17 Aug 2021
Planning & Flooding – Development and areas of flood risk – Defra Review Outcomes
This review identified key areas of the planning process related to flood risk management and sets out actions the government will take to strengthen its approach. The government’s Planning for the Future policy paper announced a review of policy for building in areas at flood risk. In July 2020 the government published its Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk […]
17 Aug 2021
Natural Capital accounting – 3 reports, updated guidance from Defra & Review from Eftec
Guidance from Defra and the outcomes of a major review from Eftec of natural capital accounting. Defra ‘Enabling a Natural Capital Approach (ENCA) guidance is a comprehensive document providing information and resources for Natural Capital. ENCA guidance is a comprehensive document providing information and resources for Natural Capital. It covers: the natural capital framework economic […]
17 Aug 2021
Disastrous floods: Analysis of what makes these event different from routine flooding – Nature paper
Nature ‘Disastrous floods have caused millions of fatalities in the twentieth century, tens of billions of dollars of direct economic loss each year and serious disruption to global trade. In this Review, we provide a synthesis of the atmospheric, land surface and socio- economic processes that produce river floods with disastrous consequences. Disastrous floods have […]
17 Aug 2021
Natural flood management catchment schemes to reduce flood risk – Weardale & Aire
The £2.1million government-funded Weardale Natural Flood Management scheme, which includes a series of nature based solutions such as storage areas, wooden leaky barriers and timber fences, could reduce flood risk across 41km2 to communities including Lanehead, Wearhead, Westgate and Stanhope. It’s also seen 150 hectares of peatland restored, will aim to create up to 75 […]
17 Aug 2021
DNA & Monitoring ecosystems – Major Review Report from the Environment Agency
Environment Agency ‘This report Explores opportunities for applying advances in DNA and RNA technologies to improve understanding of ecosystem function and resilience. Society relies on healthy ecosystems for food, clean water, raw material and recreation. Information on those ecosystems, such as the functioning of organisms within them and their response to environmental pressures, is needed […]
17 Aug 2021
Beaver numbers double in Scotland to 1000+ animals -new NatureScot survey report
The number of beavers has more than doubled in Scotland in the last three years to around 1000 animals, according to a NatureScot survey published today. The new population survey has not only found that beaver numbers have increased, but that the population is in a rapid expansion phase as beavers spread out from Tayside, […]
10 Aug 2021
IPCC Report published ‘Many of the changes observed in the climate are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years, and some of the changes already set in motion—such as continued sea level rise—are irreversible over hundreds to thousands of years.’
IPCC Reports – Link to all reports https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/#SPM Watch the press conference IPCC Press Release ‘GENEVA, Aug 9 – Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released today. Many of the changes observed in […]
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