‘Resilience’ is the new sustainability. It is no secret that the Cabinet office has been pressing for the use of this term in its approach to many aspects of Government. It has received plenty of air time during the winter floods. There is a fascinating discussion of the Government’s view of the relationship between resilience […]
BBC March/April ‘The UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled that the Japanese government must halt its whaling programme in the Antarctic. It agreed with Australia, which brought the case in May 2010, that the programme was not for scientific research as claimed by Tokyo. Japan said it would abide by the decision but […]
Environment Agency: A wide range of groups and organisations responded to this consultation, including water and energy companies, charities, non-governmental organisations, wildlife groups, industrial organisations and individuals. Through the consultation you told us that: • you support the catchment based approach to river basin planning and delivery • local delivery should be informed by an […]
Using ecological indicators to assess environmental status: new research shows marine ecosystems need to be gauged as whole, individual systems. Ways to manage natural resources have been under development for decades, driven by an increasing need to understand the effect of man-made impacts on ecosystems. Often, it has been assumed that management could be based […]
APEM’s remote sensing services for the water industry have been voted the ‘best of the best’ in WRc’s newly launched Innovation Forum Award – a Dragons’ Den style showcase. Director of remote sensing, Dr Stuart Clough, faced a field of seven competitors, all of whom have won water industry and innovation awards this year. […]
This statement has just come out from a Defra update. Read down and there are no links. If Government are thinking of the future of Cefas one suspects that there are many people and organisations that would have a view on this, and that a wider consultation might provide Government with some interesting views. (Bob […]
Emma Sheehan ‘Lyme Bay reef update following winter storms. Plymouth University Marine Institute has been annually monitoring recovery of the Lyme Bay reefs (south west UK) since they were protected from towed demersal fishing in 2008. It was unknown whether the reef assemblages would be impacted by this winter’s storms. Monitoring stations from the annual […]
Rupert Malins ABPmer ‘ A report by ABPmer for MMO scoping a robust strategic assessment tool for co-existence of activities in marine plan areas has recently been published by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). The MMO commissioned ABPmer in association with eftec and Ichthys Marine Ecological Consulting ltd to scope a flexible approach to the […]