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© Frank Augstein/AP/Shutterstock Piecemeal funding and a lack of Defra clout are among the reasons for slow progress towards the government’s environmental ambitions, says an influential committee of MPs. The government insists it is committed to a greener future – including introducing new ways to reward farmers for protecting the environment. This includes the forthcoming Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme, which is the cornerstone of Defra’s post-Brex...

England’s ‘national rainforests’ to be protected by new rules Legislation will be brought forward to prevent the burning of heather and other vegetation on protected blanket bog habitats. From: 29 January 2021 There is a consensus that burning of vegetation on blanket bog is damaging to peatland formation and habitat condition. The government has today announced plans to bring forward legislation to prevent the burning of heather and other vegetation on protected blanket bog h...

28 January 2021 Doxey Marshes is in line to benefit from a £2.5 million scheme to enhance and restore river habitats. Picture courtesy of Colin Hayes The £150,000 donation has funded an environmental feasibility study which is now under way to develop, plan and cost a five-year plan for the Stafford Brooks Project. The project – a partnership of Highways England, Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, Stafford Borough Council and the Environment Agency - wants to make major improvements to h...

Boris Johnson on his family farm in Exmoor A group of homeowners have claimed a public footpath on the prime minister’s family estate in a bid to raise awareness of claims being made on private property.  A claim for a public footpath on the Nethercote estate on Exmoor, owned by Stanley Johnson, will be considered by Somerset County Council. Ann Scott, a Norfolk homeowner who brought the claim, said she wanted to raise awareness over the issue after a claim was made on her own property.  �...

FUNDING of more than £712,000 has been awarded to a partnership programme with the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust(YDMT) to create wildflower meadows on a large scale. The money is part of the government’s £80 million Green Recovery Challenge Fund which will aim to reverse the alarming decline that has seen 97 per cent of meadows eradicated and the remaining three per cent teetering on the brink of extinction. The YDMT will work with the Forest of Bowland AONB Partnership. Sarah Ro...

‘The whole of society needs a break this Christmas’: Environment Agency’s Emma Howard Boyd on 2020 2020 was a year unlike any other, with the coronavirus pandemic upending the work of government and changing how we live our daily lives. Senior figures from across the civil service tell us how the unprecedented 12 months affected them, and look ahead to 2021 Emma Howard Boyd, chair, Environment Agency Photo: Paul Heartfield What are you proudest of your organisation achieving in 2020? I’...

RWA Human Services Plan Issues Papers and Forum  RWA will hold the Human Services Plan Phase Two Forum, for those that have been appointed to represent their organisations and other RWA invitees, at the ATP on 24 th and 25 th July 2006. Organisations had only a couple of weeks to pull together their responses and the short timeframe did not allow word to get out widely to users of services. Organisations similarly did not have much time to get input from their members and service users. As a r...

New sites to test how connecting people with nature can improve mental health Seven sites will receive a share of over £5.5m pot to research how nature can be used to improve mental health and wellbeing. From: Credit: Getty images. Seven sites which will test the ways in which connecting people with nature can improve mental wellbeing have been awarded a share of a £5.77 million pot, Environment Minister Rebecca Pow has announced today (Saturday 19 December). The new test and lear...

30 years of successfully reducing UK emissions while simultaneously growing our economy 500% increase in the amount of renewable capacity connected to the grid from 2009 to 2020 72% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation between 1990-2019 As we tackle climate change, we will have the interests of consumers at the front of our mind, now and for future generations. We are committed to ensuring that the cost of the transition to net zero is fair and affordable. We have c...