Farms to receive cash injection from private sector to save the planet
Improving data access and giving clarity on high-integrity environmental markets could boost a…
Tag: soil
Amateur gardeners to be banned from using peat compost from 2024
Peatlands are the UK's largest carbon store but only around 13% are said to be in a…
Government urged to pay farmers to restore natural habitats
Branding every kind of land as suitable for food and carbon removal is a recipe for failure, a…
Droughts two years ago worst since 1766
Recent drought levels have not been seen since before American independence
UN: ‘Droughts increase nearly a third in a generation’
These have cost the world $124bn since 1998
Waitrose vows to stop selling peat compost next year
The supermarket chain has pledged to sell peat-free alternatives in a bid to encourage more…
EU targets ‘zero pollution’ in air, water and soil by 2050
The Zero Pollution Action Plan sets out key 2030 targets to reduce pollution at source and…
‘If global climate warms by 2°C, 230 billion tonnes of CO2 will be released from soils’
That's the dire warning from the University of Exeter, which says this could cause a…
EU commits to slash pesticide use by 50% by 2030 in green agriculture announcement
The announcement comes as part of a new roadmap to make farming and agriculture more…
Soil and agriculture ‘can play major role in mitigating climate change’
The United Nations Environment Programme says agricultural practices can be used to store…
