partners.
If you want to talk to us about making your life, your home or your community wilder, get in touch.
If you think your workplace or business could do things differently, we can help.
If you have an idea, we’d love to hear it.
If you can give time, money, space or skills, please do.
Creating Wilder 2030
Our strategy has been informed by the conversations, ideas and evidence we have gathered over the past year.
It has been shaped by the thousands of people who have told us they are worried about the state of our seas and rivers, plummeting wildlife numbers and the threat of climate breakdown, and those that want to do something about it.
Thanks you to everyone who has fed into our plan.
Download a copy of the document that helped shape Wilder 2030
Latest on our #WilderFuture campaign
- Cancelled
The importance of pollinators and how to identify them
A relaxed afternoon with Susan Simmonds and two wildlife enthusiasts in their wonderful wildlife garden, learning about pollinators.
Hedgerow Surveying and Community Tree Identification
A relaxed morning with Susan Simmonds learning how to identify trees, survey hedgerows and assess their condition for wildlife.
Shine a light on nature’s champions – Nominations now open for Wilder Awards 2025
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust is excited to announce that nominations for the Wilder Awards 2025 are now open.
Wildflower Identification Course
Spend a relaxing morning with Susan Simmonds learning how to identify wildflowers on this lovely chalk downland Nature Reserve.
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Making Space For Nature - Wildlife Gardening
A relaxed morning with Susan Simmonds learning how to make our gardens wildlife friendly.
Winter Trees and Their Value to Wildlife
Spend a relaxing morning learning about the winter trees and wildlife of Freemantle Lake Park.
