Clean Air Day: How we are working to tackle air pollution
Today (8 October) marks Clean Air Day, a nationwide campaign to raise public awareness of air pollution and promote behaviour change at an individual level to help prevent it.
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Final round of small grants scheme launched and Farming Today focus on ELM
On today's blog we look into the opening of the third and final round of the Countryside Productivity Small Grants (CPSG) scheme
Green social prescribing pilots open for applications
The project will examine how to scale-up green social prescribing services in England to help improve mental health outcomes, reduce health inequalities and alleviate demand on the health and social care system.
Defra’s response to food companies call for tougher deforestation measures
Over on today's blog, we set out our response to a letter written to the Secretary of State from several food businesses asking for more stringent measures to reduce deforestation in the supply chain.
Coverage of National Trust press release on ash dieback
There is coverage in the Daily Telegraph, Guardian, BBC News, i, Times, and Daily Mail of a National Trust press release outlining pressures they have faced this year in managing the spread of ash dieback, citing resource drain as a …
UK and Norway sign historic bilateral fisheries agreement
There has been widespread positive coverage of yesterday’s announcement of the historic UK-Norway Fisheries Framework Agreement, signed yesterday by Environment Secretary, George Eustice and the Norwegian Ambassador to the UK, Wegger Strømmen. National and regional coverage has appeared in the …
Coverage on financial support for zoos
Coverage focuses on claims from the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) that the government’s rescue package is inaccessible for most of its members.
First exports of UK beef to the USA in 20 years commence
In today’s blog, we look at the announcement of the first UK beef exports to the USA in more than 20 years.
World Rivers Day – protecting our nation’s rivers
Today marks World Rivers Day. Our blog looks at how the Environment Agency delivers the protection and enhancement that our rivers need.
Government responds to invasive species study by Link
Invasive non-native species not only challenge the survival of some of our rarest species but damage our natural ecosystems as well as costing the economy more than £1.7 billion per year.