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<blockquote data-quote="GOV.UK RSS" data-source="post: 6517856" data-attributes="member: 78782"><p><img src="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.thefarmingforum.co.uk/images/gov.uk.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Natural England Chairman Tony Juniper at the Birdfair and Call for Evidence on the National Food Strategy</p><p></p><p>Written by Defra Press Office</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Tony Juniper at the Birdfair</strong></span></p><p></p><p><img src="https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/208/2019/08/TonyJ-crowd-620x465.jpg" alt="Tony Juniper, chairman of Natural England, standing on stage in front of a crowd in a tent at the Birdfair event at Rutland Water in Leicestershire" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Tony Juniper at the Birdfair on Friday</p><p></p><p></p><p>On Friday (16 August), Tony Juniper took part in a ‘Question Time’-style panel debate with leading environmental campaigners, including Carrie Symonds and Chris Packham, at the Birdfair at Rutland Water in Leicestershire.</p><p></p><p>The Birdfair is Europe’s largest eco-tourism and bird watching event and is attended by around 24,000 visitors each year running Friday to Sunday (16 to 18 August). It has been described by <a href="https://www.countrylife.co.uk/news/dubbed-birdwatchers-glastonbury-birdfair-promises-weekend-wildlife-fun-201452" target="_blank">Country Life</a>, the <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/08/14/carrie-symonds-carry-first-solo-event-since-boris-johnson-became/" target="_blank">Telegraph</a> and the <a href="https://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/three-amazing-days-of-wildlife-9079490/" target="_blank">Stamford Mercury</a> as the ‘Glastonbury of bird watching’.</p><p></p><p>Carrie Symonds said, in a speech before the panel debate, that politicians have a ‘gigantic responsibility’ for the environment and called puffin trophy hunters, ‘sick and cowardly’. This was widely covered by national media including <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49362956" target="_blank">BBC News</a>, <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9735221/boris-johnson-carrie-symonds-eco-dress-speech-birdfair/" target="_blank">the Sun</a>, <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/carrie-symonds-first-public-speech-environment-birdfair-boris-johnson-a9061931.html" target="_blank">Independent</a>, <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/carrie-symonds-uses-first-speech-to-call-out-environment-crisis-a4215316.html" target="_blank">Evening Standard</a> and the <a href="https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/national/17843207.boris-johnsons-partner-carrie-symonds-arrives-birdfair-environmental-event/" target="_blank">Darlington and Stockton Times</a>.</p><p></p><p>Also taking part on the panel chaired by Dominic Dyer, Chief Executive of the Badger Trust were Deborah Meaden, business leader and Dragons’ Den panellist, Hannah Stitfall, wildlife TV presenter, Philip Lymbery, Compassion in World Farming and Isabella Tree, a rewilding expert.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/208/2019/08/Tony-Lineup-620x465.jpg" alt="Philip Lymbery, Isabella Tree, Chris Packham, Tony Juniper, Carrie Symonds, Dominic Dyer, Hannah Stitfall and Deborah Meaden in a tent at the Birdfair event in Leicestershire. " class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Philip Lymbery, Isabella Tree, Chris Packham, Tony Juniper, Carrie Symonds, Dominic Dyer, Hannah Stitfall and Deborah Meaden at the event</p><p></p><p></p><p>The debate focused on a range of environmental issues including discussions around climate change and trophy hunting. During the session, Tony Juniper spoke about his role as Natural England chairman.</p><p></p><p>Tony Juniper, Chairman of Natural England said during the debate:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>He went on to talk about the public being disconnected from the natural world:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/208/2019/08/Tony-Panel-620x465.jpg" alt="Tony Juniper sits at a table on a panel speaking at the Birdfair event alongside Isabella Tree, Deborah Meaden and Dominic Dyer" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/partnership-for-action-against-wildlife-crime" target="_blank">The Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime (PAW)</a> once more had a stand at Birdfair and Superintendent Nick Lyall, Chair of the National Raptor Persecution Priority Delivery Group attended on Friday and talked about police work to tackle wildlife crime with visitors to the event.</p><p></p><p>Recently, <a href="https://www.operationowl.com/" target="_blank">Operation Owl</a> became a national campaign working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council, National Wildlife Crime Unit and police forces across England and Wales. This scheme will raise awareness of raptor persecution amongst the wider public and police officers. It may also lead to increased reporting of criminal activity against wildlife.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><strong>National Food Strategy review Call for Evidence launches </strong></strong></span></p><p></p><p></p><p>On Saturday a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/public-to-have-their-say-on-the-food-system-of-the-future" target="_blank">Call for Evidence</a> was launched to inform the National Food Strategy review, led by food entrepreneur Henry Dimbleby.</p><p></p><p>The call for evidence will give everyone from consumers, farmers and food producers, to scientists and academics, an opportunity to shape how we produce, sell and consume food in the UK.</p><p></p><p>In an op-ed published in <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/national-food-strategy-defra-climate-change-biodiversity-government-a9063651.htmlhttps:/www.independent.co.uk/voices/national-food-strategy-defra-climate-change-biodiversity-government-a9063651.html" target="_blank">The Independent</a> Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers said the National Food Strategy will help fight climate change and loss of biodiversity.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Independent Review Lead Henry Dimbleby said:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/DefraGovUK" target="_blank">Follow Defra on Twitter</a>, and <a href="https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/subscribe/" target="_blank">sign up for email alerts here</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/2019/08/19/natural-england-chairman-tony-juniper-at-the-birdfair-and-call-for-evidence-on-the-national-food-strategy/" target="_blank">Continue reading on Defra Website...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GOV.UK RSS, post: 6517856, member: 78782"] [img]https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.thefarmingforum.co.uk/images/gov.uk.png[/img] Natural England Chairman Tony Juniper at the Birdfair and Call for Evidence on the National Food Strategy Written by Defra Press Office [SIZE=5][B]Tony Juniper at the Birdfair[/B][/SIZE] [IMG alt="Tony Juniper, chairman of Natural England, standing on stage in front of a crowd in a tent at the Birdfair event at Rutland Water in Leicestershire"]https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/208/2019/08/TonyJ-crowd-620x465.jpg[/IMG] Tony Juniper at the Birdfair on Friday On Friday (16 August), Tony Juniper took part in a ‘Question Time’-style panel debate with leading environmental campaigners, including Carrie Symonds and Chris Packham, at the Birdfair at Rutland Water in Leicestershire. The Birdfair is Europe’s largest eco-tourism and bird watching event and is attended by around 24,000 visitors each year running Friday to Sunday (16 to 18 August). It has been described by [URL='https://www.countrylife.co.uk/news/dubbed-birdwatchers-glastonbury-birdfair-promises-weekend-wildlife-fun-201452']Country Life[/URL], the [URL='https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/08/14/carrie-symonds-carry-first-solo-event-since-boris-johnson-became/']Telegraph[/URL] and the [URL='https://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/three-amazing-days-of-wildlife-9079490/']Stamford Mercury[/URL] as the ‘Glastonbury of bird watching’. Carrie Symonds said, in a speech before the panel debate, that politicians have a ‘gigantic responsibility’ for the environment and called puffin trophy hunters, ‘sick and cowardly’. This was widely covered by national media including [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49362956']BBC News[/URL], [URL='https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9735221/boris-johnson-carrie-symonds-eco-dress-speech-birdfair/']the Sun[/URL], [URL='https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/carrie-symonds-first-public-speech-environment-birdfair-boris-johnson-a9061931.html']Independent[/URL], [URL='https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/carrie-symonds-uses-first-speech-to-call-out-environment-crisis-a4215316.html']Evening Standard[/URL] and the [URL='https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/national/17843207.boris-johnsons-partner-carrie-symonds-arrives-birdfair-environmental-event/']Darlington and Stockton Times[/URL]. Also taking part on the panel chaired by Dominic Dyer, Chief Executive of the Badger Trust were Deborah Meaden, business leader and Dragons’ Den panellist, Hannah Stitfall, wildlife TV presenter, Philip Lymbery, Compassion in World Farming and Isabella Tree, a rewilding expert. [IMG alt="Philip Lymbery, Isabella Tree, Chris Packham, Tony Juniper, Carrie Symonds, Dominic Dyer, Hannah Stitfall and Deborah Meaden in a tent at the Birdfair event in Leicestershire. "]https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/208/2019/08/Tony-Lineup-620x465.jpg[/IMG] Philip Lymbery, Isabella Tree, Chris Packham, Tony Juniper, Carrie Symonds, Dominic Dyer, Hannah Stitfall and Deborah Meaden at the event The debate focused on a range of environmental issues including discussions around climate change and trophy hunting. During the session, Tony Juniper spoke about his role as Natural England chairman. Tony Juniper, Chairman of Natural England said during the debate: He went on to talk about the public being disconnected from the natural world: [IMG alt="Tony Juniper sits at a table on a panel speaking at the Birdfair event alongside Isabella Tree, Deborah Meaden and Dominic Dyer"]https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/208/2019/08/Tony-Panel-620x465.jpg[/IMG] [URL='https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/partnership-for-action-against-wildlife-crime']The Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime (PAW)[/URL] once more had a stand at Birdfair and Superintendent Nick Lyall, Chair of the National Raptor Persecution Priority Delivery Group attended on Friday and talked about police work to tackle wildlife crime with visitors to the event. Recently, [URL='https://www.operationowl.com/']Operation Owl[/URL] became a national campaign working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council, National Wildlife Crime Unit and police forces across England and Wales. This scheme will raise awareness of raptor persecution amongst the wider public and police officers. It may also lead to increased reporting of criminal activity against wildlife. [SIZE=5][B][B]National Food Strategy review Call for Evidence launches [/B][/B][/SIZE] On Saturday a [URL='https://www.gov.uk/government/news/public-to-have-their-say-on-the-food-system-of-the-future']Call for Evidence[/URL] was launched to inform the National Food Strategy review, led by food entrepreneur Henry Dimbleby. The call for evidence will give everyone from consumers, farmers and food producers, to scientists and academics, an opportunity to shape how we produce, sell and consume food in the UK. In an op-ed published in [URL='https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/national-food-strategy-defra-climate-change-biodiversity-government-a9063651.htmlhttps:/www.independent.co.uk/voices/national-food-strategy-defra-climate-change-biodiversity-government-a9063651.html']The Independent[/URL] Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers said the National Food Strategy will help fight climate change and loss of biodiversity. Independent Review Lead Henry Dimbleby said: [URL='https://twitter.com/DefraGovUK']Follow Defra on Twitter[/URL], and [URL='https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/subscribe/']sign up for email alerts here[/URL]. [url="https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/2019/08/19/natural-england-chairman-tony-juniper-at-the-birdfair-and-call-for-evidence-on-the-national-food-strategy/"]Continue reading on Defra Website...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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