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01 Jul 2014

Climate change adaptation manual: evidence to support nature conservation in a changing climate

Natural England and the RSPB, in partnership with the Environment Agency’s Climate Ready Support Service and the Forestry Commission have published a new resource for conservation practitioners, ‘Climate change adaptation manual: evidence to support nature conservation in a changing climate’. Natural England and the RSPB, in partnership with the Environment Agency’s Climate Ready Support Service […]

01 Jul 2014

The Natural Capital Financing Facility: An opportunity for environmental projects?

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Ernst & Young France and ICF GHK are currently undertaking a study for the European Investment Bank (EIB) to identify a potential pipeline of projects for funding by the Natural Capital Financing Facility (NCFF) and are inviting applications from anyone with a potential interest in the facility. The NCFF will be a new EU financial […]

01 Jul 2014

Pioneering DNA technique enables cost effective assessment for Great Crested Newts and other species – Defra Funded Report

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A groundbreaking new technique analysing DNA traces in water offers hope for the future protection of rare and endangered aquatic species – including Britain’s population of great crested newts – by making it much easier to find them in the depths of ponds and streams. In one of the world’s first applications of the pioneering […]

21 Jun 2014

England’s marine conservation network is worse than useless – Callum Roberts

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Callum Roberts ‘ 0.000001 – one hundred thousandth – is a number so small that to most people it seems like nothing at all. Yet four and a half years since the Marine Act of 2009 came into force – legislation that was heralded as the saviour of UK seas – this is the sum […]

21 Jun 2014

Global Oceans Action Summit – Action Plans Announced

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On the final day of the Global Oceans Action Summit Dutch Minister for Agriculture Sharon Dijksma has called for action to restore the health of the world’s oceans. “It takes courage to see beyond borders and act together to achieve healthier oceans and food security. Action is required, and this is the message I gave […]

21 Jun 2014

Lord Stern: Economists are underestimating costs of climate change

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Former Treasury economist Lord Nicholas Stern will today reiterate his call for governments to put a strong price on carbon, with a new paper that warns the bulk of research to date on the topic may have underestimated the costs of climate change. In a paper due to be published in The Economic Journal, Stern […]

21 Jun 2014

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive – Revised Regulations Enter into Force

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EU ‘New legislation simplifying the rules for assessing the potential effects of projects on the environment entered force on 15 May. The newly amended Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive should offer better protection for the environment while reducing administrative burdens stemming from EU law, in line with the European Commission’s drive for smarter regulation. It will also enhance business […]

21 Jun 2014

EFRA Committee Report on Winter Floods

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EFRA Committee ‘The devastating floods of last winter could hit England again unless government funding cuts to flood defence budgets are reversed, MPs warned environment secretary, Owen Paterson, on last week. “Overall funding does not reflect the increased flood risk” being driven by climate change, the MPs’ report found, while money for the maintenance of […]

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