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Friday 10 November: Ocean acidification, neonicotinoids

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 10 November 2017 - Categories: Uncategorized
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Ocean acidification on the agenda in Bonn Photo credit: Natural England Flickr Tomorrow the Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey will head to the UN Climate Change Conference in Germany to discuss...

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Monday 6 November: tree planting, plastic waste, TB tests

Posted by: Press Office, Posted on: 6 November 2017 - Categories: Uncategorized

On the blog today we address media stories on tree planting rates, a new survey showing support for deposit return schemes to address plastic waste, and bovine TB testing.

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Friday 3 November: Marine plastics, review of multi-agency flood plans

Posted by: Press Office, Posted on: 3 November 2017 - Categories: Uncategorized
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On the blog today - statistics on marine litter are in the news; we look at government action to address this problem. Plus the Environment Secretary announces a review, led by Major General Tim Cross, into multi-agency flood plans.

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This week: Ivory, animal cruelty sentencing and £50 million flood defences

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 6 October 2017 - Categories: Weekly stories
Graphic showing an elephant in Africa, with the statement 'The UK is a global leader in the fight against illegal wildlife trade'

Sentences for animal cruelty to increase tenfold to five years This week, Environment Secretary Michael Gove unveiled plans to increase sentences for the most heinous cases of animal cruelty to...

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