After 14 years of Conservative Government, nature is under attack. Our National Parks should be the crown jewels of our natural environment, but the Tories have degraded them beyond recognition.

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This Thursday, join us at Edale Village Hall at 2.30pm for a unique, free 'in conversation' event in the company of Moors for the Future Partnership Manager Chris Dean and author and podcaster Sarah Lister.

National Parks *ought* to be bastions of nature recovery.

Instead, they're often in worse condition for wildlife than the wider landscape, find Campaign for National Parks.

Will Rishi Sunak, @keir_starmer & Ed Davey commit the funds & reforms needed to restore these landscapes?

Nature in #NationalParks isn’t immune from the crisis that is happening elsewhere.

We need urgent action and major changes – the government needs to strengthen legislation and significantly increase the resources for nature recovery our Parks 👀👇
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A rogues gallery of environmental hypocrisy! What they call an arbitrary decision is in fact objective advice based on years of study by experts in their field. They seem unable to grasp the basic concept of Natural England being an official government advisory body.

As National Parks turn 75, a new report highlights only 6% of their land is recorded as being in good health for nature - with the Yorkshire Dales having less tree cover than York and waterways across these special places heavily polluted by sewage released from storm overflows.

You sitting down?

4,014,964 hours worth of sewage dumped into England’s rivers in 2023. An all time record. A massive 129% increase on 2022.

Exclusive by those fantastic people at the The Guardian

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Act now and write to your MP if you live in the UK: Therese Coffey is one of the 17 MPs who have joined #DerekThomasMP in calling to disempower Natural England Help wildlife, help preserve ecosystems and ask your MP to speak out against this... Steve Barclay pls do not support

Today marks the end of my amazing #OrchidsOfRhodes adventure 💔

I saw 50+ orchid species this week! & many other wonders thanks to the excellent guides Jon Dunn 🇺🇦 & Dr Richard Bate

(check out Mariposa Nature Tours for other wildlife adventures they offer🦋)

📍Rhodes, Greece

A good Guardian piece on the work of Carlos Moreno | IAE-Paris Sorbonne theguardian.com/cities/2024/ap…

My 40 fab yrs with Open Spaces Society campaignerkate.wordpress.com/2024/04/05/for…

Hope Keir Starmer & Rachel Reeves read this article. Other than far too much focus on 'growth' (climate & ecological crises, Will?), Will Hutton writes persuasively about repurposing capitalism to focus on the common good -theguardian.com/books/2024/mar…

Coming soon to our skies, and our bookshops...
Super Swifts - The small bird with amazing super powers. #Swifts #actionforswifts #swiftconservation Walker Books Walker Picture Books #childrensbooks #PictureBooks Swift Awareness Week

It's happened many times over the decades...

Every time the statutory environmental agencies dare to do their job right, the Govt of the day threatens to take away their powers, cut their budgets, and put them back in their box

That's ultimately why we end up with poo in our…

If athletes are so affected, what about children? And why are we not surprised?

I'm looking for recommendations for a field guide to the flora of Jordan. Any thoughts anyone? Jon Dunn 🇺🇦 Chris Thorogood yiannis christofides Matt Berry

Sewage being discharged into the Lake District National Park and UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 World Heritage Site

The EA is permitting up to 1.1 million litres a day and up to 13 litres a second to come out of this pipe. Langdale WWTW, where the pipe originates, has no UV disinfectant, so this…

Wise and compassionate - BBC News - Attack victims hit out at extremism in open letter
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For months, I've been working on putting together a biodiversity roundtable. As mayor, I will invest in green energy and new jobs, retrofit homes, introduce cleaner public transport, and champion our open spaces. A just transition to a low-carbon economy is vital.

The A66 TransPennine upgrade has been given the go ahead despite fierce opposition from us and Friends of the Lake District 😡

📈Increased emissions
🚗Increased car traffic
🚧Damaged landscapes

All in a #climate & #nature emergency 👇cnp.org.uk/news/a66-trans…