Craig Bennett
@CraigBennett3
CEO @WildlifeTrusts, previously CEO @friends_earth; Hon Prof @AllianceMBS, Assoc Fellow @HomertonCollege, Senior Assoc @cisl_cambridge, Judge @wainwrightprize
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https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/how-we-are-run#craig 10-09-2011 16:18:31
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The party that reverses the decline of nature will be sprinkled with political gold-dust Craig Bennett The Wildlife Trusts Steve Reed. Yep - people love wildlife. theguardian.com/environment/20…
Calling all UK conservation practitioners!
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A fantastic day with friends from around the conservation movement at Strawberry Hill in Beds recently. It was great to show Natural England chair Tony Juniper our patron & former RSPB CEO barbara young & others to see what we have done so far to monitor species & manage the habitat
Why should charities 'stick to their knitting'?
The Wildlife Trusts Craig Bennett speaks on the vital rights of the sector to shape national debate in a febrile political landscape.
The End of Charity: The political chokehold is out now
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'Wouldn't a better solution just be more funding for Natural England?' - Farming Today presenter hits the nail on the head when interviewing Derek Thomas MP about his barmy Bill to gut Natural England's powers
Thomas replies: 'Well it might be'
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Love this episode not just for its superb collection of guests – Enver Solomon 🧡, Craig Bennett, Emma Revie and Rhodri Davies as well as Janey Starling – but because of how absolutely timely it feels with an election looming on the horizon. 🗳
REVEALED: 18 Tory MPs have written to Environment Secretary Steve Barclay urging him to gut Natural England’s powers to create nature reserves (SSSIs)
This latest #AttackOnNature must not succeed
(Thanks to Joe Marshall for obtaining the letter)
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Doing a training swim in #Windermere for my BBC documentary on #DDay .
The Commandos who trained for the real mission had a lot to worry about, but swimming in sewage polluted waters wasn't one of them!
We need to protect the #LakeDistrict & all our waters from #pollution .
United Utilities has turned on jacuzzi mode for Easter Sunday in the #lakedistrict !
The EA is permitting up to 1.1 million litres a day and up to 13 litres a second to come out of this pipe. Langdale WWTW, where the pipe originates, has no UV disinfectant, so this likely…