
England should give over 7% of land to nature and renewables to meet environmental targets, data shows
Government’s first published land use framework maps how land is used and how it can be adapted to meet changing needs
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‘We cannot replace USAID, but we can do big things’: conservation plots a future without American money
The Trump administration’s cuts to biodiversity funding have imperiled species, habitats and the people who defend both. Now the world is seeking a new way forward
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‘My ideas are a little revolutionary’: ecologist Suzanne Simard on intelligent forests, the climate and her critics
Her research popularised the idea of the wood wide web, but the scientific backlash was brutal. As the author of The Mother Tree returns to the forest in a new book, she discusses her battle to reimagine our relationship with nature
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Nearly three-quarters of England’s woods inaccessible to public, study finds
Exclusive: Campaigners call for government to introduce right-to-roam bill that allows people to walk around their local woodlands
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BrewDog sold Highland estate for knockdown price after abandoning its reforestation plans
Self-styled ‘punk’ beer company bought land in 2020, pledging to plant Scotland’s ‘biggest ever forest’
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Country diary: To the old quarry, for a Triassic quest
Storeton Wood, Wirral: Two centuries ago, this landscape was being transformed by George Stephenson as he built Liverpool; more than 200m years ago very different creatures roamed here
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‘The river won’: how campaigners in Brazilian Amazon stopped privatisation of waterway
Local river defenders force U-turn by occupying grain terminal operated by one of US powerhouses of world trade
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Drax power plant to stop burning controversial Canadian wood within next year
The owner of the Yorkshire plant has been criticised for burning material from controversial pellet production plants
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How a Welsh village saved its forest … and its future
In an edited extract from her latest book, Hazel Sheffield sets out a new blueprint for community stewardship
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Australia-US minerals deal underpinned decision to allow Alcoa to keep clearing WA forest, document reveals
Document also shows US miner had been unlawfully clearing land for 15 years despite warnings from department
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