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Nature must be at the heart of the Government’s vision for energy and food security
The UK Government is set to publish an Energy Independence Plan and we are already seeing farming lobbyists push for greater intensive farming. These approaches fail to recognise the need to put a…
Government launches ‘green Brexit’ consultation on future for food, farming and the environment
Blog by Ellie Brodie, Senior Policy Manager, The Wildlife Trusts
Farming
Over 70% of the UK’s land is farmed in some way – so how this land is managed has a big impact on wildlife.
A new Vision for Food, Farming, and Nature
With the ever present nature and climate crisis making itself known, a collective of farmers, landowners and environmental charities came together to form a vision for food, farming and nature…
What next for farming? Wildlife Trusts launch policy proposals
Ellie Brodie, Senior Policy Manager, outlines The Wildlife Trusts’ policy proposals for the future of farming and land management in England.
Government and developers must put nature recovery first, urges new report on England’s housebuilding drive
A new report published by The Wildlife Trusts urges the UK Government to put nature first, as it embarks on a housebuilding drive across England. The report outlines how planning reforms can help to address challenges of climate change, nature loss, housing and public health – but only by placing nature recovery at the heart of new developments.
Response to Government announcement re nature, farming and climate
The Government are failing to deliver sustainable agriculture that addresses the nature and climate crises.
New food security report out today shows Government must fast-track nature-friendly farming
Long term decline in the UK’s natural capital is a pressing risk to UK food production
Government U-turn on promise to reform farming post-Brexit
New farming policy stripped of ambition to aid nature recovery
Lower Smite and the future of farming
Caroline Corsie, senior land advisor at Worcestershire Wildlife Trust, enjoys being based at Lower Smite Farm, a 65ha mixed farm between Worcester and Droitwich. An average size for a…
A brighter future for farming? Michael Gove proposes, we respond
The Wildlife Trusts broadly welcome Michael Gove’s speech at the National Farmers Union conference today, in which he emphasised the need to properly reward farmers and land managers for the…