Food supply and food security
Today we are looking at media coverage of NFU comments on food supply and security.
Updated: Tue Dec 06 2022
UK pushes for ambitious and effective global plastic treaty at first negotiations meeting
Today we are looking at media coverage of the UK attending the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) meeting to negotiate the new legally binding treaty on plastic pollution that was held in Uruguay.
Updated: Mon Dec 05 2022
COP27 - a personal perspective
Another year, another climate change COP! COP27 (Conference of Parties) was my second, having attended COP26 in Glasgow last year. This year's was distinctly different for me: partly because of the location - Glasgow and Sharm el Sheikh are ...
Updated: Fri Dec 02 2022
Saline incursion on the Norfolk Broads
Fisheries officer, Arnie Warsop, explains what saline incursion is and how the work of the Environment Agency protects up to half a million fish from these incursion events on the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads.
Updated: Fri Dec 02 2022
Tree Production Innovation Fund: 2022 successful applicants
Megan Shirley is the Forestry Commission's Forest Nurseries & Innovation Grants, Incentives Manager. Here she talks about the successful applicants from the 2022 Tree Production Innovation Funds. To reach our net-zero tree planting commitments, it's vital that there are a ...
Updated: Thu Dec 01 2022
Water crowfoot, or how we learned to love Ranunculus
Ranunculus sounds like a spell from the wizard world of Harry Potter. However, it is a lovely aquatic plant you would see in the UK's chalk streams. The presence of Ranunculus is usually a benefit, rarely a nuisance. But the ...
Updated: Wed Nov 30 2022
Woods into Management Forestry Innovation Funds: 2022 successful applicants
Jack Clough is the Forestry Commission Grant Manager. Here he talks about the successful applicants from the 2022 Woods Into Management Forestry Innovation Funds. In the UK, it is often thought that woodlands should be left alone. However, much ...
Updated: Tue Nov 29 2022
Times coverage of bathing water pollution inspections
Today we are looking at coverage in the Times of the Environment Agency's inspections of bathing water pollution incidents.
Updated: Sat Nov 26 2022
Boost for UK fishing industry with new infrastructure projects
There has been a widespread of coverage across the UK following our announcement that £20 million of funding has been awarded to winning seafood projects.
Updated: Fri Nov 25 2022
Antimicrobial resistance- working internationally to support local action
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) takes place this week, 18-24th November 2022, and aims to increase awareness of global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and to encourage best practices to avoid further emergence and spread of drug-resistant microbes. Cefas, the Animal and Plant ...
Updated: Thu Nov 24 2022
Environmental land management schemes: progress update
Yesterday, Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP, Minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries and Janet Hughes, Programme Director, Future Farming and Countryside Programme appeared before the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee. The session was part of a committee inquiry into the rollout of the new environmental land management schemes.
Updated: Mon Nov 21 2022
Fish Observers: The life and 'sole' of collaborative fisheries science
It's World Fisheries Day! As world leaders in marine and aquatic science with 120 years of fisheries expertise, Cefas will be highlighting the importance of healthy ocean ecosystems and sustainable fisheries stocks across our social media channels. To celebrate, we ...
Updated: Mon Nov 21 2022
Further reports of egg shortages
There has been further coverage of some supermarkets reporting shortages in supplies of eggs, following the avian influenza outbreak and rising costs for farmers due to the war in Ukraine.
Updated: Thu Nov 17 2022
Too hot to handle? Adapting to the impacts of marine climate change in the Gulf
As world leaders meet at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) in Egypt this week, Cefas Middle East Programme Director Will Le Quesne discusses the challenge of climate change facing the world's ...
Updated: Tue Nov 15 2022
No excuse for illegally burning waste
People burn waste to avoid the charges for taking wastes to permitted waste sites for recovery or where this is not possible, disposal. This is waste crime.
Updated: Mon Nov 14 2022
Right tree, right place, for the right reasons
The UK Forestry Standard (UKFS) sets out criteria and guidance for the sustainable management of forests and woodlands in the UK. Here are the seven key factors you need to consider.
Updated: Mon Nov 14 2022
Reducing energy and carbon emissions through our flood resilience work
As we mark COP27 'Energy Day', Dave Bonner, Flood Resilience Advisor, explains how his work alone has saved over 40 tonnes of carbon locally and over 600 tonnes nationally, a year.
Updated: Fri Nov 11 2022
Reducing energy use and carbon emissions from pumping
With 6 per cent of the Environment Agency's carbon emissions coming from the pumps we use to reduce flooding and drought, Steve Carman, Chartered Electrical Engineer, explains how his work in the South-East is helping to reduce this.
Updated: Fri Nov 11 2022
One Food for One Health
Cefas and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) are leading on a new Defra-funded international programme re-defining how controlling hazards in food systems can positively impact biodiversity and improve their climate-efficiency. Food systems are defined as the web of ...
Updated: Thu Nov 03 2022
Everything you need to know about beach wash ups
In today's blog, we talk about beach wash ups and how the Environment Agency's role in responding.
Updated: Wed Nov 02 2022
Capacity Building in Fisheries Evidence, Networks and Management in the British Virgin Islands
Cefas' Dr Peter Randall recently visited the (British) Virgin Islands (hereafter referred to as the Virgin Islands (VI)) as part of the Darwin Plus Funded Project, "Capacity Building in Fisheries Evidence, Networks and Management in the Virgin Islands". The project ...
Updated: Mon Oct 31 2022
Boost biodiversity with your woodland design
Discover 11 ways to boost biodiversity through your woodland design.
Updated: Wed Oct 19 2022
Regulating a nuclear reactor at the end of its life
In August Hinkley Point B's nuclear reactor '3' was switched off after 46 years of energy generation. Victoria Thomas, our Hinkley Point B nuclear regulator, talks about her work at the power station as it moves to the next stage of the nuclear life cycle.
Updated: Tue Oct 18 2022
Government committed to halting decline in nature
In today's blog we set out our commitment to the environment and respond to concerns raised by the National Trust and other environmental charities.
Updated: Wed Oct 12 2022
Environment Secretary vows to clamp down on fly-tipping
Today we are looking at an op-ed from the Environment Secretary in the Telegraph on the Government's action to tackle fly-tipping.
Updated: Mon Oct 10 2022