14 Dec 2015

Fishermen across the UK will be able to apply for a share of €243m in new European Maritime and Fisheries Funding (EMFF) to help their businesses adapt to the reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and support their long-term sustainability and economic growth Fisheries Minister George Eustice has announced. The funding secured by the UK government […]

14 Dec 2015

Eco Magazine: ‘On Wednesday 25 November 2015, the tidal power plant in the Dutch Eastern Scheldt surge barrier has been put into service. The festive commissioning, where the largest tidal energy project in The Netherlands as well as the world’s largest commercial tidal installation of five turbines in an array, was performed by Diederik Samsom, […]

09 Dec 2015

A Review of Access to Industry Marine Environmental Data New report available from the UK Productive Seas Evidence Group (PSEG) This report may be downloaded from: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/marine/science/MSCC/PSEG Summary This new report, ‘A Review of Access to Industry Marine Environmental Data’ has just been published. The study was undertaken for PSEG jointly by ABP Marine Environmental […]

09 Dec 2015

This is what extreme events look like.   We know that climate change predictions suggest that we will have more extreme events. Cumbria: Met Office – Storm Desmond’s records: http://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/ The Met Office’s warning re climate change a month ago: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/news/2015/global-average-temperature-2015  How will the insurance industry respond? This is what the insurance industry has done in […]

09 Dec 2015

Whilst it might be tempting to kill the messenger, George Monbiot outlines what we instinctively know. We need a fully integrated approach to climate change, energy policy, flood defences, land management and lots more. He points out the contradictions and problems with our current ‘leadership’ on these issues.  http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/07/hide-evidence-storm-desmond-floods-paris-talks George Monbiot (Guardian) ‘It’s as if […]

09 Dec 2015

Ofwat ‘The publication by Ofwat (Tuesday 1 December) of the report of the Resilience Task and Finish Group is a significant step for the sector as we seek to ensure that our services are resilient, now and in the future. We are pleased that the report recommends a water and wastewater resilience action group to […]

09 Dec 2015

This page of the CaBA website provides 50 examples of best practice – well worth a visit http://www.catchmentbasedapproach.org/best-practice Examples include: Ecosystem Services Visualisation The CaBA Mentoring Programme Examples of stakeholder engagement The Rivers Trust mapping portal And much, much more ….