News and communications

The recovery of rare, threatened and important habitats and species in English waters is another step closer from today (Friday 22 March 2024).

• Updated: 22 March 2024

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.

• Updated: 27 October 2023

UK government awards nearly £40 million to more than 80 projects through the Darwin Initiative and Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund

• Updated: 29 April 2023

Winter flood maintenance encourages wildlife and biodiversity into rivers and streams. Widespread eels important indicator of healthy waterways

• Updated: 10 February 2023

Cornwall has seen 26 green projects - all aimed at tackling declining biodiversity and restoring its natural environment - delivered since the G7 conference.

• Updated: 27 June 2022

Expansion of Solway Firth site boosts England’s network of Marine Protected Areas

• Updated: 3 December 2020

A report has been published revealing the results of a five-week public consultation on extending the sea trout netting season in Yorkshire and the North East.

• Updated: 31 March 2020

The Environment Agency is delighted to be involved in an independent, ground-breaking project tracking Atlantic salmon in the River Derwent, starting in April 2020.

• Updated: 6 February 2020

Environment Minister, Rebecca Pow, announces new protections for the breeding and foraging grounds of rare and vulnerable seabirds.

• Updated: 16 January 2020

Protecting our native white-clawed crayfish from the invasive American signal crayfish

• Updated: 22 May 2019

Natural England has confirmed Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast as a new Site of Special Scientific Interest to protect the wildlife of the Tees Estuary.

• Updated: 7 May 2019

Natural England announces plans to extend Isles of Scilly Special Protection Area by almost 13,000 hectares.

• Updated: 26 February 2019

The extension of the Poole Harbour Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) will see a further 1,800 hectares (ha) of land and sea brought within the site to help protect the entire harbour - an increase of 40 per cent.

• Updated: 22 January 2019