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From Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)
  • Wild bird populations 2009

    Bird populations are considered to be a good indicator of the broad state of wildlife because birds occupy a wide range of habitats.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Public forestry estate consultation: myths busted

    The legal safeguards that protect all woodlands from development will remain irrespective of who owns them.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Flood spending: myths busted

    Defra expects to spend at least £2.1 billion on flooding and coastal erosion over the next four years.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defra bites down on threats to sharks

    Shark Conservation Plan shows how we intend to protect sharks, skates and rays under threat of extinction.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Ending the dreadful waste of fish discards

    Defra is working to end discards.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • H1N1 found in turkeys

    A routine disease investigation has ruled out avian notifiable disease but detected H1N1 influenza in turkeys on a farm in Cheshire.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Finding a better way to fish

    Proposals to make our inshore fleet more sustainable.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • ‘Bin tax’: myths busted

    Owners of second homes rented out for less than 140 days per year pay council tax and will continue to receive a normal waste collection.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Risk of pesticides to bees: myths busted

    All current evidence shows that if neonicotinoid products are used correctly there is not an unacceptable risk to bee health.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New Common Agricultural Policy must be fundamentally different: Spelman

    CAP reform should be more ambitious, particularly in its approach to direct subsidies and in emphasising payments for farmers who deliver public goods.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman’s speech at the Oxford Farming Conference 2011

    I’ve been really looking forward to the Oxford Farming Conference.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Pet owners given peace of mind over safety of medicines

    New controls to reassure people that the medicines they buy for their pets are safe were announced today by the VMD.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • England’s special wildlife sites show dramatic improvement

    Natural England is responsible for monitoring the condition of SSSI land in England.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bovine disease compensation payable during January 2011

    Compensation payable during January 2011, in England (and in Wales and Scotland for BSE only).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Chief Executive appointed to new Government Agency

    Catherine Brown as the first Chief Executive of the new Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Local authorities receive additional funding to prepare for floods

    Funding will be allocated to Lead Local Flood Authorities (LLFAs).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bee scientists to force killer mites to self destruct

    Scientists may be able to halt global honey bee losses by forcing the deadly Varroa mite, lethal in the freezing weather, to self destruct.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Environment Agency staff help registrars get to the church on time

    Environment Agency staff are the toast of newlyweds in West Sussex for helping snow-bound registrars get to the ceremony on time.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Budget allocations for Defra confirmed

    The budget allocations for Defra and its arms length bodies for the next financial year were published today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government calls for peat to be phased out

    A consultation on proposals to phase out the horticultural use of peat by amateur gardeners in England by 2020 has been published today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government