As our readers will already know, we are keen on the capabilities of bees. Despite the dire puns – which seems to be a regular feature of press releases with an environmental content – we were therefore pleased to see this announcement from Defra. For those keen on direct action, there is guidance about how to get involved, and a reminder that this all fits in to the Government’s national pollinator strategy.

HMRC guidance about the taxation of ecosystem services
HMRC published its long awaited technical note on the taxation treatment of income and expenditure on biodiversity net gain (BNG) units, nutrient

