Archive of: Tony Whitbread

  • A Greener UK

    A Greener UK

    08 December 2016

    UK’s major environmental organisations unite to highlight “once in a generation opportunity” for the environment as UK exits the EU

  • Pledge for the Environment

    Pledge for the Environment

    04 September 2016

    Ninety percent of the people in the UK agree that our wellbeing and quality of life depend on nature.

  • Pondtail Wood

    Pondtail Wood

    26 August 2016

    Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Chief Ececutive comments on recent developments at Pondtail Wood.

  • How can we make Brexit work for Sussex wildlife?

    How can we make Brexit work for Sussex wildlife?

    12 July 2016

    Whatever your view on Britain’s position in Europe, we live in a changing world and it is clear that there is now a huge task to make sure that nature conservation is given proper consideration.

  • How important is the EU referendum to Sussex wildlife?

    How important is the EU referendum to Sussex wildlife?

    22 June 2016

    There are many aspects to think about when coming to a decision about whether to vote “remain” or “leave” in tomorrow’s referendum. The environment is just one of them. So as a last exercise we decided to do a couple of straw polls on how important the environment is to some people when deciding on their vote tomorrow.

  • EU policy & law and wildlife in Sussex: Conclusions

    EU policy & law and wildlife in Sussex: Conclusions

    21 June 2016

    In May Tony Whitbread wrote to the Chief Executives and Chairmen of ‘Britain Stronger In Europe’ and ‘Vote Leave’, to our 16 local MPs and 10 South East England MEPs, inviting them to tell me how any benefits to Sussex wildlife from current EU policy and laws would be maintained after the Referendum. Here is a summary of their responses.

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