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 Have your say: Last call for views on Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks expansionWith two weeks to go to the end of the consultation on proposals to extend the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks, Natural England is encouraging people from across the country to air their views. The consultation began nearly three months ago and members of the public have until 17th March 2010 to give their thoughts on the important boundary changes that are being proposed. Help your garden spring to lifeSchool competition to encourage wildlife friendly gardening; Natural England’s Big Wildlife Garden website gives a helping hand for wildlife this spring. Launch of Uplands Entry Level StewardshipA new payment for hill farmers, aimed at rewarding them for combining food production with protecting their distinctive landscape and encouraging wildlife was launched today by Natural England and Defra. UK’s rarest farmland bird fights back with the help of farmersNew survey results show the cirl bunting – one of Britain’s most threatened songbirds - is continuing its comeback from the brink of extinction. The healing power of natureNatural England wins award for substance misuse rehabilitation programme involving conservation work on National Nature Reserves. Natural England welcomes greater flexibility in upholding environmental regulationsNatural England welcomed today’s announcement by Defra of changes that will allow it to tackle breaches of environmental regulation in a more flexible manner than it has been able to do under existing legislation. Natural England brings ‘voluntary restraint’ of licensed shooting of wildfowl and waterbirds to an endOn 8th January 2010, Natural England called for restraint to avoid activities that will cause unnecessary disturbance to birdlife already suffering as a result of the cold weather. Conditions have improved, birds have largely recovered over the past few days. The period of voluntary restraint has ended. Natural England thanks all those who offered their cooperation and participated in reporting conditions. ELS applications resume after improvements are completed ahead of scheduleNatural England is pleased to announce that farmers can now resume applying to join Entry Level Stewardship (ELS) after the applications system was successfully upgraded ahead of schedule. Green Belts: more than lines on a mapThe first major survey of the environmental state of Green Belt land and the benefits it provides for people and wildlife is published today in Green Belts: a Greener Future - a joint report produced by Natural England and the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE). Next Page | Last Page | |
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