Time for Nature

Time for Nature

At the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment in 1972, the UN named 5th June as an International World Environment Day, and since then it has been a global platform for promoting awareness and a call for action on global environmental problems. The theme of...
The Challenge of ‘Nitrate Neutrality’

The Challenge of ‘Nitrate Neutrality’

Once again, the challenge of balancing the needs of the environment with planning and policy objectives has come to the fore. The issue? ‘Dutch Nitrogen’… The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruling in the ‘Dutch Nitrogen’ case in November 2018 has meant...
World Environment Day 2019

World Environment Day 2019

World Environment Day (WED) has been celebrated on 5 June for the last 45 years and it is a day of raising awareness and urging society to take positive action to protect our environment. The period leading up to this year’s WED has been marked by a series of...
Biodiversity Net Gain – What’s It All About?

Biodiversity Net Gain – What’s It All About?

While the country is in the midst of the political crisis that is Brexit, the government is still pushing ahead on some of the other day-to-day matters. In the Chancellor’s Spring Statement, Philip Hammond set out the government’s renewed efforts to tackle the UK’s...