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Our website contains a variety of items dating back to 2001. You can use this archive to explore by year, campaign theme, specific campaign, and category. See also our new releases, our media appearances and our newsletters.

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RSPB Minsmere is at risk - we need your help to save it (RSPB)

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EDF Energy are planning to build a new nuclear power station, Sizewell C, directly on the border of RSPB Minsmere nature reserve, which is home to over 6000 different kinds of animals, plants and fungi.

Friends of the Earth releases tips to help people reconnect with nature during lockdown

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As we approach the third week of the national lockdown in England, polling for Friends of the Earth shows two in five (43 per cent) are not getting outside into nature as much as they did during the first lockdown, with just one in ten (13 per cent) claiming to be getting out more this Autumn.

Grow a Tree, Plant a Forest, Campaign for Trees

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Trees help us in a number of ways, such as by absorbing air pollutants, improving open spaces and thus benefiting our physical and mental health, and reducing the risk of floods. However, the UK’s tree cover is only 11.8%, which …

Government’s 2020 peat-free target way off track

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Friends of the Earth is calling on ministers to act after new figures revealed that the horticultural industry was way off track for meeting a government target of stopping peat use by amateur gardeners by 2020.

Ideas for trees to plant

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Wherever you live, and whether you are looking for a single tree to fit in a corner of a small back garden or dozens to plant in a field or the grounds of a public building, native species are usually …

Ask the government to prevent mass extinction

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Wildlife across the world is facing mass extinction, including here in the UK where a quarter of mammals are at imminent risk of disappearing.

England’s not so green and pleasant land: millions can only access green space size of garden shed

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Friends of the Earth identifies the 1,257 neighbourhoods that are most green space deprived in England, with 1 in 5 people struggling to access green space.

Manchester Friends of the Earth response to the English Tree Strategy consultation

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The government recently held a public consultation on its new England Tree Strategy – a crucial policy on the future of trees in England. Friends of the Earth argues that we need this new strategy to double tree cover if we’re …

Revealed: unpublished government data shows England has enough land to triple tree cover

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Friends of the Earth has analysed unpublished Forestry Commission data and found that there is enough suitable land in England to triple tree cover in England, without impacting on other Priority Habitats such as peat bogs.

Ash dieback disease

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Friends of the Earth’s campaign to double UK tree cover is taking place against the background of the most serious disease to affect Britain’s trees since Dutch elm disease arrived in the 1970s. Ash dieback disease was first found in …

Photogratree Competition: Results!

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The results of our 2020 Photogratree competition are in. Many thanks to our judge, nature photographer Luke Blazejewski.

Call for a more ambitious England Tree Strategy

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The government has launched a public consultation on its new England Tree Strategy – a crucial policy on the future of trees in England. So now’s the chance to have your say.

English Tree Strategy consultation launched: Friends of the Earth challenges lack of target

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Strategy will be used to decide how the £640 million ‘nature for climate fund’ will be spent to deliver on tree planting commitments Friends of the Earth is campaigning to double tree cover as part of the fight against climate and nature breakdown The government …

Tree preservation orders

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Tree preservation orders (TPOs) are used to protect trees which have significant impact on the environment or high amenity value, under Section 198 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990.

Shape the future of our countryside

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The natural world is in serious trouble. Bees, birds, butterflies and other wildlife are in decline. One of the main reasons? Pesticides.

Spending on trees 25 times lower in England than in Scotland

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Westminster’s strategy for creating more woodland has a huge imbalance. It’s failing to do nearly enough in England, while leaving Scotland to do the heavy lifting.

Photogratree Competition #foemcrtree

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Calling all budding nature photographers! Our photo competition closes midday Sunday 20th June!

Take pesticide products off supermarket shelves! (Pesticide Action Network)

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In November 2019, many of you joined us in calling on UK supermarkets to take action on pesticides. Thank you! Now, as spring approaches and gardeners prepare for the year ahead, it’s time to ask UK supermarkets to take pesticide products off their shelves.

Surfers Against Sewage - 2019 Water Quality Report.

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This year has seen the issue of poor water quality returning to public consciousness and highlighted at a national level. Recent reports have shown that water companies are performing consistently badly, with pollution events increasing and causing damage to local environments, wildlife, and putting human health at risk.

Save Bees and Farmers !

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We are coming together from across the whole European Union to call for a bee-friendly agriculture to the benefit of farmers, health and the environment!

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