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Post-legislative scrutiny of the Ivory Act 2018.
The government's response to the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) review of Local Nature Recovery Strategies and their role in contributing to nature recovery commitments in England.
How Defra has met its biodiversity duties in England, Scotland and Wales.
We want your feedback on the approach to working together to review and update the river basin management plans in 2027.
Information about the Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA) programme.
How and why the Environment Agency supports nature-based solutions (NbS), with different scenarios and guidance on approaching new NbS.
This document sets out how the 4 countries of the UK will work together to address biodiversity loss.
This report contains the Health and Safety Executive’s advice on the use of Cruiser SB on the UK’s sugar beet crops.
The Biodiversity Finance Trends Dashboard tracks international trends in biodiversity finance.
We have committed to protecting 30% of the UK’s land and sea by 2030 (30by30). This document sets out the government's vision for delivering on the UK's 30by30 target on land in England and the criteria for land and …
Provides the government response to the OEP’s report on the implementation of the water framework directive regulations and river basin management planning.
The Biodiverse Landscapes Fund (BLF) aims to protect biodiverse landscapes and reduce poverty.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
These reports contain the Health and Safety Executive’s advice on the use of Cruiser SB on the UK’s sugar beet crops.
The 10 Point Plan is a shared political vision for financing biodiversity.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
The document includes biodiversity metric data values and formulae which are used to calculate biodiversity value.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Strategies that propose how and where to recover nature and improve the wider environment across England.
The Global Centre on Biodiversity for Climate (GCBC) is an international research and development programme. It funds research into natural solutions for climate change and poverty.
Seeking views on how Local Nature Recovery Strategies should be prepared and what should be included.
Providing a framework on how to minimise the risks posed by invasive non-native species.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
The consultation sets out our proposals, and seeks views, on how biodiversity net gain will work in practice.
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