The latest news and comment on conservation body Natural England
June 2024
Sunak’s government has almost destroyed Natural England – just for doing its job
Guy Shrubsole
Badger culls to continue in England despite lack of scientific evidence
May 2024
Borrowdale rainforest in Lake District declared national nature reserve
Plantwatch
Plantwatch: Britain’s volunteer naturalists provide vital knowledge
April 2024
Nature destruction will cause bigger economic slump in UK than 2008 crisis, experts warn
Three-quarters of children want more time in nature, says National Trust
March 2024
Lizard peninsula recovery project aims to save ‘microhabitats’
Natural England-backed scheme at most southerly tip of UK will nurture lichens, liverworts and wildflowers
February 2024
Floating spiders and insect-eating plants: leaky dams revive Dorset’s bogs
Porous dams in Purbeck are being used to ‘rewet’ the mires, bringing a richer landscape for flora and fauna
November 2023
England’s nature chief calls for building on green belt to solve housing crisis
Tony Juniper believes new homes and protection for green spaces and wildlife should not be seen as opposites
October 2023
Campaigners urge Prince William to rewild Dartmoor farmland
William became largest private landholder in the national park when he inherited Duchy of Cornwall
September 2023
Tory plans to rip up river pollution rules in tatters after two defeats in Lords
Voters won’t trust Labour if it backs Tory pollution plans, green groups warn
August 2023
‘An utter disgrace’: 90% of England’s most precious river habitats blighted by raw sewage and farming pollution
Scheme to protect hen harriers in England a waste of money, says wildlife group
July 2023
To understand the right’s climate backlash, look no further than its monstering of Natural England
George Monbiot
MPs and newspapers alike are attacking the public body charged with conserving the English countryside for doing just that, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
June 2023
Natural England designates Cornish moorland a nature conservation area
Ministers warned England set to miss wildlife and biodiversity targets
May 2023
York groundsel blooms again in Britain’s first-ever de-extinction event
The age of extinction
Collecting ‘gourmet’ eggs from black-headed gulls should be banned, says RSPB
April 2023
Fears Natural England may lose powers amid row with Dartmoor farmers
Tory MPs call for ministers, not watchdog, to make decisions on sites of special scientific interest
