National Marine Week (last week): ‘The UK’s marine environment is home to some of our most fascinating wildlife, such as basking sharks, grey seals, puffins and dolphins. Each year The Wildlife Trusts celebrate the UK’s amazing sea animals and plants during National Marine Week. This is your chance to explore the seashore, discover dunes and […]
It is the first 30 seconds of this video filmed by drone that is really interesting. Gavin Maxwell was among the first to describe ‘shoals’ of hundreds of basking sharks layers deep in the sea and as far as the eye could see. How these giants interact in these shoals in still an interesting area […]
This theme of the Brexit issue will build cumulatively over the weeks with new articles being added to the list. The Environmental Audit committee have committed to a review of the Brexit decision on the environment and predominantly on the relationship with farming. This issue has enormous implications for many areas of the water industry […]
There is a perverse justice in people like David Davis having to deal with this, after all they made it sound so easy. Latest publications Letter from Mary Creagh MP to David Davis MP regarding the EU and UK Environmental Policy dated 20 July 2016 ( PDF 228.5 KB) Letter from Mary Creagh MP to Therese Coffey […]
Environment Agency publishes report on catchment projects in 2015-16 Environment Agency ‘This report, produced by the Environment Agency, outlines projects funded under the Catchment Partnership Action Fund. The aim of the Catchment Partnership Action Fund is to deliver improved water quality to meet the objectives of the Water Framework Directive. The fund helped to support catchment […]
The DTC Spring/Summer 2016 Newsletter which comprises short articles on the following topics: The Eden DTC in December 2015 – The wettest month on record and a sign of things to come? Winter floods in the Eden: Action Planning A bad winter for run-off and erosion Putting a value on soil loss Soil erosion and landslides in […]
Catchment partnership guide ‘As part of the WaterLIFE project (waterlife.org.uk) we have produced a how to guide which collates some of the lessons and experiences we’ve had over the past two years working in three catchments across England and Wales. The guide includes the essential steps to getting a partnership started and making it successful. […]
Alex Stephenson Market Development Director, Hydro International (12 Jul 2016) ‘If you asked a developer, a planning officer and a consulting engineer for a definition of SuDS, do you think you would get the same answer? I have a suspicion that their answers might well be significantly different. In a recent parliamentary inquiry into future […]