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An innovative approach by Natural England to protect great crested newts and encourage sustainable development is launched today (28 March) in Cheshire.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Advice for businesses that use chemicals as part of contingency planning
Natural England has confirmed a new Site of Special Scientific Interest on a network of land around Langdon Ridge in Basildon, Essex.
Local authorities to be awarded £25m to further bus retrofitting plans
Para-ecologists, supported by the UK government's Darwin Initiative, are collecting vital data about the rainforests of Papua New Guinea and contributing to the protection of important wildlife and habitats.
Emma Howard Boyd has been reappointed as Environment Agency Chair.
UK Government backs plans by Ascension Island to designate over 150,000 square miles of its waters as a fully protected no-take Marine Protected Area.
Farmers and land managers applying for BPS and claiming for CS and ES payments are urged to do so in good time ahead of the 15 May deadline.
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has today confirmed Tony Juniper CBE as the new Chair of Natural England.
Philip Rycroft retiring as Permanent Secretary at DExEU to be succeeded by Clare Moriarty - currently the Permanent Secretary at DEFRA.
The seasonal workers pilot has now opened.
A new digital catch certificate service has been launched as part of contingency planning for fish exporters in a no-deal Brexit.
New data from Natural England shows how children are engaging with nature
UN World Wildlife Day celebrates the best of conservation action around the globe including two UK Government supported projects
The government has confirmed the implementation date of the Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order 2019.
Defra has now handed back the final site of decontamination in Salisbury to the South Wiltshire Recovery Coordinating Group.
An innovative approach by Natural England to protect great crested newts and encourage sustainable development was today (28 February) launched in Kent.
Defra Ministers have reappointed Liam Dolan and Sue Hartley to the Board of Trustees for second terms of three years
County's first stretch of the England Coast Path opens with a new 16-mile route from Skegness to Mablethorpe.
Environment Secretary Michael Gove welcomes green ambassadors for Year of Green Action.
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