Working with stakeholders to finalise England's '30by30' criteria
In this post, Senior Policy Advisor Danielle tells us how she's been working with stakeholders to finalise England's 30by30 criteria.
Celebrating nature on our doorstep: a tale of seven blackbirds
Back in May, one of the blog team found a blackbird nest in her garden. Here's the story of the chicks and their parents.
Trees for bees: how Wakehurst is using citizen science to help pollinators
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Sian Watts and Janine Griffiths-Lee, Posted on:
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Gardening, Nature, Plants, Pollinators
In our second post to celebrate Bees’ Needs Week, Senior Policy advisor Sian Watts sat down with Wakehurst’s pollination research lead Dr Janine Griffiths-Lee, to find out how they use citizen science to help pollinators.
5 simple actions to help pollinators this Bees’ Needs Week
The Environment Blog is back! We’ll keep you updated with all the latest policy news. But it’s also Bees’ Needs Week, so today we’re writing about how you can support pollinators with 5 simple actions.
We're pausing the Environment blog
Due to the pre-election period, the Environment blog will be quieter than usual.
The Darwin Initiative: supporting biodiversity and communities across the globe
To commemorate the International Day for Biological Diversity, we're celebrating a fund that has awarded more than £220 million to a range of projects - from support for snow leopards to rare Himalayan plants.
Invasive Species Week: threats to our native wildlife
It’s a bumper week in the world of nature. In this week’s first post, read about the impact of invasive species and how we’re tackling the Asian hornet.
Securing off-site biodiversity net gain: insights from local planning authorities
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Environment blog team, Posted on:
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Biodiversity net gain, Green finance, Land use
In this post, aimed at local planning authorities, 3 guests tell us how they are securing off-site biodiversity net gain habitats.
Reflections from the peatland restoration season
England's peatlands are our largest terrestrial carbon store and a haven for rare wildlife. Here's how projects across the country are working to restore them.
National Plant Health Week: extreme weather and plant pests
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Dominic Eyre, Posted on:
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Biosecurity, Climate change, Plants, Research and data analysis
It's National Plant Health Week. Today we look at the impact of climate change, with its increasingly extreme weather, on plant health.