Campaigns

The Woodland Trust campaigns to protect ancient woods, improve woodland biodiversity, increase native woodland cover and increase understanding and enjoyment of woods.
Crunch time for democracy
MPs consider cutting local people out of planning decisions
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Help us stand up for woodland - find out what you can do at our action page
Click here for news and comment News
news and comment on current environmental issues		 Click here for climate change Climate change
action on climate change to conserve woodland biodiversity in the face of climate change
Click here for woods under threat Woods and trees under threat
fighting threats to ancient woodland and ancient trees		 Aviation
exposing the environmental implications of proposals for aviation growth - take action now
Click here for agriculture Agriculture
reforming agriculture to make it more environmentally friendly		 Click here for planning Planning Disaster
 Government plans harmful for the environment and your rights
Click here for quality of life Quality of life
 promoting woodland as a social and environmental asset to society		 Click here for planted ancient woodland sites Planted ancient woodland sites
 reclaiming our forgotten inheritance
Object to plans for a second runway at Stansted

BAA have submitted a planning application for a new runway at Stansted. These plans are extremely damaging to ancient woodland and will damage the climate.

Take action now and formally object to the planning application.
How will climate change affect local communities in the South East of England?

A new project of 11 organisations including the Woodland Trust has highlighted the effect that climate change could have at a local level, but there is something you can do - find out what
Take action now to make the Climate Bill count -

This autumn the Government is planning to introduce a Climate Change Bill to parliament which will set binding targets for cuts in carbon dioxide emissions. The draft Bill is good in many ways, but if it is going to have the necessary impact it needs to be strengthened.

We would like you to get in touch with your MP and make some noise about the need to strengthen the Bill.
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Nations and regions
We lobby and campaign in every country in the UK and in each of the nine
English regions. To find out more go to our nations and regions page