Catchment Sensitive Farming Programme
News
3 June 2008
News release on achievements and future direction of the England Catchment Sensitive Farming Delivery Initiative (ECSFDI).
17 March 2008
Government response to consultation on diffuse water pollution from agriculture (PDF 20 KB)
20 December 2007
The ‘diffuse sources’ consultation closed on 13 November 2007. A summary of responses is now available.
21 August 2007
A ‘diffuse sources’ consultation was launched on 21 August 2007 inviting comments on three policy options for tackling diffuse pollution from agriculture. The consultation document was issued in conjunction with consultations on the Nitrates Directive and on a revised Code of Good Agricultural Practice to protect water, soil and air quality:
- Protection against water pollution from agriculture, diffuse sources. Summary of responses received.
- Protection against water pollution from agriculture, nitrates
- Revised Code of Good Agricultural Practice
- An overview of all three consultations is provided in an explanatory leaflet (PDF 400 KB)
Evidence base
To help us develop the three policy options for consultation, we have used the existing evidence base and built upon it through CSF commissioned work.
Existing work
River Basin Characterisation was carried out in 2005 by the Environment Agency to identify water bodies that are unlikely to achieve the environmental objectives set out in the Water Framework Directive by 2015. More information on the characterisation process can be found on the Environment Agency website..
CSF commissioned work
Previous papers
Defra has been investigating DWPA since 2002. If you would like to review documents which precede the 2004 consultation:
- please visit the previous papers page
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