‘Natural England has commissioned APEM to do new research to help assess the sensitivity of marine birds, fish and mammals to a range of pressures commonly resulting from human activity in the marine environment. Natural England is committed to providing conservation advice to support management of all English Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Often MPAs are […]

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The Natural Capital Leaders Platform: Water and its effective management are vital to life and with better integration, water can be exploited as an opportunity to improve our health and wellbeing. There is a growing awareness of the important role of planning in joining up land use and water management. However, water issues are often […]

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Other Water News: The next round of River Basin District Plans are to be published for consultation in September (22nd) and The Water Stakeholder Forum which was begun to help stakeholders understand WFD has been wound up. Defra announces preferred candidate to chair Environment Agency Owen Paterson, Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, […]

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Defra: This collection brings together information on how the reform of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will affect farmers. This includes information about the new schemes for farmers from 2015. CAP is a system of agricultural subsidies and programmes. CAP covers farming, environmental measures and rural development, and controls EU agricultural markets. The new […]

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The second project was a major beach regeneration scheme on the Dutch coast, described by Jaan Flikweert of Royal Haskoning DHV. This project – primarily intended to improve coastal flood defences – placed 21.5 million cubic metres of sand at one location and allowed natural processes to transport the sand to where it was needed. […]

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Blue Ltd is an aquatic management consulting practice. We work across the wet environment in science, in business, in policy and above all with people. Our capability is on oceans, seas, coasts and rivers. In addition to offering a range of sustainability related services we will work with you on all aspects of your project. From […]

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