Author: Poppy Silk

  • Hope for the Ghost Woods

    Hope for the Ghost Woods

    Our hope for the ghost woods lies in their restoration. In these dark plantation forests, the spirit of the ancient woods still remains, desperate to make a comeback and reawaken the flowers, trees and fungi which can best sustain our native wildlife. You can read more about how they came into being in our blog…

  • Which Woodland: A Clear Choice for Biodiversity

    Which Woodland: A Clear Choice for Biodiversity

    There’s no denying that England needs timber, and therefore timber plantations. But how do these plantations stack up for biodiversity when compared to ancient woodlands?

  • The Way the Woods Were Lost

    The Way the Woods Were Lost

    Across England, thousands of acres of silent plantations are haunted by ghosts. Once quintessentially English woodland, alive with butterflies and bluebells, wood anemones and wild garlic, these woodlands have become ghost woods, suffocating beneath the dark, evergreen canopy of conifer tree farms. 

  • Singing flash mob descends on St. Paul’s Cathedral to demand the Church protects nature

    Singing flash mob descends on St. Paul’s Cathedral to demand the Church protects nature

    A 200-strong flash mob surprised visitors and churchgoers at St. Paul’s Cathedral (today Saturday 1st March) by delivering a musical message highlighting the vital role that the Church must play in restoring nature.

  • Rewild The Church – Answering Your Questions!

    Rewild The Church – Answering Your Questions!

    What is the Rewild The Church campaign? The Rewild the Church Campaign is a movement of people within the Church and beyond, asking the Church Commissioners to commit to rewilding 30% of their land by 2030 – the target set by the UN and committed to by the UK Government – to help avert the…

  • Chris Packham challenges the Archbishop of Canterbury to stop failing nature and rewild the church’s vast estate

    Chris Packham challenges the Archbishop of Canterbury to stop failing nature and rewild the church’s vast estate

    Chris Packham today demanded that the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Church of England “practise what they preach” and protect nature by committing to rewilding 30% of their 105,000 acre estate by 2030.

  • Restore Nature Now March!

    Restore Nature Now March!

    On the 22nd June Wild Card joined a passionate community of environmentalists, climate scientists and nature enthusiasts in central London as official supporters of the Restore Nature Now march….

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