Curlews, short-snouted seahorses and natterjack toads set to be benefit as six nature recovery projects are launched.
An area bigger than the size of Hertfordshire is to be dedicated to fast tracking nature recovery as six new landscape-scale nature recovery projects are launched by Natural England and the government.
The atlas maps out our natural capital assets and describes the benefits that they provide for people.
Nature provides people with a wide variety of benefits, for example, clean water, clean air, protection from hazards and beautiful views. Using a natural capital lens can help us understand and explain these benefits.
Natural England has opened a new science research and outreach centre in the Humberhead Peatlands National Nature Reserve in Yorkshire.
The centre features an educational unit for visitors, schools and universities, alongside a laboratory facility that will carry out research on how the peatland influences the environment beyond its physical boundaries.
This grant scheme forms part of the new Countryside Stewardship scheme. It builds upon the capital grant scheme within the Catchment Sensitive Farming project.
Farmers and other land managers can apply for a grant to help pay for work to reduce diffuse water pollution from agriculture (DWPA).
Applications can be submitted from 2 March 2015 and must be received by Natural England on or before 30 April 2015. Late applications will not be accepted.
The maximum available grant for each farm business is £10,000.
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