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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.

Improving environmental outcomes in Protected Landscapes

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Community, Environmental Improvement Plan, Nature, Peat, Protected Landscapes
Image of colourful rolling hills

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. 

New actions to support seabirds, wildlife and Net Zero

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Biodiversity net gain, Climate change, Marine, Nature, Peat, Protected Landscapes
Photo of Atlantic puffin

Today, one year exactly since the publication of the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP), we are taking further actions to halt and reverse the decline of nature in our country. Firstly, to protect an important forage fish for a range of …

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