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  • Forestry advisory panel membership announced

    Members of an independent panel of experts that will make recommendations on forestry policy for England have been announced today by Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman.

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

  • Government boosts hill farm and upland communities support

    Funding of up to £26million to support hill farmers and help some of England's rural communities to thrive was unveiled today by Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman.

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

  • New Permanent Secretary for Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs

    Bronwyn Hill appointed as the new Permanent Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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

  • Forestry consultation:myth busted

    The decision to end the forestry consultation will not lead to cuts to the budget for flood defences, animal health or any other area.

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

  • The future of forestry in England

    The consultation on the future management of the Public Forest Estate has been halted and all forestry clauses in the Public Bodies Bill will be removed.

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

  • Temporary Suspension of Spending Review Forestry Estate Sales

    This only applies to the 15% of the public forestry estate referred to in the Spending Review.

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

  • Defra helps companies build confidence in green claims

    Defra today published new Green Claims Guidance to help companies describe the environmental credentials of their products in a way that people find easier to understand.

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

  • Future of the public forest estate: Myths busted

    Heritage and community woodlands will be run for the benefit of the communities and visitors that enjoy them and the wildlife they sustain.

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

  • New direction for England’s public forest estate

    Consultation document on the ownership and management of the 18% of England's woodland currently run by the Forestry Commission. 

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

  • Launch of public forest estates consultation: myths busted

    Our heritage forests, such as the New Forest and the Forest of Dean, are unequivocally not for sale.

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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

  • The Big Tree Plant: new partnership to plant one million trees

    A new partnership that will plant one million extra trees across England in the next four years, was launched by Defra Minister Jim Paice today.

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

  • Defra confirms Higher Level Stewardship funding and new Environmental Stewardship payment schedule

    The Government has today confirmed the details of spending on Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) until 2014.

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

  • Forestry in England: A new strategic approach

    The Government has reiterated its firm commitment to biodiversity and other public benefits which forests and woodland provide.

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

  • Defra commits £100 million international forestry funding up to 2015

    The Government has today committed £100 million to international forestry projects which provide specific benefits for biodiversity.

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

  • The value of nature

    First ever comprehensive UK assessment of the value of nature to our society and continuing economic prosperity.

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

  • Be Plant Wise: help the fight against the weeds that are taking over our waterways

    The Be Plant Wise campaign highlights five of the worst offending invasive aquatic plants that are threatening our wildlife and waterways.

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

  • Minister announces new ‘ARKive’ of rare wildlife images

    The ARKive Overseas Territories website will host a collection of wildlife images from species and habitats found within our Overseas Territories.

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

  • Re-appointment to the Board of Trustees, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

    Mr Timothy Hornsby has been re-appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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

  • Acid rain: 20 years on…

    Chances are that back in the 1980s, acid rain would have been high on everyone’s list of environmental concerns. But what exactly is acid rain…

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