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		<title>Greening the Common Agricultural Policy: MEPs vote on environmental measures</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/21/greening-the-cap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/21/greening-the-cap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Agricultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lawton review]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Farming]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Natural Environment White Paper]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the wider EU budget review for the period 2014-2020, the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been under scrutiny over the past two years. In its current state, the CAP accounts for 40% of the EU budget, &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/21/greening-the-cap/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Checking the Progress of Government on the Natural Environment</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/11/29/checking-the-progress-of-government-on-the-natural-environment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/11/29/checking-the-progress-of-government-on-the-natural-environment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agri-Environment Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Agricultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Planning Policy Framework]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wildlife and Countryside Link]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature Check 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Owen Paterson MP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government could try harder on the natural environment. That was the conclusion of &#8216;Nature Check 2012&#8242;, an overview of the Government&#8217;s progress against the commitments made in the Coalition Agreement, launched by Wildlife and Countryside Link, and endorsed by &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/11/29/checking-the-progress-of-government-on-the-natural-environment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Green Food&#039; for a Green Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/07/13/green-food-for-a-green-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/07/13/green-food-for-a-green-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Agricultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecosystem Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Food Project]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2930</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Greater investment is needed in agricultural research, enhanced knowledge exchange is required between different stakeholders in supply chains and detailed discussion must take place regarding how to reduce consumption and waste. These are some of the headline conclusions from the &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/07/13/green-food-for-a-green-economy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Doing More with Less for the Natural Environment in 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/06/13/doing-more-with-less-for-the-natural-environment-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/06/13/doing-more-with-less-for-the-natural-environment-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agri-Environment Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Agricultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecosystem Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lawton review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Making Space for Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Ecosystem Assessment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Environment 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Environment White Paper]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2872</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday the BES Policy Team attended &#8216;Natural Environment 2012&#8242;, a conference in central London to explore the Natural Environment White Paper (NEWP) and the actions that have taken place to implement this since its launch in 2011. Delegates were drawn &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/06/13/doing-more-with-less-for-the-natural-environment-in-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Economists and Ecologists brought together by issues of sustainable agriculture in an NCI workshop yesterday</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/05/09/economists-and-ecologists-were-brought-together-by-issues-of-sustainable-agriculture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/05/09/economists-and-ecologists-were-brought-together-by-issues-of-sustainable-agriculture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 10:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Agricultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Capital Initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecologists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable agriculture]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2772</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A workshop which brought together economists and ecologists, and organised by the Natural Capital Initiative, took place yesterday at Charles Darwin House. The aim of the event was to facilitate conversation between experts of the two disciplines to discuss how &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/05/09/economists-and-ecologists-were-brought-together-by-issues-of-sustainable-agriculture/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>MEPs call for new environmental framework for the EU</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/04/23/meps-call-for-new-environmental-framework-for-the-eu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/04/23/meps-call-for-new-environmental-framework-for-the-eu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Common Agricultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fisheries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[7th EAP]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2715</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Voting in two resolutions last week, MEPs (Members of the European Parliament) called for the European Commission to introduce a Seventh Environmental Action Programme and for higher political priority to go to preserving and restoring damaged ecosystems. The Seventh Environmental &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/04/23/meps-call-for-new-environmental-framework-for-the-eu/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Germany leads objection to specific biodiversity goals in the CAP.</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/12/20/germany-leads-objection-to-specific-biodiversity-goals-in-the-cap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/12/20/germany-leads-objection-to-specific-biodiversity-goals-in-the-cap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2020 Biodiversity Target]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Agricultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2262</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A call for specific biodiversity goals to be integrated into the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was abandoned at the insistence of Germany during a meeting of environment ministers in Brussels today (19 December). In its proposal for a biodiversity strategy &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/12/20/germany-leads-objection-to-specific-biodiversity-goals-in-the-cap/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Greening the Common Agricultural Policy</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/12/11/greening-the-common-agricultural-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/12/11/greening-the-common-agricultural-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Agricultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Select Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EFRA Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professor Charles Godfray]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2258</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Professor Charles Godfray, immediate past President of the BES, is to give evidence to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee on Wednesday 14th December as part of the Committee&#8217;s inquiry into &#8216;Greening the Common Agricultural Policy&#8216;. Professor Godfray &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/12/11/greening-the-common-agricultural-policy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The European Commission proposes a new partnership between Europe and its farmers</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/10/16/the-european-commission-proposes-a-new-partnership-between-europe-and-its-farmers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/10/16/the-european-commission-proposes-a-new-partnership-between-europe-and-its-farmers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 09:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Agricultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAP Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Society of Biology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2215</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On 12th October, the European Commission has presented a draft reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the period after 2013. This draft aims to strengthen the competitiveness, sustainability and permanence of agriculture throughout the EU in order to &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/10/16/the-european-commission-proposes-a-new-partnership-between-europe-and-its-farmers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>EU Budget Announcement: Implications for Ecology and Biodiversity</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/07/07/eu-budget-announcement-implications-for-ecology-and-biodiversity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/07/07/eu-budget-announcement-implications-for-ecology-and-biodiversity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2020 Biodiversity Target]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Agricultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multi Annual Financial Framework]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2040</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week the European Commission announced their plans for the new EU budget. The new budget, known as the Multi Annual Financial Framework (MFF) sets how much will be spent over the years 2014 to 2020, and how this money &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/07/07/eu-budget-announcement-implications-for-ecology-and-biodiversity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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