Matthew Hatchwell
mchatchwell.bsky.social
Matthew Hatchwell
@mchatchwell.bsky.social
Conservationist
The immediate precedent for politicising international aid being set by the absorption of DFID by FCO… www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration to cut all USAID overseas roles and axe thousands of staff
State department to take control of US foreign assistance programs in mass restructuring by 30 September
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Another nail in the coffin for chalk streams, another opportunity lost. Plus ça change… @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @feargalsharkey.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Attempt to protect rare chalk streams in planning bill rejected by Labour MPs
Government vetoes cross-party effort to protect threatened waterways from push to rip up environmental red tape
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 6:14 AM
“The government’s planning and infrastructure bill is the worst assault on England’s ecosystems in living memory. It erases decades of environmental protections, including legislation we inherited from the EU, which even the Tories promised to uphold.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Great news for European eel conservation from DEFRA www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Export of endangered eels to Russia ends after UK government ban
British eel trader says move will destroy traditional elvering but campaigners welcome decision
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Sierra Leone’s Gola-Tiwai Complex is under long-awaited consideration for World Heritage inscription #sierraleone @iucn @unesco @rspb.bsky.social
iucn.org/news/202412/...
Expert IUCN World Heritage Panel meets in Dakar, Senegal to evaluate new nominations to the prestigious World Heritage List
The IUCN World Heritage Panel met between 26 and 29 November, for the first time in Africa, to evaluate new nominations proposed for the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2025. The Panel reviewed 8 nomina...
iucn.org
December 31, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Reposted by Matthew Hatchwell
Caroline Lucas of the Green Party reckons that Water needs to be Renationalised.

RT if you know it has to be.
November 30, 2024 at 11:05 AM