Two reports on Anaerobic Digestates from WRAP and UKWIR AD – Renewable fertilisers grow yields and slash costs, study shows WRAP Madeleine Cuff ‘Five-year research programme finds that ‘food-based digestate’ from anaerobic digestion is an effective source of nitrogen, allowing farmers to cut use of bagged fertilisers. Renewable fertilisers sourced from the anaerobic digestion (AD) […]
Defra ‘The FQA units are used in the allocation of quota in a way similar to a share system. The mix of FQAs held by vessels in membership of each fishing group at 1 January each year is used to determine the share of the UK quota each group receives. A fishing group can be […]
Changes in fishing practices around the UK as a result of the development of offshore windfarms – Phase 1 New research report available from The Crown Estate This report may be downloaded from The Crown Estate website at: http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/energy-and-infrastructure/research/energy-research/reports/ Summary A new report, ‘Changes to fishing practices around the UK as a result of the […]
Guardian: ‘Dong Energy makes final investment decision on 1.2-gigawatt project that will power more than a million UK homes. The UK wind energy industry received a boost with the announcement of the world’s biggest offshore windfarm, is to be built off the north-east coast. Dong Energy said its multi-billion pound Hornsea project, which is expected […]
Nine updates mainly in the North East & North West of England https://www.gov.uk/government/latest?departments%5B%5D=natural-england England Coastal Path Map: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/england-coast-path-overview-of-progress North East Coastal Paths https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/england-coast-path-in-the-north-east-of-england Also see: Coastal Paths – Defra maintain their support – Jan 19th 2016
Environmental Leaders write to Truss about BREXIT – Green Alliance Jan 27th Brexit would be damaging to UK’s environment, warn senior experts Alastair Harper Head of politics aharper@green-alliance.org.uk A high powered group of environment and conservation experts, including four former chairs of UK environment agencies, have written to the Defra Secretary of State Liz Truss, […]
The newsletter for the ShellEye project – using satellites to monitor for harmful algal blooms – has just been sent out and is available at http://us10.campaign-archive2.com/?u=0a1f17d91ab0b711be36f6f70&id=21472eb9d8&e=9889454b77.
Initial points Twenty nine sperm whales have now stranded on the North Sea coasts of UK and France, Netherlands, & Germany; these sources provide the bare bones of the event. It will be interesting to see what the data being collected reveals. Map of the distribution of the strandings – Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society […]