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Chris Elmore MP delivered the UK statement at a UN high-level plenary addressing sea-level rise, highlighting the existential threat posed by rising seas and the need for international action.
A pesticide usage survey reports on applications of pesticides to outdoor vegetable crops harvested in the 2025 season across the UK, detailing usage patterns and crop-specific pesticide information.
The government’s first Nature Restoration Fund plan aims to unlock up to 15,780 new homes in Norfolk by financing habitat restoration and land improvements, using conservation measures to make land available for housing development.
Michael Seals has been reappointed for a second term as chair of the Animal Sentience Committee, continuing his role advising government on issues relating to animal sentience and policy implications.
Monthly milk quality statistics for July 2026 for Northern Ireland, compiled from milk purchaser returns to DAERA to monitor compositional and safety indicators relevant to the dairy industry.
High‑level scoping assessment identifying pollutant monitoring requirements linked to net zero technologies, surveying monitoring capabilities and gaps relevant to deployment and environmental compliance.
Average animal numbers used to release a single batch of veterinary vaccine have dropped 41% over a decade, from 29 animals in 2013 to 17 in 2024, reflecting reduced animal use in quality‑control testing.
A DEFRA marketing notice records a precision-bred status application for a banana plant, providing information on the submitted precision breeding marketing notice (reference PBM/26/MUAC/001) and its regulatory considerations.
Provides the fishing quota allocations for England and the UK, setting permitted catch limits and how total allowable catches are apportioned across UK nations, regions and fleet sectors for the relevant management period.
MMO has started work to fix technical problems in its Catch Recording App and web service after previous issues disrupted fishers’ submissions, with improvements intended to restore reliable mobile and online recording of catch data.
Call for responses on a draft Norfolk Environmental Delivery Plan to protect Norfolk: Broads SAC (Yare and Bure), Broadland Ramsar and River Wensum SAC while enabling sustainable development through site-specific nutrient pollution measures.
Dataset of ambient (background) gamma radiation dose rates across the UK, collected from fixed and mobile monitors and published to provide measured background gamma dose rates by location.
A Sheffield operator ran a regulated waste facility without the required environmental permit and has been sentenced to a 39‑week suspended prison term, following prosecution by the Environment Agency for illegal waste operations.
Helicopter footage of a glacier circulating online is an old video and does not show the glacier blamed for last month’s flood in Nepal, Full Fact finds, dismissing claims that the clip proves the flood’s cause.
Makes available previous editions of the farming evidence pack, offering historical agricultural statistics for comparison and analysis of long‑run trends in the UK farming industry.
October Catch Limit Review 2026 sets out proposed catch limits for the UK fishing season, inviting responses as part of routine annual fisheries management and quota-setting processes.
Annual summary of the UK Expert Committee on Pesticides’ work, outlining advisory activity, risk assessments, scientific deliberations and recommendations on pesticide regulation and safety over the reporting year.
Environment Agency prosecution concluded against a Birmingham waste company that ignored permit conditions and enforcement notices; the firm must clear the site and pay nearly £24,000 in penalties.
The Marine Management Organisation has published its August 2026 fishing effort statistics, providing data on vessel activity and fishing effort for that month.
APHA marked 100 years of Newcastle disease research, holding an event that reviewed a century of work and discussed the future of global disease surveillance, control and innovation in animal health.
Monthly statistics on UK fishing vessels’ uptake of non‑quota species in EU waters for August 2026 have been published, detailing catches of species not covered by quota allocations.
An Adam Smith Institute opinion piece disputes claims that AI datacentre expansion will create a catastrophic ‘tsunami’ of toxic e‑waste, arguing most discarded electronics will be recyclable, profitable to process and thus not a major problem.
2026 Forestry Commission nursery survey estimating sales of improved forest nursery stock by Great Britain’s forest nurseries, providing up-to-date figures on production and sales volumes for the sector.