The Guardian has revealed that the National Farmers’ Union lobbied to increase pesticide limits in UK drinking water derived from EU-era protections. The Guardian's reporting ...
Agriculture and land management
No longer in the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy, the UK’s four nations are forging ahead with the development of new agricultural policy frameworks. England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are transitioning towards new systems of support for farmers and land managers and are examining how best to increase productivity and deliver for the environmental and climate at the same time. The UK’s nations are progressing at different speeds and IEEP UK is examining the sustainability implications of these developments. At the same time, other changes around Food Strategies and Land Use Frameworks are significant policy initiatives that will impact how we use land and how we produce food.
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With greenhouse gas emissions reduction, agriculture has proved to be one of the sectors with the most limited progress and one where the debate around ...
Over 45 experts from nine research organisations, including IEEP UK, have reviewed and rated the effects of different land management actions in a series of ...
For the EU to maintain credibility as a climate leader at COP27, its upcoming Fertiliser Strategy must advance the sustainable farming agenda, not subsidise its ...
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This paper examines the role of core environmental standards in the UK’s post Brexit trading relationships in relation to imported agri-food products (specifically in relation ...
The UK is developing an ambitious agri-food strategy based on a liberalised approach to trade policy tempered with safeguarding important standards. This Think Piece commissioned ...
A fresh approach to the system of regulation for farmers and other land managers in England is required post EU-exit to maintain and improve environmental ...