Tag: Biodiversity

Scientific censorship is often self-inflicted and it’s on the rise

November 24, 2023

Landmark ruling has far-reaching implications for UK’s polluted rivers

November 23, 2023

Pilgrim’s UK slashes GHG emissions as it accelerates progress towards net zero

November 23, 2023

Calling Northern Ireland’s farmers

November 23, 2023

PepsiCo announces agriculture accelerator projects to support regen transition

November 23, 2023

Cities and regions lead the way on real food and climate action

November 23, 2023

Conflict over land will increase unless global demand is reduced

November 23, 2023

Forestry values fall in increasingly cautious market

November 22, 2023

UK government “fails to ban routine farm antibiotic use”

November 22, 2023

£74m investment to reduce water and air pollution from slurry

November 22, 2023

Adapting to climate change needs our “urgent, unswerving attention” says National Trust

November 22, 2023

Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index 2023 published

November 22, 2023

Wheat from the Chaff: UPFs, peak nitrogen and a new Secretary of State

November 21, 2023

Roots to Regeneration: a year-long transition programme for farmers and food professionals

November 21, 2023

UK food security summit “focussed on symptoms rather than causes”

November 21, 2023

“Don’t fear the beaver!” – The farmland benefits of these ecosystem engineers

November 20, 2023

Innovative community deer stalking pilot underway at Creag Meagaidh

November 20, 2023

Buried Environment Agency report shows toxic sludge is being spread on UK farmland

November 20, 2023

8.9 Newsweek: New Defra Secretary & sustainable agri-food investment in Brazil

November 17, 2023

Environmental coalition sues the European Commission over biomass and forestry activities

November 17, 2023

AIC calls for independent committee to boost sustainable food security

November 17, 2023

Future Generations Commissioner for Wales says well-being law has to work harder

November 16, 2023

Nitrogen fertiliser production outstrips global needs and exceeds planetary boundaries

November 16, 2023

Diverse forests hold huge carbon potential if well managed

November 16, 2023

What are farm tenants’ rights when it comes to carbon markets?

November 15, 2023

Nature Strategy Handbook will help companies deliver nature strategies

November 15, 2023

Higher consumption of UPFs increases the risk of cancer and long-term heart conditions

November 15, 2023

Wheat from the Chaff: Forest ecosystem collapse

November 14, 2023

AHDB highlights potential benefits of SFI stacking

November 14, 2023

Hutton welcomes early career champions among cohort of new board members

November 14, 2023

The Wildlife Trusts lists the UK’s Government’s broken promises to nature

November 14, 2023

Tees Tidelands programme launched to reduce flood risk and boost nature

November 13, 2023

Rare Caledonian pinewood restored at the Alladale wilderness reserve

November 13, 2023

Light woodland and open vegetation defined Europe before Homo sapiens

November 13, 2023

Horizon scan identifies the 15 most pressing issues for UK Forests

November 13, 2023

8.9 Newsweek: Fossil fuel focus for food systems & British Pasture Leather

November 10, 2023

New report exposes hidden threat: PFAS presence in pesticides

November 10, 2023

Protein root discovery seals future of climate proof plants

November 10, 2023

Free comic book features flood management

November 10, 2023

Sustainable investment opportunities in the agri-food sector in Brazil

November 10, 2023

Study sheds light on how roots branch

November 9, 2023

Sustainable dairy farms perform better economically

November 9, 2023

Experts predict “catastrophic ecosystem collapse” of UK forests within 50 years

November 9, 2023

Drone technology boosts rainforest restoration progress

November 8, 2023

Land managers discuss opportunities created with biodiversity net gain

November 8, 2023

UK must double fruit and veg production to divert from “bleak” future

November 8, 2023

Historic herbivore densities could be substantially higher than thought

November 8, 2023

Podcast: Wheat from the Chaff: Soil, Livestock, Fabrics

November 7, 2023

Hidden costs of global agrifood systems worth at least $10 trillion

November 7, 2023

Milestone reached in evidencing sustainability credentials of Welsh upland farms

November 7, 2023

“Joined-up political thinking urgently needed to meet challenges ahead”

November 6, 2023

Investors turn to timberland to decarbonise their portfolios

November 6, 2023

8.9 Newsweek: Meeting the demand for sustainable fashion

November 3, 2023

Strength in diversity – mapping healthy microbiome relationships

November 3, 2023

Enhancing nutrient use efficiency of organic manures

November 3, 2023

Better Cotton revolutionises cotton sector with traceability solution

November 3, 2023

Petition calls for the proposed EU Soil Health Law to be supported, but tightened

November 3, 2023

Red Tractor says “sorry” and puts Greener Farms Commitment on hold

November 2, 2023

Green walls flourish at Dutch Design Week

November 2, 2023

Demand for sustainable fabrics could exceed supply by 130m tonnes by 2030

November 2, 2023

Duchy of Cornwall increases support for tenants to achieve net zero farming

November 2, 2023

East coast wetlands added to UK’s list of potential World Heritage sites

November 1, 2023

UK supports moratorium on deep sea mining to protect ocean ecosystems

November 1, 2023

Reconnecting Argyll’s rainforest

November 1, 2023

Syngenta hid risks of widely used pesticide from public and regulators for decades

November 1, 2023

Amazon deforestation linked to long distance climate warming

November 1, 2023

New podcast: Wheat from the Chaff

October 31, 2023

Scottish Government must focus on agriculture to meet nation’s ambitions

October 31, 2023

Saving Scotland’s nature is a top priority

October 31, 2023

The Guardian questions motives of Dublin Declaration authors

October 31, 2023

Government has no strategy on controversial species reintroduction

October 30, 2023

Glyphosate-based herbicides linked to leukaemia in early life

October 30, 2023

Seaweed and regenerative aquaculture need more investment

October 27, 2023

World entering uncharted climate territory – Earth’s conditions may be unliveable for half the world’s population by 2100

October 27, 2023

Change of course needed to protect and restore forests by 2030

October 27, 2023

Regulators and enforcement agencies need to clamp down on climate-washing

October 26, 2023

New tool launched to track agroecology funding streams

October 26, 2023

Farmers and growers to be given continued access to pesticides

October 26, 2023

Nature charities publish Nature Markets Principles to help combat greenwashing

October 26, 2023

Evidence-led GM crop regs could help tackle food insecurity, says Royal Society

October 26, 2023

£2.5m on offer in latest round of Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund

October 25, 2023

Equitable food systems discussed at high level forum

October 25, 2023

Organics International hits back at comments by Bayer

October 25, 2023

Pasture for Life case study: Fidelity Weston, Romshed Farm

October 24, 2023

Nestlé showcases power of regen agriculture at Cumbrian farm

October 24, 2023

Spruce, as vital as the potato?

October 24, 2023

Loss of plant biodiversity can reduce soil carbon sequestration in grasslands

October 24, 2023

Report calls for 25-year Long Food Movement to avert “corporate tidal wave”

October 24, 2023

Some seabird species show signs of developing immunity to bird flu

October 23, 2023

8.9 Newsweek podcast: 2024 Nuffield Scholars announced

October 20, 2023