03 Apr 2025
In one of the largest syntheses of the human impacts on biodiversity ever conducted worldwide, a team from the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) and the University of Zurich looked at terrestrial, freshwater and marine habitats, as well as including all groups of organisms, including microbes, fungi, plants, invertebrates, fish, birds […]
03 Apr 2025
The UK government has recently announced a £16 million funding boost to improve flood protection for farmers and rural communities. The additional funding will go toward internal drainage boards (IDBs) to boost farm and rural flood resilience, bringing the total IDB Fund to £91 million. The government reported that an expected 400,000 hectares of agricultural […]
03 Apr 2025
Published just ahead of World Water Day by WWF and GlobeScan, The Future Water Agenda: How water can lead the way for sustainability and collective action details the top global concerns. Water pollution is viewed as a ‘very serious’ issue by 63% of people. Photo: Rebecca Bliklen Three other water-related issues – depletion […]
03 Apr 2025
River being given legal rights A district council in England has passed a motion to grant its local river the rights to flow freely, to be free from pollution and to enjoy its native biodiversity. The move by Lewes District Council in East Sussex to recognise the fundamental rights of the River Ouse is the […]
03 Apr 2025
Nature charities are pressing the prime minister and chancellor to stop demonising wildlife and to urgently strengthen environmental protections in new planning laws, the Guardian reported. The RSPB, the National Trust and the Wildlife Trusts, are calling on MPs to back amendments to the planning and infrastructure bill to end what they say is the […]
03 Apr 2025
It has been more than four years since the UK set up its own chemicals regulatory regime post-Brexit, however senior campaigner at Chem Trust Chloe Alexander notes that the UK has failed to restrict a single substance since it departed from the European Union (EU). In fact, despite more than four years of regulatory analysis […]
01 Apr 2025
Canadian deep-sea mining firm, The Metals Company (TMC), has formally initiated a process under the U.S. Department of Commerce to apply for exploration licenses and commercial recovery permits under existing U.S. legislation, the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act of 1980 (DSHMRA). The Company said that following extensive legal diligence on DSHMRA, regulations and other […]
01 Apr 2025
The UK government’s environmental regulator has started patrols along the coast to help protect the endangered European eel from illegal poaching. The Environment Agency’s Fisheries Enforcement Officers have started patrols along the Morecambe Bay and North Lancashire coastlines in the north-west of England to help protect the critically endangered European eel from illegal poaching. […]
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