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The Environment Bill “will be further strengthened with an amendment that will see a duty enshrined in law to ensure water companies secure a progressive… Read More »Breaking: new controls on dumping sewage

“One way of dealing with this might be environmentally friendly methods of treating human waste, such as constructed treatment wetlands (CTWs), or artificially created wetlands specifically… Read More »Drugs in our rivers

“The bottom line is, England’s rivers are too polluted.”  South West Water “is sitting on a £3bn cash pile, but directors say they intend to spend… Read More »EA report: in the South West, only one in every five rivers support a healthy ecology

“… to inspire and enable the creation of wildlife-friendly villages, parishes, towns and cities to support nature’s recovery in Devon.” . There’s a new initiative… Read More »Wilder Communities – in the Sid Valley

Towards a Nature Recovery Plan for the Sid Valley Citizen science on the River Sid . A fortnight ago, saw the launch of the Wild… Read More »Wild About Devon – in the Sid Valley

“Biodiversity exists everywhere, even the smallest urban green spaces provide essential habitats for the most minute of species. If we manage to link those small… Read More »Our green corridors – connecting with nature

“We cannot really make a start on protecting and promoting biodiversity in the valley until we know what we already have.” . “The Sid Valley… Read More »Surveying the Sid Valley’s wild flowers

Reimagining an unloved space and turning it into a sea-themed garden . Last summer, an idea for an ‘unloved space’ bore fruit: Creating a Coral… Read More »Creating a Coral Reef Community Garden at the Ham underway

“We’re Solarpunks because the only other options are denial or despair.” “The heartbeat of Solarpunk is looking to the future with optimism.” “The choice to… Read More »Solarpunk is alive and well in the Sid Valley!

Available: A Toolkit for Local Authorities . The Devon Wildlife Trust is concerned about the use of pesticides: Pesticides: respond to the UK’s action plan… Read More »Phasing out glyphosate pesticides used by councils

“David Attenborough does bigger things and our efforts may be just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean is only a lot of raindrops… Read More »Creating a home for all sorts of wildlife in the Byes

“With the new year comes the opportunity for change. And if we act in 2021, we can make a world of difference. Together, we can… Read More »A new year message from David Attenborough

… to the landscape and its wildlife . This time of year, our Devon banks and hedgerows are starkly beautiful in the landscape: Looking after… Read More »The importance of hedgerows