Collaborative monitoring helps confirm positive impact of nature-friendly farming for butterflies 

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By Susanna Phillips, Principal Officer – Chief Scientist Directorate, Natural England  Research published recently in the Journal of Applied Ecology highlighted the positive impact that agri-environment schemes can have on butterflies. Agri-environment schemes are a key environmental policy mechanism in …

Maximising the miracle and minimising the disaster – putting Nature at the heart of food security

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A view of fields with arable crops, with established hedgerows and woodland in the distance

I was invited to speak at a historic event this week – the first major joint gathering of attendees at the two Oxford farming conferences: the Oxford Farming Conference and the Oxford Real Farming Conference. After more than a decade …