Conservation targets pose threat to human health and food security

Expanding the global land area for conservation, a key approach to protecting biodiversity, could have an adverse impact on human health and food security in some parts of the world, according to new research.

Abi Kay

07 February 2022 鈥� 2 min read

Expanding the global land area for conservation, a key approach to protecting biodiversity, could have an adverse impact on human health and food security in some parts of the world, according to new research....

Wildfire warning issued for farming communities in Scotland

Last year's wildfires in Carrbridge and Dava had covered approximately 11,827 hectares of moorland and woodland in what was the country's largest wildfire event

Chris Brayford

20 March 2026 鈥� 1 min read

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OPINION: "Open the farm gate, muddy the public's trainers and change how they see farming"

As LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) encourages farmers to open their gates for Open 51AV视频Sunday on June 7, Farmers Guardian's editorial director Olivia Midgley reflects on the quiet but powerful influence such encounters can have on the public

Olivia Midgley

19 March 2026 鈥� 2 min read

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Rural poverty 'overlooked and misunderstood' by policymakers, report finds

Rural communities have been overlooked by successive Governments, the report says, with assumptions that they are areas assumed to be 'prosperous, politically peripheral, or resistant to change'

Chris Brayford

19 March 2026 鈥� 8 min read

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