01 Dec 2018
Marine Social Science Research and Practice in the UK As management of our global seas and coastlines becomes ever more complex, there is a growing call for improved integration of social sciences within marine and coastal decision making. Recent high-profile campaigns and media coverage have triggered an unprecedented out-pouring of public awareness and concern for […]
28 Nov 2018
Three articles & reports Michael Gove launches new Met office Projections Gove’s speech – a detailed statement US Climate change report highlights massive costs not least to inland and coastal flooding Committee on Climate Change Animation 1. The Environment Secretary, Michael Gove at the Science Museum in London, in which he launched new data giving the […]
28 Nov 2018
EA ‘Environment Agency Chair, Emma Howard Boyd is calling on businesses and communities to prepare as latest UK climate change projections are published. Writing in the Environment Agency’s Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation report, the Chair of the Environment Agency says worryingly few FTSE boards are disclosing the strategic risks to their shareholders brought by the […]
28 Nov 2018
Defra ‘The Environment Agency published its latest list of Enforcement Undertakings accepted by EA under which 15 companies and individuals that polluted rivers and streams or made other environmental breaches will pay more than £2.2 million to environmental charities and local projects. The new list included the largest Enforcement Undertaking ever accepted by EA, £975,000 from […]
28 Nov 2018
No ‘flushable’ wet wipes tested so far pass water industry tests By Emma Campbell BBC Radio 4, Costing the Earth 13 November 2018 All wet wipes sold as “flushable” in the UK have so far failed the water industry’s disintegration tests, the BBC has found. Water companies say wet wipes don’t break down and are […]
28 Nov 2018
Ness Fishery Board videos Dippers feeding on insects disturbed by salmon A dipper amongst spawning salmon and trout. They forage on the river bed collecting aquatic invertebrates displaced as the fish create their ‘redds’ (or nests). Goldeneye ducks feeding on the river bed A flock of goldeneye Ducks forage on the river bed. Watch the […]
26 Nov 2018
Watch the EFRA Committee video He who pays the piper …. Unearthed – Greenpeace ‘The frank interview by Natural England’s outgoing chair comes as the government considers proposals for a new post-Brexit environmental regulator England’s conservation advisor is no longer independent from government, its outgoing chair told MPs on Wednesday. The admission comes as Theresa […]
26 Nov 2018
Bob Earll: The issue of mechanical kelp harvesting in Scotland has become a very high profile controversy over the last six months. The links below highlight the current decision by the Scottish Parliament. Whilst it has been cast as a classic protection versus management issue, the reality is that in many ways it has been […]
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