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Court rules Natural England must protect Catfield Fen

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  • Tim Harris and Geli Harris win court ruling forcing Natural England to protect Catfield Fen.
  • Lady Justice Lieven said Natural England failed its duty to stop nitrate and phosphate pollution.
  • The Harris couple spent 15 years and £1.5 million pursuing action to save the fen.
  • They converted arable land to pasture, grazing cattle, sheep and rare Eriskay ponies.
  • They urge payments to arable farmers for buffer-strip grasslands to cut nitrate runoff.