We are a group of leading environment charities, including the London Wildlife Trust and Woodland Trust, working to protect and enhance London’s natural environment for people and wildlife. 

We've set out 10 vital but practical actions we desperately need your borough candidates to commit to in order to protect parks and nature, and deliver real benefits for our local communities. By signing here, you are asking your candidates to commit to the 10 Environment Pledges below.

Change is possible – and it starts right here, with you. We need to show our candidates how much support there is for strong action to protect and improve London's natural environment. 

From the threat posed to the city by climate change to the depletion of our natural world, and the growing inequalities in health and wellbeing, London needs leaders who are ready to deliver a better future for people and nature.

Please sign the petition now and voice your support for a greener, more resilient London.

THE 10 PLEDGES: 

PROTECT TREES

1. Record all ancient, veteran and notable trees in a Borough Register of heritage trees, and commit to their protection, including using Tree Preservation Orders where appropriate.

CLEAN RIVERS 

2. Create at least one new area of wetland in the borough where feasible, including by de-culverting rivers.

3. Prioritise installation of well-designed on-street rain gardens where other street works are planned; and directly support householders to capture rainfall, and re-green and de-pave front gardens.

GREEN & BLUE SPACE FOR ALL & A HOME FOR NATURE

4. Actively bring back into use at least one derelict or ‘landbanked’ green site, so it can become a nature reserve, playing field, park, growing space or wetland.

5. Ensure all green and blue spaces are properly funded, thrive and all are managed to Green Flag standards, and sign the Parks Charter.

6. Protect Local Wildlife Sites, Green Belt, Metropolitan Open Land, valuable and heritage green spaces in your Local Plan or through Local Green Space, Fields in Trust or Village Green status.

7. Give every community access to nature on their doorstep, and deliver London’s nature recovery priorities in the borough, including new wildlife corridors and nature habitat.

A RIGHT TO GROW

8. Support the Right to Grow campaign, including by creating more orchards and community food growing spaces on unused land.

GREEN & HEALTHY STREETS

9. Transform at least one street in your borough into a local, nature-rich park in a neighbourhood lacking green space (like Alfred Place Gardens in Camden).

10. Deliver healthy, safe streets with lower traffic, including through liveable neighbourhoods and reallocating parking spaces for urban greening, tree planting and benches.

The following organisations are working collaboratively as the More Natural Capital Coalition, convened by CPRE London, to protect and enhance London’s natural environment for people and wildlife.