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  • Ending the ivory trade: Foreign Secretary's speech

    Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson praised China's decision to close down its domestic ivory market at an event on the illegal ivory trade, hosted by WWF.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Foreign Secretary's opening remarks at Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference

    In a speech at the Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference the Foreign Secretary says it now ranks alongside drugs, arms and people trafficking.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Celebrating the Creative Industries Federation's 3rd anniversary

    Secretary of State's speech to the Creative Industries Federation

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Royal Navy frees fishermen from suspected Somali pirates

    A boarding team from HMS Somerset has liberated a large fishing dhow, which had been taken over by a group of armed Somalis a few days earlier, over 100 miles (160km) off the coast of Somalia.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • International science prize aims to keep shrimp on the menu

    UK-Thai scientists have won the Newton Fund Chairman's Award 2017 to further develop their pioneering research to diagnose disease and protect farmed seafood.

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  • HMS Cornwall rescues hostages from pirates

    Five hostages and their fishing vessel have been freed from Somali pirates by a naval boarding party from HMS Cornwall.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Kidney cancer on the rise

    New Be Clear on Cancer campaign launched to increase early diagnoses and save lives.

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  • Owen Paterson’s speech at the Wildlife and Countryside Link event

    The countryside is my home, my job and my life.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Lord de Mauley speech to the Wildlife and Countryside Link

    Speech made by Lord de Mauley at the the launch of the Nature Check report by the Wildlife and Countryside Link

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • William Hague: a boycott of Sri Lanka would be wrong

    Britain’s presence at the Commonwealth summit will achieve more than an empty chair would.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Royal Marine leads first landings with Brazilian Marines

    Lieutenant Colonel Neil Wraith oversaw the dynamic drills that involved hundreds of Brazilian Marines and Royal Marines from the Royal Navy&…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary's remarks at Illegal Wildlife Trade reception

    In a speech at the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade the Foreign Secretary called for action to save some of the world's most remarkable species.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Gulf mine warfare exercise

    Six Royal Navy and 2 American ships, plus helicopters and mini-robot submarines, have joined forces for the year's first major mine warfare exercise in the Gulf.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The UK takes another step to protect endangered sharks

    Endangered sharks will be given greater protection following the signing of an international agreement on the conservation of sharks, Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon announced today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • RRS Sir David Attenborough keel-laying ceremony

    Universities and Science Minister talks about the future pioneering research that RRS Sir David Attenborough will undertake.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Working with South African partners to protect rhinos, elephants and tigers

    High Commissioner Judith Macgregor convened 60 civic leaders and youth activists to show support for efforts to end the illegal wildlife trade.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • "It is time to get serious about wildlife crime."

    Statement by Ambassador Shearman of the UK Mission to the UN at the General Assembly informal meeting to commemorate World Wildlife Day

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Turbulent leads joint UK-Indian exercise

    Royal Navy submarine HMS Turbulent has led British involvement in the latest annual Anglo-Indian naval exercise, Konkan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • World Wildlife Day

    3 March is World Wildlife Day, an opportunity to highlight further issues around poaching and the Illegal Wildlife Trade.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • From Trafalgar to Afghanistan - the Royal Navy compares then and now

    As a ceremony took place this morning on HMS Victory to mark the 205th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, the most important day in the Royal Navy's calendar, thoughts were spared for the modern day descendants of Trafalgar as...

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government