Bob Earll It took years to drag the Government into implementing a plastic bag tax which they now acknowledge is working. The 2016 MCS Beachwatch data also confirms this with an almost 50% decline in plastic bags in the recent Beachwatch survey. Targeting particular items is a powerful tool and begs the question of what […]
Natural England has published, ‘Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment – The national survey on people and the natural environment – Visits to coastal England (NECR226)’. Background: In 2009 Natural England, Defra and the Forestry Commission commissioned TNS to undertake the Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment (MENE) survey for the first time. […]
Environment Agency. ‘This report sets out a good practice framework for the development of future coastal flood forecasting systems. It examines the components that typically make up a coastal flood forecasting system, such as national forecasts and sea-level translation, and shows how to evaluate the quality of these components to help modellers make better decisions […]
A call for underwater noise assessment guidance Elena San Martin, ABPmer: ‘Human activity in or near to the aquatic environment can generate underwater sound potentially affecting fauna in a number of ways. These range from masking biologically relevant signals, evoking behavioural responses and causing hearing damage resulting in physical injury or even death at very […]
Ocean optimism Much depends on the way one views the world. This TED talk by Heather Koldewey shows what a positive attitude can achieve. It is a talk that works at many levels; it shows: How your career might start simply but then diversify The difference individuals can make How collaboration pays off The circular […]
Preparing for the Future 2020 and beyond – New YouTube Channel Presents a Collection of Thoughts and Insights from Leading Water Experts As we head into the final quarter of 2016, 2017 starts to appear on the horizon taking us another step closer to 2020; a year of most significant change for anyone involved in […]
‘Last week I reported the rather embarrassing discovery prompted by Friends of the Earth through a Freedom of Information request that little or no Defra money had been spent on Natural Flood Management (see below). Andrea Leadsom responding to an ex Defra minister – Richard Benyon – at Defra questions was able to report last […]
While new packages like resilience and wellbeing are currently fashionable these are essentially repackaging the ideas of sustainability. This update includes three articles: BSI publishes sustainable development of communities’ standard ISO 37101 EAC – Sustainable Development Goals in the UK Environmental Audit Committee look at Departmental Sustainability plans and finds the treasury wanting 1. BSI publishes […]