12 Oct 2021
From Yorkshire Water The first nature-based wastewater treatment in Yorkshire has been completed at Yorkshire Water’s Clifton wastewater treatment works near Doncaster where sustainable wastewater treatment is now underway after the planting of 20,000 wetland plants. The site has been transformed into an integrated constructed wetland, with the clay in the ponds and the plants […]
12 Oct 2021
City Doubles Size of Largest Green Infrastructure Program in Nation, Making NYC More Resilient to Global Warming Specially designed curbside rain gardens will absorb millions of gallons of stormwater each time it rains, beautifying neighborhoods, improving the health of our waterways and making the city more resilient in the face of global warming NEW YORK—Mayor […]
12 Oct 2021
Managing a strategically chosen 30% of land for conservation could safeguard 70% of all terrestrial plant and vertebrate animal species, while simultaneously conserving around two-thirds of the world’s vulnerable carbon and clean water, according to a new study carried out by the Nature Map Consortium, involving the University of Cambridge. To halt the decline of […]
12 Oct 2021
The world’s biodiversity has fallen below the ‘safe limit’, researchers suggest, as habitat destruction and agriculture take their toll on nature. Ahead of the 2021 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15), Click here the Natural History Museum has launched the Biodiversity Trends Explorer, an online tool that will allow everyone, from members of the public to […]
12 Oct 2021
The latest inshore fisheries flare up between the UK and the EU over the issuing/or not of fishing licenses. Almost 1,700 EU vessels licences have now been licensed to fish in UK waters, 117 of these in the 6-12 nautical mile zone. However, of the 47 applications made for vessels under 12m in length to […]
12 Oct 2021
The UK Parliament’s All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG)on Microplastics works to raise awareness of the effects of microplastics on the environment discussing issues related to microplastics and steps needed to tackle the issue and prevent harmful impacts on the environment, riverine and marine life and human health. In this first report, the Group has been focussing […]
12 Oct 2021
Scientists, climate and nature professionals have been appointed to a new group of international experts, tasked with advising the Scottish Government on environmental issues. Formed as a commitment for the first 100 days of government, the First Minister’s Environmental Council will focus on Scotland’s ambitious trajectory, drawing on global best practice to keep Scotland at […]
12 Oct 2021
Over the past five years there has been increasing concern around the spread of wild Pacific oysters in Marine Protected Areas. In Devon and Cornwall, the abundance of Pacific oyster Magallana gigas (formerly Crassostrea gigas) within intertidal Marine Protected Areas has led to some sites being reported as being in unfavourable condition. Natural England, in […]
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