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Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey delivered a speech to the NASDA Conference in Virginia
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Government speeds up Sustainable Farming Incentive roll-out with new sets of paid actions to support food production and environmentally responsible farming.
£3 million capital fund opens for applications. Village halls in England will now be able to apply for grants to renovate vital community assets
More support for farmers to help them with the impact of ongoing dry weather.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Tougher sentencing and improved powers introduced under the Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 to tackle the cruel practice of chasing hares with dogs
Cornwall has seen 26 green projects - all aimed at tackling declining biodiversity and restoring its natural environment - delivered since the G7 conference.
New £3 million fund will support village hall improvement projects for over 100 village halls
Read this update for information about our schemes, including Countryside Stewardship, Environmental Stewardship and the Basic Payment Scheme, as well as the Sustainable Farming Incentive, Landscape Recovery and the Lump Sum…
Over 2,000 metres of hedgerow has been planted in Seawick and Leewick near Clacton to help store carbon.
Read this update for information about our schemes, including Countryside Stewardship, Environmental Stewardship and the Basic Payment Scheme.
The UK at pre-COP in Milan: a busy programme of events on climate and sustainability
An internationally important lowland raised peat bog between England and Wales celebrates its 30th birthday as a National Nature Reserve (NNR).
Government launches consultation into a new nature mapping plan for local communities
A pioneering new fund to drive private investment in nature and tackle climate change has been awarded to 27 projects
Braunton tenant-farmer Andrew Cooper has been ordered to pay more than £30,000 for ploughing historically important fields linked to prehistoric and Second World War periods.
Greener building and conserving wildlife goes hand in hand in the North East as a new approach to sustainable development is launched.
Site is designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for nationally important invertebrates, breeding birds, plants and geology.
Farmers and land managers are being encouraged to apply for Countryside Stewardship (CS) agreements to help them protect and improve the natural environment.
UK kick-starts new initiative to protect rainforests from further destruction whilst ensuring development and trade is sustainable
A project to help a river valley adapt to climate change and create an internationally important wildlife reserve now has planning permission.
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