Biodiversity

Biodiversity

The Tropical Forest Forever Facility turns one, and is billions short

Meant to pay countries for keeping forests standing, the fund has an interim charter, a board, a World Bank home… and insufficient funds

clock 02 November 2026 • 8 min read
Biodiversity Net Gain: Nationally significant infrastructure projects now subject to nature requirements

Biodiversity

Biodiversity Net Gain: Nationally significant infrastructure projects now subject to nature requirements

Rules requiring major infrastructure projects to deliver 10 per cent biodiversity uplift enter into force

clock 02 November 2026 • 3 min read
What Tony Juniper taught me about environmental leadership and refusing to give up

Management

What Tony Juniper taught me about environmental leadership and refusing to give up

Liv Cropper's reflects on her conversation with Tony Juniper CBE, and what his 40 years on the environmental frontline can teach us about political backlash, slow progress and keeping going

clock 02 November 2026 • 5 min read
COP17: Hopes grow for hard-fought compromise as UN biodiversity talks spill into overtime

Biodiversity

COP17: Hopes grow for hard-fought compromise as UN biodiversity talks spill into overtime

Closing plenary gets under way in Armenia despite deep divisions on contentious issues surrounding biodiversity funding, nature-harming subsidies, scientific evidence, and nature genetics

clock 30 October 2026 • 7 min read
Over 250 European farmers join PepsiCo's regenerative agriculture push

Biodiversity

Over 250 European farmers join PepsiCo's regenerative agriculture push

PepsiCo and Earthworm Foundation expand regenerative farming programmes across Europe to strengthen food and drink supply chain resilience

clock 30 October 2026 • 3 min read
Despite a cocktail of threats, cleaner rivers are firmly within our grasp

Biodiversity

Despite a cocktail of threats, cleaner rivers are firmly within our grasp

Every £1 invested in nature-led river restoration has the potential to deliver more than £7 in societal benefits, explain Dr Rob Stoneman of the Wildlife Trusts, and Chris Reid of Intact Insurance

clock 30 October 2026 • 5 min read
Rothbury Estate to be transformed into huge nature reserve after successful £30m fundraise

Biodiversity

Rothbury Estate to be transformed into huge nature reserve after successful £30m fundraise

Campaign to purchase 9,500-acre Rothbury Estate in Northumberland for transformation into major nature restoration project achieves £30m fundraising goal

clock 30 October 2026 • 3 min read
COP17: UN bodies estimate $296bn a year needed to reach 2030 nature restoration targets

Biodiversity

COP17: UN bodies estimate $296bn a year needed to reach 2030 nature restoration targets

World witnessing 'the makings of one of the largest movements for nature in recorded history’, but system-wide action still needed to rescue flagship goals, according to UN report

clock 29 October 2026 • 7 min read
Office for Environment Protection: Planning shake-up may not deliver promised gains for nature

Policy

Office for Environment Protection: Planning shake-up may not deliver promised gains for nature

Watchdog welcomes new Environmental Development Plans, but raises concerns over lack of evidence they will deliver promised environmental outcomes

clock 27 October 2026 • 3 min read
'Chronically underfunded': England's nature-friendly farming schemes face £2bn funding gap

Biodiversity

'Chronically underfunded': England's nature-friendly farming schemes face £2bn funding gap

The Wildlife Trusts warn government that properly funded Environmental Land Management schemes are vital for building climate-resilient food chains and tackling inflation

clock 27 October 2026 • 4 min read