19 May 2020
The Wildlife Trusts’ ‘Beavers are back, but their future is not secure. The Wildlife Trust are calling for a beaver strategy for England. The Wildlife Trusts have pioneered the reintroduction of beavers to Britain ever since Kent Wildlife Trust released these industrious creatures into a fenced area of fenland in 2001. Then followed the Scottish […]
12 May 2020
In Water Saving Week (10-14 May), Waterwise has a daily theme Monday – Save water to save carbon Tuesday – Save water and help communities to thrive Wednesday – Save water to save wildlife Thursday – Save water to save cash Friday – Save water to help keep the UK beautiful Waterwise has also produced […]
12 May 2020
Tweet from Water UK, 11 May Earlier today, PM Boris Johnson mistakenly referred to COVID-19 being in the #water supply. It’s not, and No. 10 has now issued a correction. Your tap water remains perfectly safe. Earlier, Mr Johnson told MPs that people should exercise “good, solid, British common sense” in adapting their lives to […]
12 May 2020
Among the ongoing programme of CIWEM events is a free webinar series on ‘Nature-based solutions & the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme’. Defra has paused its consultation on proposals and ideas for its Environmental Land Management scheme (ELMs) which will usher in a new approach of public money paying for public goods, such as nature […]
12 May 2020
11 May The EU Water Alliance is proud to release today its new Manifesto which aims to highlight the pressing water challenges Europe faces and to set out the key actions required to overcome them. Water issues are set to become the most pressing challenge for Europe in the coming years, as underlined by the recent 2020 UN […]
12 May 2020
From the Waterwise newsletter Waterwise ‘In Association with Artesia’ – forecasting long term per capita consumption (PCC) pathways The world has changed considerably since Artesia took a look at historic water use in our February newsletter. This month’s article looks at forecasting water use and focuses on two reports Artesia produced for Ofwat and Water UK […]
12 May 2020
A wide-reaching ‘source to sea’ natural flood risk management and habitat creation scheme for the River Don was launched recently. The work supports the wider River Don catchment natural flood management programme in partnership with the Environment Agency and Sheffield City Council to slow and store flood waters using nature-based solutions like tree planting and peat restoration to […]
12 May 2020
Ali Morse, Water Policy Manager at the Wildlife Trusts uses this blog to introduce the key pressures facing the water environment and how best they can be tackled using a holistic approach. May 2020 Managing the freshwater environment is indeed a tricky balance; we expect our waters to support wildlife, provide drinking supplies, take away […]
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