Nature and biodiversity are at the heart of the government’s plans for the environment over the coming years. Local authorities have a key role in delivering these plans, through meeting new requirements on nature recovery contained in the Environment Act, alongside the many other commitments that local authorities already have [...]
Our water guru Yvonne Rees is working closely with Natural Course to find ways to better manage water locally, and on the week the world celebrated World Water Day we asked her what this vital resource means to her. She said: Feeling disconnected Water to me means joy, whether it’s [...]
Working on behalf of Defra, we have completed an analysis of consultation responses on proposals to make biodiversity net gain a requirement for new developments. The proposals come in the context of the UK Government’s ambition to embed the principle of ‘environmental net gain’ into development, as set out in [...]