Published on: 26 October 2016
Doubt has been cast on the Prime Minister’s recent assurance that a Great Repeal Bill will transfer the body of EU law into UK law, leaving environmental protection in doubt. A strong, target-driven 25 year environment plan is needed more than ever.
Read More...Published on: 24 October 2016
The Government will need to consider the full range of EU Laws that protect the environment – a much more complex and difficult task than may be realised
Read More...Published on: 20 October 2016
As nature knows no boundaries it’s vital that birds are given the same protection here as they are overseas. It’s essential that any emerging legal protection for our most special places for wildlife across the UK is consistent with international best practice, and at least equivalent to that currently provided by the EU Birds Directive.
Read More...Published on: 17 October 2016
The 25 year environment plan must be more than a token gesture. It is essential to ensure future governments can be held to account if they don’t deliver. For this reason, the plan
must have a robust governance framework.
Published on: 13 October 2016
“Improved health, wealth and environment for the British people” – why Link member Harry Greenfield welcomes the outcome of the NFU’s consultation on the future of farming.
Read More...Published on: 10 October 2016
At the 17th Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES) a record number of proposals to regulate (Appendix II) or prohibit (Appendix I) international commercial trade in various species were submitted, and the majority were adopted, many by consensus.
Read More...Published on: 6 October 2016
Read More...Published on: 5 October 2016
This week, the Government confirmed that “EU law will be transposed into domestic law” on the day the UK leaves the EU. This huge legislative graft will be the work of a Great Repeal Act, which will formally end the primacy of EU law in the UK.
Read More...Published on: 21 September 2016
Read More...Published on: 18 September 2016
Last week Finland ratified the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Ballast Water Management Convention. The 52nd contracting party tipped the target of 35% world shipping tonnage and triggered entry into force by September 2017. We’ve been waiting a long time for this as the convention was adopted way back in 2004 and yet the UK has consistently decided not to sign up or ratify the Convention. Despite this, many UK vessels are likely to have to comply with the convention requirements to trade with signatories of the convention, which include Germany, Russia and the Netherlands.
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