GWCT News Blog

Bees’ Needs Week is an annual event coordinated by Defra and delivered in partnership with several charities, businesses, conservation groups and academic institutions to help raise awareness of bees and other pollinators. Events to celebrate insects are taking place across England from 9-15^th July.

We respond to a recent piece in The Guardian about the dramatic long-term decline in flying insects in nature reserves across Germany.

With Sir David Attenborough today voicing his concern for UK butterfly populations I was reminded of some of the findings from our 2005 study into the effects of pheasant management at wood edges.

The GWCT applauds the recent call from the RSPCA for a ban on the sale of ‘raccoon dogs’ in the UK. 

Dr Matt Elliot, Conservation Advisor at the Woodland Trust discusses the disease and the need for more research.

We preview this week's All Party Parliamentary Group for Game and Wildlife, hosted by the GWCT at Westminster on Thursday 15th September.

With the help of those who have kindly donated to our appeal, we have been able to start our important work 

Jim Egan previews a series of events being delivered by the Campaign for the Farmed Environment that  will focus on pollinators and their benefits to farm businesses.

Dr. Niamh McHugh introduces our new project looking at barn swallow foraging on arable land in relation to agri-environment scheme habitat options.

Debate around trophy hunting has continued for some time, but earlier this year a group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) called for a complete ban on the import of trophies into the EU. In response, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) published a briefing paper, which aims to inform discussions on the ban and other related topics.