England’s most stunning “national landscapes” are largely out of bounds, and 22 of the 34 have less than 10% of their area open to the…
View More Much of England’s ‘national landscapes’ out of bounds, say campaignersTag: National parks
Glens, lochs and isles battle to be Scotland’s next national park
Glen Affric in the Highlands is home to deer, ospreys, otters and one of Scotland’s largest Caledonian pine woods. Often described as one of the…
View More Glens, lochs and isles battle to be Scotland’s next national parkMaking tracks: how linking patches of wilderness is saving Borneo’s wildlife
In 2011, the German conservationist Robert Risch was hiking along the banks of a river at the northern limits of Tabin wildlife reserve, home to…
View More Making tracks: how linking patches of wilderness is saving Borneo’s wildlifeUK tops list for fossil fuel sites in nature protected areas
Fossil fuel extraction and exploration is taking place at almost 3,000 sites in protected areas around the world, analysis has revealed, with the UK having…
View More UK tops list for fossil fuel sites in nature protected areasPeak District deal to protect birds of prey ends as illegal killing continues
Illegal killings of birds of prey have led the Peak District national park to end an agreement between grouse moor managers and bird conservationists aimed…
View More Peak District deal to protect birds of prey ends as illegal killing continues‘The hydropower goldrush’: how Europe’s first wild river national park saw off the dams
The fast-moving Vjosa River in Albania curves and braids, sweeping our raft away from the floodplain towards the opposite bank, and back again. The islands…
View More ‘The hydropower goldrush’: how Europe’s first wild river national park saw off the damsMP who received donation from landowner refuses to criticise Dartmoor camping decision
A Conservative MP who received thousands in a donation from a wealthy landowner who took Dartmoor National Park Authority to court has refused to comment…
View More MP who received donation from landowner refuses to criticise Dartmoor camping decisionWhat’s this unfamiliar feeling I have after the Cop15 meeting? It might just be hope | Craig Bennett
I don’t normally finish United Nations Cop meetings with a smile on my face. Yet as the sun sets on the UN biodiversity conference, Cop15,…
View More What’s this unfamiliar feeling I have after the Cop15 meeting? It might just be hope | Craig BennettLarge parts of national parks in England and Wales off limits, data shows
The majority of many of the national parks in England and Wales are shut off to walkers, analysis by campaigners has found, as they ask…
View More Large parts of national parks in England and Wales off limits, data showsSale of oil and gas permits casts shadow over world’s second-largest rainforest
“The forest will never end,” says Papa Mbembe as he treks through the swampy peatland of the rainforest behind his village in the Democratic Republic…
View More Sale of oil and gas permits casts shadow over world’s second-largest rainforest