Plans for 'nationally important' monument at risk over bat fears

Plans for 'nationally important' monument at risk over bat fears

Plans to enhance a “nationally important” Wiltshire monument have been put at risk by bats.

Why nature must be made visible in decision making

Too often, nature is treated as a constraint to development. The prime minister’s comments earlier this year about the impact of bat conservation on the completion of HS2, sparked frustration within the conservation community, as this unhelpfully framed nature as being in conflict with economic growth. In reality, the opposite is true: nature underpins our…