This new report published in late December covers one of the most problematic issues in current marine development. NIRAS & MMO ‘NIRAS Consulting Ltd, supported by Amec Foster Wheeler, were commissioned by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) to develop a framework for scoping potential cumulative effects at a strategic level, to be applicable across all […]
Sue Well’s article describes how marine protected areas are now part of main stream thinking across the world. Click here to open.World Parks Congress & MPAs Sue Wells article 17.1.15 Congress overview Over 6000 participants from more than 170 countries took part in the IUCN World Parks Congress (WPC) in November 2014 in Sydney, Australia. […]
This paper looks at the detailed relationship between trawling, fish and invertebrate populations in the Irish Sea ‘The effects of bottom trawling on benthic invertebrates include reductions of biomass, diversity and body size. These changes may negatively affect prey availability for demersal fishes, potentially leading to reduced food intake, body condition and yield of fishes […]
Steve Hull ‘The Productive Seas Evidence Group (PSEG – one of the four evidence groups reporting to the Marine Science Coordination Committee) has published a report http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/marine/science/MSCC/PSEG/socecenviron exploring current requirements and guidance on socio-economic assessment for marine development projects. It highlights that while UK marine policy increasingly demands that regulators integrate environmental, social and economic […]
Business Green ‘The first shots in what promises to be a brutish election campaign highlight how partisan politics could make the green economy one of the big losers of 2015. It is one of the most widely quoted and possibly apocryphal anecdotes in US political history. In one of his early Congressional campaigns Lyndon Johnson […]
A Scottish wildlife charity has lodged a legal challenge against the consent granted to four major offshore wind farm projects. RSPB Scotland is challenging the developments in the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay. Scottish ministers approved the Inch Cape, Neart na Gaoithe and Seagreen Alpha and Bravo projects in October. Industry body Scottish […]
This book by Martin Griffiths, Chris Chubb and Simon Spooner titled “Regulation for Water Quality – How to Safeguard the Water Environment” http://www.fwr.org/WQreg/index.htm has been written to make environmental water quality regulatory principles and best practice available to all – policy makers, regulators, water industry practitioners and environmental NGOs. It provides a reasonably comprehensive, innovative […]
Water Online ‘Credit where it’s due: I didn’t develop the information I’m sharing — but it’s too good to merely retweet or “like.” My enthusiasm stems from one of the world’s most famous, influential, and capable people getting fully behind sustainable wastewater treatment and direct potable reuse, bringing widespread attention to typically underappreciated water issues. […]