Land Use

Campaigners are working to protect and extend our right to roam, and to create a future in which we are all free to connect with nature.

We may need to alter how we use land across the world to reduce the risk of future spillovers of infectious diseases, study finds.

New manufacturing technologies could revolutionise our food system, dramatically reducing it's environmental footprint.

A billion animals have died in the Australian bushfire. But we need to avoid making things worse.

The NFU’s goal for farming to reach net zero emissions should be welcomed - but their plan to achieve this is worrying and ignores the elephant in the room.

We need to overhaul what we grow, and how and where we grow it, if we are to make the most of our land and fight climate change.

Who decides how our land is put to use? With food security and energy crises on the horizon, the Government’s new think-tank needs to pull its socks up, says Simon Fairlie

Renewables good, fossil fuels bad... unless, of course, renewables begin to take up more and more land in order to meet our energy needs. Paul Kingsnorth adds fuel to a tricky debate.

Last December's Barker Review replaces democracy with economic growth. Ex <i>Ecologis</i>t editor Simon Fairlie claims our land is being sold to the highest bidder