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  • Dartmoor’s Future: Did the Duchy Listen to the March for a Wild Dartmoor?

    Dartmoor’s Future: Did the Duchy Listen to the March for a Wild Dartmoor?

    In 2023, our guest author, Tony Whitehead, joined with Wild Card and hundreds of others to march for a Wild Dartmoor. Following the publication of the Duchy of Cornwall’s new vision for Dartmoor, he explores to what extent this vision meets our demands.

  • How Rewilding Can Boost Farmers’ and Landowners’ Income

    How Rewilding Can Boost Farmers’ and Landowners’ Income

    Farmers – whether owner-occupiers or tenants – manage around 70% of UK land. If we are to rewild 30% of land by 2030 without compromising food security, some of this must come from farmland.

  • An Ode to Mal

    An Ode to Mal

    Amy Webb of The Lost Giants has written this ode to Mal the Lemon Slug. Lemon slugs are ancient woodland indicator species and The Lost Giants created a giant one as the mascot for our Ghost Woods campaign.

  • Petition to restore ancient woodlands, backed by Dame Judi Dench, reaches 100,000 signatures

    Petition to restore ancient woodlands, backed by Dame Judi Dench, reaches 100,000 signatures

    PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday 17th July 2025 Huge show of public support comes after it was revealed that Government targets to restore native forest will be delivered 81 years late unless urgent action is taken A petition calling on Forestry England to fulfil its commitment to bring back the nation’s “ghost woods” –…

  • Church communities rewilding together

    Church communities rewilding together

    Across the country, church goers and church communities within the Church of England are taking action to restore the health and flourishing of biodiversity within their local areas, driven by the passion within their congregations for creation care

  • Failure to rewild could cost the Church of England

    Failure to rewild could cost the Church of England

    In this article, we explain four key risks the Church Commissioners face if they fail to meet 30×30, and what they can do to avoid them.

  • Dame Judi Dench calls for England’s ancient “ghost woods” to be revived

    Dame Judi Dench calls for England’s ancient “ghost woods” to be revived

    PRESS RELEASE EMBARGOED: 00:01hrs Friday 4th July 2025 Government targets to restore native woodland will be delivered 81 years late unless urgent action is taken, say campaigners who have teamed up with the Oscar-winning actress Dame Judi Dench has backed a new campaign calling on Forestry England to fulfil its commitment to bring back the…

  • World Environment Day Vigil and Prayers

    World Environment Day Vigil and Prayers

    On the eve of World Environment Day 2025, members of Christian Climate Action gathered outside Church House to pray and reflect on our shared calling to serve and protect the Earth, and to deliver a letter asking the Church Commissioners to commit to rewilding 30% of the land in their care by 2030. This is…

  • The Church Commissioners and Tenant Farmers

    The Church Commissioners and Tenant Farmers

    How can large landowners like the Church Commissioners rewild their tenanted land? We’re asking the Church Commissioners to commit to rewilding 30% of their land by 2030 but we are also aware that much of this land is leased out to tenant farmers. With a just transition forming part of Wild Card’s values statement, we…

  • What land does the Church of England own?

    What land does the Church of England own?

    We don’t always think of the Church as a landlord, do we?! The Church of England as a whole owns 200,000 acres of land – some of which includes the things you would expect, like church buildings and graveyards. Less obviously, 105,000 acres of this land is actually owned and managed by the Church Commissioners,…

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