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CEO, Wildlife & Countryside Link, for #wildlife, animal #welfare and #wellbeing. https://t.co/bG2mhLqHWS @WCL_News. Chair, #Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership.
Great Coxwell, England
Joined January 2015
RT @BeccyRSPB: Green vs #growth is a false choice. It’s out of date and doesn’t deal with resilience for the future.
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RT @RSPBEngland: BIG news for nature! We’ve purchased the final piece of land at RSPB Geltsdale, meaning we can now go even bigger and bett…
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I left @SteveReedMP's #LandUseFramework launch feeling hopeful. For healthy food, green infrastructure *and* nature, it'll need: 🌎a legal link to planning & consenting 🌍rules to target incentives 🌏public interest in private land important for wildlife.
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RT @HenryDimbleby: About to go on @BBCr4today to talk about the Land Use Framework launch today. Done right it will be the most important r…
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The process so far has been really collaborative, thanks to @SteveReedMP and it's good to see the need for sustained funding, cross-dept working & delivery and accountability recognised. The next stage will need to find & fill big policy/investment gaps.
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RT @GreenpeaceUK: BREAKING: We’ve WON a historic case against the Rosebank & Jackdaw oil & gas fields. 🎉 👏 NO NEW OIL AND GAS! 📣 This is…
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RT @CraigBennett3: Check out our #WildLive from #OxfordFarming confs asking "Are Our Farms Future Proof" With brilliant panel; @NFFNUK @so…
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RT @sandralaville: In one of the most nature depleted countries in the world, an apparently progressive politician, Rachel Reeves, is remov…
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RT @DanicaPriest: Fantastic blog from @WildlifeTrusts that debunks the myths about bats and newts that have been circulated by the governme…
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RT @spectator: A growth at any cost philosophy is self-defeating. It’s self-defeating economically because any respectable economist these…
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Chancellor @RachelReevesMP, millions of people are worried about #wildlife, even if some developers want to wash their hands of it. The best way to stop people worrying about chalk streams, dormice, wildflower meadows and, yes, bats isn't to deregulate. It's to #RestoreNatureNow
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RT @WCL_News: #BigGardenBirdwatch kicks off today🐦⬛ Your chance to spend an hour in your garden, on your balcony, or looking out your win…
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@MarkAvery @patrick_barkham @guardianeco Thank you, Mark, for all your brilliant campaigning (so far) with Wild Justice and beyond! What a difference it had made.
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RT @DaveGoulson: Hurray! Some good news for bees at last. Our new government has followed the science, and refused the application by sugar…
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Good progress, thank you!
Congratulations to @MaryCreagh_ A Deposit Return Scheme for England and Northern Ireland (noes 75 Ayes 352) #England #Scotland #NorthernIteland
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