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29 Sep 2020

MarineNews

Nature – Carbon Management in Shelf Seas ‘Accounting guidelines exist for the recording of carbon flows in terrestrial and coastal ecosystems. Shelf sea sediments, while considered an important carbon store, have yet to receive comparable scrutiny. Here, we explore whether effective management of carbon stocks accumulating in shelf seas could contribute towards a nation’s greenhouse […]

22 Sep 2020

NewsWater

Covered by the BBC and in the Guardian All rivers in England have been declared dirty after every single one failed to meet quality tests for pollution, according to a review by the Environment Agency. Just 14 per cent of England’s rivers are in good overall environmental condition – while not one of them is […]

22 Sep 2020

NewsWater

Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO) is the flagship publication of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). It is a periodic report that summarizes the latest data on the status and trends of biodiversity and draws conclusions relevant to the further implementation of the Convention. GBO-5 provides  global summary of progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and […]

22 Sep 2020

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The Environment Agency’s ‘The State of the Environment: health, people and the environment’ shows the green inequality in society. The report – which brings together a wide range of evidence – finds that people living in deprived areas are not only more likely to have poorer health outcomes, they also have poorer quality environments and […]

22 Sep 2020

NewsWater

Water voles are this week settling into a new home along the Rea Brook in Shropshire. Once a common sight along the country’s waterways, water voles have been in decline in the UK since the 1960s. But, this week, the Environment Agency has released more than 100 of them along the Rea Brook. The project […]

22 Sep 2020

MarineNews

As it goes through its second reading in the House of Commons the Fisheries Bill has lost another amendment that was a critical test of building a system of “world leading fisheries management”. First it was having sustainability as a prime objective of the Fisheries Bill that was dropped and now an amendment that would […]