03 Dec 2020
Wyre Natural Flood Management Project: Partnership project to enhance the local environment and protect against flood risk – Update A virtual launch of the Wyre NFM (Natural Flood Management) Investment Readiness Project was held Monday 26 October and was attended by key partners and stakeholders, including Environment Agency Chair Emma Howard Boyd. Organised as a […]
03 Dec 2020
Ensuring Nature based Solutions actions address global challenges Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are a powerful ally to address societal challenges, such as climate change, biodiversity loss and food security. As the world strives to emerge from the current pandemic and move towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals, it is imperative that future investments in nature reach […]
03 Dec 2020
Environment Agency: ‘Quagga mussels found in the River Trent and Rutland Water Invasive non-native species found in East Midlands River and reservoir users urged to follow ‘check, clean, dry’ procedures Environment Agency and Anglian Water working together to identify spread The invasive non-native species has recently been found in the River Trent near Newton-on-Trent, Lincolnshire, […]
01 Dec 2020
The Fisheries Bill receives Royal Assent after 10 months in Parliament. The UK’s first major domestic fisheries legislation in nearly 40 years passed into law. The Fisheries Act 2020 gives the UK full control of its fishing waters for the first time since 1973. The Fisheries Act will enable the UK to control who fishes […]
01 Dec 2020
Thanks to Jason Hall Spencer Evolving the narrative for protecting a rapidly changing ocean, post COVID-19 – Major collaborative paper and resources that look at the challenges and actions we need to restore the oceans (continue) Abstract The ocean is the linchpin supporting life on Earth but is in declining health, due to an increasing […]
01 Dec 2020
The sheer scales in the growth of plastic usage is staggering. See this figure from CIEL, but simply Google Plastics growth images to get any number of graphs. We can see the polluting effects of plastics well enough now on every environment and innumerable species. Lots of this plastic is also going to get incinerated […]
01 Dec 2020
Guardian ‘Governments have rejected calls for tougher regulation of international shipping, settling instead for new rules on reducing greenhouse gas emissions that campaigners say will imperil the Paris climate goals. The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the UN body that regulates international shipping, agreed on Friday after a week-long online meeting to make an existing target […]
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