http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/focussdgs.html The Ocean goal (14) is set out below UN ‘The countdown to the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 grows apace with the recent adoption of an ‘outcome document’. Goal 14 covers the oceans At the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in 2012, governments agreed to set a number […]
TWO Consultations The EU is consulting on the future EU initiative on ‘No Net Loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services’. In the EU, as in other parts of the world, we are continuing to lose biodiversity and with it, the ecosystem services that nature provides to human society. The EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 aims […]
The House of Lords EU Sub-Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment and Energy has launched a new inquiry into EU Regional Marine Co-operation EU Regional Marine Co-operation – Call for Evidence Areas of interest What are the principal risks to the EU’s marine environment? How much of a threat are conflicts between users of […]
This is interesting news in the sense that Cefas have been drawn into this process … currently Defra are saying ‘Further work is being carried out on the future of the Cefas including on whether or not it should form part of this agency. A decision will be made in the autumn of 2014.’ Defra […]
Governing Marine Protected Areas – Resilience through Diversity By Peter J.S. Jones Earthscan from Routledge This book does the rare thing of putting the social into the socio-ecology of protected areas and provides valuable insights into natural resource management in general. You only need to look at the glowing cover endorsements from the likes of […]
On the final day of the Global Oceans Action Summit Dutch Minister for Agriculture Sharon Dijksma has called for action to restore the health of the world’s oceans. “It takes courage to see beyond borders and act together to achieve healthier oceans and food security. Action is required, and this is the message I gave […]
This statement has just come out from a Defra update. Read down and there are no links. If Government are thinking of the future of Cefas one suspects that there are many people and organisations that would have a view on this, and that a wider consultation might provide Government with some interesting views. (Bob […]