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2024

Annual Report 2024-25

200+ nature reserves managed across the UK; Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative won the Earthshot Prize 2024 (Protect and Restore Nature category) — Saiga Antelope population recovered from fewer than 40,000 to 2.8 million since RSPB co-founded the initiative in 2005
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Geltsdale in Cumbria completed as the largest RSPB nature reserve in England following final land purchase; 110,000 native trees already planted there; Wallasea Island in Essex expanded by 100 hectares via a £2.2m grant — the largest ever received from a trust by the RSPB
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Restore Nature Now march drew 60,000+ people and 350+ organisations to London — the largest ever march for nature and biggest single-issue demonstration ahead of the 2024 general election; neonicotinoid (bee-killing) pesticide ban upheld in England January 2025 following sustained RSPB campaigning
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Western European Turtle Dove breeding population increased 40% (615,000 more breeding pairs) following RSPB-led international hunting ban across Spain, Portugal and France 2021-2024; Flow Country (including RSPB Forsinard Flows) awarded UNESCO World Heritage Site status — first ever peatland World Heritage Site
2024

Annual Report and Financial Statements 2024-25

Total income £89.3m; £69.8m spent on charitable activities; supporter base grew 9% to 1.55 million — with 303,000 new supporters joining despite a 6% overall income fall
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168,000+ people took action through the Prescription for Nature campaign; 37,000+ signed the petition for a Living Planet Act; Prescription for Nature advert reached 20 million people
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Living Planet Report 2024 revealed monitored wildlife populations have fallen 73% since 1970; 742 newly recorded species documented in the Congo Basin; 5% annual increase in Kenya's black rhino population — on track for 2,000 by 2037
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Launched UK's first nationwide Seagrass Action Plan with Welsh government backing (£100,000 committed); 210,000 seagrass seeds now planted in the Firth of Forth alongside 10,000 European flat oysters returned this year; Restoration Forth won Coasts and Waters category at Nature of Scotland Awards
2024

Impact Report 2024

223,000 people pledged to vote with climate in mind ahead of the 2024 UK general election; Project Climate Vote saw supporters knock on 54,000 doors, make 14,000 phone calls and organise 1,300 events
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Shell backed down and settled its multi-million dollar lawsuit against Greenpeace without receiving any supporter funds; 250,000+ people signed the open letter to Shell's CEO; government dropped legal defence of Rosebank and Jackdaw North Sea oil fields following Greenpeace-supported court case
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Norway reversed plans to open 280,000 sq km of Arctic waters to deep sea mining following Greenpeace campaigning; 32 countries supported a moratorium on deep sea mining; 200,000+ people signed the petition against deep sea mining; Unilever lobbied for plastic production cuts at Global Plastics Treaty talks following sustained Greenpeace campaign targeting Dove
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Government lifted ban on new onshore wind developments in England following years of Greenpeace lobbying backed by 150,000-signature petition; September 2024 renewable energy auction secured £1.5bn in new clean energy projects with potential to power 11 million homes