Government

Government

This page gives links to governmental organisations

• DEFRA
  • Defra helps people adapt to the changes involved in building a low-carbon, resource-efficient economy
  • We deal with environmental risks and work towards securing a sustainable society and a healthy environment
• Natural England -  the government’s advisor on the natural environment:
  • providing practical advice, grounded in science, on how to safeguard England’s natural wealth
  • ensuring sustainable stewardship of the land and sea so that people and nature can thrive
  • seeing that England’s natural environment can adapt and survive intact for future generations
  • working with farmers and land managers; business and industry; planners and developers; national, regional and local government; interest groups and local communities to help them improve their local environment

• Environment Agency
  • an Executive Non-departmental Public Body
    • responsible to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  • an Assembly Sponsored Public Body
    • responsible to the National Assembly for Wales
  • protecting and improving the environment, and promoting sustainable development

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