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  • Conflict, Stability and Security Fund: programme summaries for the Overseas Territories 2021 to 2022

    This page includes summaries of Conflict, Stability and Security Fund programmes in the Overseas Territories.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 9 others
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Landscape Recovery: how the schemes will work

    The scheme policy for Landscape Recovery, one of our 3 environmental land management schemes.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Outcomes from the UK Farm to Fork summit

    An update following the UK Farm to Fork summit held at 10 Downing Street on 16 May 2023.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Urban waste water treatment: updated sensitive areas maps 2023

    River stretches and bodies of water in England identified as sensitive areas under the Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994. 

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Explanatory memorandum on EU regulation 2016/429 (C(2023)636)

    The government's summary of technical amendments to existing EU legislation to prevent and control the spread of certain listed diseases.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Revised national air quality strategy

    Seeking views on the draft revised national air quality strategy.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • EM on EU regulation 2016/429 (C(2023)7913)

    The government's summary of a European Commission delegated regulation which supplements EU animal health law set out in EU regulation 2016/429.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Draft National Policy Statement for Water Resources Infrastructure

    Seeking views on the draft National Policy Statement for Water Resources Infrastructure.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Fisheries: managing quota allocation from 2023

    Seeking views on how we should split our additional fishing quota between the UK administrations and allocate our additional quota in England and the Crown Dependencies from 2023.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Green finance strategy

    A strategy to harness the UK’s world-leading financial services sector to support our climate and environmental objectives.

    • From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and 3 others
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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Fisheries: bilateral agreement with the Faroe Islands for 2023

    Agreed record of the annual consultations held between the UK and the Faroe Islands for fishing opportunities in 2023.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Designation of 4 new bathing waters in England

    Seeking views on the proposal to designate 4 sites in England as bathing waters.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Bathing waters: removing Tunstall Beach from the list of designated bathing waters

    Seeking views on the proposal to remove Tunstall Beach from the list of bathing waters designated under the Bathing Water Regulations 2013.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Contractual practice in the UK pig sector

    Seeking views on supply chain relations in the UK pig sector.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Plan for Water: our integrated plan for delivering clean and plentiful water

    Defra's plan to clean up our waters and ensure a plentiful supply for the future.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Update to Green Finance Strategy: call for evidence

    Call for evidence to support the development of an update to the UK’s Green Finance Strategy.

    • From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and 3 others
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Nature markets

    A framework for scaling up private investment in nature recovery and sustainable farming.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • 2030 Strategic framework for international climate and nature action

    Seeking views on how the UK can encourage international climate and nature action over the next decade.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • 2030 Strategic framework for international climate and nature action

    The 2030 Strategic Framework sets out how the UK will deliver internationally on its climate and nature goals in this critical decade.

    • From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and 2 others
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • UK International Climate Finance Strategy

    An outline of how the UK's commitment to spend £11.6 billion on International Climate Finance from 2021 to 2022 to 2025 to 2026 is being delivered.

    • From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and 2 others
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government