29 Mar 2022
Seagrass recovery and restoration is increasingly in the news. We reported previously on the progress being made by the ReMEDIES project and now a new milestone has been met by England’s largest seagrass planting. The £2.5 million LIFE Recreation ReMEDIES project, led by Natural England, has now planted seagrass across a total of 3.5 hectares […]
17 Mar 2022
Back at the end of 2020 we covered the investigation of the destruction of 1.5 miles of the protected River Lugg in Herefordshire. Now, Natural England and the Environment Agency have launched a joint legal action against a landowner in response to that damage. The press release from the EA and Natural England says: This […]
08 Mar 2022
England’s largest seagrass restoration continues in Plymouth Sound Volunteers will pack 20,000 bags of seagrass seeds this month to help restore seagrass within the natural harbour. Research shows at least 44% of the UK’s seagrass has been lost since 1936. This restoration work is part of England’s largest seagrass planting effort under the LIFE Recreation […]
01 Mar 2022
Marine Nature Recovery (MNR) – First steps towards MNR within Cornwall’s inshore seas Marine nature recovery is needed to reverse past declines in wildlife and habitats and bring our seas back to life, so that they are healthy and thriving now and into the future for people, climate and nature. To rebuild the marine life-support systems […]
15 Feb 2022
Natural England have published a map showing an overview of progress for the England Coast Path. The map shows the stretches of the English coast that are open to the public and those where work is still in progress. Alongside this, the latest section of the 2,700 mile England Coast Path National Trail was opened […]
01 Sep 2021
The Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) partnership is inviting you to take part in the following consultation on the: draft revised Water Industry Strategic Environmental Requirements (WISER). The draft revised WISER has been jointly developed by Environment Agency and Natural England. The document has 2 parts which you can download below. WISER Part 1 sets out the environmental challenges that […]
11 May 2021
From Wildlife and Countryside Link Evidence of the harms caused by lead ammunition continues to grow – high mortality amongst waterbirds, weakened immunity for other species, cognitive impairment for children; all can be traced back to lead entering the food chain from the use of lead shot. With a five-year voluntary phase out from the shooting […]
05 May 2021
Natural England have released a comprehensive report on the Carbon Storage and Sequestration by Habitat 2021. It describes in detail the role different types of natural habits in Britain play in capturing carbon from the atmosphere. This comes weeks before the Environment Agency plan to release a similar report ‘Achieving Net Zero carbon emissions – a […]
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