01 Nov 2017

Social Value International There is growing recognition and interest in the valuation of social outcomes, and in 2015 Social Value International (SVI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) convened a global meeting for experts to further progress the debate. Taking place in the Bellagio Center on Lake Como in Italy, and sponsored […]

30 Oct 2017

When new management measures are applied to fishing in designated areas, fishing activity that previously happened in that area may stop completely, change type or move (be displaced) to other areas. These changes may result in alternative fishing/environmental interactions that regulators now need to consider. Recognising this, Natural England established the Fisheries Displacement Project Steering […]

30 Oct 2017

Remote electronic monitoring – Why camera technology is a cost-effective and robust solution to improving UK fisheries management All of the UK’s fishing fleet should be fitted with electronic monitoring technology after Brexit in order to protect fish stocks from poor management and potentially illegal landings of fish, campaigners have urged. Remote monitoring technology, including closed circuit television, is […]

30 Oct 2017

This is a review with serious implications for renewables and the marine environment, but the timing is difficult to resolve with the Clean Growth Plan (too late) and with many long term contracts already signed the Government are already on lots of hooks. This is Helm’s personal view. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Take your […]

30 Oct 2017

Keith Cooper: ‘In this study we produce a standardised dataset for benthic macrofauna and sediments through integration of data (33,198 samples) from 777 grab surveys. The resulting dataset is used to identify spatial and temporal patterns in faunal distribution around the UK, and the role of sediment composition and other explanatory variables in determining such […]

30 Oct 2017

All women’s voyage to make the unseen seen, from the toxics in our bodies to the plastics in our seas   What is eXXpedition?  eXXpedition is a series of all women voyages to make the unseen seen, from the toxics in our bodies to the plastics in our seas. On the 16th of November 2014 eXXpedition launched the first […]

25 Oct 2017

Two articles 1.  What would an entirely flood-proof city look like? They call it “pave, pipe, and pump”: the mentality that has dominated urban development for over a century. Along with the explosion of the motorcar in the early 20th century came paved surfaces. Rainwater – instead of being sucked up by plants, evaporating, or […]

25 Oct 2017

Lord Chris Smith publicly outlined this policy back in February now Emma Howard Boyd has also described the ongoing nature of this uneasy relationship between gagging and funding. Global Government Forum: By Liz Heron on 06/10/2017  Regulatory bodies in England have been told not to publicly criticise the government and instead to raise concerns privately with ministers, the […]