01 Nov 2017
Jonathan Porritt on Sustainability and Business – reflecting on sustainable development The founder of Forum for the Future offers insights into a decade that saw the Sustainable Development Commission ‘obliterated’ and green business come to the fore. Sir Jonathan Porritt is founder director and trustee of sustainability non-profit Forum for the Future. He was later […]
01 Nov 2017
Natural Course – our progress so far… Over two years ago the Natural Course project began its 10-year journey on the EU LIFE funded project. Since starting the project in October 2015, a few highlights include hosting a Water Platform event and supporting the GM Natural Capital Group Annual Conference, planting 12,000 trees, surveying 40km […]
01 Nov 2017
Two articles: UKCP18: Schedule The UK Climate Projections 2018 (UKCP18) project outputs will have a phased release, with the core raw data products coming out in May 2018 followed by a launch of the full UKCP18 data interface and support products in November 2018. Releasing the core set of UKCP18 data in May 2018 will […]
01 Nov 2017
Social Value International There is growing recognition and interest in the valuation of social outcomes, and in 2015 Social Value International (SVI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) convened a global meeting for experts to further progress the debate. Taking place in the Bellagio Center on Lake Como in Italy, and sponsored […]
30 Oct 2017
When new management measures are applied to fishing in designated areas, fishing activity that previously happened in that area may stop completely, change type or move (be displaced) to other areas. These changes may result in alternative fishing/environmental interactions that regulators now need to consider. Recognising this, Natural England established the Fisheries Displacement Project Steering […]
30 Oct 2017
Remote electronic monitoring – Why camera technology is a cost-effective and robust solution to improving UK fisheries management All of the UK’s fishing fleet should be fitted with electronic monitoring technology after Brexit in order to protect fish stocks from poor management and potentially illegal landings of fish, campaigners have urged. Remote monitoring technology, including closed circuit television, is […]
30 Oct 2017
This is a review with serious implications for renewables and the marine environment, but the timing is difficult to resolve with the Clean Growth Plan (too late) and with many long term contracts already signed the Government are already on lots of hooks. This is Helm’s personal view. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Take your […]
30 Oct 2017
Keith Cooper: ‘In this study we produce a standardised dataset for benthic macrofauna and sediments through integration of data (33,198 samples) from 777 grab surveys. The resulting dataset is used to identify spatial and temporal patterns in faunal distribution around the UK, and the role of sediment composition and other explanatory variables in determining such […]
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