Environment

Ambitious plans are underway to boost wildlife and improve soil condition at Horner Farm in the Exmoor hills. Four years in and the signs of nature’s recovery are beginning to show.

The GMB union has called on the Government to change its approach after offering a miserly pay offer to the Environment Agency (EA).

The GMB union has called on the Government to change its approach after offering a ‘miserly’ pay offer to the Environment Agency (EA).

Footpaths in the Lake District are eroding rapidly because of higher numbers of walkers during the Covid- 19 pandemic, charity Fix The Fells has warned.

While the UK sits under a bank of cloud and drizzle, the wider world swelters and the latest figures suggest July of this year was the hottest month on record.

An organic dairy farmer from Flintshire has warned increasing numbers of badgers are putting lapwings on his land at risk.

Beaver numbers in Scotland have more than doubled in the last three years to around 1,000 animals, according to a NatureScot survey published this week.

A push to plant trees across Scotland has driven marginal grazing land prices up, with a knock-on effect on better land.

The Board of Trade, a Government body headed up by Trade Secretary Liz Truss, has claimed buying local food is ‘not always the most environmentally sustainable choice’.

Farmers have reacted angrily to a threat from Welsh Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths to ‘close’ chicken sheds in order to tackle water pollution.