UK sky lantern approach significantly out of date , NFU warns
9 May 2021 |
Sky lanterns start wildfires and property fires, kill or injure livestock, as well as pollute the countryside
The NFU has written to the government as part of a coalition of 18 organisations to explain how its approach to sky lanterns is now significantly out of date .
The farming union is calling on Environment Minister Rebecca Pow to act now to make the use of sky lanterns illegal.
The letter details how in other countries the release of sky lanterns is considered a crime due to the harm they cause animals, habitats and the countryside.
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Six farm business tenancy (FBT) agreements are available across England and Wales, ranging in length from four and a half years to 10 years.
The arable and livestock holdings start at just seven acres, with the largest at 530 acres, and are a combination of county farms and private contracts.
George Dunn, Tenant Farmers Association chief executive, has criticised the trend towards offering shorter tenancy terms and has called for average lengths to be at least 10 years.
The total area of land under FBTs in England is 3.13m acres, as recorded in Defra’s most recent
New ELM scheme risks failing common land
21 April 2021 |
Defra is failing to address the future management of common land, two industry groups have warned
Defra has been warned that the UK s new Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme risks failing in its application to common land.
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) and the Foundation for Common Land (FCL) have today highlighted the importance of common land in England.
Over one fifth (21%) of England’s SSSI area is registered common land and 12% of all Scheduled Ancient Monuments are on common land.
This land, extending to around 400,000ha in England, is managed by around 3,900 active commoners with rights on this land in addition to the owners of that land.