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Biodiversity and Ecoservices

SALMON STOCKS 1Wild Atlantic salmon stocks in UK rivers are reaching crisis point, according to the latest stock assessment report which estimates they are at their lowest levels on record.

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY WORKING WITH NATURE REPORT JULY 2022Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive at the Environment Agency is warning of a ‘silent spring’ for wildlife if warnings are ignored and urging action ahead of the UN Convention of Biological Diversity in Canada in December 2022. A third of British pollinator species have declined with a fifth of UK plants threatened with extinction.

Wildlife Trusts Changing Nature report June 2022The Wildlife Trusts are warning that radical action is needed to tackle a dramatic decline in nature in the face of climate change - an assessment of the projected impacts on the Wildlife Trusts’ huge estate across 400 square miles shows the scale of the climate crisis. 

WyreNFM2 -1The Wyre Natural Flood Management project (Wyre NFM) is set to invest £1.5 millon to reduce flood risk to communities in Lancashire.

River Lugg post December 2020 1 1A joint prosecution by Natural England and the Environment Agency for damages to the River Lugg has progressed following guilty pleas by the defendant.

Somerset Wetlands - largest super National Nature Reserve Photo credit Lynne Newton 1England’s second ‘super’ National Nature Reserve (NNR) has been declared in Somerset by Natural England on the 70th anniversary of the creation of national nature reserves.

Weevil as biocontrolIn a world-first, South American weevils have been released in England to fight against the invasive non-native species floating pennywort, as part of Invasive Species Week.

GET RIVER POSITIVEAs part of their Get River Positive commitments to protect rivers and the environment, water companies Severn Trent and Anglian Water have launched a new support package to encourage regenerative farming practices.

DREDGED  SCRAPED BACK RIVER BANKSA Norfolk company has been fined after it was found to have harmed the habitat of water voles, a protected species.

Tree saplings in Nursery - Forestry CommissionFrom June 2022, applicants to government tree planting grants must source saplings from approved suppliers.

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