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£11.7m funding for projects to restore bogs, rivers and rare mussels

Projects to restore lowland bogs, river, estuary and coastal habitat and rare freshwater pearl mussels are receiving a share of more than £11 million EU funding. The three schemes over the next five years in protected areas in the North East and ...

26 Jan 2022 at 16:25

More than 100 hen harrier chicks fledge in England in century high for rare bird

More than 100 rare hen harrier chicks have fledged in England this year, the highest number for over a century, the Government’s conservation agency said. Natural England and its partners have recorded 119 hen harrier chicks successfully ...

26 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Turtle dove numbers plummet 98% to just 2,100 pairs, national survey shows

Just 2,100 pairs of turtle doves now breed in the UK, the first national survey of the highly threatened bird shows. Numbers of the turtle dove – long considered a symbol of love – have fallen 98% since the 1970s, mainly due to loss of ...

20 Jun 2022 at 13:36

‘Super’ nature reserve created across 15,000 acres of wetland, heath and coast

A new “super nature reserve” is being created across 15,000 acres of the Somerset landscape to protect saltmarsh, heath and wetland habitats. Government conservation agency Natural England has announced a new Somerset Wetlands “super” ...

19 May 2022 at 01:01

Restoring nature is ‘investment’ in UK economy and society, leaders told

Restoring nature must be seen as a “sensible investment” in the UK’s economy and wellbeing, not a cost with no return, the head of Natural England has said. Tony Juniper, chairman of the Government’s conservation agency, said more ...

06 Dec 2022 at 13:41

Government biodiversity ambitions at ‘worrying divergence with expert advice’

The Government ignored advice from Natural England saying it had to triple its ambitions on creating new habitats to meet its biodiversity commitments, documents suggest. Advisors said that to meet the internationally agreed ...

16 Mar 2023 at 14:10

Investigation into protected peat burning ‘leads to just one formal warning’

Just one report of breaching a ban on burning protected peatland sites has led to a formal warning, figures from the Government show. More than 1,500 individual reports of alleged breaches of the heather and peat burning ...

19 Dec 2022 at 15:41

Rare hen harriers are going missing from English grouse moors, says RSPB

At least 20 individuals of a rare bird species have gone missing in the last year, including one that was found with its head pulled off, the RSPB has said. Hen harriers are on the red list of birds of conservation ...

05 May 2023 at 12:15

Rising pressures on water will see people pay more for less, says EA chair

People will have to pay more for water while using less of it as climate change and a higher population will increase demand in future, the chair of the Environment Agency (EA) has said. London and the South East ...

15 Jun 2023 at 16:52

Unlimited fines for environmental polluters, Government confirms

Environmental regulators will be able to charge polluters unlimited penalties for causing damage, the Government has confirmed. The current limit of £250,000 is to be scrapped following a consultation with ...

12 Jul 2023 at 10:54

Kinder Scout national nature reserve extended to cover more than 1,000 hectares

A nature reserve in the Peak District famous for a mass trespass 90 years ago and now an important peatland restoration site has been extended in size. Kinder Scout national nature reserve (NNR) in ...

01 Sept 2022 at 09:12

Take out stiles and help ‘trespassers’ back to the path, farmers advised

Farmers should add self-closing gates instead of stiles where possible to make access to the countryside for the public easier, new official guidance says. It is part of guidance issued to farmers ...

09 Feb 2022 at 11:55

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