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Members will continue protecting England’s landscapes through the North York Moors National Park Authority and the Cotswolds Conservation Board.
David Hill will lead the department as the recruitment process for a Permanent Secretary continues.
New healthy food standard will see big businesses promoting healthier food and drink.
• Sand lizards, nightjars and natterjack toads are among the litany of species that people can enjoy at new Wealden Heaths National Nature Reserve in Surrey
Government funded vet visits to now include health assessments for multiple herds on the same farm helping to support better health and profitability within the sector.
Waste management experts drive first batches of harmful material away from nationally significant nature site
UK Government hosts a major international nature finance event attended by His Majesty the King at Lancaster House.
UK Government statement on the sandeel Arbitration Tribunal’s final ruling in the UK-Sandeel case
Letter from the Animal Sentience Committee to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee regarding planning policy changes, including the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
Huge investment in new National Biosecurity Centre to protect the British public and the economy from future pandemics.
Royal Agricultural University to benefit from Defra funding to research the impacts of pollution on Ukraine’s arable soil due to the war with Russia.
Foot and mouth disease controls have been amended for Austria
Water companies will now have to publish plans to reduce pollution incidents and address the use of nature-based solutions when managing wastewater.
The Government will invest water company fines into local projects across the country to clean up our rivers, lakes and seas
Developers encouraged to reduce pollution, protect communities from flooding and benefit nature as part of government’s ambition to build 1.5 million homes.
52 councils across the UK will receive funding to remove chewing gum stains and clean up our streets
• Environment Secretary Steve Reed has brought business leaders and investors together to scale up private investment in nature
Defra Secretary of State Steve Reed addressed the National Trust's 130th Anniversary Dinner on Tuesday 10 June
Record levels of badger vaccination as part of new approach to move towards non-lethal disease control
• Bill to be introduced by end of year to enable ratification of the treaty
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