In the latest episode of the Future Farming podcast, Programme Director Janet Hughes talks to the policy lead for the Farming Investment Fund, Sarah Evered. Listen to find out how the team designed the fund, what we've learned and what's coming next.
For many years Natural England has been involved with monitoring, tagging and satellite tracking hen harriers. To date, more than 60 individual birds have been tagged by Natural England, helping to determine their fortunes and inform our wider hen harrier ...
We're going to do a monthly Q&A session on The Farming Forum. In this post, I'll share our approach to Q&As and the upcoming themes and dates of future sessions.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) recently announced the introduction of a voluntary no-anchor zone in Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) In this blog, Chris Graham from MMO's Marine Conservation Team answers questions that came up during the consultation. ...
UK secures £190m worth of fishing opportunities for fishing industry
In today's blog we look at how the Environment Agency helped to restore 1km of urban chalk stream in West Sussex. By Gareth Williams, Environment Programme manager Solent and South Downs In order to restore one chalk stream in ...
There has been widespread coverage in the Independent, Express, Evening Standard, City AM, the Scotsman, Press and Journal, as well as others, of our announcement that exports of British lamb to the US market can resume from next year after ...
This is the third in a series of short blogs focussing on Cefas' fisheries science work in partnership with the fishing industry. Cefas Scientist, Jon Elson, who is responsible for the Cefas commercial catch sampling programme, is the next of ...
Ed Troughton, Waste Crime Engagement Specialist at the Environment Agency, provides his insights into tackling the handling of illegal waste without a permit. My three-year-old son spends most of his time making a mess. Sometimes he'll spill food or his ...
I recently joined the Sustainable Farming Incentive team to help develop some of the standards for 2022/23. In particular, those focused on upland farming and moorland management. In this post, I'll share more about the Moorland and Rough Grazing Standard.
We are developing our new environmental land management schemes so that there is an offer for all farm types. This includes tenants on tenanted land. In this post, I'd like to share how we're designing the Sustainable Farming Incentive so that tenants can access the scheme in a fair and straightforward way.
Today we published further information on the Sustainable Farming Incentive. You can find it, in full, on GOV.UK. In this post, I'll share a summary of the things that are new, the things we've changed following feedback and what you can expect in 2022.
A look into recent coverage on the Nutfield Report on gene editing
You might remember that the Farming in Protected Landscapes programme opened for applications in July. In August, we shared a video made by some of our Protected Landscape colleagues about the sorts of projects that were eligible for funding. In this post, I'd like to share some examples of the things land managers and farmers are doing with their funding.
This is the second in a series of short blogs focussing on Cefas' fisheries science work in partnership with the fishing industry. Cefas Scientist, Rebecca Skirrow, who is the technical lead on Cefas' Scientific Remote Electronic Monitoring (REM) Programme, is ...
In today's blog we look at a new criminal offence to punish those who steal dogs.
Throughout COP26 (October 31st - November 12th) we have shared with you the potential impacts of climate change being faced by the Blue Belt overseas territories. But we have also shown you the work that is being planned and undertaken ...
Marianne Teoh, Senior Integrated Marine Manager, Blue Belt Programme One of the newest recruits to the Blue Belt Team is Marianne Teoh. Marianne is an interdisciplinary scientist and marine manager, who joined us from Fauna & Flora International in Cambodia, ...
I'm pleased to say that the Farming Investment Fund launches today. The fund provides grants to farmers, growers, and foresters (including related contractors) so that they can invest in the things they need to improve productivity and enhance the natural environment. In this post, I'll share how you can apply and find out more.
Today we are looking at media coverage of the Environment Act which passed into law yesterday.
Today we are looking at media coverage of following the passage of the Government's storm overflows amendment to the Environment Bill.
As COP 26 takes centre stage, we are all hoping for a sincere, global commitment to the urgent reduction in carbon emissions. We all want to do something, anything that will help us out of our climate crisis, right? This ...
With the most important climate summit ever, COP26, taking place in Glasgow, the world must seek solutions for the nature crisis alongside the climate crisis. The Environment Agency's Deputy Director for Sustainable Business Van Griffiths explains. My name is Van ...
Sam Pickard, Environment Officer for Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, discusses the regulations around planning a fire. Bonfires burning, sausages sizzling and fireworks fizzing, it seems innocent enough but there is a more sinister side to Guy Fawkes Night. ...
Farm visits are a useful way for us to understand the context in which farmers work and what's important to them. In this post, I'd like to share what I learned during a recent visit to Challacombe Farm on Dartmoor.
