Published on: 21 March 2018
As the Government consults on 'The future of food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit', Lyndis Cole highlights the role of landscape in environmental health, and calls for broad, diverse forms of protection and restoration.
Read More...Published on: 20 March 2018
Guest blog by Peter Stevenson at Compassion in World Farming. On the first day of Spring, Peter highlights the long and crowded journeys that many farm animals endure as 'live exports'.
Read More...Published on: 19 March 2018
Today is International Poultry Day. Yes, there is such a day. Scrolling through Twitter you’ll see an array of happy, healthy looking chickens, frolicking outdoors, green grass underfoot and drenched in sunshine. But this is a far cry from the short life (just 5 weeks) led by most of the 1 billion meat chickens to be intensively reared and slaughtered in the UK alone this year.
Read More...Published on: 16 March 2018
Waterwise set up Water Saving Week, to get the nation #TalkingWater, and most importantly helping people to take action to save water. This year it will run from Monday 19th March to Friday 23rd March. Below, Hazel Lewis explains more about the importance of saving water, and what you can do each day this #WaterSavingWeek.
Read More...Published on: 13 March 2018
Whilst the average person on the street may not understand that they pay around £70 a year to something called the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) they do know that if they are paying farmers they want it to improve animal welfare...
Read More...Published on: 8 March 2018
Following the launch of the Government's new planning policy, released by Theresa May this week, Victoria Bankes Price takes a look at what the draft National Planning Policy Statement will really mean for nature.
Read More...Published on: 28 February 2018
Yesterday Defra published its consultation paper on the future of farming and land management policy in England. Few policy areas will have such a significant impact on the wildlife and countryside of England in the next decade and more.
Read More...Published on: 28 February 2018
As Britain approaches its departure from the EU, Carol Day asks what will replace the EU's crucial legal institutions, which enforce environmental standards and provide routes for challenging Westminster, especially in a context of reduced support for Judicial Reviews and increasing court costs.
Read More...Published on: 20 February 2018
Read More...Published on: 14 February 2018
As the run-up to Aichi's 2020 international biodiversity commitments begins, it is strong domestic policy and co-operation between Westminster and devolved governments that will see the United Kingdom lead the world on conservation.
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