Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trusts are Conservation Evidence Champions! Signing up as a Conservation Evidence Champions means that we have committed to ensure that evidence is included in the decisions we make about how we manage our nature reserves.
Call for gardeners to demand peat free compost and end to peat product sales Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust are asking gardeners to demand peat free composts from retailer in a call for an immediate end to the sale of peat products.
Sign the petition to keep ‘State of Nature’ Environment Bill amendments We must ensure nature’s recovery is put into law before it’s too late. Show your support for stronger nature protection by signing our petition!
Respond to the Government’s pesticides consultation Insects pollinate a third of all our food crops. Much of our wildlife relies on them for food – be it birds, bats, reptiles, amphibians, small mammals or fish. But the shocking reality is that 41% of the Earth’s remaining insect species are threatened with extinction. In the UK alone we have lost at least […]
Bad news for bees: Government reverses ban on bee-killing neonicotinoids The Government has bowed to pressure from the National Farmers Union and agreed to authorise the use of the highly damaging neonicotinoid thiamethoxam for the treatment of sugar beet seed in 2021. The Wildlife Trusts strongly oppose this decision.
Ask your MP to speak up for wildlife at Environment Bill debate The first Environment Bill in over 20 years is making its way through Parliament and will soon be debated by MPs. Ask your MP to attend and speak up for wildlife.
Did you know that England’s planning system is changing? We need an effective planning system to help us all benefit from a wilder future, where nature is recovering and we all live in healthy communities with natural green spaces on our doorsteps. We know that the current system isn’t working, but we’re concerned that the new reforms will make a bad situation even worse.
Louise Haigh MP visits Carbrook Ravine A team of our staff have met with Louise Haigh, MP for Sheffield Heeley at Carbrook Ravine Nature Reserve.
Our response to HS2 being given the green light HS2 decision will destroy precious wild places – The Wildlife Trusts call for a redesign.
Sarah Champion, Labour candidate for Rotherham answers our questions We contacted all candidates for the constituency of Rotherham to ask for their responses to a list of questions on nature, habitats and climate change. Of all the candidates, only Sarah Champion, the Labour candidate and previous sitting MP replied. Here is her response.