Marine disturbance in Cornwall triples in six years
Incidents of jet skis, motorboats and coastal walkers disturbing marine life have more than tripled in Cornwall since records were first collated in 2014. Cornwall Wildlife Trust are now urging…
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Orcas sighted in West Cornwall
Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s marine team are amazed by a rare sighting of two killer whales seen off the coast of West Cornwall. This may possibly be the first record of the UK’s only resident…
Spring onto Your Shore - Your Local Group Needs You!
As the country’s COVID-19 Response Roadmap brings us out of lockdown, it’s time to get active and give back to the community and environment that has helped so many get through some very tough…
How the Cornish Plastic Pollution Coalition tackled the issue of marine pollution during the Coronavirus pandemic
Environmental organisations in Cornwall tackling the issue of marine plastics and pollution have launched a report about the impact of Covid-19 on Cornwall’s unique and powerful beach cleaning…
Celebrating the thousands of young people protecting Cornwall’s coastline
Young people in Cornwall are facing a crisis, as emerging evidence from The Health Foundation on the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic shows that people aged 12–24 years are one of the worst-…
See you at the Sea Festival: An online film festival created by young people, for young people
Cornwall Wildlife Trust and Cornwall College’s Your Shore Beach Rangers Project is searching for young, vibrant environmentalists to create short films for this year’s See you at the Sea Festival…
Seafood guide nets 69 thousand new users over lockdown
The coronavirus lockdown caused unprecedented disruptions to Cornwall’s Fishing industry, but the public rallied to help and many have changed their eating habits to support our fishing industry…
Cornwall Wildlife Trust backs new form of protection for the sea and call on Government for ambitious delivery plan for Highly Protected Marine Areas within a year
The Benyon review of Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) is published by Defra today. Cornwall Wildlife Trust backs its recommendations that HPMAs should be an essential part of the UK network…
Cornwall’s Communities join the ReFILL Revolution!
BeachCare, Your Shore Beach Rangers Project, Clean Cornwall and Cornwall Wildlife Trust in association with City to Sea are taking the battle against plastic waste to the next level with ReFILL…