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A huge new wetland site has been created next to the Hamble Brook in Buckinghamshire.
The recovery of rare, threatened and important habitats and species in English waters is another step closer from today (Friday 22 March 2024).
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
It will no longer be possible to keep primates as household pets in environments that fail to provide for their needs
Environment Agency warns poor crop-management could increase region's flooding and pollution
Devon’s Pebblebed Heaths National Nature Reserve to extended by nearly 90 hectares, the equivalent of 128 football pitches, to encompass a unique wetland
Members of the public can attend a public drop-in session between 6pm and 9pm on Wednesday 7 February at the village hall in Snailbeach near Shrewsbury.
Throughout 2023, the Marine Management Organisation and Studland Bay Marine Partnership (SBMP) have continued to take forward initiatives to protect Studland Bay’s precious marine ecosystems.
Encouraging population increase as 54 nests recorded
West Penwith Moors and Downs (Halow ha GonyowPennwydh West) confirmed as latest SSSI.
Hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal, killer whale and sperm whale set to be protected under Ivory Act extension
‘King’s Series of National Nature Reserves’ to be launched, with first to be declared in Lincolnshire
Darwin Plus Strategic initiative opens for the first time, supporting ambitious, transformative projects to tackle biodiversity loss in the UK Overseas Territories
UK government awards nearly £40 million to more than 80 projects through the Darwin Initiative and Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund
Winter flood maintenance encourages wildlife and biodiversity into rivers and streams. Widespread eels important indicator of healthy waterways
Five-year delivery plan to restore nature and improve the environmental quality of the air, our waters and our land
Environment Agency funding sees eels, bullheads and brook lamprey back in England's rainforest.
David Rillie received a suspended prison sentence and was ordered to pay costs of almost £74,000, for illegally grazing cattle on a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Plans will benefit protected wildlife sites and create new habitats for nature
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
£4m funding announced for organisation fighting to create a world free of wildlife crime by 2030.
The new ‘Wild Ennerdale National Nature Reserve’ will protect over 3,000 hectares of landscape comprising of water, forests and mountains.
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