13 Apr 2021
The information on the situation with storm overflows continues to grab the attention: this week: The Rivers Trust – see below – have produced a map of sewage overspills in 2020 The BBC Panorama Programme has accused the water companies of illegally dumping sewage in rivers: watch the programme The only inland bathing water has […]
13 Apr 2021
The Netherlands’ ‘Room for the River’ programme is recognised worldwide as an example of successful river rehabilitation. With the risk of flooding events rising due to climate change, understanding which interventions can lead to beneficial integrated flood-risk management is vital. This study analyses the mix of interventions (policy instruments) used in Room for the River […]
13 Apr 2021
A selection of useful best practice advice sheets is listed below, developed as part of Pinpoint. Pinpoint Working with farmers and land managers to reduce diffuse pollution from agriculture. PINPOINT is a partnership initiative between The Rivers Trust and Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF). Pinpoint provides training and support to rivers trusts, CSF staff and other relevant organisations […]
13 Apr 2021
Ecosystem accounting UN Member States have agreed to a new statistical framework to better account for biodiversity and ecosystems in national economic planning and policy decision-making. The new system of environmental economic accounting, developed by the United Nations with support from the European Commission, goes beyond GDP to ensure that forests, wetlands and other ecosystems are […]
13 Apr 2021
The Guardian ‘The prime minister’s green rhetoric has been accompanied by a series of actions that have left many observers aghast, and that appear contrary to leading an international push to net zero. These include: The green light for a Cumbrian coalmine, which provoked a months-long rowthat ended with the promise of a public inquiry New licences […]
13 Apr 2021
Defra in pre-tender engagement for £120m national property flood resilience framework The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has launched a pre-tender engagement exercise on behalf of the Environment Agency for a new framework for the provision of services and works relating to property flood resilience. Following the introduction of the Property Flood Resilience […]
13 Apr 2021
Angling Trust ‘A new report, Salmonid and fisheries statistics for England and Wales 2019, by the Environment Agency highlights the growing concern on the status of salmon populations in our rivers. In England & Wales, no rivers were categorised as being ‘not at risk’, with all 22 principal salmon rivers in Wales categorised at ‘at risk’ […]
06 Apr 2021
EA ‘The Environment Agency has published the Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) data for 2020, which tracks the operation of storm overflows. This data has always been available by information request, but following the commitment made by the Storm Overflows Taskforce to increase the transparency and accessibility of this data, it’s now available on GOV.UK. This year […]
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