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An important part of the Environment Bill is the power to set long-term, legally-binding environmental targets. This week Defra has published details of, not specific targets, but their initial thinking on what the ‘objectives’ for those targets should be. Caz Graham asks Richard Benwell from Wildlife and Countryside Link for his reaction to this paper. All this week on Farming Today we’re looking at jobs that sit alongside agriculture and today we’re focusing on the role of Geographic Information System Mapping which involves collating and interpreting information about a specific area land. Dave Howard is at Edinburgh's Moredun Research Institute to find out how from its humble beginnings in a converted shepherd's hut one hundred years ago the Institute has gone on to become a global player in disease control.

Producer: Toby Field