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Digging up peat for garden compost harms bumblebees. It’s not good news for us either 🚨

It releases centuries of CO2 into the atmosphere and destroys irreplaceable habitats ⚠️

You can help. Urge the Government to end the sale of peat once and for all: https://ow.ly/8k5g50Y11Ub

#EndPeatSales
January 22, 2026 at 10:01 PM
It's fantastic to see sightings being added to the PondNet Spawn Survey!

Add your records on our website, and remember to tag us in any photos using #SpawnSurvey

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📸 Recent Devon sightings - Peter Kelly, Matt Clarke, Claire Inglis (Devon Wildlife Trust).
January 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM
A webinar on implementing a structured National Wetland Inventory process will be held online today, 16 December 2025, from 13:00 to 14:00 CET.

Details: contacts.ramsar.org/notification...

Learn more: ramsar.org/our-work/act...
December 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🔎 The first record has been added to the 2026 PondNet Spawn Survey!

Iain Garside was out walking when he saw Common Frog spawn on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall on 2nd December.

➡️ https://freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/frog-spawn-sighting-in-cornwall-is-the-first-for-national-survey/
December 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
🚨 A new mapping of European landfill sites has revealed that around 28% of over 60,000 landfill sites identified are at significant risk of flooding.

This could result in pollutants like #foreverchemicals, toxic metals, #plastics, & legacy pollutants leaching into the environment 👉 buff.ly/3qzpqec
Mercury, lead, arsenic + PFAS: Europe's hidden historic landfills leaching chemicals into water, soil + ecosystems.

Our new joint report with @investigate-europe.eu, out now:

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December 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
December 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A high-level preparatory meeting for the 2026 United Nations Water Conference will be held in Dakar, Senegal, on 26–27 January 2026, co-organized by Senegal and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in collaboration with the United Nations and partners.
January 23, 2026 at 9:36 PM
The Great Artesian Basin covers a 5th of Australia & contains ancient water that feeds mound springs. Arabana people should rightfully be compensated by BHP for their decades of extraction of this fossil water resource that's damaged their landscape, cultural heritage, knowledge, histories & stories
Water is under pressure in the Great Artesian Basin
The Great Artesian Basin covers a fifth of Australia and contains water that has been there for millions of years. Now, decades of extraction are taking their toll and traditional owners are fighting ...
www.abc.net.au
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December 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Reports that Government may exempt small sites from Biodiversity Net Gain are deeply concerning. Removing essential protections only serves to weaken nature recovery.

The upcoming consultation response should strengthen BNG, not water it down.

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December 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The #WetlandsCOP15 was held from 23 to 31 July 2025, in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, under the theme “Protecting wetlands for our common future”.

The Conference of the Contracting Parties adopted 28 Resolutions, which can be accessed on the Convention website here: www.ramsar.org/resolution-s...
December 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Indigenous stewardship of wetlands is essential to the future of these life-sustaining ecosystems.

Although Indigenous Peoples make up only about 6% of the world’s population, they are critical contributors to safeguarding our planet’s remaining biodiversity.

www.worldwetlandsday.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:08 PM
🏞️ Rivers are the arteries of the landscape that connect and sustain diverse freshwater wetlands including lakes.

🐟 Safeguarding and restoring healthy, resilient freshwater systems is key to achieving global goals for food, water, energy, peace and climate change.
January 8, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Sri Lanka plans to construct an international cricket stadium and a sports complex on the northern island of Mandaitivu.

Mandaitivu's mangroves support fisheries and coastal livelihoods, causing concern about a potential decline in aquatic creatures.
From south to north, Sri Lanka’s cricket dreams undermine fragile ecosystems
COLOMBO — Cricket is more than a sport in Sri Lanka. It is woven into the country’s postindependence identity, a unifying passion that cuts across class, ethnicity and geography. Yet in recent years,…
news.mongabay.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:28 PM
🎉 Positive River News!

2026 may already be underway, but let’s give 2025 a proper send-off by celebrating some river wins from December 💙

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January 6, 2026 at 9:33 PM
From drinking water and food security to biodiversity, jobs and climate resilience, lakes are essential to people and the planet.

But pollution, overuse, and warming threaten them.

Without action, the value of lake ecosystem services could drop by up to 20% by 2050: https://ow.ly/mEzL50XTVZP
January 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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January 17, 2026 at 9:43 PM
The seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly #UNEA7 will take place from 8 to 12 December 2025 at @unep.org headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, on the theme "Advancing sustainable solutions for a resilient planet”.

#WetlandConservation #WetlandsMatter
December 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
We’re using more water than nature can replenish, with irreversible consequences.
Lakes shrinking, aquifers declining, wetlands disappearing, glaciers losing ~1/3 of their volume.
4B people face water scarcity at least 1 month/year.

🔗 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

#WaterCrisis #ClimateChange #UN
January 23, 2026 at 9:41 PM
📢 Your donation doubled!

Our Big Give Christmas Challenge has started. Until 9 Dec, donations through the Big Give are matched.

💪 Your Pounds Power healthier rivers & this week that power goes twice as far at no extra cost to you

Donate👇 Thank you for every gift, big or small 💙

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December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM