Land, Ecology & Development

Plans for a 34-turbine extension to a wind farm off the Kent coast have been refused planning permission by business secretary Alok Sharma, who concluded that developer Vattenfall’s proposals would pose an unacceptable risk to marine navigation

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A financier, a media executive, a natural capital consultant and a former DEFRA director-general have been appointed to join Natural England’s board of directors, the nature regulator announced yesterday

A government trial in which landowners receive money for boosting wildlife has been 'embraced' by farmers, according to DEFRA

Planning decisions on two huge offshore wind farms off the coast of England remain on hold after the government announced a further one-month extension to the deadline for the secretary of state to make decisions on the projects

UPDATED: As Covid-19 lockdown measures have forced people to retreat from streets across the globe, animals have moved into the void, with images of brawling monkeys, marauding alligators and aggressive wild boars shared widely on social media. Our interactive map charts the phenomenon

COMMENT: There’s no magic formula to deciding whether field-based activities should take place during the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead consultancies must take tough decisions about what outdoor work should continue without putting their own staff and others at risk, says Ben Kite

‘Malicious’ wildlife crime is on the rise during the Covid-19 pandemic as green groups’ incomes crash and regulators stay at home, leaving nature vulnerable and huge numbers of environmental programmes undelivered. Rachel Salvidge reports

Accreditation and permit work is steady but some sector-based work is drying up and consultancies are having to devise digital workarounds to undertake compliance checks. Adam Branson talks to consultants about operations under lockdown

A glut of milk caused by the closure of cafes and restaurants during lockdown is forcing farmers to find ways to discard it. But being 350 times more damaging to rivers than human sewage, is it being disposed of carefully? James Fair reports