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By Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer (England)
Thursday 5th December is the FAO’s World Soils Day with a theme of caring for our soils through “measure, monitor, manage.”
The Importance of Good Data for Soil Management
The importance of good data to support informed decision-making is a ke...
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Joe, Stanley, Head of Sustainable Farming, Allerton Project
As a farmer I have always been fascinated by field drainage systems; invisible networks of drainage channels running underneath much of our farmland carrying away excess water to field-edge ditches, thence away to streams and rivers. In ...
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Written by Henrietta Appleton, Policy Officer (England)
Image courtesy of Wildlifetrusts.org
This sounds like a character from Lord of the Rings but it is actually one of the common names for the only member of the Talpa genus in the British Isles, the common (European) mole. Mouldiwarp literall...
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By Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer (England)
We will all remember the focus on the 3Rs at school – reading, writing and arithmetic. Not quite an alliteration! But in the new Green Age, we have a different set of 3Rs to consider – resilience, regenerative farming, and rewilding (including ...
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The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (GWCT) Allerton Project is partnering with the Environmental Farmers Group (EFG) to create a Knowledge Hub to serve as a resource for farmers looking to enhance their understanding of natural capital markets, sustainable land management, and the lates...
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Defra’s New Hedgerow Regulations – what’s changing?
The Management of Hedgerows (England) Regulations came into effect in May 2024, aimed at protecting hedgerows on agricultural land. Hedgerows are vital: they provide habitat for wildlife, serve as corridors for animal movement, slow soil erosio...
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Marcus Jansen, Executive Director of Schöffel Country, presented a cheque for £24,226 to Alastair Leake, director of the GWCT’s Allerton Project, at the Trust’s flagship demonstration farm in Loddington, Leicestershire. The donation was for the total raised by the autumn giveback campaign whereby...
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The year 2024 has officially been declared “the worst year for bumblebees since records began” by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. While out in the field surveying pollinators across southern England, GWCT researchers also noticed a shocking decline in bee numbers compared to previous years. And...
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In anticipation of this week's government spending review, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust has joined forces with twelve leading organisations to warn the government of the negative impact that potential cuts may have for nature and rural businesses.
The letter, addressed to the Food S...
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Planting hedgerows and beetle banks is a great way of enhancing habitats, but according to Arthur Barraclough at Bright Seeds, the benefits can be multiplied by drilling conservation crops either side of the new wildlife corridor.
Why is it important to not just plant hedgerows, but use a mixtur...
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