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Wednesday, 19 December 2012
Agricultural Wages Board (AWB) to be scrapped...
Wednesday, 19 December 2012
Professor Christopher Collins, Professor Michael Depledge, Dr Gary Hutchison and Dr Peter Matthiessen appointed to HSAC until 31 December 2015....
Wednesday, 19 December 2012
Defra has approved trials of GM vaccines against prostate cancer and HIV....
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Fly-tipping incidents in England have decreased by nine per cent between the financial years 2010-11 and 2011-12 to 744,000 incidents. ...
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Sir Harry Studholme has been appointed as interim Chair of the Forestry Commission up to 30 June 2013. He is a serving Forestry Commissioner…...
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Changes to the fishing quota system which sees end to automatic reductions...
Monday, 17 December 2012
The Big Tree Plant is supported by a number of partner organisations and will see a million new trees planted by 2015....
Friday, 14 December 2012
Professor Nicola Spence, Dr Geoffrey Hawtin and Sir Ralph Ferrers Vyvyan have each been reappointed to the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic…...
Friday, 14 December 2012
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson spoke at a the Food and Drink Federation’s (FDF) President’s Reception on 12 December 2012....
Thursday, 13 December 2012
The Government is pressing ahead with its plans to create Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) to protect the UK’s rich marine environment, Natural…...
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Exports of live animals through the port of Ramsgate will face tougher welfare checks, Food and Farming Minister David Heath announced today…...
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
A joint triennial review of the Environment Agency and Natural England starts today....
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Dairy farmers will have greater clout in the marketplace under plans to boost industry collaboration launched by Farming Minister David Heath…...
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Rural roadshow: how funding has transformed the rural economy on the Isle of Wight...
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Owen Paterson, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has announced the appointment of Elaine Hayes as Chair of the …...
Friday, 07 December 2012
I want to start by thanking the Women's Institute for inviting me to speak....
Thursday, 06 December 2012
A new strategy to tackle Ash dieback has been published today by Environment Secretary Owen Paterson alongside the Tree and Plant Health Task…...
Thursday, 06 December 2012
A £5 million pilot fund for communities devastated by flooding or for those who are at risk has been launched today by Environment Minister …...
Tuesday, 04 December 2012
After serving a three year appointment as Chair of the Forestry Commission, Pamela Warhurst will step down at the end of the year. The position…...
Monday, 03 December 2012
A new food waste recycling facility which supports economic growth and a healthy environment was opened by Defra Minister of State David Heath…...
Friday, 30 November 2012
The recycling sector has has a threefold increase in sales turnover since 1998. The sector's growth has outstripped growth in the overall economy. ...
Friday, 30 November 2012
New funding to speed up the delivery of flood defences that could protect up to 60,000 homes and deliver up to £1 billion of economic benefits....
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
The countryside is my home, my job and my life....
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
South West Water customers will see their bills fall after the Government finalised plans to give all household customers £50 off from April…...
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
The UK Landscape Award celebrates the power of the local landscape and the benefits that it contains....
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson spoke at a Natural Capital Committee (NCC) event at the Royal Society on Monday 26th November. He talked about the...
Monday, 26 November 2012
A further case of the tree disease Chalara, also known as ash dieback, has been confirmed in woodland in East Sussex. Following the urgent …...
Friday, 23 November 2012
British beef and lamb could soon be back on Russian menus following a landmark agreement potentially worth £80m to the British industry over…...
Thursday, 22 November 2012
Greater Manchester can put itself on the map as a low carbon metropolis, Environment Minister Lord de Mauley said today ahead of his visit to…...
Thursday, 22 November 2012
Thank you very much for inviting me to speak at your annual conference. It is good to be here in Manchester, where I know much has been done to embra...
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