Campaigning

Standing up for wildlife

Andy Rouse/2020VISION

A local charity with a national voice

We support and are supported by the 46 Wildlife Trusts in the United Kingdom. With 28,000 members in the region and 800,000 members nationally we represent a strong body of opinion when it comes to wildlife issues.

Campaigning

Environmental protection after Brexit

From protecting endangered wildlife and habitats, to putting a halt to raw sewage emptying into our seas, EU laws have helped to defend the UK's wildlife and environment for over thirty years.

With under a year to go until Brexit, this is a pivotal moment for the environment and the laws that help protect it.

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Hen Harrier by Mark Hamblin/2020VISION
Campaigning for species

Hen harriers

The Wildlife Trust is supporting the RSPB as it attempts to protect hen harriers in the Forest of Bowland. We are happy for the RSPB to lead this campaign and believe they have the resources to boost numbers of this threatened raptor.

The Trust will continue to work tirelessly to protect wildlife and wildlife habitats in the region but, at the same time, we will campaign with our sister trusts on a national basis.

Badger by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION

Badger by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION

Campaigning for species

Badgers

We are firmly opposed to the badger cull and over the past couple of years have strongly campaigned against the it, calling for vaccination, as evidence points strongly against killing these iconic and important UK mammals.

We believe that the problem is Bovine TB (not badgers) and the challenge is to control the disease. 

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Campaigning for habitats

Mosslands

Not only are mosslands a key habitat for endangered and rare species, but they also have the ability to store carbon dioxide and help alleviate flooding. In an age where climate change issues are rife, mosslands hold the key to many concerns.
Campaigning for habitats

Great Manchester Wetlands

We are also leading partners in the Great Manchester Wetlands Nature Improvement Area partnership, which seeks to restore a living landscape by enhancing and reconnecting the mosslands.
Campaigning for habitats

Marine Conservation Zones

We're calling on the Government to create 41 new Marine Conservation Zones in English seas. We need a complete network of protected areas around the UK, covering examples of every kind of habitat and threatened species.

Planning and built development

The planning system in England, and particularly in our 'patch', has been in a state of almost continuous reconfiguration over recent years; with devolution to Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Region and loss of Lancashire County Council’s strategic planning powers, and the appearance of Marine Spatial Planning off our coasts being the most obvious local changes.

How we deal with planning applications

Campaigning for wild places

HS2 (High Speed Rail)

The proposed route of HS2 threatens a number of our important wildlife refuges, including peatlands that are still recovering from previous destruction.
Campaigning for wild places

Mersey Tidal Energy

The Mersey Estuary and Mersey Narrows, and the Wirral Foreshore are both designated as internationally important Special Protection Areas (SPAs) for their shore-bird assemblages.

Dunlin by Richard Steel/2020VISION
Campaigning for wild places

Fracking

Fracking has been a prominent issue in the media and Salford, Fylde, and now West Lancashire and Sefton have been at the forefront of campaigns for and against this controversial form of energy.

Mark Hamblin/2020VISION
How we use our land

Food, forestry and farming

A number of sites across our region face issues from farming and forestry. We are working with landowners and organisations to tailor practices to benefit nature, better manage the landscape, and make wildlife a priority.

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