England’s most detailed peat map is here! 🌱 Peatlands store carbon, clean water, and protect against flooding. This new map helps us better protect them. naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2… Watch the video to learn more.

I am pleased to announce the launch of the England Peat Map - the most detailed national map of peat and peaty soils to date. The EPM is a step-change in our understanding of the extent, depth, and other significant aspects of condition of peatlands. england-peat-map-portal-ncea…

A new guide identifying the research and innovation needed to support the UK to effectively adapt to climate change has been released today by @uksciencechief & @DefraGovUK. The Climate Adaptation Research and Innovation Framework (CARIF) is linked here: gov.uk/government/publicatio…

For the first time, a freely available Trees Outside Woodland (#TOW) map has been produced to identify lone trees, groups of trees and small woodlands across England. 🌳🗺️ This innovative resource will: ✔️ Enhance environmental monitoring ✔️ Inform smarter planning decisions ✔️ Support habitat creation and biodiversity ✔️ Guide targeted canopy expansion efforts 💬 Freddie Hunter, Head of Remote Sensing at Forest Research, emphasized the importance of this milestone: "𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩. 𝘽𝙮 𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮, 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 (𝙏𝙊𝙒) 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚. 𝘽𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙊𝙒 𝙢𝙖𝙥 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙥𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙. 𝙒𝙚 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝'𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙥𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚-𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜." We are proud to have been a key delivery partner for this project, funded by Defra’s Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (#NCEA) programme, as Great Britain’s principal organisation for forestry and tree-related research. 🔗 Discover more and access the map here: ow.ly/iVX850VutTa #TreesOutsideWoodland #TOW #TreeMapping #CanopyCover #ForestResearch #NaturalCapital

A great opportunity has just been released by IPBES – the world’s foremost authority on the science of biodiversity and ecosystem services - for experts (ipbes.net/second-global-asse…) and fellows (ipbes.net/second-global-asse…) to participate in the 2nd Global Assessment. Deadline 28 March.

Welcome to four new members of Defra’s Science Advisory Council: Professors Nicola Beaumont, Camille Bonneaud, Chris Hauton & Professor Jane Hill. And I’m pleased to announce Professors Felix Eigenbrod and Marian Scott have been reappointed. gov.uk/government/news/four-…

I’m delighted to announce that Prof Rowland Kao is the new Chair of Defra’s Science Advisory Council. Rowland brings extensive expertise to the SAC and will help it to continue providing the high-quality advice that Defra needs. gov.uk/government/news/defra…

Our MAGIC website is an important tool that hosts all kinds of habitat and geographical data. To ensure it continues to work correctly, we have been making some important upgrades. Read more about the upcoming changes and how it may affect you in our blog: naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2…

If you would like to learn more about the Defra R&D Fellowship Programme for 25/26, we will be hosting a webinar on 17th October 16:00-17:00. eventbrite.co.uk/e/defra-rd-…

Live Q&A On 17th October 16:00-17:00, we will be hosting a webinar for potential applicants to the R&D Fellowship Programme chaired by Defra’s Deputy Chief Scientific Adviser, Dr Justine Bejta, joined by our Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor Gideon Henderson. Register below: