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2026

March

English Land Use Framework & NI Climate Adaptation Programme

Whether we are looking out to sea, across the uplands, or over an urban area, each of us will have a different perspective. Some find reason for fear or disappointment. Others find beauty. Some see a playground. Others see their workplace…

February

Cross-border peatland restoration, Natural Resources Wales charts path for change

Impassioned gobbledegook. This is how many people view the words that come from those at the fore of shaping a better environment across our islands. For many parts of society, issues relating to ‘nature’ (and the environment in its broadest sense) feel too complex to grapple with….

January

ISEP Policy Paper – Natural capital as critical national infrastructure & Resilient Landscapes and Seas Symposium

Entering other people’s worlds | All too often, those who are concerned about the state of the environment locally or nationally take on a battle mentality. In their view, they and their agenda are hard done by. ‘Nature’ is in decline. If only politicians and others would take them more seriously. If only. As we enter 2026, all of us should take time to enter the mind of those we seek to influence.

2025

July

Rebuilding Nature alliance grows, Nature Towns and Cities launches with £15 million funding, Birmingham named as UK’s official Nature City…

The constant stream of negative news stories about our natural environment can be discouraging. Inadvertently, it sets the stage for a false battle between what is perceived to be inherently good, and bad…

June

Rebuilding Nature initiative launched, Scotland’s Landscape Charter, RSA urban green space network…

Throughout our islands, the way we think about land, water and nature matters. For example, are landscapes culturally rich breadbaskets? Or do they stage for more floods and species losses? The way we implement our thinking matters just as much…

New Local Climate Bonds recognise green infrastructure, Championing Nature programme, ScotLand Futures: Shaping the Future of Scotland’s Land…

From Derry to Dover, from Peterhead to Pembrokeshire, there is growing interest in how to restore the places that call our ‘natural environment’. There is a renewed drive to harness all that land, water and nature can do for people…

April

Mapping England’s non-woodland trees, Sustainable Markets Initiative – scaling regenerative agriculture, new research on public rooftop parks…

As each month passes, your work and our work to highlight and harness the value of the environment seems to become more poignant. As shown by the furore of an ancient oak tree in London felled by a national restaurant chain, there is a huge amount…

March

Scottish Wildlife Trust announce purchase of Inverbroom Estate, Ullapool, England’s ‘National Estate for Nature’ inaugural meeting…

Plans for the restoration of land, water and nature are becoming bolder. Earlier in the month, Scottish Wildlife Trust announced its purchase of a Highland estate, with an area equivalent to approximately 30 times the size of Holyrood Park in Edinburgh…

February

Fife ‘River Park’ benefits from £2.9m funding, accessibility and inclusion for Belfast Greenway, Scottish Natural Environment Bill…

A decade of talk of ‘natural capital’, ‘nature-based solutions’ and the merits of ‘rewilding’ has been fruitful. But it hasn’t caused our islands to climb the world’s ‘state of the environment’ rankings…

January

WWT to restore Awre Peninsula saltmarsh, new scheme for Welsh farmers in designated landscapes…

At EKN, we are committed to harnessing this two-way relationship between people and what they perceive to be ‘nature’. Our islands are rich in heritage, shaped by people in ways that are now valued and despised. The participants at our Northern Nature, Culture, Place Forum earlier this month evidenced the immense value…

2024