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Operational update: COVID-19
Interim Chief Executive Marian Spain provides an update on how Natural England is facing the challenges posed by COVID-19.
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Coronavirus – Guidance on access to green spaces
Guidance on using green spaces and protecting yourself and others.
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New advice to protect homes of England’s seahorses and seabream
Natural England has published nine new draft Conservation Advice packages to enable developers and operators to understand the impact of their proposed development on habitats and species in protected sites across England.
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General licences introduced for the humane trapping of stoats
New measures to improve the welfare of trapped stoats in line with internationally agreed standards.
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UK’s first ‘super’ National Nature Reserve created on Purbeck Heaths
Landscape-scale conservation to help tackle climate change and benefit more than 2.5 million visitors.
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Innovative Scheme to conserve newts and promote sustainable development is rolled out across England
Scheme to protect great crested newts expands across the country.
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What Natural England does
We’re the government’s adviser for the natural environment in England, helping to protect England’s nature and landscapes for people to enjoy and for the services they provide.
Natural England is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
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Spetchley Road
Worcester
WR5 2NP
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0300 060 3900
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Bats: general advice
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York
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