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Defra proposes stricter background checks for waste carriers as part of wider plans to make it easier to tackle environmental crimes

Developers would need to ensure new buildings improve local biodiversity, or invest in nature-projects to offset impacts elsewhere

Defra says new Local Nature Recovery and Landscape Recovery schemes will work in conjunction with incoming Sustainable Farming Incentive

AI mapping of flooding incidents across UK since 2007 lays bare worrying lack of resilience in face of heavy rainfall

Labour and green groups describe measures as 'damp squib', arguing it does not go far enough to protect and restore habitat-rich carbon stores

Landmark government-funded research attempts to quantify mental health treatment savings generated by trees and woodlands

UK firms face due diligence requirements to ensure their products are not linked to illegal deforestation abroad

Environmental groups warn measures farming incentive plans unveiled today fall far short of delivering the ‘nature-positive’ agriculture sector promised by government

Funding comes as Forestry Minister Zac Goldsmith faces grilling from MPs over sluggish tree planting rates and government's continued support for biomass energy

Single-use plastic plates, cutlery, expanded and extruded polystyrene cups, food, and beverage containers set for ban in latest government proposals, but campaigners urge Ministers to further strengthen recycling and re-use policies