The UK hosted IPBES12 nature summit has ended with the agreement of a Business & Biodiversity Assessment to shape private sector action on nature.

On World Wetlands Day, Biomatrix Water is marking the delivery of 10,368 floating wetland modules across 245 projects in more than 20 countries.

A new report from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) says that the River Thames – a river that was once declared ‘biologically dead’ - is ringing in 2026 with a new lease of life - although experts warn that rising water temperatures and pollution are threatening the hard-won resurrection.

The Environment Agency will begin essential works in late January 2026 to refurbish the mitigation pipe at Widewater Lagoon, a designated Local Wildlife Site near Lancing, West Sussex and an important habitat for flora and fauna.

Protected sites in England offer a golden opportunity to drive nature’s urgently needed recovery but they are failing to deliver the outcomes needed, says a new report published by the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP).

United Utilities has completed a project in Leigh to improve biodiversity around its wastewater treatment works in the town by transforming non-operational land into valuable woodland habitat.

The Government has announced confirmation of a second new national forest for the Ox-Cam corridor, and a competition will launch in early 2026 to determine the location of a third national forest in the Midlands or North of England.