Published on: 18 January 2021
?Jenny Hawley, Policy Manager at Plantlife, Paul De Zylva, Senior Nature Campaigner at Friends of the Earth , Ali Morse, Water Policy Manager at The Wildlife Trusts and Chris Corrigan, Policy Coordinator at Butterfly Conservation outline what they would like to see from an England Peat Strategy.
Read More...Published on: 11 January 2021
Professor Dave Goulson responds to the emergency authorisation of neonicotinoid insecticides for sugar beet farmers in England this year.
Read More...Published on: 6 January 2021
Georgie Bray, farm manager at RSPB Hope Farm, details how simple but effective changes there have created a wildlife boom, and the huge benefits for nature we could see if sustainable farming policy works well for our nation's farmers.
Read More...Published on: 7 February 2020
Heading towards COP 26, the UK Government have designated 2020 ‘a year of climate action’, during which the UK will be setting the pace to deal with CO2 emissions and deliver net zero as soon as possible. Trees and woods are right at the top...
Read More...Published on: 3 February 2020
Today the Agriculture Bill will be debated in the House of Commons for the first time since it was (re)introduced in January. As this Link blog explains, the bill presents a welcome transformative vision for agriculture in which payments will be made to farmers to tackle the climate and nature crisis. However, the bill is silent on the rules and regulations for farming in the future.
Read More...Published on: 17 January 2020
For the organisations involved in Greener UK and Wildlife and Countryside Link, the Agriculture Bill, announced this week, is one of the most important pieces of legislation for decades. Tom Lancaster analyses the significant changes made to the bill as it returns to Parliament after a year's hiatus.
Read More...Published on: 9 January 2020
Our CEO Richard Benwell discusses the issues of choice and change in making our food greener and healthier for both consumers and our environment.
Read More...Published on: 8 January 2020
Professor Tim Benton explains why helping for farmers to become 'Net Zero Heroes' is so vital to solving our nature crisis and balancing our carbon chequebook.
Read More...Published on: 7 January 2020
Following December’s election result, the Government has an unmistakable mandate to press on with its policy programme. This will bring the power to make progress where the last Parliament was mired in disagreement, but it also brings added responsibility: to tackle the climate crisis and reverse declines in wildlife, whilst simultaneously setting our farming sector on a path to prosperity.
Read More...Published on: 12 December 2019
Chris Corrigan discusses the most important land management measures needed to protect butterflies and moths.
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