What is Margot Raggett's Remembering Wildlife project?

Margot Raggett's Remembering Wildlife project is an annual, not-for-profit picture book series featuring images of animals from the world's top nature photographers. Raggett has raised £1.2 million for conservation efforts through this project over the past 10 years.

How does the UK government's accelerated housebuilding plans threaten wildlife?

The UK government has pledged to build 1.5 million homes by the end of its first term, and has instructed the Environment Agency to approve planning applications with minimal resistance. Conservationist Margot Raggett calls for a "massive pause" on these "short-sighted" plans, arguing that more countryside will be lost and that there are enough brownfield sites that should be redeveloped first.

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Photographer's Haunting Images Warn of Wildlife's Vanishing Future

Q: What is the message behind Margot Raggett's latest Remembering Wildlife book?

Raggett's latest book, "Ten Years of Remembering Wildlife," features original and altered images of animals like polar bears, cheetahs, and pangolins being "scrubbed out" of their natural habitats. These provocative visuals are intended to give a glimpse of a future where these landscapes could be devoid of wild creatures if action is not taken to reverse the rapid decline of animal populations around the world.

18 Oct, 2025

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Summary

Margot Raggett has raised £1.2m for conservation efforts in the past 10 years
Her latest book features altered images of animals scrubbed from natural habitats
Raggett calls for a "massive pause" on UK's accelerated housebuilding plans

Photographer's Haunting Images Warn of Wildlife's Vanishing Future

In October 2025, wildlife photographer Margot Raggett is sounding the alarm on the rapid decline of animal populations around the world. Over the past decade, Raggett has raised £1.2 million for conservation efforts through her Remembering Wildlife series, an annual picture book featuring images from top nature photographers. However, she now feels "nervous about the future" as global efforts to tackle the climate crisis have stalled.

Raggett's latest release, titled "Ten Years of Remembering Wildlife," includes original and altered images of animals like polar bears, cheetahs, and pangolins being "scrubbed out" of their natural habitats. These provocative visuals are intended to give a glimpse of a future where these landscapes could be devoid of wild creatures. "The rate of wildlife decline is so rapid across the world and there's a lot of work to be done to reverse it," Raggett warns.