To mark the COP29 conference, the Defra Environment blog team will share nature stories throughout the week, starting with a post about the National Education Nature Park.
The first Local Nature Recovery Strategy has been published. Find out why that's important for local and national biodiversity.
Tom tells us how ocean health was put front and centre at a recent meeting of Commonwealth leaders.
In this post, Stuart Dainton, Head of Land Management and Estate at the National Forest, tells us how the Minorca Wood is being transformed to create a haven for nature and people.
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.
In this post, Catherine Brabner-Evans gives an introduction to Protected Landscapes, as well as an insight into the action Defra is taking to meet targets within these landscapes to halt and reverse the decline in nature.
In this post, the Environment Blog team discuss the launch of the Water Restoration Fund and what this fund means local for communities.
In this post, Defra policy advisor Sarah Galley sits down with 2023 Bees Needs Champion Westerfield Station Adopters to learn more about how they're raising awareness of pollinators and bees' needs locally.