The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee is holding its first evidence session in its nitrates inquiry tomorrow when the Committee will hear from academics and Environment groups. The EAC launched its inquiry into nitrates pollution in December to consider the nature, scale and impacts of nitrate pollution in the UK on the environment and […]
National Water Vole Database and Mapping Project PART 1: PROJECT REPORT 2006-2015 Catherine McGuire and Deborah Whitfield December 2017 Executive Summary The National Water Vole Database and Mapping Project was established in January 2008 with the aim of collating and mapping available water vole data to: Assess population and distribution trends; Create a geographic information […]
Jeremy Corbyn promises Brexit deal with green protections at its heart – Guardian Business Green – Madeleine Cuff Labour leader makes case for close co-operation with EU post-Brexit to fight the common challenge of climate change and protect green jobs and standards Jeremy Corbyn wants the UK to set a ‘floor’ of existing standards and […]
The Department for Exiting the EU has published proposed legal text to underpin the Implementation Period for when we have left the EU, a significant step towards an agreement in March. This includes comments on the text for fisheries. A Defra spokesperson said: Our proposal makes clear that when the UK leaves the EU on 29 March 2019, […]
COAST: ‘As Fiona Gell recently wrote in The Guardian, it is ordinary people who are driving the future of conservation, the government is recognising this, and starting to listen to what coastal communities have to say. Many Scottish people and communities have been making an extraordinary difference to the protection of our seas during these […]
4th Special Report – Plastic bottles: Turning Back the Plastic Tide: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report The Environmental Audit Committee publishes the Government response to the Environmental Audit Committee’s report, Plastic Bottles: Turning Back the Plastic Tide. Download the Government response: Plastic bottles: Turning Back the Plastic Tide (PDF 174 KB) Read the […]
By Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst: ‘They have been urging for a new global treaty to tackle the problem. But a new report – to be presented to a Royal Geographical Society conference on Tuesday – says littering the sea with plastics is already prohibited under existing agreements. The report urges those governments that are […]
Guardian More than half the world’s oceans are being fished by industrial vessels, new research reveals. The maps based on feedback from more than 70,000 vessels show commercial fishing covers a greater surface area than agriculture, and will raise fresh questions about the health of oceans and sustainability of trawler fishing. The data, published in […]