Guidance: Make off-site biodiversity gains as a developer

How developers can create and enhance habitat off-site or buy biodiversity units to achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).




Press release: Local fishers to benefit from extra post-Brexit fishing quota

Fishers to benefit from additional post-Brexit quota through two new trials.




Press release: Government to fund 180 local projects to boost water quality

£11.5m extra funding announced to boost tree planting, habitat restoration and flood management across England through the Water Environment Improvement Fund.




Guidance: Biodiversity net gain: what local planning authorities should do 

How local planning authorities can ensure that developers and land managers meet the requirements for biodiversity net gain (BNG). 




Press release: New 5-year plan to combat antimicrobial resistance

The government has announced its new national action plan on antimicrobial resistance to protect people and animals from the risk of drug-resistant infections.