11 May 2019
The Living Thames wins Best Long Form film at the Charity Film Awards
Thames Estuary Partnership ‘The Living Thames wins Best Long Form film at the Charity Film Awards’ please help us distribute it. We would like to say a big thank you to all of you for your wonderful support in helping us win the long form category at last week’s Charity Film Awards! We are so incredibly […]
09 May 2019
Flood risk may require communities to move – EA Strategy
Environment Agency calls for urgent action to protect country from river and coastal floods Entire communities might need to be moved away from coasts and rivers as the UK takes urgent action to prepare for an average global temperature rise of 4C, the Environment Agency warned. The agency said on Thursday that difficult decisions would have to […]
09 May 2019
UK water sector launches initiative to create a new vision for the future
Organisations from all parts of the water sector are joining forces to create a new, ambitious vision for the future. The move, coordinated by regulators, government, industry and the Consumer Council for Water, will see the sector develop a new long-term vision to guide it towards having the most positive impact possible on society and […]
09 May 2019
Flood and coastal risk management: long-term investment scenarios – EA
The long-term investment scenarios (LTIS) are an economic assessment showing what future flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCERM) could look like over the next 50 years in England. LTIS sets out the total national level of investment if we invest in all the places where the benefits are greater than the costs. This is called the […]
09 May 2019
Master Map of the UK’s Water Network: Revised Map produced
Ordnance Survey (OS), the Environment Agency (EA) and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) have collaborated to bring together a nationally consistent view of Great Britain’s watercourses. For over two decades the EA has carefully mapped the flow of water in rivers across England and Wales to help protect communities from flooding and to improve […]
09 May 2019
Water shrimps with high levels of cocaine – Headlines grabbed – but a much bigger problem highlighted
The headlines were grabbed – ‘Scientists find cocaine in shrimps in Suffolk rivers’ … but this is only the latest of many warnings recently highlighted by the report from Europe of harmful chemicals in our wider and water environment. The open letter to Mr Gove on the resignation of NGOs from the Pesticide Forum perfectly […]
09 May 2019
Salmon in Scotland: Grim reading for official returns of wild caught salmon
Statement on Catch Returns for 2018 Atlantic Salmon Trust ‘The publication today of the official returns of wild salmon caught in Scotland last year makes for grim reading, for all those that hold this iconic species dear, as they are the lowest on record. Whilst the long hot dry summer of 2018 would no doubt […]