Biodiversity

Environment Bank adds latest site to Biodiversity Net Gain register

Biodiversity

Environment Bank adds latest site to Biodiversity Net Gain register

New Puddington Habitat Bank site in Devon now able to issue Biodiversity Units for sale

clock 25 March 2025 • 4 min read
GSK and WWF launch water conservation supply chain project

Supply chain

GSK and WWF launch water conservation supply chain project

Partnership aims to replenish more than 300,000 cubic metres of water and positively impact over 100,000 people in Pakistan and India

clock 24 March 2025 • 1 min read
Government confirms plans for new natural history GCSE

Skills

Government confirms plans for new natural history GCSE

Consultation on course content for new qualification to be held later this year, Department for Education confirms

clock 24 March 2025 • 3 min read
Waitrose, McDonald's, and Barclays-backed pilot aims to make regenerative farming 'more achievable'

Management

Waitrose, McDonald's, and Barclays-backed pilot aims to make regenerative farming 'more achievable'

McCain, McDonald's, Lloyds, Waitrose, NatWest, and Barclays launch 'Routes to Regen' project to tackle financial risks associated with regenerative agriculture

clock 24 March 2025 • 4 min read
'National Estate for Nature': Defra calls on landowners to accelerate nature recovery

Policy

'National Estate for Nature': Defra calls on landowners to accelerate nature recovery

New government-led group comprising owners of 10 per cent of England aims to develop plans to help meeting UK's domestic and global biodiversity goals

clock 21 March 2025 • 5 min read
Defra unveils target to reduce environmental damage from pesticides

Biodiversity

Defra unveils target to reduce environmental damage from pesticides

New UK National Action Plan on Pesticides includes UK-wide goal to reduce environmental risk from pesticides by 10 per cent by 2030

clock 21 March 2025 • 4 min read
Poll: More than half of Brits want stronger government action on nature

Biodiversity

Poll: More than half of Brits want stronger government action on nature

Poll from WWF reveals strong public support for bolder action to protect nature, as separate surveys reveal majority backing for net zero transition

clock 21 March 2025 • 5 min read
Western Forest plan to create 2,500 hectares of new woodland by 2030

Biodiversity

Western Forest plan to create 2,500 hectares of new woodland by 2030

Government unveils plans to create first new National Forest in 30 years stretching from the Cotswolds to the Mendips

clock 21 March 2025 • 3 min read
'A national embarrassment': UK imports goods linked to the destruction of a Liverpool-sized forest each year

Supply chain

'A national embarrassment': UK imports goods linked to the destruction of a Liverpool-sized forest each year

Global Witness analysis reveals UK is continuing to import a raft of goods that are directly driving deforestation around the world

clock 20 March 2025 • 4 min read
The Nature Restoration Fund: A government black hole disguised as environmental progress

Biodiversity

The Nature Restoration Fund: A government black hole disguised as environmental progress

The Nature Restoration Fund is a 'smoke-and-mirrors' distraction that risks deepening the very problems it claims to solve, argues Burlingtons Biodiversity Solutions CEO Henry Mills

clock 20 March 2025 • 5 min read