Application to quash Defra policy document dismissed
An application for judicial review was dismissed in the case of R. (on the application of Langton) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
The case considered whether the Secretary of State had been required to have regard “to the purpose of conserving biodiversity” under the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 before publContinue reading this with an IEMA membership
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Costs limit application for individual in ‘Save the Northern Meadows’ group granted
In R. (on the application of Lewis) v Welsh Ministers, following a costs order against the claimant, the claimant applied for a costs limit in accordance with the Aarhus Convention 2001 and the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) 1998/3132.
Tom Pashby talks about why the new Natural History GCSE is such an important step forward for climate and biodiversity preservation
In March, Defra launched the consultation on its Nature Recovery Green Paper, which set out pro-posals to deliver the 30/30 targets (30% of land and sea to be protected by 2030), protect species and deliver nature recovery.
Defra kickstarted 2022 with its January consultation on biodiversity net gain (BNG) regulations and im-plementation.
The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has today published its first monitoring report on the UK government’s 25 Year Environment Plan, warning that progress so far has been “slow”.
The UK government has today unveiled a new strategy detailing how the country's education sector will become a “world leader in climate change” by 2030.
Defra’s consultation on biodiversity net gain (BNG) regulations and implementation looks at how to enact BNG within the planning system, as set out in last year’s Environment Act.
IEMA CEO, Sarah Mukherjee MBE, has described today's report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as a "stark reminder" of the significant threat that climate change poses to civilisation as we know it.
IEMA has today published new guidance for environmental impact assessment (EIA) practitioners to better assess and manage the effects of development on land and soils, and ensure sustainable outcomes.
