Wildlife

Natural England's latest People and Nature survey found four in ten people are spending more time in natural spaces since the pandemic began

Range of targets on deforestation, habitats, oceans, plastic pollution adopted a decade ago have all been missed or are heading in wrong direction, UN report warns

Green groups come together to warn that welcome financial support from government is failing to go far enough

Tool is the first time evidence and guidance about UK natural capital will be accessible in one place

"We need to step forward and leave our own legacy" says director general Hilary McGrady on charity's 125th anniversary

Project will collect data on wildlife and ocean plastics, as well as test the potential for unmanned vessels to cut cost and emissions from research voyages

Coalition of wildlife charities concludes key biodiversity metrics are down 13 per cent since the 1970s, with some wildlife populations losing up to a quarter of their number

A bill to introduce payments for environmental improvements by farmers fails to win time in Parliament to pass into law

Defra releases review of its long-term environmental targets which it claims show 90 per cent of actions are on course, but green groups have offered a lukewarm response

Government warns developers as Norfolk council attracts criticism for cliff-face nets which prevent birds from nesting