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.
Nature
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.
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.
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.
Conservation covenants: putting environmental commitments into law
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Tim Andrews, Posted on:
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Biodiversity net gain, Green finance, Land use, Nature
Conservation covenants are legally binding agreements to protect nature or heritage features on land. In this post, we explore their benefits - including how they help to expand the market for biodiversity net gain offsite units.
Improving environmental outcomes in Protected Landscapes
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Catherine Brabner-Evans, Posted on:
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Community, Environmental Improvement Plan, Nature, Peat, Protected Landscapes
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.
Launching our Water Restoration Fund
In this post, the Environment Blog team discuss the launch of the Water Restoration Fund and what this fund means local for communities.
Mapping our natural assets: the Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment programme
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Sarah Adcock and David Jones, Posted on:
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Local Nature Recovery Strategies, Nature, Research and data analysis, Wetland
Sarah Adcock and David Jones, Senior Responsible Owners for Defra's Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment programme explain why building a picture of our natural assets and their benefits is the first, crucial step in protecting our environment.