Government backs campaign to protect seals
This afternoon’s blog looks at media coverage of the recently launched Seal Alliance campaign backed by Defra to help protect globally important seal populations.
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Export of live bivalve molluscs
There has been media coverage today regarding the EU’s change in approach to the import of live bivalve molluscs (LBMs). The coverage follows comments on this issue by the Environment Secretary to an evidence session of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee.
Coverage of plans to phase out lead ammunition in bid to protect wildlife
There is national and regional coverage in the Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, The Times and Yorkshire Post today on our plans to phase out lead ammunition in a bid to protect wildlife. The coverage focuses on the government’s plans and …
The Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot
Today we look at Farming trade media coverage of the publication of the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot overview
Consultation launched on environmental principles
Today we look at national and trade coverage of the government’s plans to protect the environment at the heart of future policy.
Celebrating International Women’s Day
Today, on International Women’s Day, senior women from across Defra Group have set out why female leadership on climate change is so important.
Media coverage of the State of Nature campaign
On todays blog, we take a look coverage of the State of Nature campaign to reverse nature’s decline by 2030
Public Accounts Committee report on flooding in England
There has been media coverage today of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on flooding in the Telegraph, i News and Yorkshire Post. The Committee of MPs made the recommendation that house builders should bear the costs of paying to …
Seafood Response Fund
In today’s blog we look at our announcement of an expanded Seafood Response Fund for the UK’s seafood and aquaculture sectors.
Bee importation
There has been a significant amount of press interest in, with some eye-catching headlines suggesting that 15m bees could be burnt under new Brexit import rules, with the story picked up in the Telegraph, Guardian, Times, Independent and Mail.