www.gov.uk/government/publications/litter-strategy-for-england-progress-reports<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p>
Since publishing the Litter Strategy, we have published guidance on the provision of litter bins and provided nearly £1 million across 44 councils to help councils purchase new bins. Watford Borough Council were one of the recipients of this grant funding.<\/p>
<\/p>
We have also announced our plans for a Deposit Return Scheme for drinking containers. We estimate that where the rate of return reaches 90% in year 3 of the scheme there will be an equivalent 90% reduction of in-scope containers discarded as litter.<\/p>"}
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We will shortly issue the summary of responses and the Government\u2019s response to the \u2018Consultation on cat and dog microchipping legislation in England\u2019 which was launched in Spring 2022.<\/p>"}
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Owners should continue to follow existing arrangements with regards to the movement of canaries.<\/p>"}
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We will publish the updated National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides in 2023.<\/p>"}
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The Government has commissioned an independent review that will consider how automation, domestic labour and migrant labour can contribute to tackling labour shortages in the food supply chain. The review will focus on farming, processing, and food and drink manufacturing as sectors that are critical for food production and food security. The final report will be published by summer 2023 and the Government response will follow thereafter.<\/p>"}
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Teddington Direct River Abstraction is a water recycling scheme considered in Thames Water\u2019s draft Water Resources Management Plan 2024 (dWRMP24) and Water Resources South East\u2019s (WRSE) Regional Plan as a supply option for 2030/31.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Environment Agency has scrutinised WRSE\u2019s plan and has responded to Thames Water\u2019s dWRMP24. Any scheme developed will have to meet environmental requirements, and where possible enhancements. The scheme will need environmental permits that the Environment Agency regulate, and planning consents where the Environment Agency is a statutory consultee.<\/p>
<\/p>
The scheme is being developed through the \u2018Regulators Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Delivery\u2019 (RAPID) gated process and has undergone environmental assessment largely meeting the Regulators\u2019 expectations for Gate 2. Risks have been identified in the Gate 2 submission. There is a risk to scheme feasibility if environmental impacts cannot be mitigated. The Environment Agency has asked Thames Water to undertake further investigations and studies to address these risks by 31 August 2023.<\/p>"}
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At COP15 all Parties committed to reviewing and updating their National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans to bring them into line with the new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework by COP16 in 2024. The UK will honour this commitment and will publish the relevant documentation ahead of the next meeting of the COP.<\/p>"}
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The package agreed at COP15, including the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, represents a historic step forward towards addressing the biodiversity crisis.<\/p>
<\/p>
Internationally, the UK has committed in our latest International Development Strategy to taking steps to ensure our bilateral Official Development Assistance becomes \u2018nature positive\u2019 in alignment with the Framework.<\/p>
<\/p>
To help drive action by businesses, the UK Government supports the market-led Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) initiative, which is on track to launch a clear, user-friendly risk management and reporting framework on nature-related impacts, dependencies, and risks by September 2023. The TNFD will support the realignment of financial flows towards nature-positive outcomes by integrating biodiversity into economic decision-making.<\/p>
<\/p>
In England, we have set four legally binding targets for biodiversity: to halt the decline in species abundance by 2030; then to reverse declines by 2042; to reduce the risk of species extinction by 2042; and restore or create more than 500,000 hectares of wildlife-rich habitat, also by 2042. We have set out our plan to deliver on these ambitious targets, along with our other environmental targets, in the revised Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP23) published 31 January 2023.<\/p>"}
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