Late last year, Waterwise and Ideal Standard launched a new annual water-efficiency tracker survey, the aim of which was to collect nationally-representative water efficiency data annually. The data from the very first tracker survey, which had approximately 2000 respondents from across the UK, has been summarised in a Water Saving Report and is now available […]
Two studies and a third from Northumberland who are offering small grants for farmers illustrate what a key leadership role the Water Companies can provide. Proactive – reactive, leadership – no leadership, ambition – no ambition, front foot – back foot …. Three examples of being on the right side of these couplets. Anglian Water; […]
Never a dull moment with Brexit … every claim countered – two articles, one on an All Party, remain group for the environment and another on possible impacts on the fishing sector. 1. Daily Telegraph: Eurosceptics have branded Liz Truss, the Environment Secretary, a “hypocrite” after she joined forces with Ed Miliband to warn that a […]
Building social capital – relationships, trust and communication – can deliver outstanding results – see the Lofoten example below. The Berwickshire and Northumberland Marine Nature Partnership is a collaboration of twenty Scottish and English organisations focussed on managing our local inshore waters. The original partnership was established 16 years ago to proactively manage the Berwickshire […]
Support the Shark Trust No limits Crowdfunder project This project is setting out to put limits on the catch of sharks in European waters. The European Commission today (15/4/16) adopted a report on the implementation of the EU’s shark finning Regulation. Based on information provided by EU Member States, the report concludes that no systematic […]
There are a number of worrying trends in the breeding success of northern seabirds, including puffins and kittiwakes that may well be linked to major changes in the marine food webs. Three articles highlighting the changes to northern seas and the impact on seabirds 1. They are called seabirds for a reason – Adam Nicholson Save […]
Save Scottish Seas: Most eyes are on the UK’s EU ‘in-or-out’ referendum, but meanwhile our MEPs are considering important fisheries decisions; namely whether we act now to place urgent limits on deep sea bottom-trawling. Over the next few weeks (or possibly months), European representatives should – after years of negotiation and political delays – decide how best to […]
JNCC Report: Conceptual Ecological Modelling of Shallow Sublittoral Mixed Sediment Habitats to Inform Indicator Selection Report 586 MESL report for JNCC (2016) Alexander, D., Coates, D.A., Herbert, R.J.H. & Crowley, S.J. This project is focused on producing a series of Conceptual Ecological Models (CEMs) for the marine habitat ‘Shallow Sublittoral Mixed Sediments’. Conceptual Ecological Models […]