James Cooper
@jvcooper100.bsky.social
Head of External Affairs for Woodland Trust. Likely to post about nature, politics especially environment policy, heritage, cricket, rugby. Views my own.
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Later on Sunday, at 6:15pm,
We’ll be looking at work we’ve done with 5 nature groups on the electoral politics of nature - and what the issue means to Lib Dem voters. From rivers to green spaces, nature is important to Brits, but is it important to Lib Dems at the ballot box?
We’ll be looking at work we’ve done with 5 nature groups on the electoral politics of nature - and what the issue means to Lib Dem voters. From rivers to green spaces, nature is important to Brits, but is it important to Lib Dems at the ballot box?
September 19, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Later on Sunday, at 6:15pm,
We’ll be looking at work we’ve done with 5 nature groups on the electoral politics of nature - and what the issue means to Lib Dem voters. From rivers to green spaces, nature is important to Brits, but is it important to Lib Dems at the ballot box?
We’ll be looking at work we’ve done with 5 nature groups on the electoral politics of nature - and what the issue means to Lib Dem voters. From rivers to green spaces, nature is important to Brits, but is it important to Lib Dems at the ballot box?
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Should be a great event Sunday evening in conjunction with @moreincommonuk.bsky.social @libdems.org.uk conference. Please note this is at 18.15 Sunday and not Monday evening as incorrectly advertised in the directory and app.
September 19, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Should be a great event Sunday evening in conjunction with @moreincommonuk.bsky.social @libdems.org.uk conference. Please note this is at 18.15 Sunday and not Monday evening as incorrectly advertised in the directory and app.
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Tested some attributes of leaders of the top three polling parties. Some headlines
🌹Burnham does well on all of them all but does particularly well on likability
🌳Badenoch is also net positive on them all, her bests are on 'in control' and competent
➡️ Farage is underwater on all but worse on trust
🌹Burnham does well on all of them all but does particularly well on likability
🌳Badenoch is also net positive on them all, her bests are on 'in control' and competent
➡️ Farage is underwater on all but worse on trust
September 7, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Tested some attributes of leaders of the top three polling parties. Some headlines
🌹Burnham does well on all of them all but does particularly well on likability
🌳Badenoch is also net positive on them all, her bests are on 'in control' and competent
➡️ Farage is underwater on all but worse on trust
🌹Burnham does well on all of them all but does particularly well on likability
🌳Badenoch is also net positive on them all, her bests are on 'in control' and competent
➡️ Farage is underwater on all but worse on trust
Great to see such a good turnout in Westminster Hall for debate on ecosystem collapse and national security led by @adrianramsay.bsky.social So important it leads to real action with cross-party backing.
September 3, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Great to see such a good turnout in Westminster Hall for debate on ecosystem collapse and national security led by @adrianramsay.bsky.social So important it leads to real action with cross-party backing.
England's ancient oak trees dying in extreme hot and dry weather www.theguardian.com/environment/...
England’s ancient oak trees dying in extreme hot and dry weather
Woodland Trust says trees struggling in drought stress, with older ‘survivors’ disproportionately affected
www.theguardian.com
August 18, 2026 at 3:51 PM
England's ancient oak trees dying in extreme hot and dry weather www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Encouraging to see so much interest in why trees matter at #LGAconf26
If you're at the conference, come and see us at stand P78, Purbeck Hall to hear more and pick up a free tree!
If you're at the conference, come and see us at stand P78, Purbeck Hall to hear more and pick up a free tree!
July 8, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Encouraging to see so much interest in why trees matter at #LGAconf26
If you're at the conference, come and see us at stand P78, Purbeck Hall to hear more and pick up a free tree!
If you're at the conference, come and see us at stand P78, Purbeck Hall to hear more and pick up a free tree!
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London in bloom 🌸
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is a brilliant celebration of creativity, sustainability and the power of green spaces to bring people together across our city.
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is a brilliant celebration of creativity, sustainability and the power of green spaces to bring people together across our city.
May 18, 2026 at 4:12 PM
London in bloom 🌸
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is a brilliant celebration of creativity, sustainability and the power of green spaces to bring people together across our city.
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is a brilliant celebration of creativity, sustainability and the power of green spaces to bring people together across our city.
Entirely understandable that #Kingspeech should major on security in its various forms. Given we know ever more about how nature underpins other forms of security it's a glaring omission for a government elected with a promise to restore nature to show no legislative plans to do so.
May 14, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Entirely understandable that #Kingspeech should major on security in its various forms. Given we know ever more about how nature underpins other forms of security it's a glaring omission for a government elected with a promise to restore nature to show no legislative plans to do so.
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Today was a missed opportunity for nature.
The UK Government has to do more.
The UK Government has to do more.
May 13, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Today was a missed opportunity for nature.
The UK Government has to do more.
The UK Government has to do more.
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Today we celebrate the 100th birthday of Sir David Attenborough, a voice that has inspired generations, including a member of our very own here at Wildlife & Countryside Link.
May 8, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Today we celebrate the 100th birthday of Sir David Attenborough, a voice that has inspired generations, including a member of our very own here at Wildlife & Countryside Link.
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This year's big question: how can we achieve our goal of protecting 30% of our land and sea by 2030?
Time is running out for nature.
Time is running out for nature.
April 11, 2026 at 7:45 AM
This year's big question: how can we achieve our goal of protecting 30% of our land and sea by 2030?
Time is running out for nature.
Time is running out for nature.
Well done to the UK government for launching England's first Land Use Framework. The LUF encourages more trees on farms -helping farmers to adapt to a changing climate while producing food. It's also a crucial first step to getting more trees planted in urban areas and tackling urban tree deserts.
March 18, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Well done to the UK government for launching England's first Land Use Framework. The LUF encourages more trees on farms -helping farmers to adapt to a changing climate while producing food. It's also a crucial first step to getting more trees planted in urban areas and tackling urban tree deserts.
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1/ 📢 Today's Land Use Framework is the first time a government has tried to set out a coherent national approach to all that we ask of our land.
Our response from head of natural environment @lydiacollas.bsky.social below, and a quick thread on why this matters and how we got here 🧵⬇️
Our response from head of natural environment @lydiacollas.bsky.social below, and a quick thread on why this matters and how we got here 🧵⬇️
March 18, 2026 at 4:09 PM
1/ 📢 Today's Land Use Framework is the first time a government has tried to set out a coherent national approach to all that we ask of our land.
Our response from head of natural environment @lydiacollas.bsky.social below, and a quick thread on why this matters and how we got here 🧵⬇️
Our response from head of natural environment @lydiacollas.bsky.social below, and a quick thread on why this matters and how we got here 🧵⬇️
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"This should be essential reading for government. It should focus minds on meeting targets to reverse the decline of UK nature, where progress is lagging in most areas." @ruthchambers.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Biodiversity collapse threatens UK security, intelligence chiefs warn
Ecosystem destruction will increase food shortages, disorder and mass migration, with effects already being felt
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:54 PM
"This should be essential reading for government. It should focus minds on meeting targets to reverse the decline of UK nature, where progress is lagging in most areas." @ruthchambers.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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New post just out:
"Troubleshooters"
How fixing the many small frustrations - that make up most of our interactions with the state - can give people faith in goverment's ability to make things work.
And help create a different Whitehall culture.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
"Troubleshooters"
How fixing the many small frustrations - that make up most of our interactions with the state - can give people faith in goverment's ability to make things work.
And help create a different Whitehall culture.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
Troubleshooters
How to get people believing in the state again
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:58 AM
New post just out:
"Troubleshooters"
How fixing the many small frustrations - that make up most of our interactions with the state - can give people faith in goverment's ability to make things work.
And help create a different Whitehall culture.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
"Troubleshooters"
How fixing the many small frustrations - that make up most of our interactions with the state - can give people faith in goverment's ability to make things work.
And help create a different Whitehall culture.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
Having spent 18 months reviewing its targets for nature recovery (whilst some have absurdly blamed nature for lack of growth) the Government is running out of time to deliver them. Moving faster and further won't just help nature but public health and pride in place too bsky.app/profile/wcln...
📣 Nature targets are not optional – they are the law 📜
Will this Government be the first ever to break the law by missing legally binding nature targets?
The Office of Environmental Protection warns today that much more action is needed.
🔗Read more here: tinyurl.com/WCLresponse
Will this Government be the first ever to break the law by missing legally binding nature targets?
The Office of Environmental Protection warns today that much more action is needed.
🔗Read more here: tinyurl.com/WCLresponse
January 13, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Having spent 18 months reviewing its targets for nature recovery (whilst some have absurdly blamed nature for lack of growth) the Government is running out of time to deliver them. Moving faster and further won't just help nature but public health and pride in place too bsky.app/profile/wcln...
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This week we launched “Mair Trees Please” at the Scottish Parliament - a 14-page document setting out our priorities for the next Scottish Government. We hope our asks will be adopted into in party manifestos in the run up to the May 2026 Scottish Parliament elections. Read 👉 buff.ly/rEBjbqO
December 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This week we launched “Mair Trees Please” at the Scottish Parliament - a 14-page document setting out our priorities for the next Scottish Government. We hope our asks will be adopted into in party manifestos in the run up to the May 2026 Scottish Parliament elections. Read 👉 buff.ly/rEBjbqO
Good to see a new National Forest announced - linked to the growth agenda. It will enhance quality of life there as with the Northern Forest. But what a missed opportunity to show leadership on the UK's own temperate rainforests- a source of national pride #COP30 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
National Forest to be planted in Oxford-Cambridge corridor
Trees will be planted alongside new homes and businesses, the government says.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Good to see a new National Forest announced - linked to the growth agenda. It will enhance quality of life there as with the Northern Forest. But what a missed opportunity to show leadership on the UK's own temperate rainforests- a source of national pride #COP30 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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As the PM heads to the Amazon for COP30, remember that Britain is also a rainforest nation.
UK Ministers must support Brazil's plans to save the world's tropical rainforests. They must also set a goal to restore Britain's own lost temperate rainforests:
lostrainforestsofbritain.org/2025/11/05/a...
UK Ministers must support Brazil's plans to save the world's tropical rainforests. They must also set a goal to restore Britain's own lost temperate rainforests:
lostrainforestsofbritain.org/2025/11/05/a...
As the PM heads to the Amazon, remember that Britain is a rainforest nation
On Thursday, the Prime Minister will arrive in the Amazon rainforest for the COP30 climate talks, hosted this year by Brazil. As Keir Starmer composes his speech, he should remember that Britain, t…
lostrainforestsofbritain.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
As the PM heads to the Amazon for COP30, remember that Britain is also a rainforest nation.
UK Ministers must support Brazil's plans to save the world's tropical rainforests. They must also set a goal to restore Britain's own lost temperate rainforests:
lostrainforestsofbritain.org/2025/11/05/a...
UK Ministers must support Brazil's plans to save the world's tropical rainforests. They must also set a goal to restore Britain's own lost temperate rainforests:
lostrainforestsofbritain.org/2025/11/05/a...
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There was a discussion on LinkedIn yesterday about the good days of Academic Twitter before everything went to crap and we left. I'm curious why we haven't been able to recreate that here. A lot of the same folks are here, but there's not as much engagement. What's Bluesky missing? ⚛️🧪
November 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
There was a discussion on LinkedIn yesterday about the good days of Academic Twitter before everything went to crap and we left. I'm curious why we haven't been able to recreate that here. A lot of the same folks are here, but there's not as much engagement. What's Bluesky missing? ⚛️🧪
Great to see this campaign from @thetimes.com It's so important that we #GetBritainReading www.thetimes.com/article/4328...
Join The Sunday Times Get Britain Reading campaign
Reading for fun transforms lives, but we’re losing the habit. A stellar group of authors — from Ian McEwan to Marian Keyes — agree with us: it’s time to act
www.thetimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Great to see this campaign from @thetimes.com It's so important that we #GetBritainReading www.thetimes.com/article/4328...
This just looks like ill judged opportunism. What we really need is work to reinforce the UK's place as a global leader. That means innovative action which links the tackling of the climate and nature crises and delivers tangible benefits to communities www.ft.com/content/1154...
Kemi Badenoch’s climate gamble doesn’t add up
Repealing the 2008 Climate Change Act would not spare Britain costs — it would only make adaptation and mitigation more expensive
www.ft.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This just looks like ill judged opportunism. What we really need is work to reinforce the UK's place as a global leader. That means innovative action which links the tackling of the climate and nature crises and delivers tangible benefits to communities www.ft.com/content/1154...
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Our final event on Sunday we'll be looking at one of the key debates of the current parliament between nature protection and NIMBYism. Along with our friends at @nationaltrust.org.uk and The Woodland Trust.
September 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Our final event on Sunday we'll be looking at one of the key debates of the current parliament between nature protection and NIMBYism. Along with our friends at @nationaltrust.org.uk and The Woodland Trust.
A very worthy winner of Tree of the Year- Glasgow's Argyle Street Ash www.bbc.com/news/article...
Tree of the Year: Glasgow's Argyle Street Ash wins title
The tree defeated nine other contenders in a public vote to win the annual prize.
www.bbc.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A very worthy winner of Tree of the Year- Glasgow's Argyle Street Ash www.bbc.com/news/article...