16 Oct 2017
A Beautiful If Evil Strategy – Chris Rose Posted on September 27, 2017 by tochrisrose ‘As the planet fills up with plastic and the EU ponders its new ‘plastics strategy’, is the great re-framing and concern co-option strategy of the plastics industry finally going to run out of road? The threat of invisible omnipresent micro-plastics may force policy-makers […]
16 Oct 2017
JNCC News on MPAs – Hannah Carr 10 years of UK Offshore Marine Protected Areas: Protecting our diverse and vibrant seas for future generations Our seas have a brilliant variety of marine life and habitats, many of which are rare and nationally important. Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) has been working for more than 10 […]
16 Oct 2017
It is now time to submit nominations for the prestigious 2018 Ocean Awards. Now in their third year, the Ocean Awards – a joint initiative between Boat International and the Blue Marine Foundation – are fast becoming recognised as among the most prestigious awards to be given in recognition of outstanding work in the field […]
11 Oct 2017
CIWEM has combined with other environmental professional bodies to express views on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. The briefing has been produced collaboratively by CIWEM, the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES), the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM), the chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM), the Society for the Environment and the Institute […]
11 Oct 2017
Guardian, Mathew Taylor Sewage plants are contributing to plastic pollution of the ocean with millions of tiny beads spilling into the seas around the UK, according to a new report. Dozens of UK wastewater treatment plants use tiny plastic pellets, known as Bio-Beads, to filter chemical and organic contaminants from sewage, according to a study from […]
11 Oct 2017
Please see this selection of case studies from the current Facilitation Funded Groups. Since the Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund started in 2015 there have been two national rounds plus a special round focussed on the Northern area of England impacted by the Winter storms of 2015/2016. Now, sixty-one groups with over 1400 farmer/land manager members […]
11 Oct 2017
Extreme weather and other possible scenarios that lead to environmental decline could have a significant impact on UK jobs and the economy if left unchecked, and must be factored into governmental and business decisions, according to a new WWF report that uses new risk mapping techniques to look at the cost of inaction by 2050. […]
11 Oct 2017
I missed this in March and so this is just for completeness. CMS https://www.cmscoms.com/?p=9202 from Steve Hull described the new guidance and the more recent ‘publication’ (in June I think) did not actually change anything – just a formality of some kind. New Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations. Jan Brooke: ‘In […]
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