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• Nearly 30 million walks demonstrates huge popularity of England's coastal paths
• New protections for thousands of seabirds
• Environmental bodies set joint vision to tackle climate change
• Benefits of conservation efforts may not yet be fully visible
• New £2.5 million project launched to restore fragile marine habitats
• Changes to licensing of the lethal control of herring gull and lesser black-backed gull
• Moorland Association responds to new gull licences
• Innovative Scheme to conserve newts and promote sustainable development is rolled out across England
• UK’s first ‘super’ National Nature Reserve created on Purbeck Heaths
• Coronavirus – Guidance on access to green spaces
• Bovine TB: summary of badger control monitoring during 2019
• Marian Spain appointed new Natural England chief executive
• 30-year anniversary of landmark release of red kites in the Chiltern Hills
• Five local authorities announced to trailblaze England’s nature recovery pilots
• Cambridgeshire to benefit from sustainable development initiative
• Pond project pays off for great crested newts in Essex
• A record-breaking year for hen harrier breeding
• 2020 badger control licences published
• Wildlife protection plan to unlock Hampshire housebuilding
• Government’s £40 million Green Recovery Challenge Fund opens for applications
• Public love for nature during Covid-19 highlighted by new survey
• Natural England sets out fresh vision for our natural environment
• Nationally important wildflower grasslands get increased protection
• Government warned nature targets will be missed without more investment
• Wild Purbeck partnership recognised as a shining example of nature recovery in new national initiative
• Extension of seabird haven to benefit 15,000 birds
• Government unveils path to sustainable farming from 2021
• 125,000 seabirds to benefit from expansion of protected site
• King's Wood and Rushmere National Nature Reserve gains 43 hectares
• Landmark extension for one of Britain’s most important sites for water birds
• 800,000 trees set to be planted as Green Recovery Challenge Fund projects announced
• Nearly £40million awarded to green regeneration projects in England
• Countryside Code under review
• New sites to test how connecting people with nature can improve mental health
• New £5 million project to save woodlands
• Cotswold Water Park given greater protection by Natural England
• Innovative scheme to protect newts and promote sustainable development is rolled out across Lancashire
• England’s ‘national rainforests’ to be protected by new rules
• Natural England announces major extension to the Lower Derwent Valley National Nature Reserve to mark World Wetlands Day
• New £10 million fund to drive private sector investment in nature
• Wildlife haven protected as theme park threat looms
• New homes for people and wildlife across the North East
• New Countryside Code launched to help people enjoy the outdoors
• New major study shows importance of nature in hitting net zero
• Nature for Climate Peatland Grant Scheme
• Natural England announces new National Nature Reserve for East Devon Pebblebed Heaths
• Natural England launches species reintroductions task force to help drive recovery of declining species
• Saving eggs from airfields is bringing a curlew boom in the east of England
• Nature recovery at heart of Natural England vision for year ahead
• 1,000th hazel dormouse reintroduced to the UK
• Natural England announces landmark new programme for protected landscapes
• Plans to improve protected landscapes
• Government promises full response to Glover Landscapes Review ‘later this year’
• Nature for Climate Peatland Grant Scheme: Discovery Grants open to fund the development of restoration projects
• Cattle wearing smart collars will improve sand dune habitats
• Eurasian Curlews released on the Sandringham Estate
• Another successful year for Hen Harrier breeding in England
• Pioneering North East project uses nature to reduce flood risk
• Marches Mosses marks 30-year milestone and extends NNR
• It’s not too late to reverse biodiversity decline by 2030, UK’s five leading nature bodies say
• Riverbanks and watercourses to be planted with new woodland
• Chalk stream strategy launched to protect ‘England’s rainforests’
• Carbon-saving Cambridgeshire project to be showcased at COP26
• Fund to drive private sector investment in nature opens for second round
• Plans to phase out the use of peat in the amateur horticulture sector
• Ambitious proposals to strengthen our protected landscapes announced
• Three new £11 million Natural England LIFE projects launched
• Solent’s underwater meadows get a boost
• Delivering on the Environment Act: new targets announced and ambitious plans for nature recovery
• Rhetoric masks meagre nature recovery plans – The Wildlife Trusts say Government targets must aim higher
• New ‘super’ National Nature Reserve created to protect rare wildlife
• Five landmark nature recovery projects launched to protect wildlife and improve public access to nature
• Endangered curlews get a head start
• Government sets out plan to reduce water pollution
• Government set out new plans to supposedly reduce water pollution
• RSPB warns of nature disaster as Tory leadership rhetoric targets laws that protect wildlife
• 119 hen harrier chicks fledge in England in 2022
• Sale of horticultural peat to be banned in move to protect England’s precious peatlands
• Projects of Landscape Recovery scheme announced
• Vast former industrial sites set to be one of UK’s largest urban nature reserves
• One of the largest areas of lowland heath in the country set to receive national protection
• Natural England and University of Exeter announce partnership
• 3,000 hectares of spectacular Lake District landscape becomes a new National Nature Reserve
• Southern reintroduction of hen harriers takes flight
• Innovative licencing scheme to protect wildlife and promote sustainable development launched in Cumbria
• Ambitious roadmap for a cleaner, greener country
• Natural England unveils new Green Infrastructure Framework
• Pioneering nature projects launched to test carbon capture methods in fight against climate change
• New developments to deliver for people and nature
• National green social prescribing assessment
• Boost for rare and threatened species with new conservation funding announced
• One of the UK’s largest known seagrass beds discovered in St Austell Bay
• Rare bird of prey found mutilated as 20 other individuals go missing
• New funding for farmers to protect the English landscape
• Livestock will mimic wild ancestors to benefit wildlife on England’s first Super National Nature Reserve
• Widespread ewe-phoria as Shaun the Sheep becomes Countryside Code Champion
• New investment in peat in fight against climate change
• New Site of Special Scientific Interest confirmed
• Reaction: Disappointment in SSSI ruling of Penwith Moors, says CLA
• Putting nature on road to recovery with Species Survival Fund
• Nature recovery projects to boost wildlife and access to nature
• Legacy of G7 in Cornwall sees nature recovery projects underway
• Butterflies, bats and birds among rare species set to benefit from new funding announced
• 141 hen harrier chicks fledge as encouraging population growth recorded
• Mendip Hills to be declared a “super” National Nature Reserve
• Tees programme launched to reduce flood risk and boost nature
• Vital new wetland habitat protected with announcement of a new King’s National Nature Reserve
• Derbyshire ash trees playing vital role in protecting species
• New multi-million pound action plan launched to protect the River Wye
• Thousands of south west homes to be enabled by latest Nutrient Mitigation Scheme
• Home of globally rare Precambrian fossils set to become a new NNR
• Borrowdale rainforest to become a new National Nature Reserve
• Hundreds of wildflowers helping to attract rare bees to Walsall
• Rare species found on Shapwick Moor Nature Reserve
• 2024 - A disappointing year for hen harriers - and red grouse
• “Nature is the national wealth service”: Natural England Chair calls for new approach in major report
• Birds of a feather - restoring habitats for seabirds
• ‘Terning’ the tide for seabird decline in Lancashire
• Tracking technology used to help rare wading bird in UK first
• Government steps in to save historic rights of way from being lost to the nation
• Environment Agency secures record commitments from water sector
• Using AI and drone technology to protect seals in Norfolk
• Beavers are coming home!
• Going wild! Historic first official wild beaver release marks new era for nature’s recovery in England
• Outcome of Natural England’s review of bird of prey ‘wild take’ licensing for falconry and aviculture
• Time to stop blaming bats and newts for blocking development?
• Rare dragonfly introduced into a hidden corner of Cumbria
• England’s peatlands mapped for first time in major step towards their recovery
• Bronte Country to become country’s newest National Nature Reserve
• Cornwall’s Coral Beds Facing Threat from Pollution
• Historic Garden of England protected with new sparkling National Nature Reserve
• New films showcase the landscapes of the South West
• Historic peatlands at the heart of the Industrial Revolution to become New National Nature Reserve
• Natural England promotes outdoor healthcare in Sussex
• Peak District Ravine Woodlands Restored with 84,000 Trees
• Stiperstones landscape welcomes rare wildlife and triples in size
• Threatened species benefit from multi-million pound investment to aid their recovery
• Yorkshire’s natural beauty recognised as Ingleborough NNR expands
• Drought expected to continue through autumn despite recent rain
• Iconic Nature Reserve launches cutting-edge conservation hub
• New report reveals how to tackle climate change through nature
• Natural England sets out new vision for nature and growth with corporate strategy
• Major Northumberland river restoration project is complete
• Nature Restoration Fund to accelerate housebuilding and improve nature
• Environmental regulation reform requires strategic approach
• Beavers to be released in South West England in coming weeks
• Iconic Seven Sisters formally declared England’s new National Nature Reserve
• Fungus among us!
• One year on from first wild release in England, beavers transform dense woodland in Studland to wildlife-rich wetland
• Threatened species set for major funding boost
• BCT's response to Natural England desire to change the bat licensing system

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