14 Jun 2016
National Geographic celebrate World Oceans Day: Eight innovations that take enable greater protection and more effective management, including The snotbot – a sensing drone to sample whale blows Fishface – a fish identification tool for population assessments Whale alert app – for mariners Skysails – to help reduce 10-30% of cargo ship fuel use Global […]
14 Jun 2016
For World Oceans Day 2016 COAST launched an online premiere of their new film. COAST: We are expecting to gain more visibility of our story, core messages and lessons learnt through our new 4 minute film about COAST called “Arran and the Sea: a community story” which you may remember we filmed a month ago […]
14 Jun 2016
An impressive case study of conservationists and fishermen working together. To mark World Oceans’ Day, the RSPB and Birdlife International are celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Albatross Task Force. This is one of our most successful conservation programmes and serves as a powerful reminder of what can be achieved through hard work, expertise, creativity […]
14 Jun 2016
Chris Williams continue to pull together this really useful newsletter summarising important research, policy and developments in fisheries and marine management. Sign up here. Pulse trawl fishing: characteristics of the electrical stimulation and the effect on behaviour and injuries of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) In the North Sea flatfish fishery, electric pulse trawls have been […]
09 Jun 2016
The Environmental Audit Committee publishes report finding that the Government is failing to protect communities at risk of flooding. Report: Flooding: Cooperation across Government Report: Flooding: Cooperation across Government (PDF 1.11 MB) Inquiry: Flooding: Cooperation across Government Environmental Audit Committee Funding for flood defences The Committee warns that a reactive approach to funding for flood defence […]
09 Jun 2016
Bruce Horton: The Housing and Planning Bill also completed its progress through Parliament and is now an Act. It requires the government to review SuDS planning policy and councils to create registers of brownfield land with automatic planning consent. However, the final Act stops short of the amendments called for by CIWEM and others, including […]
09 Jun 2016
Two reports on the relationship of business with climate change policies. A new report commissioned by the Environment Agency says climate change is presenting UK businesses with opportunities as well as risks. It is based on survey data showing that 86% of companies have identified one or more climate-related risks, and approximately 1 opportunity for […]
09 Jun 2016
Three items on water resources 1. Past & Future Drought Events in Europe In case you missed it (I did), a recent European Commission report investigates the trends and impacts of past and future meteorological drought events in Europe. It estimates the damage caused by droughts in Europe over the last 60 years at over […]
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