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Government must reboot nature-friendly farming schemes for food security
As farmers and the agriculture sector prepare to attend the big conferences in Oxford this week, Vicki Hird, strategic lead for agriculture at The Wildlife Trusts, writes, there are concerns about…
Frustration as Government pauses the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme
Today the Government has paused all new applications from farmers to access England’s flagship green farming scheme.
Some clarity on the future of England's farming schemes; now we must see details
The Wildlife Trusts respond to the announcement of the reopening of flagship nature farming scheme
Farming
Recovery of nature must be at heart of government’s proposals for future farming
Call to recognise the value of wild places as government consultation closes
UK environmental organisations urge Government to enforce bee-harming pesticide bans
13 leading environmental organisations are today calling for the UK Government to show its commitment to reversing bee declines by fully enforcing the ban on neonicotinoid pesticides.
Road Schemes
New analysis shows England’s nature-friendly farming schemes are chronically underfunded
Properly funded Environmental Land Management schemes are vital for building climate-resilient food security, managing water systems and lowering food prices, warns The Wildlife Trusts ahead of…
Government on course to weaken post-Brexit environmental principles
The Wildlife Trusts call for rigorously enforced protections for nature and climate in law
Industry calls for ‘Gove guarantee’ on agri-environment schemes
Farming and green organisations have come together to seek a guarantee from Michael Gove that farmers and land managers who sign up to agri-environment schemes before the UK leaves the EU are not…
MPs warn Government that countryside and farming are at risk
A new report by a parliamentary committee published today warns Government that environmental protections must not be weakened after Brexit. The Wildlife Trusts respond...