Welsh water ‘We are sending you this email as you or your organisation has previously expressed an interest in Welsh Water’s PestSmart project which encourages people to consider ‘smarter’ ways of weed, pests and disease control that do not impact of people, water or wildlife. In 2019 we ran a free and confidential pesticide disposal […]
BBC: A seafood salesman has been given a two-year suspended jail sentence for smuggling an estimated £53m worth of endangered live eels out of the UK. Gilbert Khoo, 67, transported the eels from London to Hong Kong, hidden underneath chilled fish, between 2015 and 2017, a court heard. He was caught after Border Force officers […]
As we move into the trade talks about the future relationship between the UK and the EU, no surprise that fisheries is up there amongst the ‘difficult issues’. For a summary of the current positions Click here The UK view is that fisheries should be one of a series of mini-deals with different arrangements for […]
The Natural Capital Committee (NCC) worked with H.M. Treasury from 2016-18 to advise and co-author Green Book guidance regarding the incorporation of natural capital, ecosystem services and the value of associated goods and services into government policy appraisal. The guidance was incorporated into the revised Green Book published in March 2018 and has now been […]
Recent publications on impacts of climate change covering coastal erosion, implications for cultural heritage and changing marine fish communities in the Arctic. A paper on sandy coastlines under threat of erosion got some high-profile coverage with dramatic headlines Click here – but for a commentary and perspective on some of the assertions Click here. In […]
Two new reports on the oceans from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. A communications guide outlines how to talk about the ocean to improve public understanding and increase support for solutions. To tell the ‘Changing Health’ story, communicators need to establish in people’s minds that the ocean has health. Health language and body metaphors establish that […]
The Sea Watch Foundation’s 2019 National Whale and Dolphin Watch event (July 27th – August 4th) revealed striking biodiversity with an impressive thirteen species of cetaceans seen around the British Isles, a number which has only been recorded twice before in the history of the event. The total number of sightings (over 2,000) exceeded last […]
New report says healthy floodplains have key role to play in improving environment The preservation and restoration of Europe’s largely degraded floodplains, must be better prioritised according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report published today. The report says floodplains have a key role to play in improving biodiversity, water, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. […]