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December 2002
- 31 December 2002
- Europe's new personal import rules 538/02
- 23 December 2002
- Consultation on controlling smell from sewage works 537/02
- 23 December 2002
- New fisheries plan will kickstart cod recovery 536/02
- 23 December 2002
- Defra maps out environmental farming pilots 535/02
- 23 December 2002
- Appointments to Board of Trustees,Royal Botanic Gardens,Kew 534/02
- 23 December 2002
- Sheep Quota Purchase Scheme 2002 results announced 533/02
- 20 December 2002
- Vocational Training Scheme - applications made easier 532/02
- 20 December 2002
- Local people will have a strong voice in rural review - Haskins 531/02
- 19 December 2002
- New seed regulations for England 529/02
- 19 December 2002
- Advice to pregnant women during the
lambing season 528/02
- 18 December 2002
- Non-sector catch limits for January and February 2003 in the North Sea (Area IV), West of Scotland (Area VI) and Area VII 527/02
- 18 December 2002
- Farm nitrate pollution controls start tomorrow 526/02
- 17 December 2002
- New framework for the delivery of services in animal health and animal welfare 525/02
- 17 December 2002
- BSE & offspring cull compensation 524/02
- 17 December 2002
- Report finds changes in the reproductive health of some marine life in the UK 523/02
- 17 December 2002
- New deputy chairman for the Sea Fish Industry Authority 522/02
- 16 December 2002
- Defra commissions economic review of forestry policy 521/02
- 16 December 2002
- The Environment Agency's priorities for the next five years 520/02
- 16 December 2002
- Defra consults on agri-environment schemes 519/02
- 13 December 2002
- Calls for sheep farmers to take part in fallen stock survey for scrapie 518/02
- 13 December 2002
- Morley braced for tough talks 517/02
- 12 December 2002
- Lord Whitty welcomes announcement
of Chairman of English Farming and Food Partnerships 516/02
- 12 December 2002
- 2002 update of bird population indicator
515/02
- 12 December 2002
- Improving the nation's health:Government to
produce Food and Health Action Plan 514/02
- 12 December 2002
- Government and industry join to map out the future for sustainable farming and food
513/02
- 12 December 2002
- Tackling background noise from transport and
industry 512/02
- 12 December 2002
- England noise mapping starts in London
511/02
- 11 December 2002
- Animal Health Act comes into force in January
510/02
- 11 December 2002
- Ministers announce decision on Technetium-99
509/02
- 10 December 2002
- Defra and the devolved administrations launch
veterinary surveillance strategy consultation 508/02
- 10 December 2002
- The Government's formal response to the Independent
Review of Dispensing by Veterinary Surgeons of Prescription Only Medicines
507/02
- 09 December 2002
- Government sets out ideas on making new European
chemicals strategy effective and workable 506/02
- 09 December 2002
- Government gets wide backing for CAP reform
505/02
- 06 December 2002
- Review will improve government delivery to rural
areas 504/02
- 05 December 2002
- Air quality still improving - 50 years after
the great London smog 498/02
- 04 December 2002
- Reports of pesticide poisoning of animals down
in 2001 - results likely to have been affected by FMD 503/02
- 04 December 2002
- Advisory forum on hazardous waste set up 502/02
- 04 December 2002
- Beckett gives local authorities £76 million
for recycling waste 501/02
- 04 December 2002
- Defra announces extra protection for the waterbirds
and natterjack toads of ribble and Alt 500/02
- 03 December 2002
- Hunting with dogs - The proposals 499/02
- 02 December 2002
- Brucellosis compensation 497/02
November 2002
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- 29 November 2002
- Further measures on potato brown rot 496/02
- 28 November 2002
- UK Country Report On Animal Genetic Resources
495/02
- 28 November 2002
- Collaboration, the key to unlocking research
funds: Defra co-hosts EU science conference with FSA, NERC, BBSRC 494/02
- 28 November 2002
- BSE & offspring cull compensation 493/02
- 28 November 2002
- Farmers' incomes up in 2002, forecasts show
492/02
- 28 November 2002
- Rolling programme to open countryside for recreation
489/02
- 28 November 2002
- Funding for National Parks and Broads authorities
will boost rural revival 488/02
- 28 November 2002
- Meacher: Government needs to step up action
to deliver Sustainable Development 487/02
- 28 November 2002
- Planning to bring rights of way into the 21st
century 486/02
- 27 November 2002
- Appointments to the council of Food From Britain
(FFP) 491/02
- 27 November 2002
- Defra's Autumn Performance Report 2002 released
490/02
- 26 November 2002
- National Scrapie Plan - Defra consults stakeholders
on help for scrapie affected farms 485/02
- 25 November 2002
- National Scrapie Plan Ewe genotyping available
this winter 484/02
- 25 November 2002
- Non-sector catch limits for December 2002 in
the North Sea (area IV),west of Scotland (area VI) and area VII 483/02
- 25 November 2002
- Michael Meacher welcomes publication of "realistic"
review of UK's environmental performance 482/02
- 25 November 2002
- Consultation launched on proposals to improve
pig identification rules 481/02
- 22 November 2002
- London wholesale markets - consultation launched
480/02
- 21 November 2002
- Changes to fishing vessel licensing arrangements
479/02
- 21 November 2002
- Information bulletin:Morley helps secure
more protection for mahogany 478/02
- 21 November 2002
- Skills and learning review to help rural economy
477/02
- 21 November 2002
- Reducing disease risk when bringing cattle
on to herds under bovine tuberculosis (TB) movement restrictions 476/02
- 21 November 2002
- Business Process Review - Farm Animal Welfare
Council 475/02
- 20 November 2002
- Consultation on the treatment of catering waste
containing meat in composting and biogas plants 474/02
- 20 November 2002
- Pets Travel Scheme extended to USA and Canada
473/02
- 20 November 2002
- Magistrates' toolkit to fight environmental
crime 472/02
- 20 November 2002
- Saving species: Beckett welcomes £7 million
extra for biodiversity 471/02
- 19 November 2002
- Sheep farmers urged to use S mark when moving
stock 470/02
- 19 November 2002
- Pig health funding boost 469/02
- 18 November 2002
- Emerging sheep research findings 468/02
- 15 November 2002
- Morley wins fight to save basking shark 467/02
- 15 November 2002
- Waste and Emissions Trading Bill published in
Parliament 466/02
- 15 November 2002
- Alun Michael welcomes new Institute of Air Quality
Management 463/02
- 14 November 2002
- Pilot areas picked for entry level agri-environment
schemes 465/02
- 13 November 2002
- Morley pledges not to give up on basking
shark 464/02
- 13 November 2002
- New appointments to the Agricultural Wages
Board 462/02
- 12 November 2002
- The Environment in your Pocket 461/02
- 12 November 2002
- Vehicle access over common land - guide
to new regulations 460/02
- 11 November 2002
- Restrictions imposed following case of Contagious
Equine Metritis 459/02
- 11 November 2002
- All breeding rams now have full opportunity
to join the National Scrapie Plan 458/02
- 11 November 2002
- Defra acts to eliminate illegal residues
on winter lettuce 457/02
- 11 November 2002
- We need to build on best ever bathing water
quality results 456/02
- 8 November 2002
- Animal Health Act (2002) - greater ability
to deal swiftly with animal disease outbreaks 455/02
- 8 November 2002
- Working in partnership to revive the rural
economy 453/02
- 7 November 2002
- New Countryside Stewardship handbook launched
at award winning park 454/02
- 7 November 2002
- Public support pledged for Government plans
to protect Basking Sharks 451/02
- 6 November 2002
- FMD inquiries: Defra response 452/02
- 6 November 2002
- Report findings strengthen case for targeted
research into safety of OPs 450/02
- 5 November 2002
- Relaxation in legislation covering rectal
ultrasound scanning 449/02
- 5 November 2002
- Outbreak of spring viraemia of carp in Whitmore
448/02
- 5 November 2002
- Clear water policy priorities for the future
447/02
- 1 November 2002
- Bonfire night - local air pollution 446/02
- 1 November 2002
- UK delegation press release: Delhi declaration
on climate change agreed 445/02
- 1 November 2002
- New campaign videos on illegal imports launched
444/02
- 1 November 2002
- Brucellosis Compensation 443/02
October 2002
- 31 October 2002
- Reappointment of Dr Simon Lyster as a member
of the Darwin Advisory Committee 442/02
- 31 October 2002
- Cleaner and safer public spaces - options
for reform 441/02
- 30 October 2002
- Livestock hauliers urged not to transport
newly shorn sheep on welfare grounds 440/02
- 29 October 2002
- Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
(RCEP) appointment of two members 439/02
- 29 October 2002
- Non-sector catch limits for November 2002
in the North Sea (area IV),west of Scotland (area VI) and area VII 438/02
- 29 October 2002
- Long term plans for sustainable water management
- new consultation on water framework directive 437/02
- 28 October 2002
- Animal Welfare Minister Elliot Morley praises
RSPCA staff dealing with deadly seal virus 436/02
- 28 October 2002
- Government launches review of the Spongiform
Encephalopathy Advisory Committee 435/02
- 25 October 2002
- Sustainable farming and food group takes
shape 434/02
- 25 October 2002
- BSE & offspring cull compensation 433/02
- 25 October 2002
- UK specialist and regional food & drink
on the quality fast track at Salone Del Gusto, Turin Italy 432/02
- 25 October 2002
- Bluetongue: Defra consults stakeholders
on control strategy 431/02
- 24 October 2002
- Working with the grain of nature: a biodiversity
strategy for England 430/02
- 23 October 2002
- Case of contagious Equine Metritis 429/02
- 23 October 2002
- Information bulletin: Annual review
of the local authority charging schemes for industrial air pollution
428/02
- 22 October 2002
- Meacher consults on dioxins control 427/02
- 21 October 2002
- Sewage sludge regulations to be improved
426/02
- 21 October 2002
- Membership of the Veterinary Products Committee
425/02
- 18 October 2002
- Collaborative agreement between
the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) and the Royal (Dick) School
of Veterinary Studies (R(D)SVS) 424/02
- 18 October 2002
- Defra to consult widely on Saltdean
badgers 423/02
- 18 October 2002
- Government seeks voluntary action
by industry to reduce the risks from dangerous chemicals 422/02
- 18 October 2002
- Ammonia booklet aims to spread the
word on pollution 421/02
- 17 October 2002
- Sussex fish dealer fined for illegally
importing Sturgeon 420/02
- 17 October 2002
- Strengthened GMO safety legislation
for England 419/02
- 17 October 2002
- Packaging waste recycling targets
to remain unchanged pending review 418/02
- 17 October 2002
- Annual report of Veterinary Residues
Committee 417/02
- 17 October 2002
- Plans to improve wildlife protection
416/02
- 17 October 2002
- British is best for taste, according
to new survey 414/02
- 16 October 2002
- "Work up detailed effort proposals
that can be judged alongside other fisheries management measures," UK
fisheries Minister tells EU Commission 415/02
- 16 October 2002
- Morley moves to modernise animal
welfare 413/02
- 15 October 2002
- Environmental Protection Expenditure
by Industry 2000 412/02
- 15 October 2002
- Special Countryside Stewardship Scheme
for Stonehenge and Avebury 411/02
- 14 October 2002
- Saltdean badger trapping suspended
410/02
- 9 October 2002
- Statistical release: Survey
of public attitudes to quality of life and to the environment - 2001
409/02
- 9 October 2002
- We must do more to improve our environment
- Meacher 408/02
- 9 October 2002
- Autumn package of measures for the
control of bovine TB in cattle 407/02
- 8 October 2002
- Reappointments to the Advisory Committee
on Consumer Products and the Environment 406/02
- 8 October 2002
- Action Plan agreed with stakeholders
on beak-trimming of laying hens 405/02
- 7 October 2002
- Nitrate Vulnerable Zones designated
to improve water quality and comply with Nitrates Directive 404/02
- 7 October 2002
- Appointment to chair Joint Nature
Conservation Committee (JNCC) 403/02
- 4 October 2002
- Advance payment on beef premiums
to rise to 80 per cent 402/02
- 4 October 2002
- Consultation launched on quinquennial
review of Milk Development Council 401/02
- 3 October 2002
- Statistical
release: River water quality headline indicator for sustainable
development: 2001 400/02
- 3 October 2002
- River
quality continues steady improvement
399/02
- 2 October 2002
- Beckett welcomes ending of beef ban
398/02
- 2 October 2002
- Publication of GM seed audit summary
397/02
- 2 October 2002
- Mislabelling in Japan threatens whale
conservation 396/02
- 2 October 2002
- Views sought on Local Authority Pollution
Control Guidance 395/02
- 1 October 2002
- Confirmed case of bat rabies in Lancashire
394/02
- 1 October 2002
- Brucellosis compensation 393/02
- 1 October 2002
- Meat and Livestock Commission appointments
392/02
- 1 October 2002
- Appointment of Veterinary Products
Committee member 391/02
September 2002
- 30 September 2002
- First snapshot of local environmental quality
390/02
- 28 September 2002
- Suspected case of bat rabies in Lancashire 389/02
- 28 September 2002
- FMD investigation in Cornwall: final results
negative 388/02
- 27 September 2002
- Colin Harvey to continue as chairman of the
Horticultural Development Council 387/02
- 27 September 2002
- Whitty backs news plans for farmers' collaboration
386/02
- 27 September 2002
- BSE & offspring cull compensation 385/02
- 26 September 2002
- Non-sector catch limits for October 2002 in
the north sea (area IV), West of Scotland (area VI) and area VII 384/02
- 25 September 2002
- British beef back on European menus 383/02
- 25 September 2002
- Annual Report of Pesticide Residues Committee
382/02
- 24 September 2002
- FMD investigation in Cornwall - initial results
negative 381/02
- 24 September 2002
- Prestigious awards for tackling antisocial noise
380/02
- 24 September 2002
- Sign up for SD: new workplace sustainable development
education guides 379/02
- 23 September 2002
- FMD investigation in Cornwall 378/02
- 23 September 2002
- Eight hour maximum for live animal journeys
to slaughter proposes UK; Margaret Beckett encourages EU to change
animal journey laws 377/02
- 23 September 2002
- Countryside Alliance's ten point agenda endorses
Government's policies and priorities - Michael 376/02
- 23 September 2002
- Defra publishes report about the future of Horticulture
Research International 373/02
- 20 September 2002
- Europe agrees new rules on personal imports
375/02
- 20 September 2002
- Margaret Beckett welcomes French Food Standards
Agency report on the safety of British beef 374/02
- 19 September 2002
- Government launches consultation to improve
public rights to comment on proposals relating to GM crop releases 372/02
- 18 September 2002
- National Parks at the heart of sustainable development
371/02
- 17 September 2002
- New atlas of the British & Irish flora launched
today 370/02
- 16 September 2002
- Information bulletin:DEFRA gives go ahead
to recycling projects in west Sussex and Berkshire 369/02
- 11 September 2002
- Extension of rules for hill rams in National
Scrapie Plan 368/02
- 11 September 2002
- Hunting with dogs: The solution should be based
on evidence and principle, not personal taste - Alun Michael 367/02
- 10 September 2002
- Defra Press Office: Staff and responsibilities
366/02
- 10 September 2002
- Appointment of new Advisory Committee to boost
recycling of packaging waste 365/02
- 9 September 2002
- Redefining job responsibilities at DEFRA 364/02
- 6 September 2002
- Temporary FMD control permits for hunting to
end from September 30 363/02
- 6 September 2002
- New members needed for park authorities 362/02
- 6 September 2002
- Forum on non-food uses of crops annual report
2002 361/02
- 6 September 2002
- Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council chairman
re-appointed 360/02
- 5 September 2002
- "UK sea fisheries statistics 2001" published
359/02
- 5 September 2002
- DEFRA launches good practice guide on locating
rural services 358/02
- 5 September 2002
- New focus at DEFRA for horse industry 357/02
- 2 September 2002
- £7m boost for UK global biodiversity programme
356/02
- 2 September 2002
- Non-sector catch limits for September 2002 in
the North sea (area IV), west of Scotland (area VI) and area VII 355/02
- 2 September 2002
- Brucellosis compensation 354/02
- 2 September 2002
- Amendments to the Environmental Protection (Restriction
On The Use Of Lead Shot) (England) Regulations 1999 353/02
August 2002
- 30 August 2002
- Purity of seed confirmed for last round of GM
crop trials 352/02
- 29 August 2002
- Information bulletin: Whale shark research
off Belize records important discoveries 351/02
- 28 August 2002
- Hunting hearings - full details published 350/02
- 28 August 2002
- BSE & offspring cull compensation 349/02
- 27 August 2002
- Response to the millennium Biodiversity Report:
'Sustaining the Variety Of Life: five years of the Uk Biodiversity Action
Plan.' 348/02
- 27 August 2002
- Hill farming to get increase in government aid
347/02
- 23 August 2002
- Merger of Apple & Pear Research Council and
Horticultural Development Council 346/02
- 23 August 2002
- Amendments to the Environmental Protection (Restriction
On The Use Of Lead Shot) (England) Regulations 1999 345/02
- 22 August 2002
- DEFRA approves two major new coastal defence
schemes in Sussex 344/02
- 21 August 2002
- New rural standards to boost services for local
people 343/02
- 21 August 2002
- Statistical release: Municipal waste
management survey 2000/2001 342/02
- 20 August 2002
- Information bulletin: The Darwin Initiative
marks tenth anniversary 341/02
- 19 August 2002
- Information bulletin: DEFRA launches
consultation on bird registration review 340/02
- 16 August 2002
- UK consults on a national strategy to combat
acidification,eutrophication and ground-level ozone 339/02
- 16 August 2002
- DEFRA consults on objectives for carbon
monoxide,benzene and ozone in ambient air 338/02
- 16 August 2002
- Livestock farmers urged to arrange TB tests
for their herds 337/02
- 15 August 2002
- Impurities found in Aventis GM rape seed
farm scale evalutions 336/02
- 14 August 2002
- Stakeholders' forum on agricultural waste
335/02
- 14 August 2002
- Interim animal movements regime: late summer
changes 334/02
- 14 August 2002
- Welfare of animals in transit - new guide
launched 333/02
- 14 August 2002
- Joint government/industry biosecurity leaflet
launched 332/02
- 13 August 2002
- Government funds research into deadly seal
virus - national helpline set up to cope with high volume of calls
331/02
- 13 August 2002
- Information bulletin: Nitrate Vulnerable
Zones published on the internet 330/02
- 12 August 2002
- Animal Health Divisional Office opens for
business 329/02
- 8 August 2002
- Autumn changes to the animal movements regime
328/02
- 8 August 2002
- Outbreak of Newcastle disease in Denmark
327/02
- 7 August 2002
- £3.3 million for community energy programme
326/02
- 6 August 2002
- DEFRA to sell Ashmoor burial site 325/02
- 6 August 2002
- Green farming schemes are helping England's
butterflies 324/02
- 5 August 2002
- Cutting air pollution - tough new targets 323/02
- 2 August 2002
- Hunting hearings - latest details on DEFRA website
322/02
- 1 August 2002
- Information bulletin: An appointment
to the Board of the Countryside Agency 321/02
- 1 August 2002
- More money for contaminated land clean up 320/02
- 1 August 2002
- Brucellosis compensation 319/02
- 1 August 2002
- Sparrows and starlings disappearing from town
gardens in the South East 318/02
July 2002
- 31 July 2002
- Clinical trials for GM vaccine for diarrhoea
317/02
- 30 July 2002
- Debut of DEFRA detector dogs 314/02
- 29 July 2002
- Margaret Beckett announces next steps on managing
radioactive waste 315/02
- 29 July 2002
- £3 million boost to tackle backlog of bovine
TB tests 313/02
- 29 July 2002
- The way ahead for Organic Food and Farming
312/02
- 28 July 2002
- Meacher warns of high pollution 316/02
- 26 July 2002
- Non-sector catch limits for August 2002 in
the North sea (area IV), west of Scotland (area VI) and area VII 2001
311/02
- 26 July 2002
- Survey of public attitudes towards the environment
and to quality of life - 2001 310/02
- 26 July 2002
- Public to choose issues for GM debate - Beckett
309/02
- 25 July 2002
- BSE & offspring cull compensation 308/02
- 25 July 2002
- 'Magic' to provide information on the English
Countryside 307/02
- 25 July 2002
- Government commits to Sustainable development
306/02
- 24 July 2002
- Appointments to Horticulture Research International
Board 305/02
- 24 July 2002
- Code of practice to cut salmonella in retail
chicken 304/02
- 24 July 2002
- Beckett approves recycling initiatives 303/02
- 23 July 2002
- Government acts to reduce radioactive discharges
302/02
- 23 July 2002
- Bids sought from farmers and growers for new
grants 301/02
- 23 July 2002
- Better protection for common land and town
and village greens 300/02
- 23 July 2002
- New partnership with Wellcome Trust will boost
Britain's veterinary defences 299/02
- 22 July 2002
- Pesticides Safety Directorate meets its targets
298/02
- 22 July 2002
- Mrs Beckett's statement to the House of Commons
on the Anderson and Follett FMD inquiries 297/02
- 19 July 2002
- DEFRA calls for funding boost from EU for Rural
Development Programmes 2002 296/02
- 19 July 2002
- Investing in a sustainable future:details of
spending review 2002 295/02
- 19 July 2002
- Don Curry to spearhead sustainable farming
and food drive 294/02
- 19 July 2002
- DEFRA aims to attract more ethnic minority
applicants 293/02
- 18 July 2002
- Extra £40 million to help local authorities
dispose of fridges 292/02
- 18 July 2002
- Whitty,Prescott welcome major waterways public-private
venture 291/02
- 18 July 2002
- Air Quality Expert Group members appointed
290/02
- 17 July 2002
- Beckett urges British business to monitor environmental
impacts 289/02
- 17 July 2002
- Information bulletin: Ruddy Duck control
trial conclusions published 288/02
- 17 July 2002
- Double boost for British beef exports 287/02
- 17 July 2002
- Local access forums will improve recreation
in England's open countryside 286/02
- 16 July 2002
- Environmental issues: first among equals in
new company reporting provisions 285/02
- 16 July 2002
- Beckett welcomes Royal Society inquiry report
284/02
- 15 July 2002
- Tax reliefs for further energy-saving investments
expanding the ECA scheme 283/02
- 15 July 2002
- Investing in a sustainable future for our countryside
282/02
- 15 July 2002
- Investigation of seropositive results for Aujeszky's
disease prove negative 281/02
- 15 July 2002
- Government consults on new draft environmental
information regulations 280/02
- 15 July 2002
- Live exports: Morley calls for EU action 279/02
- 13 July 2002
- Minister sets out commitment to new vision
for strong National Parks 277/02
- 12 July 2002
- Pesticides Forum Annual Report published 278/02
- 10 July 2002
- Further changes to the interim animal movements
regime 276/02
- 10 July 2002
- Euro farming reform plans on the right lines
- Beckett 275/02
- 10 July 2002
- Home -Grown Cereals Authority appointments
274/02
- 9 July 2002
- Regulations pave the way for first provisional
open country map 273/02
- 10 July 2002
- Lead reduction in drive for drinking water
improvements 272/02
- 8 July 2002
- Proposed Autumn GM crop trial sites published
271/02
- 8 July 2002
- Advisory Committee on Pesticides - annual report
2001 270/02
- 8 July 2002
- Considerations for autumn ploughing of uncultivated
land 269/02
- 8 July 2002
- Independent expert group recommends no change
to current standard for 1,3-Butadiene 268/02
- 8 July 2002
- Elliot Morley announces farmland access
review 266/02
- 8 July 2002
- Don't bring back more than you bargained
for! Holiday makers at the front line to defend UK against illegal imports
of meat & plants 265/02
- 5 July 2002
- New vehicular access rights for home owners
267/02
- 3 July 2002
- UK condemns Norway's plans to trade whale products
with Iceland 264/02
- 3 July 2002
- One thousand miles in ten years - another milestone
for the Countryside Stewardship Scheme 263/02
- 2 July 2002
- Animal Health Minister announces review of
pig identification rules 262/02
- 2 July 2002
- New £1 million fund for sustainable development
projects in National Parks 261/02
- 1 July 2002
- "Protecting our livestock and plants from
pests and disease" - A new guide for importers 260/02
- 1 July 2002
- Pet Travel Scheme - Europe and North America
developments 259/02
- 1 July 2002
- Brucellosis compensation 258/02
- 1 July 2002
- The Government's commitment to agriculture 257/02
June 2002
- 28 June 2002
- Investigation of seropositive results for Aujeszky's
disease 256/02
- 28 June 2002
- Ministers call meeting with pig industry 255/02
- 28 June 2002
- Second edition of IPPC a practical guide issued
for comment 254/02
- 27 June 2002
- Non-sector catch limits for July 2002 in the
north sea (area IV), west of Scotland (area VI) and area VII 253/02
- 27 June 2002
- Further protection to rivers and coastal waters
252/02
- 27 June 2002
- Nitrate controls to spearhead long - term strategy
to improve water quality 251/02
- 27 June 2002
- Royal Society proceedings on the use of "farm
resources by badgers and risk of bovine tuberculosis transmission to
cattle" 249/02
- 26 June 2002
- UK Government supports further Commission action
against French ban on British beef 250/02
- 26 June 2002
- Use of the Sheep National Envelope in England
248/02
- 26 June 2002
- DEFRA welcomes industry working group report
on electronic identification and livestock tracing 247/02
- 26 June 2002
- BSE & offspring cull compensation 246/02
- 25 June 2002
- Levy rates announced for cereals and oilseeds
245/02
- 25 June 2002
- £140m to speed up recycling 244/02
- 24 June 2002
- FMD investigation in Leicestershire: final results
negative 243/02
- 24 June 2002
- New rules and welfare codes aim to improve welfare
of English hens and chickens 242/02
- 21 June 2002
- Implementing the Waste Incineration Directive
241/02
- 21 June 2002
- FMD investigation in Leicestershire - initial
results negative 240/02
- 21 June 2002
- Regional quality of life counts - results for
the English regions 238/02
- 21 June 2002
- England's quality of life barometer rising in
some regions faster than others - Elliot Morley 237/02
- 21 June 2002
- DEFRA responds to National Audit Office report
236/02
- 20 June 2002
- FMD investigation in Leicestershire 239/02
- 20 June 2002
- Origin of the 2001 foot and mouth disease epidemic
235/02
- 20 June 2002
- Rural stress action plan receives a further
£300,000 234/02
- 19 June 2002
- Action on crime hotspots and rights of way
obstructions 232/02
- 18 June 2002
- Margaret Beckett launches DEFRA's sustainable
development strategy 231/02
- 17 June 2002
- Darwin Initiative: reappointment of Professor
David Ingram as chair of Darwin Advisory Committee 233/02
- 17 June 2002
- Outbreak of Spring Viraemia of Carp in Tyne
and Wear 230/02
- 17 June 2002
- New appointments to the Environment Agency Board
229/02
- 17 June 2002
- New chairmen for four regional freshwater fisheries
committees 228/02
- 17 June 2002
- Resource use and efficiency of the UK economy:
a study by the Wuppertal Institute 227/02
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- 17 June 2002
- Minister opens DEFRA interactive exhibition
at Lake District visitor centre 226/02
- 13 June 2002
- Young people to have their say at 2002 Earth
Summit 225/02
- 13 June 2002
- 12 Organisations to share £500,000 boost from
DEFRA'S Countryside Access Recovery Fund 224/02
- 13 June 2002
- For peat's sake don't rubbish horticultural
composting: Meacher 223/02
- 12 June 2002
- Appointment of Commissioners: Meat and Livestock
Commission 222/02
- 12 June 2002
- Publication of leaflets about Weeds Act 1959
221/02
- 11 June 2002
- Use of malachite green to end 220/02
- 11 June 2002
- Lord Whitty announces a new member of the British
Potato Council 219/02
- 11 June 2002
- Regional wild bird populations in England 218/02
- 8 June 2002
- Much achieved in Bali - more to do for 2002
UN Earth Summit, says Beckett 217/02
- 7 June 2002
- Risk assessment on composting of catering waste
containing meat published 216/02
- 6 June 2002
- Brucellosis compensation 215/02
May 2002
- 31 May 2002
- Beckett announces a public debate on GM 214/02
- 31 May 2002
- High pollution forecast 213/02
- 31 May 2002
- European Union ratifies Kyoto protocol 212/02
- 31 May 2002
- Next stage of consultation process
on hunting with dogs 211/02
- 30 May 2002
- Future of food and farming: Lord
Whitty thanks stakeholders 210/02
- 30 May 2002
- Dump less rubbish, recycle more,
Beckett tells local councils 209/02
- 29 May 2002
- Additional measures to combat the
spread of bovine TB 208/02
- 29 May 2002
- Non-sector catch limits for June
2002 in the North sea (area IV), west of Scotland (area VI) and area
VII 207/02
- 28 May 2002
- British Cattle Movement Service in
line for e-Government award 206/02
- 28 May 2002
- Common Fisheries Policy reform plan
is key opportunity, says Fisheries Minister Elliot Morley 205/02
- 24 May 2002
- Report highlights poor air in poor
areas 204/02
- 22 May 2002
- Serious concerns raised over sale
of whale meat in some Japanese shops 203/02
- 22 May 2002
- Not too late to prevent a world environment
disaster: Beckett 202/02
- 22 May 2002
- DEFRA takes firm action to help reduce
illegal imports new regulations on controls on imports of products of
animal origin from non EU countries 201/02
- 21 May 2002
- New Forest National Park-public inquiry
into designation 200/02
- 21 May 2002
- Morley calls for more progress at
IWC to address global threat to whales 199/02
- 21 May 2002
- Minister welcomes return of chough
chicks to Cornwall 198/02
- 21 May 2002
- Michael Meacher to debate corporate
Britain's role in the environment 197/02
- 20 May 2002
- We shouldn't shut up about noise
- Meacher 196/02
- 20 May 2002
- DEFRA press office: staff and responsibilities
195/02
- 20 May 2002
- Iceland's application to rejoin
International Whaling Commission thrown out 194/02
- 16 May 2002
- Re-appointment of Professor David
Ingram as Chair of Darwin Advisory Committee 192/02
- 16 May 2002
- Fair deal for vehicular access over
common land 191/02
- 16 May 2002
- How clean will the air be today?
190/02
- 15 May 2002
- England football fans - let's bring
back the world cup and leave exotic food diseases behind 189/02
- 15 May 2002
- Green light for sheep markets 188/02
- 15 May 2002
- New powers to help British Waterways'Public
Private Partnership 187/02
- 15 May 2002
- Government committed to the future
of combined heat and power 186/02
- 15 May 2002
- Morley prepares for tough International
Whaling Conference 185/02
- 15 May 2002
- Air quality headline indicator for
sustainable development: 2001 (final figures) 184/02
- 14 May 2002
- New guidance will help axe "double
tax" 183/02
- 14 May 2002
- Government launches consultation
on energy policy 182/02
- 13 May 2002
- Review of grants for new woodlands
in England 193/02
- 9 May 2002
- Council of Food From Britain appoint
new member 181/02
- 9 May 2002
- Reintroduction of sheep at store
markets and agricultural shows 180/02
- 8 May 2002
- Start of a quiet revolution in waste
management - Beckett 179/02
- 3 May 2002
- Agriculture in the United Kingdom
2001 178/02
- 3 May 2002
- Oak disease alert - Government acts
to protect Britain's trees 177/02
- 3 May 2002
- Air pollution controls aim for the
bull's eye 176/02
- 2 May 2002
- Outbreak of Spring Viraemia of Carp
in Nottinghamshire 175/02
- 2 May 2002
- Strong support for plans to give
water consumers a better deal - Beckett 174/02
- 1 May 2002
- Brucellosis compensation 173/02
- 1 May 2002
- Over 44,000 marine species to be
safeguarded by UK seas strategy 172/02
April 2002
- 30 April 2002
- Bahrain joins Pet Travel Scheme
171/02
- 30 April 2002
- Vacancy for a member of the Horticultural
Development Council 170/02
- 30 April 2002
- BSE & offspring cull compensation
169/02
- 30 April 2002
- British Waterways Chairman re-appointed
168/02
- 30 April 2002
- Consultation on animal welfare legislation
gets widespread support 167/02
- 29 April 2002
- Non - sector catch limits for May
2002 in the North sea (area IV), west of Scotland (area VI) and area
VII 166/02
- 29 April 2002
- Krebs badger culling field trials
to restart 164/02
- 26 April 2002
- It never rains, but it will pour
... Beckett sends early warning on climate change 165/02
- 25 April 2002
- Organic Farming Minister Elliot Morley
visits West Sussex organic farms 163/02
- 23 April 2002
- "Let's clean up football",
says Michael Meacher 162/02
- 23 April 2002
- Martin Parry elected to IPCC working
group II 161/02
- 23 April 2002
- Corporate social responsibility
guidelines for the financial sector 160/02
- 22 April 2002
- 'Big time wildlife criminals to be
tracked down by new unit' - Meacher 159/02
- 22 April 2002
- Milk Task Force: Government response
158/02
- 19 April 2002
- Ministers act against a range of
insecticides containing the chemical dichlorvos 157/02
- 18 April 2002
- Margaret Beckett sees UK emissions
trading scheme in action - then she helps trade tonnes of greenhouse
gases 156/02
- 18 April 2002
- New legislation on transmissible
spongiform encephalopathies 155/02
- 18 April 2002
- Government inspectors net record
illegal fish haul 154/02
- 18 April 2002
- Positive partnerships in the countryside
153/02
- 17 April 2002
- Adjustment to UK sheep annual premium
quota levels 152/02
- 17 April 2002
- New era for offshore wind begins
off the Norfolk coast 151/02
- 16 April 2002
- UK consults on how to reduce petrol
vapour emissions 150/02
- 16 April 2002
- First meeting of Organic Food and
Farming Action Plan stakeholder forum 149/02
- 16 April 2002
- Municipal waste management statistics
2000/01 148/02
- 16 April 2002
- Morley makes moves to modernise role
of vet nurses 147/02
- 15 April 2002
- Tests for foot and mouth disease
prove negative at North Yorkshire farm 146/02
- 15 April 2002
- Failure by Wastepack compliance scheme
to meet recovery and recycling targets in 2001 145/02
- 15 April 2002
- Sheep shearing licensing scheme 144/02
- 14 April 2002
- Local authorities encouraged to do
more on improving rights of way 143/02
- 12 April 2002
- Consultation on EC Environmental
liability proposal 142/02
- 12 April 2002
- DEFRA launches consultation following
an economic evaluation of the Apple and Pear Research Council 141/02
- 12 April 2002
- Consultation on draft seeds regulations
140/02
- 12 April 2002
- Celebrating England's natural beauty
Elliot Morley launches green week 15-19 April 139/02
- 11 April 2002
- FMD investigation in North Yorkshire
138/02
- 11 April 2002
- New BSE progress report published
137/02
- 11 April 2002
- Cleaner quarries and fewer lorries
- Meacher announces £58.6M green-up fund 136/02
- 11 April 2002
- Resumption of livestock at agricultural
shows 135/02
- 10 April 2002
- Plan to plough £5 million extra into
farming and horticulture 134/02
- 10 April 2002
- Rural Sub-Groups will cut out the
red tape - Alun Michael 133/02
- 10 April 2002
- Byers and Meacher launch abandoned
cars crackdown 132/02
- 8 April 2002
- Imported cattle tested negative for
brucellosis 131/02
- 4 April 2002
- From bats to butterflies, from Teesside
to Truro - Meacher announces £4 million for biodiversity and education
projects 130/02
- 3 April 2002
- Brucellosis compensation 129/02
- 2 April 2002
- Information bulletin: Landfill
(England and Wales) Regulations laid128/02
March 2002
- 28 March 2002
- Illegal imports: government action
plan published 127/02
- 28 March 2002
- 2000 UK air emission estimates and
climate change sustainable development indicator 126/02
- 27 March 2002
- BSE & offspring cull compensation
125/02
- 27 March 2002
- Non-sector catch limits for April
2002 in the north sea (area IV),west of Scotland (area VI) and area
VII 124/02
- 26 March 2002
- Information bulletin: New
appointments to English Nature 123/02
- 26 March 2002
- New IACS appeals panel to cut red
tape for farmers 122/02
- 26 March 2002
- UK condemns move by Japan to increase
whaling 121/02
- 26 March 2002
- Information bulletin: Appointments
to the National Park and Broads Authorities 120/02
- 26 March 2002
- Review of DEFRA'S science-based
Executive Agencies 119/02
- 28 March 2002
- £140 million to crush England's
waste mountain and boost recycling 118/02
- 26 March 2002
- Sustainable Food and Farming: working
together PM and Margaret Beckett in key number ten talks 117/02
- 25 March 2002
- Farmers to receive higher rates
of Hill Farm Allowance 116/02
- 22 March 2002
- Margaret Beckett welcomes Commission
action on French beef ban 115/02
- 22 March 2002
- Appointments to the Board of the
Countryside Agency 114/02
- 22 March 2002
- Government submission to official
foot and mouth inquiry published 113/02
- 21 March 2002
- Changes to the interim animal movement
regime 112/02
- 21 March 2002
- Hunting with hounds - statement by
Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael 111/02
- 21 March 2002
- Illegal Food Imports Forum starts
work protecting the UK public, animal & plant health from exotic diseases
110/02
- 20 March 2002
- Information bulletin: New
appointment to Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) 109/02
- 20 March 2002
- UK prepares to ratify protocol on
air pollutants 108/02
- 19 March 2002
- DEFRA Press Office: staff and responsibilities
107/02
- 19 March 2002
- Possible brucellosis in cattle imported
from France 106/02
- 19 March 2002
- Packaging waste recovery and recycling
targets for 2002 105/02
- 19 March 2002
- DEFRA appoints new Chief Executive
of The Veterinary Medicines Directorate 104/02
- 19 March 2002
- A better deal and continuing protection
for water customers 103/02
- 15 March 2002
- Organisations to be represented on
the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group 102/02
- 14 March 2002
- 26 winners named to receive extra
£3 million funding for world-wide biodiversity 97/02
- 14 March 2002
- Land contamination: assessing the
risks to human health 101/02
- 14 March 2002
- Proposed Spring GM crop trial sites
published 100/02
- 13 March 2002
- Auction success for UK emissions
trading scheme 99/02
- 13 March 2002
- UK quality of life barometer rises
- Meacher 98/02
- 12 March 2002
- FMD interim contingency plan: work
in progress 96/02
- 12 March 2002
- Hunting with dogs : terms of Commons
debate published - Alun Michael 95/02
- 12 March 2002
- Margaret Beckett visits South Africa
94/02
- 11 March 2002
- Government gives go ahead for £28
million coastal defence scheme 93/02
- 11 March 2002
- Appointments to chair the Environment
Agency Regional Environment Protection Advisory Committee (REPAC) 92/02
- 8 March 2002
- WRAP announces funding for newsprint
reprocessing 91/02
- 10 March 2002
- Joan Collins helps central London
get countryside makeover on Mothers' Day 90/02
- 7 March 2002
- New Seafish Chairman appointed 89/02
- 7 March 2002
- Beckett delivers Kyoto Protocol
to UK 88/02
- 6 March 2002
- Future of Government advisory body
on education for sustainable development is to be reviewed 87/02
- 6 March 2002
- Meacher urges the electronics industry
to design out environmental inefficiencies 86/02
- 5 March 2002
- Clean up of rivers and coasts -
benefits for wildlife and drinking 85/02
- 5 March 2002
- Householders to save money on sewers
repairs 84/02
- 3 March 2002
- No Foot and Mouth Disease at North
Yorkshire farm 83/02
- 1 March 2002
- Brucellosis compensation 82/02
- 1 March 2002
- Appointments to the board of the
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 81/02
- 1 March 2002
- Progress in the fight against Bovine
TB 80/02
February 2002
- 28 February 2002
- Statement on hunting with dogs to
be before Easter 79/02
- 27 February 2002
- BSE & offspring cull compensation
78/02
- 27 February 2002
- Non-sector catch limits for March
2002 in the North Sea (area IV) West of scotland (area VI) and area
VII 77/02
- 27 February 2002
- UK rainforest saved 76/02
- 26 February 2002
- Suspected foot and mouth: DEFRA
bans livestock movements 75/02
- 26 February 2002
- Morley calls for fewer live sheep
exports 74/02
- 22 February 2002
- Appointment of members to the Advisory
Committee on Consumer Products and the Environment 72/02
- 20 February 2002
- UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Government
reschedules start of incentive auction 71/02
- 19 February 2002
- FMD farmers look to future: survey
findings 70/02
- 18 February 2002
- UK steps up efforts to combat illegal
food and plant imports 69/02
- 18 February 2002
- Farmers grants top £7million with
new Government aid package 68/02
- 15 February 2002
- New arable area payment scheme guide
for farmers 67/02
- 15 February 2002
- Appointments to the Advisory Committee
on Pesticides 66/02
- 14 February 2002
- Horse passports and database 65/02
- 14 February 2002
- Government welcomes publication
of the energy review 64/02
- 14 February 2002
- DEFRA to tighten offspring cull
compensation 63/02
- 13 February 2002
- Minister outlines progress of national
scrapie plan 62/02
- 13 February 2002
- Morley announces £6.5 million Government
funding for coastal defences in Dorset 61/02
- 13 February 2002
- Flood defence funding arrangements
consultation launched 60/02
- 12 February 2002
- DEFRA announces the results of surveillance
for antimicrobial resistance in livestock 59/02
- 11 February 2002
- New deal for wildlife on arable
farms 58/02
- 11 February 2002
- New radioactive waste discharge
limits for Devonport dockyard 57/02
- 8 February 2002
- Looking to Johannesburg - Margaret
Beckett to visit India 56/02
- 8 February 2002
- Million-pound savings for oilseed
rape growers 55/02
- 7 February 2002
- New rules will keep pesticides out
of water at less costs to farm businesses 54/02
- 6 February 2002
- DEFRA helps growers affected by
the phase out of methyl bromide 53/02
- 5 February 2002
- EU recognises Great Britain is foot
and mouth free 52/02
- 5 February 2002
- New fund will help promote countryside
visits 51/02
- 5 February 2002
- Back to business: Lord Whitty announces
changes to foot and mouth controls 50/02
- 4 February 2002
- Former Shell UK Chairman Chris Fay
appointed to spearhead greenhouse gas emissions trading in the business
community 49/02
- 4 February 2002
- UK pledges £175,000 to save great
apes 48/02
- 1 February 2002
- DEFRA Press Office: Staff and Responsibilities
47/02
- 1 February 2002
- Brucellosis compensation 46/02
January 2002
- 31 January 2002
- BSE & offspring cull compensation
45/02
- 31 January 2002
- Scrapie compensation misssed TB
tests 44/02
- 31 January 2002
- Additional movement restrictions
introduced for herds that have misssed TB tests 43/02
- 31 January 2002
- Proposed spring GM crop trial sites
published 42/02
- 31 January 2002
- Publication of estimates of farm
income in the UK 2001 40/02
- 29 January 2002
- Lord Whitty welcomes draft report
of horticultural R&D review 39/02
- 29 January 2002
- Policy Commission publishes report
on Future of Farming and Food 38/02
- 29 January 2002
- Minister stresses need for CAP reform
change 36/02
- 28 January 2002
- Consultation on sugarbeet and the
environment 37/02
- 28 January 2002
- Margaret Beckett announces further
Government support for biodiversity information 35/02
- 28 January 2002
- Your countryside, you're welcome
national campaign and "Grass Roots" movement launched today 34/02
- 25 January 2002
- Government seeks views on the Environment
Agency's priorities for the next five years 33/02
- 24 January 2002
- Michael Meacher launches "Pathfinder"
bidding round for community energy programme 32/02
- 23 January 2002
- Help for growers of swedes and turnips
31/02
- 23 January 2002
- Rhizomania consultation 30/02
- 22 January 2002
- UK regains international FMD free
status 29/02
- 22 January 2002
- Peter Lehmann appointed chair of
Fuel Poverty Advisory Group 28/02
- 21 January 2002
- Dedicating land for public access
Government consults on proposals under countryside and rights of way
act 27/02
- 21 January 2002
- Appointment of members to the Veterinary
Products Committee and its sub-committees 26/02
- 21 January 2002
- Extra cash for National Parks will
attract more countryside vistors 25/02
- 21 January 2002
- Annual report on pesticide poisoning
of animals published 24/02
- 18 January 2002
- Spring trials of GM crops - Government
outlines arrangements 23/02
- 18 January 2002
- Government acts to prevent further
destruction of moorland 22/02
- 18 January 2002
- Lord Whitty tucks in to the best
of the west 21/02
- 18 January 2002
- Sustainable Development Commission
- appointment of two new members 20/02
- 16 January 2002
- Foot and Mouth disease: exports 19/02
- 16 January 2002
- Elliot Morley takes action to extend
the national scrapie plan 18/02
- 15 January 2002
- Simpler pesticide advice helps protect
watercourses 17/02
- 14 January 2002
- Beckett meets EU candidate countries
16/02
- 14 January 2002
- Last county achieves FMD free status
15/02
- 11 January 2002
- Set-Aside: extension of lifting deadline
for sugar beet growers 14/02
- 11 January 2002
- Air quality - the war has not yet
been won 13/02
- 11 January 2002
- DEFRA invites challenge to current
thinking with 'horizon scanning' science programme 12/02
- 11 January 2002
- Provisional air quality headline
indicator for sustainable development: 2001 11/02
- 11 January 2002
- DEFRA consultation on implementing
new animal disease control powers 10/02
- 10 January 2002
- Morley announces £3.8 million
flood defence funding for three historic Yorkshire towns 9/02
- 9 January 2002
- Slaughter Premium (Amendment)
Regulations 3906/2001 8/02
- 8 January 2002
- Brucellosis compensation 7/02
- 8 January 2002
- New voice for rural communities
6/02
- 7 January 2002
- Advice to pregnant women during
lambing season 5/02
- 7 January 2002
- New Year £32 million boost
for rural communities 4/02
- 3 January 2002
- Milk task force reports 3/02
- 3 January 2002
- Think before ploughing unused
land 2/02
- 2 January 2002
- Morley consults on plans to
modernise animal welfare 1/02
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