10 May 2023
10 May 2023
European environment and health atlas goes live — check your place
How is the air quality where you live, what about noise levels or the number of green spaces and quality of the nearest bathing water sites? Now you can check the quality of the environment on one online platform, the European Environment Agency’s European environment and health atlas. The atlas presents data and information in a […]
10 May 2023
Damaged European ecosystems need restoration
European nature is not in a good state and it has shown few signs of improvement over the past years. According to a new European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing, restoration efforts and better ongoing management of ecosystems are needed to safeguard a range of benefits delivered by a healthy nature — to people’s health, food […]
09 May 2023
The Marine Management Organisation want to hear about your experience of using the Marine Plans
The Marine Management Organisation want to hear about your experience of using the Marine Plans Are you a marine user in one of England’s marine plan areas? Do you have experience of using the Marine Plans in another capacity, or a strong interest in marine planning in England? If so, this is your chance to […]
09 May 2023
Plan to expand protections to cover all coasts, estuaries & marine protected sites
The UK government is planning to consult on expanding its targets to tackle sewage even further to cover all coasts, estuaries and marine protected sites, Defra has confirmed. The Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan, published in August 2022, set out stringent targets to protect people and the environment, backed up by £56 billion capital investment – […]
09 May 2023
Grey seals are returning to UK waters – but their situation remains precarious
Seals, sea lions and walruses – a group of animals called pinnipeds – have been heavily exploited throughout much of human history. Many of these species have at some point even been threatened with extinction. But, in the UK, their decline has largely been reversed. Since the Conservation of Seals Act 1970 prohibited the killing or injuring of grey […]
09 May 2023
People should have the right to shape marine environmental decisions
Government and political institutions should do more to make citizens feel empowered within marine environment decisions and give them the right to participate, new research shows. Marine Citizenship is the term used for people who get involved in changing how humans use the ocean. It has been investigated as a potential policy tool to engage the […]
09 May 2023
Kelp forests generate $500 Billion per year
Kelp forests provide an estimated value of $500 billion to the world and capture 4.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide from seawater each year. A new paper published in Nature Communications aims to fill knowledge gaps by identifying the economic value of marine kelp forests. It suggests that kelp forests across the world provide three main […]
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