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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.

Funding announced at COP29 for 20 projects to support marine protection and fight poverty

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Today, we have announced the 20 projects that have been successful in the first round of funding of our Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature Grant Programme (also referred to as OCEAN). Read this post to find out more.

A call for feedback on the indicators of species abundance in England

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image of a yellow clouded butterfly sitting on a pink flower.

In this post, Clare and Claire, from the Environmental Statistics and Reporting team at Defra, share what the species abundance indicator is, and how you can get in touch to give feedback on the statistic in development. 

How the National Forest has transformed a scarred mining landscape to a thriving haven for nature 

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image of wildflower meadow at the National Forest

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.