Biodiversity

Nature restoration firm acquires historic Harold's Park in Essex as it unveils plans to restore local biodiversity and sell Biodiversity Net Gain credits to local developers

Defra announces review of Environment Act targets in areas such as air quality, water pollution, biodiversity and tree planting

The very first farmers hundreds of thousands of years ago often made landscapes even more biodiverse, which may offer lessons for rewilding efforts today, argue Jonathan D. Gordon and Brennen Fagan from the University of York

As nature increasingly influences design and construction, businesses can leverage green policies to steer real estate development, writes AECOM's Robert Spencer

Carbon footprinting study of UK’s 15 national parks is published as parks join Race to Zero campaign

National Lottery-backed scheme to offer poorer and marginalised groups 'cascade of benefits' from wellbeing, education and training in nature

The shift from direct payments to nature-friendly subsidy incentives promises to transform farming in England, but the transition currently faces 'widespread uncertainty and risk', the NAO has warned

Joined-up approach at COP29 and COP16 vital for catalysing bolder action to tackle climate and nature crises, scientists claim

Retail giant to reward members of newly formed producer group for adopting regenerative farming techniques and cutting greenhouse gad emissions

More than one-in-10 areas of prime, grade one, farmland hit by at least one flood warning during winter 2023, new analysis finds