Marine Protected Areas welcomed by coastal communities, progressive fishermen and eNGOs COAST: Representatives from coastal communities, scallop divers, sea anglers and conservation organisations showed their passion and support for MPAs at Holyrood last month, coinciding with a Rural Affairs Committee debate on the future of MPAs. To the delight of thousands of MPA supporters on Arran […]
Storm Imogen certainly produced some shocking images; Getty images Images from Gwennap Head & Porthleven – need to be careful even on the cliff tops Human Interest Daily Mail – Some people and storms just don’t get it – get injured and puts other’s lives at risk
This session is revealing, George Monbiot advocate of upstream thinking and effective catchment management dissects the conflicting points in current Government pronouncements. Sir James Bevan & John Curtin describing the realities from an Agency perspective. With Storm Imogen’s impacts still being felt this has been a remarkable series of major storm and flood events. Everyone […]
The winter droughts preceding the London Olympics of 2012 caused considerable concern. Lessons from around the world including this highly informative site on the California drought highlight the difficulty in managing water resources once the full scale of the drought has hit. Strategic Infrastructure and Water Resilience The Environment Agency has released a Strategic Infrastructure […]
Water Briefing ‘The Department for Food Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) has now formally issued new charging guidance to Ofwat since it was laid in Parliament for consideration on 9 November 2015. The Guidance to the water sector regulator establishes the policy framework within which Ofwat sets charging rules for the water industry. Its purpose […]
Economist ‘The Paris climate-change agreement endorses the low-carbon approach to doing business. More companies now need to embrace the new disclosure regime and set goals to help to meet the new climate targets, argues Paul Simpson, chief executive officer of the international not-for-profit CDP. When it comes to climate change, there are few moments that […]
Two reports on Anaerobic Digestates from WRAP and UKWIR AD – Renewable fertilisers grow yields and slash costs, study shows WRAP Madeleine Cuff ‘Five-year research programme finds that ‘food-based digestate’ from anaerobic digestion is an effective source of nitrogen, allowing farmers to cut use of bagged fertilisers. Renewable fertilisers sourced from the anaerobic digestion (AD) […]
Defra ‘The FQA units are used in the allocation of quota in a way similar to a share system. The mix of FQAs held by vessels in membership of each fishing group at 1 January each year is used to determine the share of the UK quota each group receives. A fishing group can be […]