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The push to grant legal rights to nature is gaining momentum

8 February 2023

The movement to give trees, rivers and ecosystems the legal right to exist, thrive and regenerate has been bubbling under for decades, but it has just scored a very welcome win, says Graham Lawton


Why the UK government's attack on nature cannot be allowed to succeed

Why the UK government's attack on nature cannot be allowed to succeed

5 October 2022

The UK government’s bid to slash environmental protections is an onslaught on nature and the laws that protect it. We are angry, and we are not alone, says RSPB chief executive Beccy Speight


Kunming in China, where COP15 is due to take place

China is putting nature at risk with its biodiversity summit delays

10 June 2022

It's time for China to put national pride aside and let another country host the UN COP15 biodiversity conference, for the sake of wildlife, plants and habitats worldwide, says Adam Vaughan


Climate change and nature loss must be tackled together, says report

Climate change and nature loss must be tackled together, says report

10 June 2021

The two planetary crises of climate change and biodiversity loss must be tackled together or neither will be successfully solved, according to a major report by two international bodies


Covid-19 is a wake-up call to stop abusing the ecosystems we depend on

Covid-19 is a wake-up call to stop abusing the ecosystems we depend on

17 February 2021

Our assault on nature has led to a crisis similar in magnitude to climate change – and one that no government, business or individual can afford to ignore


We're pushing 28,000 species closer to extinction

We're pushing 28,000 species closer to extinction

18 July 2019

More than 28,000 species are threatened with extinction due to humans over-exploiting wildlife, according to the IUCN red list


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