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WWT responds to Environment Agency’s warning that reaching net zero ‘not enough to save our planet’
17 Mar 2021

WWT responds to Environment Agency’s warning that reaching net zero ‘not enough to save our planet’

Environment Agency Chief Executive Sir James Bevan warned government and business on Tuesday (16 March) that we need climate adaptation measures as well as net zero ambitions, describing them as “two sides of the same coin”. ...
New partnership set up to save threatened curlews
04 Mar 2021

New partnership set up to save threatened curlews

WWT has joined forces with eight other conservation organisations to help protect the curlew, one of the most iconic and most threatened bird species in the UK...
Politicians, businesses and environment groups meet to launch ambitious Blue Recovery plan
04 Mar 2021

Politicians, businesses and environment groups meet to launch ambitious Blue Recovery plan

Government, politicians, environmental organisations and businesses today attended the online launch of WWT’s Blue Recovery. ...
WWT response to The Budget 2021
03 Mar 2021

WWT response to The Budget 2021

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak today outlined the Government’s budget for the next year. ...
The Prince of Wales’ Half Term Nature Challenge: WWT’S Waterside Wednesday Challenge
16 Feb 2021

The Prince of Wales’ Half Term Nature Challenge: WWT’S Waterside Wednesday Challenge

As part of the Prince of Wales’ Half Term Nature Challenge we are encouraging children in the UK to safely visit their local wetlands and try our WWT Waterside Wednesday Challenge. The activity will be broadcast on 17 February via the @Clarencehouse ...
Storm Darcy forces Bewick’s swans to make rare migratory U-turn
12 Feb 2021

Storm Darcy forces Bewick’s swans to make rare migratory U-turn

A flock of Bewick’s swans which had begun their epic migration from Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire to the Arctic tundra have turned back to avoid the latest ‘Beast from the East’. Conservationists at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust ...
WWT responds to The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review
02 Feb 2021

WWT responds to The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review

As biodiversity continues to disappear from our rivers, lakes and other wetlands, WWT welcomes the findings of the Dasgupta Review, the much anticipated assessment into the economics of preserving nature. Until recently, the link between environmental ...
Fighting water with wetlands – WWT urges the creation of more nature-based solutions to combat flooding
27 Jan 2021

Fighting water with wetlands – WWT urges the creation of more nature-based solutions to combat flooding

In the aftermath of Storm Christoph, The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) is calling for more nature rich wetlands in the UK to help stop repeats of this type of catastrophic flooding. Conservationists are making a fresh push for a re-think on flood p...
New Slimbridge wetland system is treat for water and wildlife
23 Dec 2020

New Slimbridge wetland system is treat for water and wildlife

It might look like Shrek’s spa at the moment, but don’t let the abundance of mud fool you. Wetland treatment systems involve using natural processes to treat wastewater, but they do so much more than that...
Ambitious wetland project launched to improve livelihoods of 10,000 people in Madagascar receives international funding
18 Dec 2020

Ambitious wetland project launched to improve livelihoods of 10,000 people in Madagascar receives international funding

WWT’s aim to enhance biodiversity, boost livelihoods and fight climate change through the improved management of protected wetlands in Madagascar has received financial backing from the European Union and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacif...
WWT receives grant of £1.58m to protect and enhance Somerset coast
10 Dec 2020

WWT receives grant of £1.58m to protect and enhance Somerset coast

WWT's ambitious new project to safeguard the Somerset coast from the effects of climate change has received a £1.58m donation as part of the Government’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund. It is one of the first environmental projects awarded a grant fro...
WWT welcomes Government’s ten point plan for green industrial revolution
18 Nov 2020

WWT welcomes Government’s ten point plan for green industrial revolution

The Prime Minister has today unveiled his plans for a green industrial revolution to boost a green recovery. The Government’s Ten Point Plan includes measures to expand protected landscapes and create and retain jobs in the environmental sector. In ...
Rising temperatures are triggering changed responses in animal populations in the Arctic, new data shows
05 Nov 2020

Rising temperatures are triggering changed responses in animal populations in the Arctic, new data shows

The Arctic is in the process of entering a new ecological phase, which potentially carries a huge cost for humanity. WWT have taken part in a global study to shed light on how climate change might be affecting high Arctic species. ...
Impact of lockdowns on our sites
04 Nov 2020

Impact of lockdowns on our sites

Following the UK Government’s announcement of a four week lockdown in England we have now received clarification on how the regulations will affect WWT sites. ...
Nights, camera, action! Device to record voyaging eels during hours of darkness installed at Gloucestershire reserve marking World Fish Migration Day
24 Oct 2020

Nights, camera, action! Device to record voyaging eels during hours of darkness installed at Gloucestershire reserve marking World Fish Migration Day

A new acoustic camera has been fitted at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre to monitor eels embarking on their epic migratory voyage...
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