17 May 2022
A new round of funding to support fishing businesses and wider marine organisations in coastal communities is open for applications. Now in its second year, the Marine Fund Scotland has an overall budget of up to £14 million. It was introduced by the Scottish Government to replace the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, which UK […]
17 May 2022
The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has called for the government to aim high and act now to ensure it achieves its ambitions for the environment. The news of the OEP publishing its first report was covered widely by Sky, the BBC and the Guardian. The OEP report can be read here and in its […]
17 May 2022
A new paper published in Science has used high-resolution mapping of losses and gains of Earth’s tidal wetlands. The abstract from the paper states that: Ecologically and economically important coastal wetlands are threatened by sea level rise and land use change. Murray et al. used high-resolution satellite imagery to assess the global extent of tidal wetlands […]
17 May 2022
Communities, groups and individuals are being invited to share their views in a consultation on the creation of Scotland’s first new National Parks in almost 20 years. The Scottish Government committed to establish at least one new National Park in Scotland by the end of this Parliamentary session in 2026, as part of the Bute […]
17 May 2022
News release from the World Trade Organisation: WTO members on 16-20 May will hold intensive negotiations aimed at resolving remaining issues for a global deal to curb harmful fishing subsidies ahead of the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) next month. The chair of the negotiations, Ambassador Santiago Wills of Colombia, said in a video message that […]
17 May 2022
A collaborative study from partners across government, industry and academia reveals that groups responsible for gathering marine geospatial information must find new, more efficient ways of working together. The recently completed ‘Future of UK marine geospatial data’ study found that marine geospatial stakeholders from UK government, industry and academia must find new ways of working […]
11 May 2022
The Guardian reports that the Liberal Democrats condemn ‘environment scandal’ as party releases figures compiled from Environment Agency data Untreated sewage was discharged into England’s coastal bathing waters for more than 160,000 hours last year, according to figures collated by the Liberal Democrats to mark the start of the summer sea-swimming season. Data compiled by […]
11 May 2022
Less than 1% of the Earth’s surface is covered by freshwater, yet freshwater ecosystems hold a disproportionately large amount of the world’s species and genetic diversity. At the same time, these ecosystems and species are under threat from human activities. To contribute to halting this biodiversity decline, a new task force of the IUCN Species […]
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