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New deal to protect nature agreed at COP15
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Agreement reached by almost 200 countries at the UN biodiversity summit, COP15, in Canada.

3,000 hectares of spectacular Lake District landscape becomes a new National Nature Reserve
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The new ‘Wild Ennerdale National Nature Reserve’ will protect over 3,000 hectares of landscape comprising of water, forests and mountains.

Latest round of the popular Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund has opened today.

England Coast Path takes a step forward in north Kent
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Whitstable to Iwade stretch now officially open

One of the largest areas of lowland heath in the country set to receive national protection
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Natural England notify 3,100-hectare area of lowland heath in west Cornwall a Special Site of Scientific Interest (SSSI).

The Flashes of Wigan and Leigh now one of the UK’s largest urban nature reserves following Natural England declaration

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