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Restoring just nine groups of animals could help combat global warming

27 March 2023

Protecting or expanding the populations of nine key groups of animals, including wolves and whales, would remove huge amounts of carbon from the atmosphere

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The push to grant legal rights to nature is gaining momentum

8 February 2023

The movement to give trees, rivers and ecosystems the legal right to exist, thrive and regenerate has been bubbling under for decades, but it has just scored a very welcome win, says Graham Lawton

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Protected areas in Britain fail to stop loss of insects and spiders

13 January 2023

Invertebrate monitoring data from 1990 to 2018 show that protected areas in Britain are losing species at the same rate as unprotected areas

Countries agree landmark deal to halt global decline in nature by 2030

19 December 2022

Nations have pledged to "reverse biodiversity loss" by 2030 at the COP15 summit, but campaigners say the deal doesn't do enough to ensure accountability

Why the UK government's attack on nature cannot be allowed to succeed

5 October 2022

The UK government’s bid to slash environmental protections is an onslaught on nature and the laws that protect it. We are angry, and we are not alone, says RSPB chief executive Beccy Speight

UK government to hold back data on state of biodiversity in England

1 August 2022

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has confirmed it will publish a reduced set of biodiversity indicators this year

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China is putting nature at risk with its biodiversity summit delays

10 June 2022

It's time for China to put national pride aside and let another country host the UN COP15 biodiversity conference, for the sake of wildlife, plants and habitats worldwide, says Adam Vaughan

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Maureen McLean/Shutterstock (12879001d) Pollution on the Jubilee River in Taplow. During 2021, water companies discharged raw sewage into rivers in England 372,533 times. By 2040 the sewage discharges into rivers is targetted to be reduced by 40%, however, many environmentalists say this is too little, too late Pollution, Jubilee River, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, UK - 02 Apr 2022

UK environment watchdog rebukes government for slow action on nature

11 May 2022

Slow progress on the UK’s 25-year environment plan could lead to ecological tipping points such as collapsing fish stocks, says the Office for Environmental Protection

Mandatory Credit: Photo by FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (10454082aa) Anthropologist and UN messenger of Peace, Dr. Jane Goodall speaks during a session at the One Young World Summit in the Methodist Hall in London, Britain, 23 October 2019. Over 2,000 young people from over 190 countries gathered for the One Young World Summit, a global forum for young leaders, aiming to create the next generation of more responsible and effective leaders. One Young World Summit, London, United Kingdom - 23 Oct 2019

Children's lack of time in nature is 'appalling', says Jane Goodall

6 May 2022

The award-winning primatologist tells New Scientist that education programmes must address the disconnect between young people and nature

Stunning photograph shows a flower as an insect might see it

13 April 2022

Debora Lombardi's image, shortlisted for the 2022 Sony World Photography Awards, uses a photography technique to show the fluorescence of flowers under UV light, revealing them as insects might see them