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Nature protection and restoration

Nature needs our help. We’re working to protect and restore natural environments, safeguarding the best sites for wildlife and preventing further declines of wild birds.

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Nature needs our help. We’re working to protect and restore natural environments, safeguarding the best sites for wildli...

Green infrastructure: building for nature

Homes and gardens have a vital role to play in reversing nature’s decline. Planning policies and the...

Natural England designated sites

A brief guide to the designations which protect nature in England.

Safeguarding wild England

Many of our most important places for wildlife are protected under law and given special designation...

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UK Bioenergy – why we must switch to sustainable biomass

Bioenergy is the term for energy from organic materials such as trees, food waste and crops. Here's why we need to chang...

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Bioenergy with Carbon Capture & Storage

Despite warnings it damages nature and climate, biomass burning expanded rapidly in the last decade and governments are ...

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Planning reform in England

The RSPB is working to encourage the Westminster Government to ensure that the land-use planning system in England is fi...

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Land use planning policy: planning for nature

Making space for nature and wildlife in any new development has never been so important.

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Mineral Planning – Quarries for Nature Reserves

How the untapped potential of mineral quarries could help stop nature's decline.

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Wind farms – wind power planning must improve

Renewable energy is key to reaching net zero by 2045. But this transition must be achieved in harmony with nature: the r...