Archive of: Tor Lawrence
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25 March 2022
Target Let-down
Last week the Government published a major consultation document on environmental targets. Sussex Wildlife Trust believes the proposals will fail to stop nature’s decline, let alone enable it to recover.
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24 March 2022
Nature Recovery proposals based on weakened protections
Last week the Government published a major document on national nature protections. Sussex Wildlife Trust believes this will fail to stop nature’s decline, let alone enable it to recover.
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15 February 2022
Help stop the Arundel Bypass
Please Take Action Today. Help us to STOP the Arundel Bypass by responding to National Highway’s consultation
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20 January 2022
30% more admin or 30% more nature for our protected landscapes?
England’s National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Beauty are unique and special landscapes. They should be exceptional, however in reality they are a mixture of beauty, treasure and degradation.
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10 November 2021
Environment Act Enacted
Last night the Environment Bill was passed by the House of Lords and has now received Royal Assent - so, after over three years of campaigning from NGOs, MPs, Peers and the movement’s supporters, we now have an Environment Act!
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29 July 2021
A grand day out
Tor Lawrence meets some inspiring Sussex farmers, working hard to help keep wildlife thriving on their farms
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28 April 2021
Stand your ground for nature
Tor Lawrence speaks out on the the dichotomy that is Nature vs Development, highlighted by Local Authorities under the expectation of meeting nationally set housing targets, versus their ability to integrate these into the landscape, whilst valuing and embedding Nature’s Recovery in one of the most nature depleted countries in the world.
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22 March 2021
Turning the tide
Today the new Nearshore Trawling Byelaw has been announced. This is a major milestone for Sussex and we are thrilled. As a result of this byelaw, trawling will be excluded from the West Sussex Nearshore waters out to 4km. Our local and national decision makers have made real space for nature.
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11 February 2021
Standing up for wildlife
At a time of ecological crisis, we look to our public bodies to restore nature and not perpetuate the permitted loss that has contributed to the UK’s depleted wildlife at land and at sea.
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24 December 2020
Season's Greetings from Sussex Wildlife Trust
Thank you for your valued commitment to wildlife through these extraordinary and challenging times.
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15 October 2020
£450 million to sever landscapes and principles
Today, Highways England announced its preferred option for the much-debated Arundel A27 consultation. This road leads nowhere that we want to go.
Despite significantly cheaper and less damaging options being presented, the ‘grey route’ will cause irreparable damage to our wildlife and the Arun valley floodplain.
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28 July 2020
Stepping up for marine wildlife
The Sussex Wildlife Trust is celebrating Marine Week and is stepping up its support for marine wildlife all along the coast of Sussex.