Today the Shark Trust launches its No Limits? campaign in response to the crisis posed by unlimited and escalating shark fishing pressure. With no catch limits set for many shark species, landings have soared over the past decade, placing huge pressure on shark populations. The Trust’s No Limits? campaign highlights the urgent need to introduce […]

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RE: ABPmer have been leading the way with their work on coastal management – this article covers both the recent success of the Selsey managed realignment but also ‘advance the line’/reuse of sediments. ABPmer:   ‘The 2013/14 winter brought the issue of coastal flooding and management into particularly sharp focus in the UK. The large storm-induced […]

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The Rivers Trust, the umbrella body of the rivers trust movement, is celebrating World Fish Migration Day (24th May) by announcing completion of its’ £8.3m River Improvement Fund Programme. The River Improvement Fund Programme, in partnership with Defra (Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs) and in collaboration with the Environment Agency, has been delivered […]

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The approaches to sustainability take many named forms – One Planet Living – ICZM – The Ecosystems Approach. Government and in particular the Cabinet Office seem to have taken to a particular shine to another version ‘Resilience’. If you look at the diagram below based on Cutter et al. (2010), ‘Disaster Resilience Indicators for Benchmarking […]

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Defra: ‘Flood Risk Management Plans (FRMPs) highlight the hazards and risks of flooding from rivers, the sea, surface water, groundwater and reservoirs, and set out how Risk Management Authorities (RMAs) work together with communities to manage flood risk.’  To read more click here

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