Defra and Natural England launch latest wave of nature recovery projects

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Defra and Natural England launch latest wave of nature recovery projects

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

The government has today announced it is to invest £7.4m in a series of large-scale nature recovery projects across England covering 176,000 hectares of land, which are expected to expand natural carbon...

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