The Bonfield report first became public in September when the National Resilience Review was published. Since then it has prompted a row between the Environment Agency and the ABI. The reality is that up to now very little of the £1 billion a year the insurance industry has paid out goes towards installing resilience measures […]
Andrea Leadsom might come to rue the day at the Environmental Audit Committee when she said “At our leisure we will be able to repeal, amend and strengthen. For environmental groups I think the certainty of the Great Repeal Bill will be a great comfort to them.” (the eNGOs). This composite of articles sets out […]
Will this change be any more successful in halting the clear declines in biodiversity or will Natural England simply be toothless and without a voice? Natural England’s new strategy indicates a retreat away from enforcement, with less use of regulatory levers, more reliance on partnership working and a “fundamental change” in how its teams are […]
Funding announced for major new wildlife project to reopen the River Severn for fish and wildlife. A major new wildlife project to reopen the mighty River Severn has secured almost £20 million of funding – £10.8 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund and £6 million from the European Union LIFE programme. The scheme will re-open […]
The headlines given to George Eustice’s statement (Oct 30th) seem to be based on the work on the analysis of fisheries data was carried out at the request of the Shetland Fishermen’s Association (SFA) by Ian Napier of the NAFC. The Telegraph piece moves from the bold headline to the relationship with the French in […]
The last two months has produce a flood of announcements on new and larger MPAs, however, after a 25 year campaign by the residents, the Scottish Government have declared an MPA around Fair Isle. MPA News has highlighted the remarkable nature of the last couple of months in relation to announcements. MPA News provides a […]
Natural England commenced a public consultation regarding three potential Special Protection Areas (pSPAs) around England. These sites are: Solent & Dorset Coast pSPA which is a new site for foraging common, little and Sandwich terns on the south coast. Greater Wash which is a new site on the east coast for wintering red-throated diver, common […]
There have been very encouraging results and recovery and breeding success on Lundy and now Scilly islands following methodologies developed in New Zealand to eradicate rats. Guardian ‘Number of nesting Manx shearwaters almost triples in three years after a project, backed by Prince Charles, successfully kills off the rats that eat the birds’ chicks and […]