Policy Exchange argues leaving EU’s Common Agricultural Policy The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the EU’s largest and oldest policy, absorbing nearly 40 per cent of its budget. And, as even the most zealous Europhiles would admit, it is one of its most disastrous. Over the last 40 years, CAP has focused on the interests […]

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  Waterwise: Last month Waterwise set out an ambitious blueprint for a water-efficient UK in its Water Efficiency Strategy for the UK. Over coming months we will be pushing forward with the actions recommended in the strategy, working with others – including some of you. Read our blogs on how the strategy relates to: delivering water savings in […]

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Eager beavers experts at recreating wildlife-rich wetlands, study reveals Four re-introduced beavers in Scotland engineered a network of dams, canals and ponds that left the landscape ‘unrecognisable’ from the original Research on Scottish beavers reveal how they re-engineer the river landscape; natural flood management Damian Carrington Guardian    The extraordinary ability of beavers to engineer degraded […]

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Now Available Reconnecting People and Water: Public Engagement and Sustainable Urban Water Management By Liz Sharp   Water management in industrialised western countries has long been seen as a technical process associated with pipes, drains and bureaucracies. This technical model of water management is now being questioned. This book examines the nature of contemporary water […]

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Now Available Governing the Coastal Commons: Communities, Resilience and Transformation Edited by Derek Armitage, Anthony Charles, Fikret Berkes   Coastal communities depend on the marine environment for their livelihoods, but the common property nature of marine resources poses major challenges for the governance of such resources. Through detailed cases and consideration of broader global trends, […]

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Phil Williamson writes: With regard to ocean acidification, research effort has been reduced.  But there have been new findings from observations – as featured in the new MCCIP report, out today and at www.mccip.org.uk/arc10, with associated Science Reviews.   Marine Climate Change Impacts This report card summarises how our understanding of marine climate change impacts has […]

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