Why is it important to protect nature?

We sometimes think of nature as something that’s just nice to look at, and enjoy spending time in, but it’s vital for so much more. Without nature, our entire support system for human, as well as animal life, would collapse. We rely on nature to provide us with food and clean water, for a lot of medicines, and to prevent flooding and other extreme weather effects.

Nature is our future, but if we do not urgently act to protect it now, we will face soil depletion, frequent flooding, and the mass extinction of wildlife in our lifetime, jeopardising nature-dependent communities and our food security. 

Together, we can use the law to ensure that nature thrives again, allowing us to thrive within it. 

The future of nature depends on you. Please donate what you can now. 

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How will my donation make a difference?

Together, we can use the power of the law to protect nature for generations to come.    

Your gift will fuel legal challenges, advocacy campaigns, and research initiatives that push for stronger nature protection policies, hold governments and companies to account, and build a safer future for everyone.  

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Here’s why other people have joined the ClientEarth community: 

"We like ClientEarth’s international reach and its collaborative, considered approach. For the average cost of a pint of beer a month, we feel our contribution represents value for money and a positive ripple towards a better world and future."    

- Garrick and family, UK    

 

"I have faith in what they are doing! I believe that they are taking action to hold big corporations accountable for their own actions and in doing so, helping the planet to be healthier and helping humans live happier, better quality lives."  

- Lisa, US  

 

"I admire and support the lawyers of ClientEarth who have come together to commit their work to their conscience and the generations to come (rather than working for law firms on the side of destructive industries). Keep up the good work, please!"   

- Matthias, Germany  

 

"I support ClientEarth with a regular gift because I care about the future of people and planet. ClientEarth uses a very powerful tool, the law, to make change. I support many charities but ClientEarth acts in a way many others don't."    

- Barney, UK  

 

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No matter who we are or where we come from, we all deserve to live in a healthy environment. 

However, UK nature is facing an unprecedented crisis. From biodiversity loss and pollution to the rise of extreme weather, the delicate ecosystems we all depend on are under threat. But together, we can make a difference.

 

How does joining ClientEarth help protect nature?

Our ClientEarth movement is mounting - and winning! - legal actions to protect habitats in the UK and around the world. 

Just in the last year we have: 

  • Forced an investigation into the repeated emergency approval of a bee-harming pesticide in the UK 

  • Helped save the iconic Tagus Estuary and its migratory birds from a new airport in Portugal 

  • Forced authorities to halt and reverse industrial-agricultural pollution of Lake Vico in central Italy 

  • Facilitated the landmark approval of the Nature Restoration Law in the EU 

We have plans to launch even more legal cases to protect nature.

But we can only continue this vital work with the dedicated, monthly support of nature defenders like you. 

Donate today and join a community of nature defenders

Your support could help:

✓  Hold governments accountable for protecting nature  ✓  Take big polluters to court ✓  Lobby for stronger environmental law

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