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Work on a project to restore wetland habitat opens up 55km of river for fish and improve community access at a Tees Valley country park will start this week.
Environment Agency warns poor crop-management could increase region's flooding and pollution
In a world first, developers in England are now required to deliver 10% Biodiversity Net Gain when building new housing, industrial or commercial developments.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Angler's £120 fine dwarfed cost of rod licence
Marine Management Organisation (MMO) byelaw to protect valuable marine habitats and species in a further 13 English offshore marine protected areas (MPAs) will come into force on 22 March 2024.
Rivers feeding the River Loddon restocked for healthy habitats.
Fines and costs dwarf price of fishing licence
Orangutans, leopards, jaguars and other endangered species protected with new legislation to safeguard forests
Government sets out ambitious new nature package, with measures to improve access to green space and connect the public with the natural world
Throughout 2023, the Marine Management Organisation and Studland Bay Marine Partnership (SBMP) have continued to take forward initiatives to protect Studland Bay’s precious marine ecosystems.
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation is working with Cornwall Wildlife Trust and the British Army to improve sand dune wildlife at the Penhale Training Area.
South East homes to butterflies and bees among creatures getting share of £14.5m support fund to fight extinction
South coast homes to butterflies and bees among creatures getting share of £14.5m support fund to fight extinction
Twelve new projects receive £16 million to restore thousands of hectares of peatlands across England.
A rescued population of endangered white clawed crayfish that were in danger of being wiped out have been moved to a safe haven where they can thrive and breed.
The Environment Agency is warning those who fish illegally that the net is closing in after a recent rise in angling offences in the South East.
An Environment Agency fisheries team has transformed a weir on the River Thames to allow eels to get past it and swim upstream.
Judge - Thames Water "deliberately misled" the Environment Agency in and around pollution of rivers in Sussex and Surrey in which several thousand fish died.
South East fisheries officers are responding to hundreds of fish in distress as warmer temperatures raise risk of fish dying and algal blooms in watercourses.
On 22 June 2023, the Environment Secretary and French State Minister Bérangère Couillard launched a Global Roadmap to support companies to contribute to nature recovery.
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