According to the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), the EU is committed to ending overfishing in European oceans by the year 2020. However, as this deadline approaches, a report
According to research carried out by the EU, around 150,000 tonnes of plastic is disposed of in European seas and oceans every year. And although this is a
The debate over the use of pesticides in Europe has been a longstanding one. The EU agreed on an effective ban nine years ago. However, despite many attempts
According to former EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, Franz Fischler, if Brexit negotiations fail, both sides could face “enormous negative consequences”. Despite the UK being
In a bid to protect the environment and marine wildlife, the EU has recently announced its plans to ban single use plastics across the bloc. Although the ban
The EU has announced that it plans to ban the most commonly used pesticides from all fields. A ban on the use of neonicotinoids on flowering crops that
A recent report from the European Food Safety Authority has indicated that it’s likely that neonicotinoid pesticides will be banned across all EU states in the near future.
The latest National Farmers Union conference has highlighted some of the potential problems that British agriculture could be facing post-brexit. One speaker at the conference, Meurig Raymond, warned
As the EU looks to secure trade deals with Latin America , European farming bodies are now warning that global trades deal in the sugar market could cause
