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	<title>British Ecological Society &#187; Government</title>
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		<title>Lords report warns of urgent need to plan for an uncertain future for water resources</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/05/02/lords-report-warns-of-urgent-need-to-plan-for-an-uncertain-future-for-water-resources/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/05/02/lords-report-warns-of-urgent-need-to-plan-for-an-uncertain-future-for-water-resources/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 10:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Europe is not doing enough to prepare itself for an uncertain future for the continent&#8217;s water sources, according to a report published by the Lords Select Committee today. The report, An Indispensable Resource: EU Freshwater Policy, is timely, as the &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/05/02/lords-report-warns-of-urgent-need-to-plan-for-an-uncertain-future-for-water-resources/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental organisations react to the Chancellor&#8217;s 2012 Budget</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/03/22/environmental-organisations-react-to-the-chancellors-2012-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/03/22/environmental-organisations-react-to-the-chancellors-2012-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[National Planning Policy Framework]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2636</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Chancellor George Osborne yesterday announced the UK’s new budget for 2012. With the Government’s election pledge to be ‘the greenest government ever’, environmental groups were anxious to see whether the proposed financial measures for the coming year would reflect &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/03/22/environmental-organisations-react-to-the-chancellors-2012-budget/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>National Planning Policy Framework released</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/07/26/national-planning-policy-framework-released/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/07/26/national-planning-policy-framework-released/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lawton review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Planning Policy Framework]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2124</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the 25th July 2011 the draft National Planning Policy Framework was published by Government. After the release of the Natural Environment White Paper in June this year conservation organisations have been highly anticipating the publication of the Framework, which &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/07/26/national-planning-policy-framework-released/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>EU cuts threaten wildlife conservation on agricultural land</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/06/21/eu-cuts-threaten-wildlife-conservation-on-agricultural-land/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/06/21/eu-cuts-threaten-wildlife-conservation-on-agricultural-land/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agri-Environment Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Agricultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agri-environment Schemes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=1984</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scientists fear cuts to the EU budget could threaten the continued persistence of wildlife on agricultural landscapes. Up to £400 million worth of funding provided through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) could be stopped as a result of government spending &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/06/21/eu-cuts-threaten-wildlife-conservation-on-agricultural-land/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sense About Science Annual Lecture</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/05/10/sense-about-science-annual-lecture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/05/10/sense-about-science-annual-lecture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 11:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Society of Medicine]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=1887</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Royal Society of Medicine hosted the Sense About Science Annual Lecture yesterday evening. The lecture, entitled ‘Epidemics and refuseniks: the birth of state responsibility’ was led by Professor Richard Evans, a historian from the University of Cambridge and attended &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/05/10/sense-about-science-annual-lecture/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Devolved elections: the results</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/05/09/devolved-elections-the-results/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/05/09/devolved-elections-the-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 16:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Northern Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scotland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Devolved Nations]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=1878</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the 5th of May last week voters from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland took to the polls to vote in the devolved elections. The results have been announced over the past few days and are as follows: Scotland The &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/05/09/devolved-elections-the-results/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Governments ‘Red Tape Challenge’ threatens green laws</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/04/19/governments-rep-tape-challenge-threatens-green-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/04/19/governments-rep-tape-challenge-threatens-green-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=1845</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All 278 of Britain’s green laws, originally put in place to safeguard the natural environment, have been included on the list of red tape regulations to be considered for the axe by the public as part of the ‘Red Tape &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/04/19/governments-rep-tape-challenge-threatens-green-laws/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Green investment: bank or fund?</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/03/15/green-investment-bank-or-fund/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/03/15/green-investment-bank-or-fund/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=1792</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Green Investment Bank (GIB) &#8211; proposed as part of government’s strategy to tackle climate change through the promotion of investment in environment and clean energy projects, is not the most controversial topic to spring to mind. Yet the subject &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/03/15/green-investment-bank-or-fund/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CaSE Lecture on Science and Growth</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/03/14/case-lecture-on-science-and-growth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/03/14/case-lecture-on-science-and-growth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=1784</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“It’s essential that the forthcoming Budget sets out a clear framework for science funding well beyond the current spending period, and ideally for a 10-year period.” MP John Denham, Shadow Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills, said at &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/03/14/case-lecture-on-science-and-growth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Government make U-turn on the sale of the Public Forest Estate</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/02/18/government-make-u-turn-on-the-sale-of-the-public-forest-estate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/02/18/government-make-u-turn-on-the-sale-of-the-public-forest-estate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consultation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forestry Commission]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Defra consultation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=1754</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday 17th February 2011 it was announced that the consultation into the future ownership and management of England’s Public Forest Estate will be halted, and that and all forestry clauses in the Public Bodies Bill will be scrapped. In &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/02/18/government-make-u-turn-on-the-sale-of-the-public-forest-estate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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