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£100 million from the Government’s Biodiverse Landscapes Fund will be invested in some of the most fragile ecosystems on Earth.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
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.
An internationally important lowland raised peat bog between England and Wales celebrates its 30th birthday as a National Nature Reserve (NNR).
Natural England has launched a new scheme in Yorkshire to help conserve local populations of great crested newts while promoting sustainable development
Rare wildflowers, wildlife and medieval earthworks help Johnson’s Meadows win protected status.
Beauty spot becomes England’s 225th National Nature Reserve over 30 years after public campaign to save it
The UK, US, Peru, Germany, and Norway are stepping up efforts to reduce deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon by 2025.
General licence allows an authorised person to release common pheasants and red-legged partridges within European sites and a 500 metre boundary in England.
New task force will consider reintroduction of species to help populations recover as part of the Nature Recovery Network
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.
Greener building and conserving wildlife goes hand in hand in the North East as a new approach to sustainable development is launched.
Defra launches three-week consultation to determine details of the new interim licensing regime ahead of 2021 release of gamebirds on and around protected sites.
The Fenn’s, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve will be one of the subjects of a new arts-based project.
Natural England, in collaboration with the Carstairs Countryside Trust (CCT) has announced today multiple extensions to the internationally important Lower Derwent Valley National Nature Reserve (NNR) near York.
Natural England has launched a new scheme in Lancashire to help conserve local populations of great crested newts whilst promoting sustainable development.
All of Cotswold Water Park has been given Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) status.
Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire to benefit from expansion to National Nature Reserve.
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