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.
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.
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.
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.
In this post, Emma Magee shares what it's like to be a Catchment Coordinator in Devon.
In this blog, Helen Edmundson, head of the Green Finance team at Defra, tells us how Defra are scaling up private investment into nature recovery.
In this blog, Caroline Bolhoven, head of International Sustainable Land Use at Defra, tells us how Defra are improving biodiversity and tackling poverty through a new international research grant competition.
In this blog, the Environment blog team discuss what the Government is doing to improve water quality by tackling storm overflow discharges.
In this blog, Lucy from the GB Non-native Species Secretariat talks to us about invasive plants and how we can identify these species as well as prevent the spread of them in our garden.