Biodiversity

Report reveals gap between current biodiversity finance and future needs has widened as increased investment has failed to keep pace with inflation

Scientists have mapped the carbon stored in the top layer of the UK's seabed - and the results have potentially major implications for the UK's net zero targets and renewable energy ambitions

Population growth and shifts in species distribution due to climate change are impacting where, and to what extent, humans and wildlife ‘overlap’, research warns

Business has a key role to play in turning global nature promises into action before, during and after the COP16 Biodiversity Summit, writes RSPB chief executive Beccy Speight

Building materials supplier pledges to invset £24m in nature restoration projects as it works towards becoming a 'nature positive' business by 2030

Nature 2030 releases new report including a roadmap for how local councils can boost Britain's biodiversity through improved road verge management

Defra announces review of Environment Act targets in areas such as air quality, water pollution, biodiversity and tree planting

The very first farmers hundreds of thousands of years ago often made landscapes even more biodiverse, which may offer lessons for rewilding efforts today, argue Jonathan D. Gordon and Brennen Fagan from the University of York

Danish energy giant seeks wider industry feedback on efforts to develop new global standard for assessing habitats and wildlife impacts of infrastructure projects

Agency announces plan to deliver four new 'wild areas' in a bid to make them 'the most valuable places for wildlife across England'