Blogs

We’d like to welcome Logan Crimp to the GWCT Wales Team as our brand new Agriculture and Conservation Officer. Logan is a fluent Welsh speaker and will be a great asset to the team.

Discover how the innovative "3Rs" approach can revolutionise conservation practices and learn why rethinking, redesigning, and restoring are key to sustainable wildlife management

Wild bird populations continue to decline as demonstrated by Government statistics released on 12th November. We have used the graphs for breeding farmland, woodland, water and wetland and upland birds generated by these statistics many times to emphasise the need for a change in approach to conservation.

The consultation is open until 10 December 2024, providing a platform for you to share your views on the proposed approach.

Starting in 1970, the GWCT’s ongoing Sussex Study is the world’s longest running scientific study on invertebrates in the cereal ecosystem, providing a robust indication of the national picture.

Defra has some exciting news for landowners and farmers: the Tree Health Pilot Scheme, launched in 2021, has been extended.

Joe Stanley shares his transformative journey at the Allerton Project, advocating sustainable farming practices, addressing obstacles to adoption, and emphasising the need for greater support across the food supply chain.

The year has been dominated by two policy eras – the last weeks of the Conservative government and the first few weeks of the new Labour one. But perhaps surprisingly the key messages during these eras have been broadly the same, focussing on water quality, ELMS and nature recovery. 

Defra have announced that the first endorsed action under the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) is now live. GRH6, which focuses on managing priority habitat species-rich grassland, is officially available on GOV.UK. Here's what you need to know to get started.

There has been much written in scientific journals about how conservation is influenced by changing values and beliefs, and the increasingly held view that animals and humans are equal sentient beings resulting in compassionate conservation approaches and ultimately calls for animal personhood. This results in concerns about the management of some species, such as when controlling predators or pests. But are these values and attitudes applied to all animals equally?