The image of Carlisle BT car park and its service vans underwater from many years ago, and the lessons of 2007 and the Pitt Review seem still not to have got through. How can it be that there are still 530 critical infrastructure sites still at serious risk? Damned by faint praise reviewers cut to […]
The UK’s major angling and fisheries conservation groups have today published a joint paper setting out their concerns over any moves to water down EU environmental legislation and urging the government to seize opportunities for reform of policies regarding farm subsidies and fisheries management in the wake of the Brexit vote earlier this year. The […]
The Great Repeal looks like providing the focus for many who will seek to protect our environment; as before I will develop this as a theme. Richard Benwell (WWT) provides a fuller list of points to be cautious about. The Green Alliance were quickest off the mark but there are clearly many legal issues to […]
Water UK: 21st Century drainage programme Everyone in the water sector realises the scale of the challenges facing the industry and that is why more than 40 organisations from across the UK have joined Water UK for this 21st Century Drainage Programme. Everyone in the water sector realises the scale of the challenges facing the […]
In fleshing out the elements of the UK Fisheries policy post Brexit there is a mix of trying to appeal to the fishermen’s sense of a desire for change whilst recognising the underlying realities of the existing CFP arrangement and long standing (pre CFP) historical agreements. The House of Lords process (see below) is collecting […]
Water Briefing ‘Tidal Lagoon Power Ltd has gone out to tender with a design and build contract to construct a turbine manufacture and pre-assembly plant in the Swansea region worth an estimated £22 million. The contract covers the design, construction and commissioning of a turbine manufacturing plant that will house the plant and equipment necessary […]
‘Exploring the components and processes of marine ecosystems critical to ecosystem service generation’ A report produced by MESL, in collaboration with Marine Planning Consultants (MPC) with peer review by Dr Steve Fletcher (UNEP-WCMC) is entitled ‘Exploring the components and processes of marine ecosystems critical to ecosystem service generation’. This report investigates marine ecosystem components that […]
Shark Trust: ‘Conservationists are delighted that CITES* Parties have officially listed devil rays, thresher sharks, and the Silky Shark under CITES Appendix II. The listing proposals were supported by more than the two-thirds majority required for adoption in Committee on Monday, and finalised today in Plenary. “This is a big win for all these species […]