Biodiversity

Further support unveiled for local authorities to recruit ecologists and specialists to protect habits during building work, as Defra reveals statutory biodiversity credit prices

Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market has finalised its assessment framework to gauge whether credits meet its ten Core Carbon Principles (CCPs)

Rainforest Foundation UK research claims leading global carbon offset schemes are failing forests, people and the climate – but do forest-based carbon credits require root and branch reform?

University of Oxford study finds plant-based diets far better for climate and the environment – but separate polling suggests almost half of British diners do not want food labelled 'plant-based' or 'vegan'

Food companies have jumped all the way into soil carbon sequestration but there is still the question of measurement

Beauty brand commits to restoring an area of Southeast Asian rainforest eight times the size of Manhattan over the next five years

Six new projects backed by £7.4 million funding support government target to halt then reverse decline in nature

Wildlife Trusts calls on government to integrate 'green prescribing' into community health and social care services, as study predicts nature-based programmes could steer a million people away from crisis-hit NHS

New report from the Environmental Audit Committee argues woodland creation is essential for the UK to meet net zero goals and respond to demand for sustainable timber - but the government is still falling far short of its own targets

Coalition of 80 charities launches five-point plan designed to deliver on UK's goal to reverse nature loss by 2030