Defra Survey: 25-year Environment Plan Local Delivery Defra 25 year plan local partnership survey Defra have released a survey to understand how local partnerships currently work to protect and enhance the environment to contribute to social and economic as well as environmental objectives and the factors that affect their success. The survey is aimed at people […]
Dispute over crab pots off the coast of Cornwall Defra Media Update: ‘The Daily Telegraph reports that ‘new tensions’ have arisen in the English Channel between British and French fishermen over crab pots off the Cornish coast. Cornish fishermen have accused French trawlers of sabotaging their pots, costing them hundreds of thousands of pounds. The Marine Management […]
Sept 18th: Agreement reached on scallop fishing: BBC & Guardian Sept 13th Defra George Eustice ‘Mr Speaker I wish to take this opportunity to update the House on recent developments regarding the scallop fishery in the Bay de Seine following altercations that occurred on the 27 August. Any violence taking place is unacceptable and the […]
If the UK leaves the EU in March 2019 without a deal, find out how this would affect businesses and others. These standards include areas such as waste, air quality, water, and protection of habitats and species. A scenario in which the UK leaves the EU without agreement (a ‘no deal’ scenario) remains unlikely given […]
NAO Report Summary 1. In March 2019, the UK is set to leave the EU. The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) is one of the government departments most affected by EU Exit. 2. Defra’s portfolio is very varied, covering the chemical and agri-food industries as well as crucial policy areas such as agriculture, fisheries and the […]
Summary of consultees and government response August 2018 Between 5 and 26 April 2018 the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) held an informal consultation on the types and sizes of nationally significant water resources infrastructure in the Planning Act 2008 (‘the Planning Act’). The consultation can be found at: https://consult.defra.gov.uk/water/npsinfrastructure-types-and-sizes.The consultation was […]
Protests on hen harrier persecution move to wider questions of upland management – Enlightened upstream management contrasts with the degradation caused by burning heather for grouse shooting Bob Earll ‘We are in the media silly season when Parliament is in recess and all sorts of news stories hit the headlines. So it is no surprise that […]
Water sector regulators call on water companies to do more on resilience Defra, the Environment Agency, the Drinking Water Inspectorate and Ofwat have sent a joint letter to the water companies calling on them to do more work on building resilience in water resources management in England. The regulators say that “ambitious and co-ordinated leadership” across […]