04 Nov 2015
Business Green Defra has agreed a 30% spending cut with the Treasury. This article begins to reflect the commentary on this. http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2433882/defra-agrees-around-30-per-cent-budget-cut 2. Farmers Guardian This article contains some analysis of where the axe may fall. ‘Defra is staring down the barrel of huge cuts to an already-depleted budget over the next five years. Alistair […]
04 Nov 2015
River basin management plans: update Proposed update to the river basin management plans (RBMPs) describes progress made. The water framework directive is a system for getting Europe’s water cleaner. The directive requires an integrated approach to managing water on a river basin basis. It also aims to get the public involved in water management. A […]
04 Nov 2015
Environment Agency: Find out when you need to do a flood risk assessment as part of your planning application, how to do one and how it’s processed. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/flood-risk-assessment-for-planning-applications Contents When you need an assessment When you don’t need an assessment When to follow standing advice How to do an assessment Get information to complete an […]
04 Nov 2015
Environment Agency: South West Water has been fined £214,000 by Plymouth Crown Court for breaching environmental controls at the Camels Head sewage treatment works in Plymouth and failing to stop sewage pouring into the River Tamar. This is the highest fine handed out to South West Water for a case brought by the Environment Agency. […]
04 Nov 2015
Ofwat have released a large number of useful reports – check these out on their website http://www.ofwat.gov.uk/publications/ These span many years but at least it enables access – they include: What is cost of reducing ammonia, nitrates and BOD in sewage treatment works effluent? http://www.ofwat.gov.uk/publication/wp-contentuploads201511pap_rsh_opa2004-05-pdf/ Changes in frequencies of extreme rainfall events for selected towns […]
04 Nov 2015
This seems like a deliberate attempt to explain some of the less obvious ways of dealing with flooding … Andy Croxford, 20 October 2015 Environment Agency Flooding can occur from many different sources. We saw this in winter 2013-2014 when the storm surge caused flooding on the east coast, there was widespread river flooding across […]
03 Nov 2015
Now Available Routledge Handbook of Ocean Resources and Management Edited by Hance D. Smith, Juan Luis Suárez de Vivero and Tundi S. Agardy This comprehensive new handbook provides a global overview of ocean resources and management by focusing on critical issues relating to human development and the marine environment, their interrelationships as expressed through the […]
02 Nov 2015
Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (IFCAs) are transforming the face of inshore fisheries and conservation management. AIFCAs Since their inception in 2011, the IFCAs have demonstrated a “can do” attitude and sought to deliver value for money by managing stakeholder led decisions to support local communities. At the same time the IFCAs are working towards […]
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