31 May 2017
Just as Germany break records for its renewables output and UK breaks its solar output record the UK Government show their true colours on climate change trying to weaken European climate change proposals. Leaked documents show UK Government lobbying to weaken EU climate targets despite Brexit Energydesk, Greenpeace ‘On the very day Theresa May triggered […]
31 May 2017
New WWF & US AID report on using nature to manage rising flood risk Leading environmental organisation WWF has published a new report setting out an integrated framework for flood management, drawing on policy, green infrastructure and conventional engineering to help communities adapt and better manage growing flood risk. Introducing the report “Natural and Nature-Based Flood Management: […]
31 May 2017
Do you work with natural processes to reduce flood risk or improve the environment? Go to the RiverWiki to share your ideas or find inspiration. The RiverWiki has recently been updated in now holds more than 1000 river restoration case studies from around Europe. The RiverWiki is an interactive online source of information on restoration schemes from around […]
30 May 2017
Dickon Howell Blog Director at Howell Marine Consulting / Visiting Professor of Practice at Newcastle University Delivering in government ‘I spent seven years from 2009 to 2016 working alongside colleagues to create and deliver one of the most ambitious programmes for delivering coherent, integrated, marine management in the world. During this time, I was at […]
30 May 2017
Two articles: The first a report on the possibilities for aquaculture in the Swansea Tidal Lagoon. From another perspective as the title reflects it is a valuable review of the aquaculture options that could be applied to any of UK’s enclosed or sheltered coastal water bodies since it covers a wide array of current technologies […]
30 May 2017
Interesting developments with environmental DNA A survey of deepwater fisheries off the coast of Greenland which used traces of fish DNA has produced similar results to trawl surveys and fishing catches. The ‘environmental DNA’ (eDNA) technique can therefore complement trawl data, the researchers say. It may be particularly useful for surveying large species — which can […]
30 May 2017
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