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Watchdog bites itself

In an ironic twist that has made the national press, Natural England (NE) has indicated that it may have to object to its own planning application for the construction of a...

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Posted October 23, 2023
In Planning Consultancy

Natural flood management funding

Expressions of interest for Defra’s new £25million ring fenced natural flood management fund open today (22 September 2023) and will close on 10 November 2023. Funding is available for projects that...

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Posted September 22, 2023
In Agri-environmental schemes

Joint celebrations

Happy Birthday and congratulations to Henry Buckpitt on achieving his professional qualification as an associate member of The Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management. He is now entitled to use...

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Posted September 14, 2023
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Big brother is watching you

One of the drivers for the recent consultation on strengthening the legal framework for protecting hedges, on which we reported here, is the decoupling of the remaining BPS payments which means...

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Posted August 22, 2023
In Agri-environmental schemes

Countryside Stewardship deadline

On 17 August, a day before the original deadline, we received an email from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) informing applicants that the Countryside Stewardship (CS) Mid-Tier application deadline had been...

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Posted August 21, 2023
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Agriculture – a cause of global cooling

Thanks to a collaboration between researchers at the University of East Anglia, the Plymouth Marine Laboratory and Cranfield University, we now know that agricultural land provides a source of the gas...

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Posted July 12, 2023
In Ecology and Biodiversity

Bees’ needs week

As our readers will already know, we are keen on the capabilities of bees. Despite the dire puns – which seems to be a regular feature of press releases with an...

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Posted July 11, 2023
In Agri-environmental schemes

Species survival fund

The National Lottery Heritage Fund has launched what it calls the Species Survival Fund, delivered on behalf of Defra. The stated aim is to tackle habitat loss, safeguard ecosystems and create...

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Posted July 4, 2023
In Grant schemes and diversification

New hedgerow protections

A consultation on the protection and management of rural hedgerows has been launched by Defra today (28 June 2023). The consultation is seeking views on the best way to maintain and improve...

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Posted June 28, 2023
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