IUCN has teamed up with a coalition of leading marine conservation organisations to urge the British Government to safeguard the maritime zones of the UK’s overseas territories by creating three of the largest marine protected areas (MPAs) in the world.

The world’s leading food, beverage and forestry companies are being invited to join business leaders working with the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), to identify new commercial opportunities from protecting the natural environment.

The European Union’s LIFE+ programme has awarded Natural England a grant of £2.5 million for the Cumbrian Bogs LIFE+ project.

Defra has launched a new consultation on the second tranche of sites to be considered as marine conservation zones (MCZs).

A serious pollution incident on an 8km stretch of the Grand Union Canal has now been dealt with, the threat to a Site of Special Scientific Interest has been averted and thousands of fish have been saved.

Yorkshire Water is leading a project group which has started pioneering work in South Yorkshire to reinvigorate wildlife in a section of the River Dearne catchment by using clever engineering to transform the water’s flow.

Previously unrecorded hazel dormice have been found at a Southern Water site in Brede, East Sussex.