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<p>The Government has introduced world-leading due diligence legislation through the
Environment Act to help tackle illegal deforestation in UK supply chains. We ran a
consultation from 3 December 2021 to 11 March 2022 to seek views on the details of
regulations that will implement the Environment Act provisions, to ensure that these
are designed effectively. The Government published a summary of responses to this
consultation on 1 June 2022 and is committed to implementing due diligence provisions
at the earliest opportunity through secondary legislation.</p><p> </p><p>The Government
has funded the development of the <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommodityfootprints.earth%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C423d66e424d64189547208dbf2601232%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638370269455070235%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ld9tnHiO4z9WkJFIcWprulmCrHTMyic4YAIlmH99whU%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">Global Environmental Impacts of Consumption indicator</a>, to better
understand the deforestation and other environmental impacts of supply chains. This
does not include impacts related directly to infectious disease and antimicrobial
resistance (AMR), but does cover biodiversity loss, water stress and a range of other
impact types.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is leading the way in the world’s fight against
antimicrobial resistance, both at home and abroad. Our five-year national action plan
for AMR, published in 2019, sets out our comprehensive One Health approach, acting
across humans, animals, food and the environment. We are currently developing the
next five-year national action plan on AMR, which is expected to be published in 2024
and run until 2029.</p>
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