03 Mar 2020
Coastal Challenge Summit Report 2019 8th October 2019, Southampton Solent Conference Centre Introduction On 8th October 2019, 62 delegates gathered in Southampton for the second Coastal Challenge Summit, themed around climate change and coastal policy. The aim of the annual Coastal Challenge Summit is to bring together coastal communities from around the UK and the […]
03 Mar 2020
Royal Society Climate Change Issue – with lots of marine examples Climate change mitigation and nature conservation both require higher protected area targets Callum M. Roberts, Bethan C. O’Leary and Julie P. Hawkins Published: 27 January 2020 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0121 Abstract Nations of the world have, to date, pursued nature protection and climate change mitigation and adaptation […]
03 Mar 2020
Registrations and records submitted though the MMO’s electronic catch recording app continue to increase MMO ‘The Marine Management Organisation’s (MMO) new digital catch recording app now has more than 1300 registered users in the Under 10 metre fishing fleet. The new digital catch recording app, developed by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), with involvement from […]
03 Mar 2020
In what was a meat and drink rendition of the work of COAST on Arran and the benefits of MPAs – the Guardian’s reporter managed to get a remarkable quote from a Defra spokesperson … Guardian A spokesperson for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs blamed the EU for the failures in marine conservation. “Currently […]
27 Feb 2020
One of the Environment Agency’s primary duties is to reduce and manage flood risk in England. We do that principally by building and maintaining flood defences, warning and informing people when flooding threatens, and deploying our teams on the ground to protect communities against flooding and help them recover when it happens. So there are […]
25 Feb 2020
‘Austerity continues with Local Authorities, Blue Light and EA facing another round of 5% cuts to their budgets. Whilst they rightly receive high praise for all their efforts which are well above and beyond the call of duty in these emergencies this is not recognised by central Government whose policies continue to undermine the efforts […]
25 Feb 2020
Storms Ciara and Dennis have prompted a torrent of commentary going way beyond the standard mantra of Government on cost beneficial investment. The themes from the last two weeks are merged here illustrating that the issues go well beyond discussions of investment in big flood schemes. It is about time the Government recognised and lead […]
25 Feb 2020
Yorkshire Post: ‘Victory for Ilkley campaigners as Yorkshire Water agree to stop dumping sewage in the River Wharfe A group of Ilkley residents concerned about local water pollution have won a battle to get the River Wharfe cleaned up. Around 70 members of the Ilkley Clean Rivers Group met with representatives of the Environment Agency […]
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