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We hosted an online meeting on 16th September to discuss the government's new burning restrictions, watch it in full here.

Natural England’s cost-blind decisions face Treasury scrutiny. Without proving value for money, reform - or even abolition - could soon follow.

Natural England’s heather burning review buries key evidence and cherry-picks results - risking flawed policy built on bias, not science.

Curlews are vanishing fast. Predator control proves vital, yet delay and denial risk their extinction. Saving Britain’s curlews means acting now.

The Yorkshire Post has devoted extensive coverage to the devastating wildfire that tore through ten square miles of the North York Moors this summer - the worst in over 20 years.

Defra clarifies heather burning rules: existing consents remain valid, but new peat regulations risk delays, confusion and an early-season burning ban.

Hen Harrier survival is often misrepresented. This blog examines an RSPB study, exposing inflated claims and highlighting the real situation.

Trust in Natural England rests on a simple principle: it must provide independent, impartial evidence to government. Yet recent publications show a worrying blurring of roles that risks undermining this trust.

Defra’s rush to rewrite the heather burning rules is already descending into chaos. Land managers have been left in the dark and even its own civil servants are confused.

Following the government's decision to further restrict the burning of vegetation on England's upland peat, we have compiled a useful handbook to help guide land managers through the process of applying for a licence to burn on deep peat.

New research has revealed the global health impacts of the record-breaking wildfires that swept through Canada in 2023, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths across North America and Europe.

An online exchange in the wake of the government's decision to further restrict controlled burning has revealed Natural England's bias on the subject.