Ministers plan to allocate some €500m to buy out farmers who want to quit and to help livestock farmers make their operations more sustainable, news website Nu.nl said on Tuesday. […]
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Category: Conservation
Convert half of UK farmland to nature, urges top scientist
Half of the nation’s farmland needs to be transformed into woodlands and natural habitat to fight the climate crisis and restore wildlife, according to a former chief scientific adviser to […]
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Wildlife Trust responds to light pollution fears sparked over new North Fambridge estate
WILDLIFE trust bosses have voices concerns over possible light pollution from a proposed 75-home development at North Fambridge. Essex Wildlife Trust is concerned about six-metre lamp-posts included in outline plans […]
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Powys woodland venture helps save family farm
A sheep farmer from Powys has embraced the changing face of farming and planted trees to provide a new income stream and help the environment. In March this year, Derek […]
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A pink salmon has been caught in Welsh waters for the first time in 30 years, Natural Resources Wales (NRW) said.
The fish was caught on the River Dee near the border with England in Chester. NRW is asking netsmen and anglers to report any unusual catches. Despite this being a […]
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Major campaign launched to encourage the nation to ‘Love Water’
The British public are being asked to help the country protect water resources for future generations. The British public are being asked to help the country protect water resources for […]
Read more‘Pollution’ kills more than 100 rare crayfish
The Environment Agency are investigating after scores of a rare crayfish species were found dead in an Eden beck, in Cumbria. More than 100 white-clawed crayfish are thought to have […]
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South East rivers at “Crisis Point” after dry winter, Environment Agency Warned
Campaigners say the South East’s rivers are reaching “crisis point” and have called for an immediate hosepipe ban. The Environment Agency’s chief executive Sir James Bevan has been told by […]
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Severn Trent Water fined £500K for raw sewage spill
A water company has been fined £500,000 after thousands of gallons of raw sewage flooded a park in Birmingham. Severn Trent Water said it was “truly sorry” for the spillage […]
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‘The slow death by slurry of the rivers and streams I used to fish’
Worried Carmarthenshire farmer describes the pollution problem as a ‘catastrophe’ and says solutions are badly needed A farmer who once caught salmon and trout by the dozen fears slurry has […]
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