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Banks of the River Lugg were damaged in December 2020 causing suspected significant and long-term ecological harm.

• Updated: 9 March 2022

Government seeking views on a ban of the retail sale of peat in horticulture by end of this Parliament

• Updated: 18 December 2021

The UK called for greater global climate ambition ahead of COP26 and applauded Guatemala's long-term commitments.

• Updated: 22 October 2021

A project breathing new life in to one of Norfolk’s famous broads is to proceed to its next phase, Natural England has announced.

• Updated: 14 October 2021

Natural England’s decision means better protection for rare and endangered wild birds and plants that live in and by the lakes.

• Updated: 29 September 2021

Back from the Brink initiative sees Breckland-based Shifting Sands project use surprising methods and rabbits to bring about record numbers of rare species.

• Updated: 24 September 2021

£100 million from the Government’s Biodiverse Landscapes Fund will be invested in some of the most fragile ecosystems on Earth.

• Updated: 24 September 2021

£100 million from the Government’s Biodiverse Landscapes Fund will be invested in some of the most fragile ecosystems on Earth.

• Updated: 23 September 2021

£100 million from the Government’s Biodiverse Landscapes Fund will be invested in some of the most fragile ecosystems on Earth.

• Updated: 23 September 2021

To mark Landscapes for Life Week, the partners behind the UK’s first super National Nature Reserve (NNR) have agreed a 20-year vision for one of Britain’s most biodiverse landscapes.

• Updated: 22 September 2021

An internationally important lowland raised peat bog between England and Wales celebrates its 30th birthday as a National Nature Reserve (NNR).

• Updated: 10 September 2021

Natural England has launched a new scheme in Yorkshire to help conserve local populations of great crested newts while promoting sustainable development

• Updated: 30 July 2021

Rare wildflowers, wildlife and medieval earthworks help Johnson’s Meadows win protected status.

• Updated: 29 July 2021

Beauty spot becomes England’s 225th National Nature Reserve over 30 years after public campaign to save it

• Updated: 2 July 2021

The UK, US, Peru, Germany, and Norway are stepping up efforts to reduce deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon by 2025.

• Updated: 3 June 2021

General licence allows an authorised person to release common pheasants and red-legged partridges within European sites and a 500 metre boundary in England.

• Updated: 31 May 2021

New task force will consider reintroduction of species to help populations recover as part of the Nature Recovery Network

• Updated: 18 May 2021

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.

• Updated: 13 May 2021

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.

• Updated: 13 May 2021

Greener building and conserving wildlife goes hand in hand in the North East as a new approach to sustainable development is launched.

• Updated: 17 March 2021