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Environmental Audit committee launch inquiry on the impacts of invasive species and management

The Environmental Audit Committee launches an inquiry on the impacts of invasive species and their management. Non-native species are those living outside their natural range which have arrived there by human activity, either deliberate or accidental. Of these, invasive species are those that negatively affect native biodiversity, ecosystem services and public health, through predation, competition […]

25 Year Environment Plan – Government release first yearly review

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Defra ‘Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey has published the first progress report of its landmark 25 Year Environment Plan indicating that, in the first year alone, 90 per cent of the plan’s actions have been delivered or are being progressed. Over the last 12 months, the government, amongst other actions, has: set out plans to ban […]

‘Marine & the 25 Year Plan’ – Natural Capital Committee Report

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Bob Earll ‘The NCC have been remarkably silent on marine issues in their 7 year existence. It looks like one new NCC member – Mel Austen – has changed this. That’s progress. This report comes close on the heels of a host of other reports*. It makes one wonder quite what the role of NCC […]

Toxic chemicals in European seas – EEA report

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EEA ‘There is a shared vision to achieve clean, non toxic seas but their contamination with synthetic substances as well as heavy metals continues to be a large-scale problem in Europe. According to a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report, between 75 and 96 % of the assessed area of Europe’s regional seas have a […]

Safeguarding the environment in British Overseas Territories: call for evidence

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Defra ‘The British Overseas Territories (‘OTs’) are globally significant in their ecological richness, containing over 90% of the UK’s marine and terrestrial biodiversity. Constitutional responsibility for decision making in many policy areas relevant to biodiversity and conservation lie with the OTs, which are highly dependent on the assets provided by their natural environment, terrestrial and marine […]

Outreach – Great short videos looking at how marine life support systems – Greenpeace

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Greenpeace – Unearthed life support videos – two links below – these are succinct and to the point (4.5mins each) and convey key ideas on how living marine systems provide us with life support. Greenpeace: We started our Life Support series with a stark message from one of the world’s leading scientists: the destruction of […]

Flood and coastal risk management: long-term investment scenarios – EA

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The Draft National Flood & Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy for England consultation has been making all the headlines with a call for renewed investment at £1billion a year in FRM and the possible need to move vulnerable communities in the event of climate change threats. These ideas were elaborated in high profile speech by […]

No consultation on The New Agriculture Bill – Public money for public goods

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‘Blank cheque’ Ag Bill will cut out formal consultation on public goods scheme Farmers Guardian: News 08 May 2019 Abi Kay Farm bodies will not be formally consulted on the detail of Defra’s public money for public goods scheme and the policy will receive less scrutiny than other major legislative changes, Farmers Guardian can confirm. In an […]