The Government has announced the accelerated roll out of the Sustainable Farming Incentive - a key part of the Government’s Environmental Land Management schemes - will provide farmers with a diverse range of paid actions to manage hedgerows for wildlife, plant nectar-rich wildflowers and manage crop pests without the use of insecticides.

Planning permission has been granted for The Moors at Arne, a scheme on the Isle of Purbeck to adapt approximately 150 hectares of low-lying grassland into diverse wetlands.

 Natural England has launched a new scheme in Cumbria to help conserve local populations of great crested newts while promoting sustainable development.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has finally published the delayed legally binding environment targets – originally due for publication at the end of October.

The Environment Agency has just finished removing more than 200 tonnes of floating pennywort from the River Wey, near Byfleet Mill weir. Upstream of the weir, the entire water surface had become hidden beneath a six-foot deep, 70-metre-long carpet of the invasive weed.

The Cumbrian River Restoration partnerships programme to restore and improve rivers in the Lake District has beaten competition from across Europe to win the prestigious European Riverprize.

Floating pennywort weevils have been introduced as a biocontrol to two sites in West Yorkshire to control the growth of floating pennywort – an invasive non-native species (INNS) which can choke the life out of watercourses.