08 Feb 2017
What’s the post Brexit future for farming in the UK? NGO’s set out their principles for the future of the countryside, environment, farming and rural development – Report Posted on 24 January, 2017 by Green Alliance blog This post is by Green Alliance’s chair, Dame Fiona Reynolds. For the many people who care about the beauty of our […]
23 Nov 2016
Severn Trent Water reopens environmental scheme for farmers – STEPS – £21 million Severn Trent Water is reopening its environmental scheme for farmers in the Midlands, offering them another opportunity to apply for a grant to help them to protect local watercourses from pollution. The STW catchment team is launching two new farmer support schemes as […]
12 Oct 2016
The UK’s major angling and fisheries conservation groups have today published a joint paper setting out their concerns over any moves to water down EU environmental legislation and urging the government to seize opportunities for reform of policies regarding farm subsidies and fisheries management in the wake of the Brexit vote earlier this year. The […]
29 Sep 2016
Green Alliance and the National Trust have set out proposals for how a market-based mechanism for agricultural subsidies could deliver a host of environmental benefits. According to the think tank and the charity, new market-based model for driving the adoption of greener farming practices could help to direct millions of pounds towards more environmentally friendly […]
19 Sep 2016
50 organisations contribute to the 2016 State of Nature report More than one in 10 of the UK’s wildlife species are threatened with extinction and the numbers of the nation’s most endangered creatures have plummeted by two-thirds since 1970, according to a major report. The abundance of all wildlife has also fallen, with one in […]
31 Aug 2016
A clear example of the costs of farming being passed on to the water sector. This and many other issues will need to be addressed in the post Brexit debate on the future of farming. Anglian Water has warned that the cost of setting up metaldehyde (slug pellet) treatment for drinking water in the East […]
04 Aug 2016
Brexit: Water & Farming In the UK we have an excellent, world beating understanding of how farming and land-use affects the water cycle and catchment management and various programmes in place to address this. This theme will address how this theme is being addresses in Brexit debate; it now contains five articles (August 4th) see […]
28 Jul 2016
This theme of the Brexit issue will build cumulatively over the weeks with new articles being added to the list. The Environmental Audit committee have committed to a review of the Brexit decision on the environment and predominantly on the relationship with farming. This issue has enormous implications for many areas of the water industry […]
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