Preventing the spread of invasive plants from your garden
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.
Local strategies, national ambitions: how Local Nature Recovery Strategies are helping us achieve our national environmental targets
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Julian Harlow, Posted on:
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Access and engagement, Land use, Local Nature Recovery Strategies
In this blog, Julian Harlow, head of the Local Nature Recovery Strategies policy team in Defra, tells us how these local strategies are helping us to achieve our national environment targets.
Biodiversity Net Gain is live
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Rachel Fisher, Posted on:
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Biodiversity net gain, Land use, Local Nature Recovery Strategies, Nature
Biodiversity Net Gain becomes mandatory for major developments today, but why does this matter? Rachel Fisher, Defra’s Deputy Director for Land Use, outlines the benefits of the policy.
Access to Nature, Conservation and The Green Recovery Challenge Fund
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Zelda Baveystock, Posted on:
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Access and engagement, Green finance, Local Nature Recovery Strategies, Nature
The Green Recovery Challenge Fund was an £80 million fund developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, designed to help nature recovery and conservation whilst creating and sustaining jobs. In this blog post, we'll delve into the incredible achievements this …
World Wetlands Day 2024: Wetlands and wellbeing
In this post, Jordan tells us about the importance of wetlands and their wellbeing benefits.
Get to know Rebecca Pow, Minister for Nature
Rebecca Pow is the Under-Secretary of State for Nature at Defra. In this post, you can read about why she is so passionate about the natural world and farming.
Connecting businesses with nature projects
Projects for Nature is a pioneering new online platform that connects businesses and other donors with 23 nature recovery projects across England (all of which have been screened by experts). I’m Justin, the nature lead for The Council for Sustainable …
New actions to support seabirds, wildlife and Net Zero
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Mike Dowell, Posted on:
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Biodiversity net gain, Climate change, Marine, Nature, Peat, Protected Landscapes
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 …
The Environmental Improvement Plan: Our progress one year on
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Rob Reid, Posted on:
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Access and engagement, Air quality, Biosecurity, Chemicals and pesticides, Climate change, Environmental Improvement Plan, Nature, Resources and waste, Water
Read about the actions Defra has taken since 31 January 2023, from supporting England's wildlife to cleaning up our water.
Welcome to the new Environment blog
Welcome. This is the first post on our new Defra Environment blog. We’ve expanded the previous Land Use blog so that we can showcase a greater range of stories about the environment. From now on, we’ll cover topics like nature, …