Tag: Policy

Upland farms worse off under current ELMs offer

November 28, 2023

Scotland’s butterflies increase by 35 per cent, but some species at risk

November 27, 2023

Research shows fourfold benefits of a carcass over a live trade in animals for slaughter

November 27, 2023

8.9 Newsweek: Peak nitrogen, comic-comms & FiPL

November 24, 2023

Forestry leaders must improve public perception of Sitka

November 24, 2023

EU ratifies its first trade agreement with an animal welfare condition

November 24, 2023

Pesticide lobby blamed for failure of pesticide reduction law

November 24, 2023

Scottish Government sets out economic benefits of natural capital markets

November 24, 2023

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

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

UK government “fails to ban routine farm antibiotic use”

November 22, 2023

Treasury must deliver for UK food and farming in Autumn Statement

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

Protecting your capital from inflation and inheritance tax

November 21, 2023

Low income households need permanent access to Healthy Start Scheme

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

Efra Committee criticises incoherent approach to food policy across government

November 20, 2023

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

November 17, 2023

Bovine TB long term trends show progress in Wales

November 17, 2023

Aggregates Tax Bill to encourage use of recycled materials in construction

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

Diverse forests hold huge carbon potential if well managed

November 16, 2023

Ruth Chambers, Green Alliance, New Defra Secretary

November 15, 2023

Investigating the “halo effect” of food claims

November 15, 2023

Project awarded £700k for early disease detection in cattle

November 15, 2023

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

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

#GetFairAboutFarming petition hits 75,000 signatures

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

SNP sets out proposals for rural migration in an independent Scotland

November 10, 2023

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

November 9, 2023

Government communication hampering avian flu control measures

November 9, 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

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

November 7, 2023

British Business Bank agrees £100m transaction with specialist agricultural bank Oxbury

November 7, 2023

Milestone reached in evidencing sustainability credentials of Welsh upland farms

November 7, 2023

Construction of world-leading UK Crop Microbiome Cryobank completed

November 7, 2023

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

November 6, 2023

Landmark report shifts focus from food system emissions to fossil-fuel reliance

November 6, 2023

Government complacent over rural mental health

November 6, 2023

M&S Food donates one million meals in new partnership with FareShare

November 3, 2023

Strength in diversity – mapping healthy microbiome relationships

November 3, 2023

Government launches review to increase fairness in the egg supply chain

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

Scotland’s agricultural census shows mixed land use trends

November 2, 2023

Profit figures reveal startling increase for banks, says UFU

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

NFU calls for swift action following HS2 cancellation

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

Fund to support Scotland’s local producers is open for applications

October 30, 2023

Nuffield report calls for increased support for Black and People of Colour in agriculture

October 30, 2023

Where does your food pound go, and why do farmers get so little?

October 27, 2023

“The time is ripe for a Land Use Framework for England”

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

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

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

October 24, 2023

Severe flooding on River Idle from Storm Babet

October 23, 2023

84% of Europeans want improvements in farm animal welfare

October 23, 2023

NFU Council resolution on Greener Farms Commitment

October 20, 2023

Projects share £4m to help nature recover

October 20, 2023

Rubber drives deforestation three times faster than previously thought

October 20, 2023

Budget cut adds to “unprecedented challenges” for Welsh farming

October 20, 2023

Concern about future of EU’s Farm to Fork strategy

October 19, 2023

Mendip Hills to be declared a “super” National Nature Reserve

October 19, 2023