Manchester Friends of the Earth | Archive of website content

POSTS ARCHIVE

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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NATURE

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

nature

news release

19th Nov 2020

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.

Government’s 2020 peat-free target way off track

nature

news release

28th Oct 2020

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.

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

nature

news release

16th Sep 2020

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.

Revealed: unpublished government data shows England has enough land to triple tree cover

nature

news release

23rd Jul 2020

Friends of the Earth has analysed unpublished Forestry Commission data and found that there is enough suitable land in England to triple tree cover in England, without impacting on other Priority Habitats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

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

nature

news release

19th Jun 2020

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 …

Spending on trees 25 times lower in England than in Scotland

nature

news release

21st Apr 2020

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.

Nature Immersion Walks with Sam Lee and Friends of the Earth

nature

news release

27th Jan 2020

Sam Lee, The Nest Collective and Friends of the Earth announce a series of Nature Immersion Walks

Sam Lee, The Nest Collective and Friends of the Earth announce a series of Nature Immersion Walks.

nature

news release

19th Jan 2020

Sam Lee, The Nest Collective and Friends of the Earth will join forces to support Sam’s 16-date UK album release tour, promoted by DHP, Gulbenkian and Ear Trumpet, with a series of nature immersion walks in 7 tour locations.

Friends of the Earth reacts to National Trust’s woodland expansion plans

nature

news release

9th Jan 2020

Responding to the National Trust’s plans for woodland creation, Guy Shrubsole, tree campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said:

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