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If you’re a farmer or land manager, you can get funding to support and improve Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs), National Parks and the Broads.
Find out how you can use natural options to reduce flooding in your area, who to contact for advice, and if you can get funding.
How to carry out and use landscape and seascape character assessments.
Progress in improving the natural environment in England 2022 to 2023.
New legislation to be introduced through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill
How to find and use the statistics and analysis from the People and Nature Surveys for England.
One year on since the publication of the Environmental Improvement Plan, the government launches new measures to halt and reverse nature’s decline
An accelerated licensing process may apply to some applications for dredging activity.
Increase flood resilience with natural flood management.
Guidance for policy and decision makers to help them consider the value of a natural capital approach.
Natural England will support the delivery of measures to accelerate nature recovery, and improve access to the natural world
This environmental resource guide seeks to support the rollout of digital infrastructure in England, by providing greater awareness of climate adaptation, environmental improvements (biodiversity gains), and low carbon considerations. The guide is based on England jurisdiction, but has direct relevance...
How to apply for a grant for habitat creation using blended public and private funding.
Find out about geological screening, nuclear facility siting, exclusion criteria, reviewing, groundwater, NIREX and radiation risk.
The government has set out a series of actions to steward our natural heritage and support responsible access to it.
All types of woodland can support nature recovery, when appropriately designed and managed to conserve and enhance biodiversity. Find out more in the collection of resources below.
Climate change is happening and is due to human activities; along with warming, many other changes are occurring such as melting polar ice, rising sea levels and more frequent floods, droughts and heatwaves.
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