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Increased payments for farmers to protect the environment

Farmers are to get increased payments for protecting and boosting nature, the Government has announced as it faces pressure to deliver new environmental subsidies. Speaking at the Oxford Farming Conference, Farming Minister Mark Spencer announced up ...

05 Jan 2023 at 13:45

England ‘seen as world leading on nature-friendly farming at Cop16’

England’s farming subsidy reforms that aim to benefit nature are considered “world leading” by other countries at the UN biodiversity summit, UK officials have said. Tony Juniper, chairman of Natural England which advises the Government on the ...

28 Oct 2024 at 18:16

Pay farmers to restore habitat on least productive farmland, think tank says

Paying farmers to restore natural habitat on England’s least productive land would both boost their income and increase wild bird populations by almost 50% by 2050, according to a new study. Environmental think tank Green Alliance is calling ...

15 Aug 2022 at 19:23

Fate of Thames Water and budget for nature-friendly farming in Labour’s in-tray

Labour inherits a host of environmental issues that will need to be dealt with by a department which is unprotected and could face a further financial squeeze. The new Government is already being urged to “hit the ground running” and “crack ...

08 Jul 2024 at 12:13

Fury as Defra closes key nature-friendly farming scheme to new applicants

The Government is facing an angry backlash over the abrupt closure of its flagship nature-friendly farming payments scheme for new applicants this year. The Environment Department (Defra) announced late on Tuesday that the sustainable ...

12 Mar 2025 at 11:06

Government under fire over abrupt closure of key nature-friendly farming scheme

Ministers have faced criticism from MPs, farmers and conservationists for the abrupt closure of a flagship nature-friendly farming payments scheme. The Environment Department (Defra) announced late on Tuesday that the sustainable ...

12 Mar 2025 at 16:11

Around 3,000 farmers can apply for closed nature farming scheme after ‘error’

Thousands of farmers who had started applications for nature-friendly farming payments before the scheme was abruptly shut will have the chance to apply for funding. The Government caused uproar when it announced on March 11 ...

13 May 2025 at 08:46

Keep up pressure to ensure landscape recovery scheme remains – conservationist

Both farmers and environmentalists need to “keep the pressure” on the Government to ensure planned subsidies to help restore nature are not diluted, a leading conservationist has warned. There was a backlash this week in ...

28 Sept 2022 at 17:07

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