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DG MARE and DG ENVI becomes one portfolio in Commission reorganisation – NGO response

Sept 24th Update commentary: Peter Jones and other comments: See blog at: http://openchannels.org/blog/pjsjones/prospects-achieving-good-environmental-status-europes-seas-be-undermined-new Prospects for achieving good environmental status of Europe’s seas to be undermined by new appointment and brief? The new president of the European Union recently appointed a whole new team of commissioners, including the appointment of the Maltese politician, Karmenu Vella, as […]

Draft flood risk and river basin management plans – short delay to consultation on plans

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Draft flood risk and river basin management plans – short delay to consultation on plans Defra – announcement from the Environment Agency: We have decided to delay the start of the consultations on the draft flood risk management plans (FRMPs) and updated draft river basin management plans (RBMPs) until slightly later in the autumn to […]

Delivering Sustainable Drainage Systems – Defra Consultation

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Sept 24th Comment on the Defra Consultation by Peter Bide http://www.susdrain.org/community/blog/suds-consultation-a-flow-of-good-ideas/ Sept 16th Delivering Sustainable Drainage Systems – Defra Consultation Overview Defra: ‘The independent review into the causes of the 2007 floods (The Pitt Review) concluded sustainable drainage systems (commonly known as SuDS) were an effective way to reduce the risk of ‘flash-flooding’ which occurs when […]

Sustainable Development Goals – Progress and the direction of travel – Goal 14 oceans

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http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/focussdgs.html The Ocean goal (14) is set out below UN ‘The countdown to the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 grows apace with the recent adoption of an ‘outcome document’. Goal 14 covers the oceans At the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in 2012, governments agreed to set a number […]

EU Consultations on No net loss of biodiversity & ecosystem services and on fisheries and the coastal marine environment

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TWO Consultations The EU is consulting on the future EU initiative on ‘No Net Loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services’. In the EU, as in other parts of the world, we are continuing to lose biodiversity and with it, the ecosystem services that nature provides to human society. The EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 aims […]

Water Scarcity – Company Case Studies to meet the challenges

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This series of articles has been brought together by the Finacial Times illustrating both the challenges of water scarcity and the creative responses that industry have developed to meet this challenge. Financial Times: ‘Businesses are having to adapt to rising water costs around the world and rivalries mount over poorly managed supplies of a resources […]

It’s all a front – scientists unravel the mystery of gannets’ feeding success

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Marine Ripple: Researchers at Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and the University of Exeter have combined two innovative technologies to probe the mystery of how seabirds locate food hotspots across vast tracts of ocean. The way in which marine predators find prey in what to us seems a largely featureless landscape, often tens or hundreds of […]

Non-intrusive river flow measurement – Competition

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This competition is focussed on the Environment Agency’s need to measure river flows in challenging locations where existing standard instrumentation cannot be used. However, a solution that could also be deployed in less demanding/normal river conditions would be ideal. The Environment Agency requires a non intrusive method of river flow measurement which is capable of […]