Brexit opportunities for UK agriculture and global success of haggis
In today's blog, we look at the UK Government reaffirming its commitment to supporting our agriculture industry as we leave the EU and a decade-long export boom for haggis.
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Environment Minister Rebecca Pow visits Wallasea Island
In today's blog, we look at Minister Rebecca Pow’s visit to RSPB’s Wallasea Island. Joining the Minister and RSPB were the representatives of the Environment Agency and Natural England.
Food waste falls by 7% per person in three years and Tesco to stop using plastic wrapping on multipacks
Today's blog looks at new data showing almost half a million tonne reduction in total UK food waste in just three years – enough to fill the Royal Albert Hall ten times - and the announcement Tesco will stop using plastic wraps on its multibuy canned food products.
Lord Goldsmith speech at anti-trophy hunting event and new Natural Capital tool
In this afternoon's blog, we look at coverage of Defra’s new online Natural Capital resource launched yesterday and Lord Goldsmith’s speech at an anti-trophy hunting held in the Houses of Parliament.
Land use report and condition of England's Sites of Special Scientific Interest
In today's blog, we look at widespread coverage of a new Committee on Climate Change report about land use and the condition of England’s Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
Environment Agency manages the return of waste to the UK
In today's blog we look at how the Environment Agency is managing the repatriation of 42 waste containers from Malaysia to the UK.
Village halls funding, white-tailed eagle success in Oxfordshire and wild animals in circuses ban
In this afternoon’s blog we take a look at positive coverage of the government’s grant scheme to help rejuvenate village halls, the progress of a white-tailed eagle released onto the Isle of Wight last summer and our ban of wild animals in circuses.
Sunday Times on tree guards in woodlands
Today’s Sunday Times reports on the use of tree guards in woodlands to help rebuild Britain’s lost woodlands. The story notes that around 200 million of the plastic tubes have been deployed by the Woodland Trust, Forestry England, the National …
Ash dieback project launches International Year of Plant Health
In today's blog we look at positive coverage in The Guardian, Daily Mail and Yorkshire Post of the launch of the Ash Archive, a pioneering project to tackle the devastating tree disease, ash dieback.
New protections for thousands of seabirds in England
There has been positive coverage of the announcement made by the Environment Minister Rebecca Pow on ambitious plans to protect England’s rare and vulnerable seabirds.