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24 Mar 2015

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UK Government to create world’s largest marine reserve around the Pitcairn Islands Update: Peter Jones Blog at http://www.openchannels.org/blog/pjsjones/pitcairn-marine-reserve-only-announcement-intention-designate-could-be-breakthrough discussing challenges raised by Pitcairn announcement may be of interest to you and readers Marine Conservation Society   Leading conservation groups, scientists and residents of Pitcairn Island today congratulate the UK Government on its decision to create the […]

24 Mar 2015

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The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is involved in different nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs) in the English inshore and offshore, and Welsh offshore areas under the Planning Act 2008. The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) examine these applications and provide recommendations to the Secretary of State. MMO acts as a: statutory consultee during the pre-application stage interested […]

24 Mar 2015

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This prospectus outlines a new government programme inviting the creation of Coastal Community Teams. These teams will be provided with £10,000 of grant funding, via the local authority, to help them develop their economic plan.   Areas wishing to establish a Coastal Community Team should can go to the website for more information and the application […]

24 Mar 2015

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The good thing about Guardian coverage of the issues is the wide range of additional links they provide. In addition to highlighting the start of negotiations with Government, it points to the peculiar funding arrangements our energy provision seems now depend upon.  The article highlights the considerable support in the budget for the offshore oil […]

16 Mar 2015

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The Sustainability Research Institute at the University of Leeds has published a report looking at how local government in Britain is making progress in adaptation to climate change. Comparing new data with similar evidence from 2003, the study shows that local authority staff now have good access to technical climate risk information. However, this knowledge […]

16 Mar 2015

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Would your business stay afloat? This is a simple guide to some of the easy actions that you can take to make sure that your business is as well prepared as possible for flooding. It tells you how to find out if your business is at risk, the Environment Agency’s flood warning service and what […]

16 Mar 2015

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Griffin Carpenter – New Economics Foundation  We’re not good at managing our natural resources. Our analysis shows overfishing in EU waters has cost us EUR7.1 billion in the last 5 years alone. <http://www.neweconomics.org/page/m/2edb5032/7ebe2631/6e1d4dc2/5d2508e/60041902/VEsH/> We need to change this. And that’s where my new model comes in. The Bio-Economic Model of European Fleets (BEMEF for short) […]