10 Oct 2017
The Our Oceans Conference in Malta has covered a very wide range of themes looking at the protection of the marine environment and it more effective management. Three main links: Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey is at the Our Ocean conference in Malta. Commitments on plastics & MPAs, Blue Belt. Defra ‘UK takes world stage in fight […]
10 Oct 2017
SUDG set out opportunities arising from Brexit SUDG members represent all the key marine industry sectors providing over 900,000 jobs and upwards of 5% GDP. Marine industries are an essential component of the UK economy, central to UK policies on transport and climate change and integral to the Government’s desire to promote Blue Growth. See […]
10 Oct 2017
A new collaborative study, published in ‘Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems’, modelled how marine climate change could affect the future establishment of new species in northwest Europe, to enable scientists to understand the potential impacts to anticipate and plan for such establishing populations. Marine species can be accidentally transported via a range of activities […]
10 Oct 2017
Government stops the landing of berried lobsters, this seems a sensible measure that used to be common practice – The Blue Marine Foundation and MCS comment. From 1 October 2017 UK registered vessels must not fish for berried lobsters. A lobster or crawfish which is carrying eggs attached to its tail or some other exterior […]
05 Oct 2017
NCC ‘The Secretary of State for Defra asked the Natural Capital Committee (NCC) to advise on what the 25 Year Environment Plan should aim to achieve, how it should seek to do so and what the necessary conditions for success are. This note sets out the NCC’s advice and recommendations on what the government should […]
05 Oct 2017
New report reviews role of trees in flood alleviation CEH ‘Further calls for the inclusion of natural solutions in flood alleviation schemes were made following the severe floods in Cumbria, December 2015. Acknowledging ongoing debates around the evidence for tree cover as an effective flood mitigation measure, the UK’s Centre for Ecology & Hydrology today […]
05 Oct 2017
Defra: A review of 145 UK projects and initiatives involving private sector investment to improve natural capital has just been published by Defra. The aim was to provide a preliminary oversight of the current state of private sector investment in natural capital and ideas on how this can be scaled up. DEFRA required a rapid review […]
05 Oct 2017
Defra consultation Water quality: updating the public and private drinking water regulations Defra ‘We want to know what you think about our plans to update the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2016 (‘public regulations’) and the Private Water Supplies (England) Regulations 2016 (‘private regulations’). These changes will only apply to England. The changes will bring […]
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