Ben Eagle

When will the UK ratify the Paris Agreement?

Both China and the United States, the world’s biggest polluters when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, have now ratified the Paris Climate deal (COP21) and yet the UK still does not have a date for doing so. Theresa May was pushed on the matter by Green MP Caroline Lucas at PMQs this afternoon andContinueContinue reading “When will the UK ratify the Paris Agreement?”

Stand by for State of Nature 2016

Many of us remember the concerning headline statistics that were presented in the 2013 ‘State of Nature’ report, published by the RSPB and other conservation organisations 3 years ago. 60% of species have declined over the past 50 years and 31% have declined strongly 14% of farmland flowering plants are on the red list 65% ofContinueContinue reading “Stand by for State of Nature 2016”

British Agricultural Policy after Brexit

Originally posted on A Dartmoor blog:
Dieter Helm, an economist and chair of the Natural Capital Committee has just published an important paper entitled ‘British Agricultural Policy after Brexit’. You can read his paper here. It is a very important contribution to the debate as DEFRA / George Eustice and Andrea Leadsom begin to plan…

The future of the UK in the world – a personal view. Guest blog by Robert Seago

This post forms part of a series of guest blogs on thinkingcountry relating to the future of British agriculture and conservation in the light of Brexit. Over the coming months, the series will present a range of views relating to the future of British agriculture and environmental policy. In this post Bob Seago, a reserveContinueContinue reading “The future of the UK in the world – a personal view. Guest blog by Robert Seago”

Why Ag Education is important

Agricultural education is nigh on non existent within the school system in the UK. The US are one step ahead of us and it features far more prominently within the curriculum. There is, it seems, still more work to be done in making a case for its importance but we could still learn some lessonsContinueContinue reading “Why Ag Education is important”