...biodiversity, improved water quality and reduced carbon emissions. Our new Sustainable Farming Incentive will eventually be open to every farmer in England and will incentivise a shift towards more sustainable...
...PM2.5 to inform its ambitions in shaping these targets. In addition to a simple concentration target on PM2.5, the Government is developing a more sophisticated population exposure reduction target. This...
...for the Government to bring in further restrictions on the movement of pets on welfare grounds, for example by increasing the minimum age of imported puppies and restricting the import...
...sees payments made fairly to all farmers in return for their actions, designed in partnership with the industry, and tailored to the specific interests of British farmers. This means we...
There is widespread coverage today following our announcement on the next phase of the Government’s strategy to eradicate bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in England by 2038. The story was covered in...
...in future be expanded to monitor other infectious diseases, including flu, as well as providing information to hospitals and local commissioning groups. Follow Defra on Twitter, and sign up for...
...the next four years. Monitoring of the sewerage network has increased 14-fold in the last five years - from 800 overflows monitored in 2016 to more than 12,000 in 2020....
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...
...water. Local residents in Ilkley, including farmers and swimming groups, are invited to give their views. After eight weeks the responses will be reviewed and a final decision will be...
...many sectors continue to see strong market prices and the UK’s self-sufficiency in food production has increased for the first time since 2014. The Environment Secretary invited farmers across England...