New funding to help us defend nature recovery policy

New funding to help us defend nature recovery policy

24th October 2023

With pressure on environmental policies in the run up to a General Election, funding from John Ellerman Foundation means BCT can continue to work to safeguard legal protections.

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Retained EU Law Bill: What next?

Retained EU Law Bill: What next?

7th August 2023

BCT supports the new Nature 2030 campaign. Nature 2030 was created by over 80 conservation charities in response to the Retained EU Law Bill becoming an Act of Parliament. Support the campaign by signing a letter to all political parties telling them to put five key environmental pledges in their manifestos.

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A Brown long-eared bat chasing a moth in the night sky.

A world rich in wildlife where bats and people thrive together

10th October 2022

In August we launched an 'URGENT call for help campaign' asking for your help to demand that government maintain the legal protection for bats. Here is an update.

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Open letter to PM on environmental deregulation

Open letter to PM on environmental deregulation

4th October 2022

Bat Conservation Trust is one of 78 organisations who have joined together to write an open letter to the Prime Minister raising our concern about the trajectory the government is taking and urging her to stop environmental deregulation which will harm people, planet and economy.

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Crime and Policing Bill - impact on environmental protest

Crime and Policing Bill - impact on environmental protest

25th February 2022

The Bat Conservation Trust is among 32 signatories urging MPs in the House of Commons to back amendments in the House of Lords that would remove powers to curtail protest from the government’s police and crime bill.

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Concerns about the 7th Quinquennial Review

Concerns about the 7th Quinquennial Review

7th July 2021

BCT has signed an open letter to express our concerns over the change to the eligibility criteria by which species will be included on Schedules 5 and 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act (WCA)

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What's in a word? - Help bats with the power of one word

What's in a word? - Help bats with the power of one word

16th June 2021

We are calling on our supporters to join us and raise their voices after the Government published a weakly worded amendment to the Environment Bill that no longer sets a target to halt nature’s decline.

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‘Supporting housing delivery and public service infrastructure' Consultation

‘Supporting housing delivery and public service infrastructure' Consultation

26th January 2021

BCT concerned about a recent consultation entitled ‘Supporting housing delivery and public service infrastructure'

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