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Articles tagged with: biodiversity
We can enhance biodiversity and accelerate offshore wind at the same time Partner content
Environment
By Ørsted
We can enhance biodiversity and accelerate offshore wind at the same time
Faster planning decisions don’t have to come at the expense of protecting our marine environment. We have the tools to do both, we just need to use them.
Britain’s Environmental Horticulture and Gardening businesses are faced with uncertainties on crucial imports Partner content
Home affairs
By Horticultural Trades Association
Britain’s Environmental Horticulture and Gardening businesses are faced with uncertainties on crucial imports
A new border trade system failure would be disastrous for UK Horticulture, biosecurity and biodiversity, say The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA).
Next steps for nature: Implementing Biodiversity Net Gain Partner content
Environment
By WSP
Next steps for nature: Implementing Biodiversity Net Gain
Mandating Biodiversity Net Gain can help maximise protection of the natural environment as we pursue economic growth.
Delay to biodiversity net gain gives us a chance to build in biodiversity Partner content
Environment
By National Federation of Builders
Delay to biodiversity net gain gives us a chance to build in biodiversity
When the Government announced that Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) will be delayed until February 2024, small and medium sized housebuilders collectively sighed in relief. However, the delay has not yet made the steps to ensure best outcomes for nature and business and still looks to be a new tax on industry at the expense of a more biodiverse environment.
Ribena launches pilot to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from blackcurrant growing Partner content
Environment
By Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I
Ribena launches pilot to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from blackcurrant growing
Ribena's new regenerative farming project offers a win-win for our environment and rural communities.
A book of beautiful ambition: Baroness Helic reviews 'The Book of Wilding'
Books & culture
By Baroness Helic
A book of beautiful ambition: Baroness Helic reviews 'The Book of Wilding'
If The Book of Wilding’s commendable aims are to be realised Parliament must recognise the value of biodiversity and put in the necessary economic framework to support it
'Truly remarkable': Barry Gardiner reviews 'Wild Isles'
Books & culture
By Barry Gardiner MP
'Truly remarkable': Barry Gardiner reviews 'Wild Isles'
A captivating celebration of the globally important biodiversity of the British Isles, Sir David Attenborough’s new documentary series is a wake up call to protect our precious natural capital from further loss
UK blackcurrant growers celebrated at Ribena Conference Partner content
Environment
By Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I
UK blackcurrant growers celebrated at Ribena Conference
Suntory Beverage and Food GB&I (SBF GB&I) brought together its blackcurrant growers in Somerset to celebrate the nation’s fruit farmers and their contribution to Ribena and biodiversity.
Time is running out to halt the decline of nature by 2030
Environment
By Lord Randall
Time is running out to halt the decline of nature by 2030
We only have seven years to achieve our goal of halting nature’s decline, a target vital to not just farmers and nature lovers but all of us.
The UK is leading the way to protect and restore nature and biodiversity
Environment
By Baroness Penn
The UK is leading the way to protect and restore nature and biodiversity
This government understands what is at stake at the COP15 summit in Montreal this week, as policymakers gather to attempt to agree the Global Biodiversity Framework.
HTA welcomes Scotland’s planning system and urban focus in Biodiversity Strategy Partner content
Environment
By Horticultural Trades Association
HTA welcomes Scotland’s planning system and urban focus in Biodiversity Strategy
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA), who represents members from across the entire horticultural sector supply chain in Scotland, has welcomed the publication of Scotland’s draft Biodiversity strategy and has pointed to the impact trees and plants will have in achieving targets.
Protecting Wildlife, Protecting Nature: Why Biodiversity is Business as Usual for the Nation’s Fruit Farmers Partner content
Environment
By Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I
Protecting Wildlife, Protecting Nature: Why Biodiversity is Business as Usual for the Nation’s Fruit Farmers
A diverse mix of animals, plants, and microorganisms are part of the healthy ecosystems that provide the air we breathe and the food we eat. A new report sets out the contribution that the UK’s blackcurrant growers are making to ensure that biodiversity is prioritised on their land for generations to come.
The government must set a truly nature positive target to reverse biodiversity loss by 2030
Environment
By Lord Redesdale
The government must set a truly nature positive target to reverse biodiversity loss by 2030
We’re in a race against time to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees and restore the damage to the natural world.
Caroline Lucas: we are failing to heed nature's warning signs – the Tory leadership candidates must step up and address it
Environment
By Caroline Lucas MP
Caroline Lucas: we are failing to heed nature's warning signs – the Tory leadership candidates must step up and address it
It’s always important to heed the warning signs. In February, as the world’s eyes were rightly on the horrors unfolding in Eastern Europe, a major new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – which warned that our natural world is already starting to see irreversible damage – went almost unnoticed.
The COP15 global biodiversity summit must deliver for wildlife and people
Environment
By Alex Sobel MP
The COP15 global biodiversity summit must deliver for wildlife and people
More than ever, in a global cost of living crisis, delivering for nature requires social and economic justice. Labour has always been clear on this principle.
Partner content
Health
By British Safety Council
Lack of ambition shown by Government in its proposed air quality targets
Commenting on the publication today (Wednesday) by Defra of a consultation on its proposed environmental targets for a range of factors including air quality, water, biodiversity, and resource efficiency as well as waste, British Safety Council Chief Executive, Mike Robinson, said:
Quarries and Nature: Celebrating a 50 year success story Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
Quarries and Nature: Celebrating a 50 year success story
Across all corners of the UK, restored quarries are playing their part on biodiversity enhancement and wildlife protection.
Reversing biodiversity decline will require decisive action across our society Partner content
Environment
By WSP
Reversing biodiversity decline will require decisive action across our society
Amid the urgency of action to tackle climate change, the issue of biodiversity collapse can easily get lost. In the UK and most countries across the world, biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate, yet understanding of the correlation between climate change and biodiversity loss is lacking.
Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
Quarries & Nature 2021 - 11am, Wednesday 13 October 2021 – Industry showcases its contribution to nature and biodiversity
MPA’s Quarries & Nature 2021 will take the form of an hour long online showcase of the great work that the industry has delivered over the last 50 years, celebrating the scale and diversity of the restoration, biodiversity and conservation work undertaken by members.
If the UK wants to be a climate world leader, we must say no to deep-sea mining
Environment
By Baroness Bennett
If the UK wants to be a climate world leader, we must say no to deep-sea mining
The development of new technologies are opening up the possibility of mining previously inaccessible ocean depths, causing vastly more damage.
Nearly a third of the world’s tree species are threatened with extinction – we need global action to stop them being lost forever
Environment
By Malin Rivers
Nearly a third of the world’s tree species are threatened with extinction – we need global action to stop them being lost forever
Trees are crucial to tackle the climate crisis, but are facing multifaceted threats. As world leaders consider the needs of the planet at COP26 this autumn, the needs of trees must be on the agenda.
Climate-smart fisheries can change the fate of our oceans
Environment
By Gareth Cunningham
Climate-smart fisheries can change the fate of our oceans
An effective climate-smart fishing strategy would reduce the carbon emissions that come directly from the UK fishing fleet; enhance marine biodiversity by reducing the damage from unsustainable fishing practices.
Farmers can be the heroes of a greener world
Environment
By David Fursdon
Farmers can be the heroes of a greener world
We should be avoiding intensive forms of farming livestock and poultry that are polluting many of our waterways, reducing soil health, and decimating biodiversity.
Good COP, bad COP? How Britain can lead the way on global nature protection
Environment
By Baroness Parminter
Good COP, bad COP? How Britain can lead the way on global nature protection
A gulf exists between the urgency and importance of halting biodiversity losses, restoring nature and the amount of actual efforts being made to do so. COP15 is a crucial moment to turn the tide.