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

• Updated: 14 September 2023

Cornwall has seen 26 green projects - all aimed at tackling declining biodiversity and restoring its natural environment - delivered since the G7 conference.

• Updated: 27 June 2022

An internationally important lowland raised peat bog between England and Wales celebrates its 30th birthday as a National Nature Reserve (NNR).

• Updated: 10 September 2021

A pioneering new fund to drive private investment in nature and tackle climate change has been awarded to 27 projects

• Updated: 14 July 2021

Braunton tenant-farmer Andrew Cooper has been ordered to pay more than £30,000 for ploughing historically important fields linked to prehistoric and Second World War periods.

• Updated: 21 June 2021

Greener building and conserving wildlife goes hand in hand in the North East as a new approach to sustainable development is launched.

• Updated: 17 March 2021

Site is designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for nationally important invertebrates, breeding birds, plants and geology.

• Updated: 11 March 2021

Natural England has successfully prosecuted a landowner after a nationally important site for wildlife was damaged.

• Updated: 18 December 2019

Natural England took action to prosecute a farmer in North Yorkshire for damaging Newtondale SSSI.

• Updated: 21 August 2019

South London Downs will be officially declared later this month.

• Updated: 10 July 2019

Natural England announces the notification of two Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) to protect fungi in Dorset and Halesowen

• Updated: 11 February 2019

A call for evidence is inviting views from the public on the future of our National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

• Updated: 20 October 2018

Nearly 70 years after National Parks and AONBs were first established, a new review will ensure designated landscapes are fit for the future.

• Updated: 3 October 2018

Natural England has confirmed the extension to the boundaries of Bolton Fell and Walton Mosses SSSI in Cumbria.

• Updated: 16 November 2015

Two of London’s much-loved parks are recognised as being among the most important places for wildlife in England.

• Updated: 26 May 2015