29 Aug 2014

Click here for more information Xochitl Rojas-Rocha    ‘Offshore wind farms are turning into seal hunting grounds. The wind farms Alpha Ventus, 56 kilometers from Germany’s shores, and Sheringham Shoal (pictured), 23 kilometers from the United Kingdom’s shores, have become home for fish and crustaceans homing in on invertebrates like mussels clustered on the massive structures. […]

29 Aug 2014

The MSP Directive (2014/89/EU) has been published today in the Official Journal. English version attached and all languages. It will come into force in 20 days. Click here for more information: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2014.257.01.0135.01.ENG  

25 Aug 2014

As people are reading the fine print of the  Government’s proposals the alarm bells are ringing louder, and promises to make this one of the most contentious pieces of legislation of the Parliament. Gone is all pretence of the greenest Government ever. Click here for more information. George Monbiot – the Guardian   How the coalition […]

25 Aug 2014

This is a really interesting and helpful project which is seeking to better understand land use and water management; their newsletter is a mine of information. Click here for more information DTC Newsletter July 2014 Lessons from seeing understanding what others are doing by site visits – some really interesting examples in this newsletter including: […]

25 Aug 2014

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 […]

19 Aug 2014

SAMS: ‘We are sorry to hear of this sad news from our colleagues at the Scottish Association for Marine Science:   It is with a deeply heavy heart that we have to announce the unexpected death of our wonderful director, Professor Laurence Mee FRSC, yesterday afternoon (Wednesday 13 August 2014). Laurence had suffered a severe stroke […]