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However, the Brexit referendum in 2016 committed the UK to leave the European Union, which it did in 2020. In 1922, 26 counties of Ireland seceded to become the Irish Free State ; a day later, Northern Ireland seceded from the Free State and returned to the United Kingdom.
Sep 30, 2021 · Meeting the UK’s annual demand for soy requires around 1.7 million hectares of land—1 per cent of the global area of soy cultivation. 21 Sustainable certification could ameliorate risks to biodiversity levels, but in 2017 the WWF estimated that only 2 per cent of global soy production was certified. 22.
Spain claims the airfield is occupied illegally by the UK. The UK claims its sovereignty extends over the isthmus area on which the airfield is built. The UK also claims a three-mile limit in the territorial waters around Gibraltar whereas Spain claims maritime rights to all areas except inside the ports on Gibraltar.
Aug 26, 2022 · ENVIRONMENT. Rewilding the UK, one abandoned lot at a time. Once considered a cause of the very rich, managing land for the benefit of nature is now widely embraced as a way to restore...
Introduced by David Steel and subject to heated debate, it allowed for legal abortion on a number of grounds, with the added protection of free provision through the National Health Service. The Act was passed on 27 October 1967 and came into effect on 27 April 1968.
Oct 23, 2023 · Three big UK manufacturers won free carbon emission allowances worth millions of pounds for factories that were mothballed or slashing production, highlighting loopholes in the British net...
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Nov 1, 2022 · Establishing agroforestry on 30% of UK grassland over 40 years (i.e. 3.35 million hectares; 84,000 ha per year), and assuming no other changes, would enable the livestock sector to reach net zero by 2050.
