Environment

The Countryside Alliance has called on the BBC to apply its new impartiality rules to environmental activist and presenter Chris Packham.

The National Sheep Association (NSA) has branded new research which claims sheep farmers would be better off afforesting their land ‘fundamentally flawed’.

Simon Zaugg shepherds one of Switzerland’s largest flocks in the mountainous Gantrisch region, situated between the lowlands and iconic Swiss Alps. Hannah Park finds out more about his unique lifestyle.

Investors have been urged to be cautious about investing in global meat giant JBS due to it having ‘no action plan’ to deal with indirect suppliers and deforestation.

Vegans who buy milk substitutes are harming the planet and would be better switching to cow’s milk, according to a new study.

Government plans to capture carbon through tree planting will be severely undermined unless radical action is taken to cut emissions from degraded peatlands, according to new analysis from countryside charity CPRE.

The Defra family responsible for ELMs development is becoming too inward-focused, instead of looking out to farmers who will deliver their ambitions, says Julia Aglionby, executive director for the Foundation for Common Land.

For fruit grower David Butler, streamlining is proving crucial to securing a commercially thriving fruit growing enterprise for years to come. Jack Watkins reports.

NFU Cymru has reacted angrily to a Welsh Government (WG) commitment in its Clean Air Plan to introduce a new agricultural water pollution law.

The UK Government has said it plans to keep the ban on using neonicotinoids to protect sugar beet, as France granted a three-year derogation to begin in the 2021 campaign.