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Yellowhammer dead at the side of the road © Shutterstock

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#DefendNature: We Need You

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No nature. No future.

Nature is under attack from plans by UK Government that puts at risk thousands of crucial laws that protect our environment.

A new Bill, officially called the Retained EU Law (REUL) Bill, would give Ministers sweeping powers to remove or replace over 4,000 laws in the future, without public consultation or scrutiny by Parliament. If these protections are lost, it would lead to even more pollution poisoning rivers, more wild places at risk of being damaged – and potentially destroyed – and more wildlife threatened with extinction.

For the latest, check out our live updates page.

Whilst environmental protections are under threat, we need to act together NOW to #DefendNature. Contact your MP below.

How you can help: step-by-step

four defend nature postcards
Step one

Send your MP a postcard

Ask your MP to #DefendNature by sending a postcard that will land on the doormat of their office. 

Choose your postcard
There is no planet B sign

Leanne Manchester

Step two

Tweet your MP

If you're on Twitter, use The Wildlife Trust's simple form to send a tweet to your MP.

Tweet your MP
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Step three

Write to your MP

  1. Find your MP here
  2. Send your letter by post or email to your MP
Further guidance here
People campaigning with a 'No planet B' sign

Callum Shaw on Unsplash

Step four

Write to your local councillor*

(*This impacts where you live and they need to speak up too!)

  1. Find your Councillor here
  2. Send your letter by post or email to your Councillor.

Step five: Keep up to date

For nature, this is one of the most important political moments that we can remember. We are acting fast and asking you to do so too, but things are changing - so we will continue to provide new and different ways for you to speak up for nature over the coming weeks.

If you would like to be part of the continued action, sign up to The Wildlife Trusts' campaign mailing list.

Step six: Take the pledge

Will you pledge to write to your MP and councillor? Fill in our pledge here.

Why are The Wildlife Trusts and other environmental charities so concerned?

We believe the UK Government has launched a full-scale attack on nature – leaving wildlife unprotected by tearing up some of the most fundamental laws we’ve got.

New planning laws and ‘investment zones’ announced on Friday 23rd September represent a ‘free-for-all’ on nature by weakening the laws previously in place to protect it from bulldozers and concrete. The new Retained EU Law Bill could also see the end of basic protections, leading to the loss of designated wildlife sites and a relaxation on pollution laws, resulting in more sewage in our rivers and streams.

What’s more, the UK Government is also reviewing the new system that has been developed to reward farmers that help to restore the environment. Reports suggest that instead they might revert back to the old system of paying farmers depending on how much land they own (with larger landowners receiving more subsidy). This is a complete about turn on the farming reform the Conservative Party promised to deliver in their election manifesto in 2019.

You can read more about these issues in our blogs shared below.