The resources here are specifically designed for use by Local/Regional Decision Makers.
Keeping your
area GM free
(PDF format 307K) October
2003
A guide to EU decision making for Local Authorities and National Parks.
Decisions on applications to grow GM crops in Europe are being made
now. This report provides guidance on how to make a case for exemption
under Article 19 of the EU Directive on GMOs for each crop.
Regional information to accompany report:
Retail
development: Key polices for inclusion in Local Development Frameworks
(PDF format - 61K) Nov
2004
Friends of the Earth believes that Local Planning Authorities, via their
Local Development Frameworks (LDFs), should play a positive role in
promoting vibrant, diversified and localised retail development in their
areas. This briefing suggests key policies on retail development for
inclusion in LDFs.
Why
the new PPS6 could damage town centres
(PDF format - 50K) Nov
2004
Draft Planning Policy Statement 6 (PPS6) was accompanied by a commitment
from Government to the regeneration of town and city centres. But the
draft statement encourages the provision of large format stores on the
edge of town centres. Friends of the Earth produced this MP briefing
to help ensure ministers are made aware that this policy would directly
contradict their aim to protect and regenerate town centres.
Every
Little Hurts: Why Tesco needs to be tamed
(PDF format - 60K) Jun
2004
Tesco's share of the grocery market gives it tremendous power over suppliers,
but evidence suggests that the supermarket giant is abusing
that power. Evidence from small shops, consumers, farmers and overseas
suppliers flags up the damage that Tesco is doing to communities and
the environment.
How
supermarkets avoid planning controls
(PDF format - 113K) Jul
2003
Asda-Walmart is building mezzanine floors in existing stores to expand
its retail floorspace
without having to obtain planning permission. The
addition of signficant areas of floorspace may have signficant impacts
on local shops and traffic levels. This briefing explains how an amendment
to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill could close this loophole
and require assessment to be carried out by local planning authorities.
GM-free local
areas
(PDF format - 146K) Mar
2003
A guide to using the law to protect your area from GM crops.
Including what 'GM-free' means, how you can use EU
legislation to help your campaign and what your local authority can
do.
Super
Markets or Corporate Bullies?
(PDF format) Mar 2003
Supermarkets claim to offer us a wide variety of cheap, convenient food.
But do they? And at whose expense? This briefing looks at the power
supermarkets wield over both their suppliers and their customers.
Genetically Modified
Crops and Food
(PDF format) July 2001,
updated Jan 2003
A comprehensive introduction to the GM debate:
- What is GM?
- Concerns about GM crops and food
- GM crops and food in the UK
- Government failures
- Feeding the world
- Alternatives
Economic
impact of GM
(PDF format - 127K) Oct
2002
The Government and the biotech industry are promoting GM crops
on the economic benefits they will supposedly bring. However, after
several years of growing them in the US, the evidence of the economic
benefits is far from clear.
RDA Briefing
2: Farmers' Markets
Sept 2000
This series of briefings provides analysis and recommendations for Regional
Development Agencies (RDAs) on crucial issues for regional sustainability.
Farmers'
Markets: actions needed by local authorities
(PDF format) Aug 2000
The economic benefits
of farmers' markets
(PDF format) Aug 2000
This briefing sets out the economic, social and environmental benefits
of farmers' markets, with recommendations for Government, local authorities
and regional development agencies.
Consultation
on Draft Planning Policy Statement
Six: Planning for Town Centres. Summary of key points from Friends of
the Earth's reponse
(PDF format 112K) March
2004
This Consultation was issued in December 2003 alongside a commitment
from Government to the regeneration of town and city centres. The key
principles of the guidance are good, but the paper is full of contradictions.
Town centres are still at risk of becoming ghost towns, and unless the
detail of the guidance is strengthened, the Government will effectively
be giving the go-ahead for major multiples to increase their domination
of retailing.
Local food,
future directions
(PDF format 1.53MB) November
2002
A report investigating alternative food marketing systems based on re-localisation,
looking at the benefits such schemes can bring, the barriers they face
and how Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) can help to establish such
schemes.
Merseyside
local food initiative
(PDF format - 440K) June
2002
An investigation into the economic, environmental and social benefits
of a local food project on Merseyside.
Get real about
food and farming - Friends of the Earth's vision for the future of farming
in the UK
(PDF format) October
2001
Farming is in crisis. For half a century, food and farming policy has
put production ahead of food quality and environmental protection. Get
real about food and farming is a clear blueprint with practical policy
recommendations for improving every step of the food chain.
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