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News ArchiveShowing 49 News articles by Date. Show all by Category. The CLA has welcomed the 12 Nature Improvement Areas (NIAs) announced today (27 February) by Defra, while stressing the plans to create new havens for wildlife and restore habitats must not stifle development. [News and Press/News Archive] - [27 February 2012] CLA President Harry Cotterell has told the Commons’ Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) Committee there are huge resource issues to meeting the challenges set out in the Natural Environment White Paper. [News and Press/News Archive] - [19 January 2012] CLA Policy Director Allan Buckwell talks about climate change at a Clear About Carbon event in Cornwall. [News and Press/News Archive] - [11 November 2011]  Agri-industry to reduce greenhouse gases by 2020Organisations representing the agricultural industry in England today (4 April) launched a joint Greenhouse Gas Action Plan (GHGAP) setting out how the industry will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by three million tonnes of CO2 equivalents from... [News and Press/News Archive] - [5 April 2011]  CLA statement on over 95 percent of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) now classed as in favourable or recovering conditionCLA President William Worsley said: “The increase of more than one million hectares of SSSI’s in favourable or recovering condition could not have been achieved without the active management undertaken by farmers and land managers. Without their help... [News and Press/News Archive] - [4 January 2011]  Environment Minister to launch enhanced greenhouse gas calculator at The CLA Game FairThe impact of Environmental Stewardship (ES) schemes on a farm’s greenhouse gas (GHG) balance can now be calculated after the enhancement of a tool which measures GHG emissions and sequestration from agricultural production. [News and Press/News Archive] - [23 July 2010]  CLA demands swift resolution to agri-environment scheme disruptionThe CLA today (5 July) demanded that Defra and Natural England take action to minimise disruption to farmers and land managers set to be caused by changes made to agri-environment schemes. [News and Press/News Archive] - [5 July 2010] CLA warns of ‘cowboy’ fly-tipping danger as May Bank Holiday weekends approachThe CLA warned today (26 April) of the danger of “cowboy” fly-tippers dumping waste. [News and Press/News Archive] - [26 April 2010]  CLA launches three-point plan in renewed campaign on fly-tippingThe CLA has launched a three-point plan to combat fly-tipping – in the new phase of its environmental crime campaign. [News and Press/News Archive] - [22 March 2010]  CLA says report won’t protect Green BeltsThe CLA says a report on Green Belts jointly published by Natural England and the Campaign to Protect Rural England could do more harm than good. [News and Press/News Archive] - [28 January 2010]  Thousands of signatures against fly-tipping presented to Minister Dan Norris by CLAThe CLA today (Wednesday, 28 October) presented Dan Norris MP, Minister for Rural Affairs and Environment, with a petition with more than 2,000 signatures - calling for action on fly-tipping. [News and Press/News Archive] - [29 October 2009]  Defra decision means industry must deliver on environmental promisesThe decision announced by Defra today to back the industry-led Campaign for the Farmed Environment as the best option for retaining the environment benefits of set-aside is extremely welcome news. The farming industry must now deliver on its promises to... [News and Press/News Archive] - [9 July 2009]  The CLA says climate change talks are vitalThe CLA today stressed the importance of talks that are paving the way for a new international agreement on how to tackle climate change – set to be signed in Copenhagen in December. [News and Press/News Archive] - [26 June 2009]  CLA Environmental Markets conference heralded as start of something bigThe CLA’s Environmental Markets Seminar was praised for its vision by ecology, media and industry figures. [News and Press/News Archive] - [13 May 2009]  The CLA calls for ‘Green Stock Exchange’ to boost environmentThe rural economy experts said that the state of the environment and rural development could be both boosted by an exchange where environmental credits are traded. [News and Press/News Archive] - [12 May 2009]  First study of its kind into greenhouse gas emissions from farms The first study of its kind to provide detailed measurement of greenhouse gas emissions from farms in England has revealed big differences from one agricultural sector to another. [News and Press/News Archive] - [30 June 2008] The CLA is calling for a more balanced approach to sustainable development in the countryside after the publication on Monday, 19 May 2008 of a Natural England report on and manifesto for the natural environment. [News and Press/News Archive] - [20 May 2008] The CLA (Country Land and Business Association) is helping to organise a high- level green conference on 17 April. [News and Press/News Archive] - [11 April 2008] A New Form of Accounting as Carbon Calculator Goes LiveFarm accounts will change forever this week – when the CLA and Savills release a new, absolutely free, web-based calculator which will allow farmers and land managers to work out their carbon accounts. [News and Press/News Archive] - [7 March 2008]  CLA Says Keep Calm Over Climate ChangeIf businesses are going to develop they have to understand their accounts – and in the near future that will mean carbon accounts as well as financial accounts - that was the message from the CLA, the rural economy experts, at last week’s Oxford Farming... [News and Press/News Archive] - [7 January 2008]  Southern England Set to Experience Double Average Temperature Increase – Says CLATemperatures in southern England are rising at an alarming rate and are set to reach a figure which is double the target laid down by the Kyoto agreement – according to the CLA, the rural economy experts. [News and Press/News Archive] - [12 December 2007]  CLA Tells Minister Combatting Climate Change Will CostIf livestock farmers are to become involved in the fight against climate change then it will have to be on an economically viable footing – according to David Fursdon, president of the CLA. [News and Press/News Archive] - [5 September 2007]  CLA Response to the Nitrate Vulnerable Zones Consultation“If the proposal in the consultation are taken forward, many livestock farmers could end up in financial ruin”, said Tanya Olmeda-Hodge, Head of Environment at the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) in response the publication today (21st... [News and Press/News Archive] - [22 August 2007]  CLA secures grant to help land managers combat climate changeAlmost £50,000 has been awarded to the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) by the East of England Development Agency to fund a project to enable farmers and land managers to calculate the carbon footprint of their businesses and judge the best... [News and Press/News Archive] - [14 June 2007]  Landowners need government help to meet £50 million a year bill to clean up fly-tippingThe Country Land and Business Association is calling for increased Government aid to tackle the growing problem of illegal fly-tipping after it was revealed that landowners are footing a staggering £50 million a year clear-up bill. [News and Press/News Archive] - [22 March 2007]  'Climate change offers one of the greatest opportunities of the 21st century' said Jonathon Porritt Today saw the official launch of a new project to communicate climate change to farmers, growers and land owners across England. At a fringe event directly after the Oxford Farming Conference, Jonathon Porritt hosted a discussion on the challenges and... [News and Press/News Archive] - [8 January 2007]  Climate change and the European countrysideAction is needed now to minimise the impact of climate change on food and forest production, says a new report launched today (30 August) by the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit and the Country Land and Business Association (CLA). [News and Press/News Archive] - [30 August 2006]  Advice To Defra Ministers At Royal ConfusedThe two statements made by Rt Hon David Miliband and Lord Rooker delivered the same day at Royal Show featured contradictions. "CLA calls for clarification on this. Civil servants, the supposed experts in this field, are now giving contradicting advice... [News and Press/News Archive] - [5 July 2006]  CLA Response to Speech by Farming Minister Lord Rooker at the Royal Show (3 July 2006)“The CLA have lobbied hard for the last two years to develop these new options. Keeping the traditional farm buildings option and the points for mixed stocking allows greater flexibility in the Entry Level Scheme (ELS). The native breeds at risk... [News and Press/News Archive] - [5 July 2006]  CLA President's response to speech by Rt Hon David Miliband made at Royal Show (3 July 2006)"It was great to hear a new Secretary of State come out with new ideas for new partnerships. It helps a lot that the Secretary of State offered a fulsome apology for the abysmal performance of the RPA." [News and Press/News Archive] - [4 July 2006]  Public Goods From Private Land – Why Nature Needs FarmingNew CLA Vision For Environmental Policy [News and Press/News Archive] - [11 October 2005]  Land Managers On Front Line Of Climate ChangeLand managers are literally on the front line in the battle to tackle the effects of climate change, says the Country Land and Business Association (CLA). As international attention focuses on the impact of climate change, energy prices rise and EU... [News and Press/News Archive] - [12 September 2005] 'ESS Is More' says CLACLA Welcomes Launch Of Environmental Stewardship Scheme [News and Press/News Archive] - [24 February 2005]  Flood & Coastal Defence: 'Laissez Faire' is not an option says CLA'The real danger to the thousands of households threatened with flooding and coastal erosion comes from oversimplification of the choice between 'doing nothing' and maintaining hard defence measures,' said Mark Hudson, President of the Country Land &... [News and Press/News Archive] - [8 November 2004]  Land managers' unique role in calming climate changeSome of Britain's top climate change and renewable energy scientists indicated at a Country Land & Business Association (CLA) seminar this week (13 Oct) the unique contribution that land management can make to combating climate change. [News and Press/News Archive] - [15 October 2004] Countryside calls for fair deal on protecting our coastlineThe Country Land and Business Association (CLA) warns that the formula used by Government to allocate resources to protect our sea defences is storing up huge problems for the future and that the countryside will not accept being given a less than fair... [News and Press/News Archive] - [26 April 2004]  CLA puts landowners on Squirrel AlertThe Country Land and Business Association (CLA) is urging landowners in the north east to step up activity to help save the native red squirrel, a species that is in danger of becoming extinct on mainland Britain within a generation.The CLA is working... [News and Press/News Archive] - [7 April 2004]  Fed up of Fly-tippingThe Country Land and Business Association (CLA) is today launching a survey on flytipping in the countryside. The online survey is open to the public and will run for the month of April. [News and Press/News Archive] - [31 March 2004]  The great walls of Yorkshire - the only contest of its kindA welcome revival in the craft of dry stone walling is expected to attract a record entry this year for Yorkshire's premier competition for wallers. [News and Press/News Archive] - [24 February 2004] Wildlife on the move need corridors of climate changeAs climate change forces our wildlife to find new places to live, what can we do to help these shifting species reach their new homes? Wildlife corridors and stepping stones can link up the UK's network of protected nature conservation areas - but only... [News and Press/News Archive] - [28 August 2003] Cool ideas to tackle heat: why land could make more of a splashAs temperatures soar into the thirties, Britain should be tapping into a scheme to store extra water on private land. But if the government doesn't amend the 1975 Reservoirs Act, the country will lose out from fewer on-farm reservoirs to provide... [News and Press/News Archive] - [6 August 2003]  Hotter summers find new ways to store waterBritain could lose out on a vital system to store emergency water if the government doesn't change the law to encourage farmers to install reservoirs. [News and Press/News Archive] - [17 July 2003]  Government risks defeating its own environmental objectives - warns CLASome of the most fragile and precious landscapes in the South West could be put at risk by a proposed reform to the Common Agricultural Policy which would see support payments split from land - according to a leading expert on the CAP. [News and Press/News Archive] - [30 May 2003]  Biofuels: Minister awards vision becoming realityA farmer's futuristic conversion of traditional stone barns into a business centre, heated by willow grown on his farm, was one of four Yorkshire winners of Britain's top rural architectural awards. [News and Press/News Archive] - [20 February 2003]  NFU and CLA United on NVZs Tenant ProblemsTraditional tenant farmers will be particularly hard hit by manure spreading restrictions under the Nitrate Vulnerable Zones, the National Farmers Union and the Country Land and Business Association both said today. [News and Press/News Archive] - [22 August 2002]  Farmland Access ReviewIn response to the announcement by Elliott Morley today, the CLA will press hard to ensure that farmers do not lose out financially as a result of the implementation of the Countryside Stewardship Schemes. [News and Press/News Archive] - [22 August 2002]  Restrictions Under the Nitrate Vulnerable ZonesTraditional tenant farmers will be particularly hard hit by manure spreading restrictions under the Nitrate Vulnerable Zones, the National Farmers Union and the Country Land and Business Association both said today. [News and Press/News Archive] - [22 August 2002] CLA appoint Forestry Adviser and strengthen lnks with the FTAThe Country Land and Business Association has appointed a new Woodlands and Forestry Adviser and has established an important link with the Forestry and Timber Association. [News and Press/News Archive] - [22 August 2002] Areas in Nitrate Vulnerable Zones ReducedThe CLA are glad that DEFRA has announced today that they will significantly reduce their previous proposal to designate 100% of England as an NVZ to 55%, in response to the strong case made by the CLA jointly with the NFU. [News and Press/News Archive] - [17 July 2002] |
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