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The Environmental Improvement Plan – a step in the right direction
What is the EIP? Five years ago the government launched the 25 Year Environment Plan (25YEP), and the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) 2023 for England is the first revision of [...]
Supporting farmers to reduce their reliance on pesticides – does the latest proposal for the new Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMS) in England go far enough? GallerySupporting farmers to reduce their reliance on pesticides – does the latest proposal for the new Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMS) in England go far enough?
Supporting farmers to reduce their reliance on pesticides – does the latest proposal for the new Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMS) in England go far enough?
Steph Morren unpacks the latest announcement on ELMS. Earlier in January, we heard from Mark Spencer – farming minister at Defra – about the Government’s plans for the roll-out of [...]
Write to your MP: Neonics approval and parliamentary debate on bee-killing pesticides
In light of the government's decision to once again grant the 'emergency' use of the banned bee-harming pesticide thiamethoxam - a type of neonicotinoid - on sugar beet in [...]