21 Jan 2025
Progress towards improving the environment has slowed with government still largely off track in achieving its legal environmental commitments, the latest annual assessment by the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has found. The OEP report provides an assessment of progress towards legally-binding environment targets, commitments and goals. The report covers the period 1 April 2023 […]
21 Jan 2025
The Scottish government has been criticised for its “slow progress” on regulating the salmon farming industry by a parliamentary inquiry held by the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee. The report reveals that MSPs “seriously considered” calling for a moratorium on new farms and expansion of existing sites due to concerns over persistently high salmon mortality rates but […]
21 Jan 2025
A marshland nature reserve built with more than three million tonnes of soil from the Crossrail scheme could be expanded. Plans have been made to grow RSPB Wallasea Island, a 740-hectare reserve at Rochford in Essex, by 100 hectares – about the size of 140 football pitches. After the purchase of four fields to the […]
20 Jan 2025
Opportunity to manage inshore fisheries and conservation – MMO The MMO have been given responsibility by Defra to manage the process of making appointments of General Members to IFCA Committees. These voluntary roles require candidates who can take a balanced approach to caring for our seas, assessing the priority and importance of all users and […]
16 Jan 2025
A new report demonstrates how the UK’s unique network of historic canals, a legacy of the Industrial Revolution, are being repurposed to address some of the greatest challenges facing society. The report by the Canal & River Trust charity found canals could play a “critical role” in biodiversity, decarbonisation and climate adaptation. Photo credit: Malcolm Stirling […]
16 Jan 2025
The climate crisis is “wreaking havoc” on the planet’s water cycle, with ferocious floods and crippling droughts affecting billions of people, a report has found. The 2024 Global Water Monitor Report was produced by an international team of researchers from universities in Australia, Saudi Arabia, China, Germany and elsewhere. The team used data from thousands of ground […]
16 Jan 2025
The Guardian reports that Downing Street has blocked plans to release wild beavers in England because officials view it as a “Tory legacy”, the Guardian can reveal. Photo credit: Pierre Miyamoto Natural England, the government’s nature watchdog, has drawn up a plan for reintroductions of the rodent, which until about 20 years ago had been […]
16 Jan 2025
Useful article in New Civil Engineer Water industry experts have expressed dismay at the news that mandatory sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) for developments over 100m2 is not being introduced, despite the Department for Food, Rural Affairs and Environment’s (Defra’s) promise. Despite the government saying that Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 would […]
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