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Sir Harry Studholme has been appointed as interim Chair of the Forestry Commission up to 30 June 2013. He is a serving Forestry Commissioner and his…

Fly-tipping incidents in England have decreased by nine per cent between the financial years 2010-11 and 2011-12 to 744,000 incidents. The Official…

Two years on and the Government’s £4 million Big Tree Plant has seen over 239,000 trees planted across the country with £3.4 million of the…

Professor Nicola Spence, Dr Geoffrey Hawtin and Sir Ralph Ferrers Vyvyan have each been reappointed to the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic…

The Government is pressing ahead with its plans to create Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) to protect the UK’s rich marine environment, Natural…

A joint triennial review of the Environment Agency and Natural England starts today.

The review will provide an opportunity to look at what functions…

Exports of live animals through the port of Ramsgate will face tougher welfare checks, Food and Farming Minister David Heath announced today.

The…

Owen Paterson, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has announced the appointment of Elaine Hayes as Chair of the Seafish…

Businesses on the Isle of Wight will show Defra Minister David Heath how Government funding has transformed the rural economy as he visits innovative…

Dairy farmers will have greater clout in the marketplace under plans to boost industry collaboration launched by Farming Minister David Heath…