Tag Archives: Caroline Spelman

New England Biodiversity Strategy – What do you think?

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Policy_Team

Defra today published the Government’s new strategy for biodiversity, ‘Biodiversity 2020: A Strategy for England’s Wildife and Ecosystem Services‘. The BES Policy Team has been reading through the document today but we’ve so far only managed to get through half … Continue reading →

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Government set to sell off Britain’s forests

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Policy_Team

Up to 150,000 hectares of state-owned forests and land could be sold to private investors, under a new government strategy to raise funds towards decreasing the Budget deficit. The Environment Secretary, Caroline Spelman is expected to announce details of the … Continue reading →

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