Nature

The Protected Landscapes Partnership: working together for nature, people and climate 

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yellow and green fields with many clouds watching over them.

Our Protected Landscapes aren’t just lines on a map or signs at the side of the road. Each Protected Landscape has a dedicated team behind it who are experts in their local area and both national and international collaboration. In this post, find out more about the Protected Landscapes Partnership and how you can get …

The Habitat Target: creating and restoring habitats across England

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image of colourful flowers in amongst moss

The Government is working towards meeting the legally binding biodiversity target to restore or create more than 500,000 hectares of wildlife-rich habitat by 2042 in England. Read this post to find out what action the Government is taking to achieve this target.

Newly recognised Official Statistic tracks the environmental impact of our consumption

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aerial shot of a forest canopy

Nearly all the food we eat, clothes we wear, and cosmetics we use contain commodities grown in fields and forests around the world. The environmental impact of our consumption habits is becoming more widely understood. To understand this, in this post, JNNC Evidence Specialist Ethan Workman discusses the Global Environmental Impacts of Consumption (GEIC) Indicator which …

Living England: a national habitat map for everyone 

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Illustrative map of the Living England habitat map.

Amy Woodget is the Communications and Engagement Lead for the Living England project. In this post, she introduces the latest release of Natural England’s ‘Living England’ dataset – a digital map providing information on England’s broad habitats.

75th Anniversary of the National Parks Act: New legislation to ensure Protected Landscapes are fit for the future

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View over Dartmoor National Park.

Today is the 75th anniversary of the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act. Read how the government is marking the occasion by empowering our Protected Landscapes.