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The Defence Infrastructure Organisation is working with Cornwall Wildlife Trust and the British Army to improve sand dune wildlife at the Penhale Training Area.

• Updated: 25 October 2023

South East homes to butterflies and bees among creatures getting share of £14.5m support fund to fight extinction

• Updated: 14 September 2023

South coast homes to butterflies and bees among creatures getting share of £14.5m support fund to fight extinction

• Updated: 14 September 2023

Twelve new projects receive £16 million to restore thousands of hectares of peatlands across England.

• Updated: 26 August 2023

A rescued population of endangered white clawed crayfish that were in danger of being wiped out have been moved to a safe haven where they can thrive and breed.

• Updated: 25 August 2023

The Environment Agency is warning those who fish illegally that the net is closing in after a recent rise in angling offences in the South East.

• Updated: 2 August 2023

An Environment Agency fisheries team has transformed a weir on the River Thames to allow eels to get past it and swim upstream.

• Updated: 25 July 2023

Judge - Thames Water "deliberately misled" the Environment Agency in and around pollution of rivers in Sussex and Surrey in which several thousand fish died.

• Updated: 4 July 2023

South East fisheries officers are responding to hundreds of fish in distress as warmer temperatures raise risk of fish dying and algal blooms in watercourses.

• Updated: 23 June 2023

On 22 June 2023, the Environment Secretary and French State Minister Bérangère Couillard launched a Global Roadmap to support companies to contribute to nature recovery.

• Updated: 22 June 2023

The Environment Agency is reminding anglers that no crayfish trapping is authorised in Yorkshire

• Updated: 13 June 2023

The FLOW river orchard was planted five years ago. It is now a thriving community project which became popular during the pandemic.

• Updated: 12 June 2023

The Coal Authority has started work to restore a previously ancient woodland in County Durham as part of its nature recovery work.

• Updated: 8 June 2023

Dozens of angling clubs and fishery projects boosted by cash grants.

• Updated: 6 June 2023

A £40 million grant programme launched to help projects around the world put the power of biodiversity at the forefront of our fight against climate change and poverty.

• Updated: 26 May 2023

Fisheries enforcement officers clamp down on illegal angling to protect and sustain fish stocks. Illegal fishing cost London and Kent anglers £539

• Updated: 23 May 2023

To mark the Coronation all state funded primary schools will be sent wildflower seeds, inspired by His Majesty The King’s love of nature.

• Updated: 19 May 2023

Work has been completed at Costessey Fish Farm which will benefit the nationally scarce Marsh Carpet moth and the endangered Black Poplar tree.

• Updated: 10 May 2023

UK government awards nearly £40 million to more than 80 projects through the Darwin Initiative and Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund

• Updated: 29 April 2023

It will be used to create solutions to address species decline in England, research and to invest in wildlife habitat restoration and creation.

• Updated: 3 April 2023