Head of the Kunming biodiversity summit asks nations to review destructive support for fishing, agriculture and other industries By Patrick Greenfield Billions of pounds of environmentally harmful government subsidies must
Ian Stewart insists farmers do not get payments just for owning land, Bob Roberts points out the importance of incentives and public access, while Iain Climie is concerned about food security. The farming subsidy system
Agriculture is not the only reason for pollution but the irony of agricultural pollution is that taxpayers are essentially paying for it through a system of subsidies, write Jessica Seddon