UK Seafood Innovation Fund | Call for Applications    The £10 million Seafood Innovation Fund (SIF) will support the UK’s technology, fishing and seafood industries to deliver long-term, cutting edge innovation – and the first call for applications is open! SIF seeks to support ambitious and bold innovations that will enable a step-change in the productivity […]

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Letter to The Times from Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of Environment Agency Response from the Chair to The Times’ article “Toothless Environment Agency lets farmers pollute rivers”, 17 August. PROTECTING OUR RIVERS AND STREAMS Your latest attack on the Environment Agency (“Toothless Environment Agency lets farmers pollute rivers”, 17 August) is another misleading mix of […]

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Flooding advice for farmers and land managers This guidance gives information for farmers and land managers whose land has been flooded. Published 16 August 2019 From: Rural Payments Agency, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Forestry Commission, Environment Agency, Natural England, British Cattle Movement Service, and Animal and Plant Health Agency Contents Temporary measures and minor change request Force majeure […]

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Simple SuDS for local people Phiala Mehring: Trustee of the National Flood Forum ‘Drainage is one of those ‘out of sight and out of mind’ type things. For most of us, the only time we contemplate drainage is when it goes wrong. In fairness, there wasn’t really a lot any of us could do in […]

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Depaving Guidance – London  – With climate change continuing to cause more frequent and intense rainfall, the Greater London Authority (GLA) has published a depaving guide outlining the process of removing impermeable surfaces and replacing them with materials that allow water to pass through them. Click here to download the guide.

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Publication of Beaver Management Strategy Framework from Devon Wildlife Trust River Otter Trial in August- (for Michael Gove…) proposing an approach to the management of Beavers at the end of the River Otter trial. The website which described the River otter beaver project is: https://www.devonwildlifetrust.org/what-we-do/our-projects/river-otter-beaver-trial

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Watch the study video at: https://www.bluemarinefoundation.com/2019/07/17/limits-on-pot-fishing-can-result-in-win-win-for-fishermen-and-marine-wildlife/. https://phys.org/news/2019-07-limits-pot-fishing-result-win-win.html Restricting the amount of inshore potting for crab and lobster within marine protected areas (MPAs) can generate a “win-win” for both fishermen and the marine environment, according to the first major study exploring the issue. The study showed that crab caught in areas of low potting levels were of greater average […]

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