In a series of blogs to celebrate International Women's Day 2022, members of staff share their stories of working in the forestry sector. This is Alexandra Jenks.
The first shark trunk visual identification guide is launched as part of a one stop toolkit for regulating trade in CITES-listed species Warning: This blog contains images of sharks without fins or heads as part of a training exercise to ...
Alongside our partners, Natural England is involved in a number of initiatives to support the recovery of hen harriers in England, including satellite tracking birds to investigate patterns of dispersal and survival. In this blog, we will share the latest ...
On today's blog we look into coverage of the NAO report on tree planting
Warning: This blog contains images of sharks without fins or heads as part of a training exercise to identify species by their trunks. Some people may find this distressing. Since last we spoke It seems like a lifetime ago since ...
In today's blog we are looking at media coverage of the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly.
2022 ready to see urban and non-woodland treescapes turn a new leaf, with the re-launch of two major tree planting grants from the Forestry Commission and Defra.
Some farming and land management activities are regulated to safeguard our environment and to protect the health of animals, plants and people. We do this through around 150 pieces of legislation, comprising primary and secondary legislation. All of this legislation applies to agricultural activity, and collectively constitutes what is known as the 'regulatory baseline for agriculture'. This is a complex legislative picture and is not easy to navigate - we intend to improve and evolve this baseline in future as part of our agricultural transition outside of the European Union (EU).
Find out more about how planting trees can help to improve water quality and provide natural flood management on your land.
In October, we launched the first rounds of funding in our Farming Innovation Programme. As we've been processing the applications, we've seen a promising spread of ideas across the livestock, horticulture and broadacre sub-sectors. These ideas are coming in from across the whole of England. In this post, I'll share next steps and what to look out for this year.
Recently we ran the first round of our new Farming Equipment and Technology Fund. We received 5,624 eligible applications worth a total overall value of just over £53.5 million. This is triple our initial budget allocation for the fund.
In the seventh episode of the Future Farming podcast, Tim Mordan, Defra's Head of Farming Innovation, Productivity and Science talks to Rui Andrês, CEO of Fieldwork Robotics, about their innovative raspberry robot picker.
Today, we published our initial priorities for the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway. They represent some of the best opportunities for improving animal health and welfare we have across each livestock sector. In this post, I'll share those priorities.
Today we are looking at a media interview on Tony Juniper's recent reappointment as Natural England chair. There is positive coverage today in the Guardian following Tony Juniper's recent reappointment as Chair of Natural England. Tony Juniper was interviewed on ...
Today we are looking at media coverage of the Environment Secretary speech at the NFU Conference 2022.
Today, we've blogged about how we're working with farmers and others across the industry to use slurry to our advantage. Farmers told us that finance often stands in the way of improving their slurry and nutrient management systems. Investing in slurry equipment and infrastructure is expensive. Particularly when it comes to integrating new technologies, techniques and building infrastructure. In this post, we'll share how we've been developing slurry grants to better support farmers and what to expect later this year.
Slurry contains lots of nutrients including nitrates, phosphate and potash as well as a host of other things that can benefit soil health and support crop growth. It can, however, create significant pollution to our water and air. Through co-design, our team joined with a group of farmers, industry leaders and experts to explore the subject. In this post, we'll share what we've learned and how we plan to support farmers so that nutrients from slurry aren't lost, that any damage to our environment is reduced and farmers aren't dependent on expensive artificial fertilisers.
On 18 November 2021, the Environment Agency and Ofwat announced major investigations into potential widespread non-compliance by water and sewerage companies at sewage treatment works. This update sets out what we're investigating, what has happened since we announced the investigation and more about what flow-to-full treatment is.
What is Explore Marine Plans? Explore Marine Plans (EMP) is a digital service developed by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and is an online, interactive resource that supports the implementation of England's marine plans. The digital service allows you to ...
It may come as a surprise to some that corals are not rocks or plants, but marine invertebrate animals made up of hundreds to thousands of tiny organisms called polyps, joined together by limestone skeletons. Corals are the building blocks ...
More than 4,000 people from across the farming community in England are now working with us to design, pilot, test and trial new farming policies and schemes. In this post, we'll explain how we're working with the farming community. We'll also share the 7 co-design principles we're encouraging groups to follow.
One of the ways we're supporting farmers is through the Future Farming Resilience Fund. Through the fund, independent advisers can provide free business advice to farmers in England. In this post, I'll share 2 new pieces of information about the fund. The first is a new opportunity for advice providers. The second is a request for farmers to give us feedback on the advice they've received through the fund.
Today we are looking at coverage about the issue of storm overflow spills into rivers and coastal areas.
We are hosting a series of drop-in sessions to help fishers with under-10m vessels with their catch recording obligations. We want to support and enable a profitable, sustainable fishing industry. So improving understanding of how much and which species of ...
Today we are looking at media coverage of Minister Pow's visit to the River Wye in Herefordshire.
