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Designation would allow area to benefit from greater protection, safeguarding beautiful landscapes for future generations.
Proposals for four new protected areas, and ambitious new programme to increase our protected landscapes and find innovative ways to bring nature and people closer together.
Renewed commitment to boost nature recovery and help more people from all part of society access Britain’s most beautiful landscapes
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Plants, fish, birds and other animals in the Ant Valley to benefit from up to three billion litres of water being returned to the environment
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.
Conservation milestone reached as 30 hazel dormice are released into Lancashire as part of national reintroduction programme and local ‘Back on our Map’ species recovery efforts
Natural England has released its 2021/22 Action Plan to help the nation build back greener in the year ahead.
Natural England publishes new approach to offshore wind development.
Dr Andy Clements receives OBE for his services to conservation and policy.
Licences and conditions relating to licensed actions on or around protected sites.
Natural England has downgraded the environmental condition of the Somerset Levels and Moors Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) due to water quality issues.
Project underway as International Biodiversity Day 2021 (22 May) is marked.
New task force will consider reintroduction of species to help populations recover as part of the Nature Recovery Network
Environment Secretary makes landmark speech, outlining plans to protect and restore nature, tackle the climate and biodiversity crises and help deliver Net Zero by 2050.
Plans to treble tree planting rates by the end of this Parliament to be set out by the Environment Secretary in a speech this week
Natural England is calling for the public to have their say on proposals to improve public access along a 120-mile stretch of coast around the Humber estuary-
Natural England, in collaboration with Clinton Devon Estates, has announced today (Thursday 13 May), a new National Nature Reserve (NNR) for the vitally important East Devon Pebblebed Heaths near Exeter.
A cluster of land along the River Dearne and its tributary the River Dove, near Barnsley, has been officially recognised as a Site of Special Scientific Interest by Natural England.
Natural England study reviews carbon storage impact from England’s habitats, including native woodlands, saltmarshes, grasslands, heathlands and peatlands.
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