Press Releases - March 2026

The launch of a groundbreaking farmer-led, catchment-scale conservation plan has been made possible by the formation of the Environmental Farmers Group. The EFG’s first Environmental Transition Plan measures the government’s goals of reversing biodiversity decline, improving water quality and reducing greenhouse gas emissions against the stated commitment of EFG members in the Hampshire Avon catchment and demonstrates the farmers’ potential to meet and beat them.

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust Cymru has been awarded nearly £1m of government funding for a project aimed at halting the decline in curlew in Wales – a bird set to become extinct as a breeding population by 2033 if current trends continue.

Last chance to nominate your conservation heroes for the 2026 Schöffel Countryside Awards – in partnership with the GWCT 

A female curlew at the centre of a study by GWCT has broken the UK longevity record at the age of nearly 34.