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The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing forms part of a ten-year plan aimed at preserving nature.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
England’s natural environment will be better protected, restored and improved under ambitious new plans published by Defra today.
Thank you. I'm delighted to be here this morning to launch our Natural Environment White Paper.
Encouraging more schools to grow fruit and vegetables.
The 2011 statistics on biodiversity indicators have been published today.
The money will be used to kick start restoration worth at least £600 million to improve the health of lakes, streams and other water bodies.
Statistical release providing survey results on attitudes and knowledge of biodiversity and the natural environment from 2007 to 2011.
Darwin Initiative to receive a boost of at least £25m in funding over the next 4 years.
Thank you. It’s a great pleasure to be with you today.
The Cerrado region of Brazil makes up 21 per cent of the country and is, biologically, a rich savannah-like ecosystem in the world.
Richard Benyon’s speech at the Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime Seminar.
Non-native invasive species cost the British economy at least £1.7 billion each year and millions of pounds is spent on aquatic invaders alone.
Thank you, Mike, and thanks to all RSPB members for the work you’ve done so far to step up for nature.
Ministers have decided that the National Nature Reserves will remain in public ownership.
Professor David Hill appointed as Deputy Chair of Natural England.
The Government are not culling magpies or crows.
Cormorants are a predatory species that can cause significant damage to fish stocks.
Defra has offered help to deal with the immediate aftermath of the flooding.
A statistical update of twenty-six indicators, providing an overview of biodiversity in England, are published today.
Natural England is responsible for monitoring the condition of SSSI land in England.
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