25 Aug 2014

Governing Marine Protected Areas – Resilience through Diversity  By  Peter J.S. Jones    Earthscan from Routledge     This book does the rare thing of putting the social into the socio-ecology of protected areas and  provides valuable insights into natural resource management  in general. You only need to look at the glowing cover endorsements from the likes of […]

19 Aug 2014

SAMS: ‘We are sorry to hear of this sad news from our colleagues at the Scottish Association for Marine Science:   It is with a deeply heavy heart that we have to announce the unexpected death of our wonderful director, Professor Laurence Mee FRSC, yesterday afternoon (Wednesday 13 August 2014). Laurence had suffered a severe stroke […]

19 Aug 2014

How long does it take for an idea to sink in? Much longer than we think. So no apologies for this image. Attending recent conferences, it’s surprising that speakers with strong natural resources perspective are still using older models of sustainability which don’t fully recognise the importance of environment. These two publications explain the context […]

19 Aug 2014

Protecting customers where there are very material differences between companies’ re-submitted plans and Ofwat’s wholesale cost assessment. ‘Ofwat has written to Bristol Water, Thames Water and United Utilities to tell them that it is already clear that very material differences remain between their re-submitted plans and our assessment of efficient wholesale costs.  The Thames tideway […]

19 Aug 2014

Defra  want to know what you think about proposed changes to the Specified Infrastructure Project Regulations (also known as the SIP Regulations).   The changes will affect Infrastructure Providers. These are independent companies licensed by the water regulator (Ofwat) to finance and deliver large or complex projects, like the Thames Tideway Tunnel. The proposed amendments would […]

19 Aug 2014

Marine Ripple  ‘Noise made by passing ships stops eels from using their survival instincts scientists investigating the effects of man-made noise on fish. The study, published in Global Change Biology, found only 38% of the eels that were exposed to ship noise responded to an ambush from a predator compared to 80% in normal ocean […]

19 Aug 2014

Expression Of Interest: Local climate resilient futures This call is seeking expressions of interest for action research projects to support the development of local climate resilient futures, including an inbuilt evaluation of impact. Further information We wish to fund two/three projects which will bring together local authorities, communities and other agencies to develop strategic responses […]