March 28th was a bad day for Climate change action in the US but there is good news Sweden announces plan to eliminate carbon emissions by 2045 BusinessGreen ‘Swedish Climate Minister Isabella Lovin announced that the country aims to eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2045. Legislators signed a law that will require […]
Sign up for the Catchment Based Approach information. Defra Minister Therese Coffey announces £6.3 million for rivers at the WaterLIFE Conference http://waterlife.org.uk/2017/03/defra-minister-announces-6-3-million-investment-rivers-wwf-event/ Funding is available based on the scale a catchment partnership operates at. This remains unchanged from 2016/17 as follows: a full catchment scale partnerships can apply for up to £15,000, a sub-catchments scale […]
Each week I scan 15+ websites in the water sector news of water, environmental and sustainability issues. So this week I see that this week it is invasive species week and also water saving week. All very worthy but you have to ask what the function of these weeks is if you only get to […]
Telegraph 24th March ‘Theresa May is expected to announce within weeks that the UK will reclaim its waters for British fishermen by pulling out of a deal that pre-dates the EU. The Prime Minister will take Britain out of the 1964 London convention which allows European fishing vessels to access waters six to twelve nautical […]
Coastal destinations and tourism businesses are calling for a sea-change – they want a stronger voice, to work more collaboratively, to draw attention to the coast’s valuable assets and, crucially, to alter perceptions among the public and the media of what there is to see and do on the coast. Their views, along with findings […]
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) and the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Commission (DG MARE) adopted today a “Joint Roadmap to accelerate Maritime/Marine Spatial Planning processes worldwide”. The roadmap identifies common challenges and proposals for actions to be implemented in the coming years, reaching out for collaboration with other UN bodies […]
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New Scientist By Andy Coghlan What’s good for farmed salmon may not be for natural ecosystems. Small fish called wrasse painlessly peck sea lice from the skin of farmed salmon, enabling salmon farmers rely less on powerful pesticides that can harm other marine life. But there’s a catch: the wrasse are fished from the wild, and researchers have […]