Government Announce The Renewable Heat Incentive WILL Go Ahead
Big news for the Ground Source Heat Pump Industry is the Government last week confirmed that the Renewable Heat Incentive will be launched in June 2011. 860 million of funding, over the spending review period, will be provided from DECCs own budget and not through the levy on energy companies as originally planned by Labour. […]
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Squirrels live underground, otters live in caves and rabbits live in ditches: new research suggests the Playstation generation is out of touch with their wild side Childrens knowledge of some of Britains most iconic wildlife is so poor that more than a third (39%) arent able to recognise an otter, according to new research published […]
Farmers Union President urges caution over rush to renewables
President of the National Farmers Union Scotland (NFUS), Jim McLaren, this week gave a key note presentation to a large audience of farmers at the RenewableUK annual conference in Glasgow and urged them to look before they leap when it comes to buying small wind turbines. Mr McLaren used the opportunity to address the questions […]
Britains largest farmer flies the flag for environmental stewardship
The Co-operative Farms, Britains largest farmer, was today flying the flag for environmental stewardship as it extended its commitment to the Entry Level Scheme (ELS), which supports farmers in making environmental improvements to their land. The Co-operative Farms has seen measurable results from the work it has done on its farms as part of ELS, […]
A future for farmed Uplands
The distinctiveness and future of the South Wests farmed uplands is under discussion following recent research by the University of Exeters Centre for Rural Policy and Research. Farmers, rural experts and academics are meeting in Exeter on Friday 29 October to identify opportunities to work towards a positive future and reward hill farmers for maintaining […]
We can feed the world AND maintain biodiversity, scientists say, at European session of Biodiversity World Tour.
Brussels, 25 October 2010 A distinguished scientific panel has offered hope to conservationists, by suggesting that greatly increasing food needs can be met while protecting biodiversity. The panel drew particular attention to the environmental costs being borne in the developing world due to the deceleration of European productivity, and warned that it is imperative not […]
We lost the luxury of choice on tackling biodiversity, says Environment Commissioner
Brussels, 25 October 2010 EU Environment Commissioner, Janez Poto?nik, has warned a scientific gathering in Brussels that decision-makers soon to be negotiating the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan have to act now, and globally, to reverse the trend of biodiversity loss. We don’t really have a choice about whether to act or not. […]
Simple toolkit to show the biodiversity that farms support
Farmers and land managers taking part in the Campaign for the Farmed Environment (CFE) are being encouraged to enter a prize draw to receive a Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF) Green Box. Launched a year ago, the LEAF Green Box is a simple, step by step approach for farmers and land managers to capture and […]
Setting the record straight on HLS agreements
As part of its SR settlement, Defra announced that the HLS budget will grow by 83% by 2013/14 as compared with 2010/11. This increase for HLS is within an overall RDPE budget that will be maintained over the next three years. Because of the high level of new HLS agreements already approved so far this […]
