Trees on the River Uck – planting trees can help protect our waterways
An exciting new project in Sussex is looking for local landowners – whether that’s individuals or businesses – to come forward and plant trees to cut flooding and improve water quality. Anyone who owns land in Sussex get free expert tree-planting advice and support from the Woodland Trust. If suitable land is within the Uck […]
Environment Minister meets nature conservation leaders in the New Forest National Park
Richard Benyon MP joined the England Biodiversity Stakeholder Group to tour the Bisterne Estate near Ringwood, hosted by the New Forest National Park Authority in conjunction with the Bisterne Farms Estate. The Group includes national representatives of the Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Natural England, Defra, National Farmers Union, Country Landowners Association, Areas of Outstanding Natural […]
Be a bee scientist in your own back garden, thanks to new app
Launched today, Bee-friend your Garden has been developed by international environmental organisation Earthwatch in an exciting new partnership with Waitrose and The Crown Estate. The app invites its users to become “citizen scientists” in what could be the biggest pollinator study ever. Numbers and types of insects seen on the bushes and flowers in […]
Plant breeders highlight key role of biodiversity
The UK is host to a number of internationally significant seed bank collections, whose combined resources include many thousands of wild species, landraces and obsolete cultivars dating back many decades, as well as more recent ‘conservation’ types and modern elite varieties. Britain’s leading seed bank collections include the Commonwealth Potato Collection at the James Hutton […]
Nature’s Feast pledges to support UK farmers
Officially launched at this year’s Gardeners’ World Live, the brand has pledged to support farmers operating in an environmentally friendly way as part of its commitment to the responsible sourcing of ingredients, and to meet customers’ high expectations. The pledge, will see Nature’s Feast, where possible, source as many raw ingredients for its extensive range […]
UK farmers tackle air quality
Green Week (June 4-7), organised by the European Commission, is the biggest annual conference on European environment policy and has chosen air quality as this year’s theme. As the Commission continues to seek new ways to improve air quality, NFU chief environment adviser Diane Mitchell said UK farmers are helping to tackle emissions such as […]
The future of the UK’s iconic wildlife hangs in the balance
The coalition of 18 organisations have written to Owen Paterson MP – the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and also to the agriculture ministers in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland – warning them of the impending crisis facing wildlife, landscape and communities in so-called High Nature Value (HNV) farming areas. […]
Cattle return to Farthing Downs
Spring is here at last. The grass has started growing, and after a long winter in the barn, the City of London Corporation’s herd of Sussex Red cattle are finally returning to Farthing Downs (Coulsdon, Surrey). Bob Warnock, the City of London Corporation’s Superintendent at Farthing Downs, said: “The cattle are always a little frisky […]
Recognise farmers’ contribution to wildlife survival, says FUW
The State of Nature report, launched in Cardiff last night by TV and wildlife presenter Iolo Williams alongside Welsh conservation charities, concludes wildlife in Wales is at a crisis point. Scientists from 25 wildlife organisations have compiled a stock take of our native species – the first of its kind in Wales and the UK. […]
