20 Oct 2015
The Global Synthesis Report, highlights findings of the four-year ProEcoServ, the GEF funded and flagship project of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) focused on the valuation and mainstreaming of ecosystem services into policy design, studied four pilot countries: South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, Viet Nam and Chile. Report details ecosystem services of almost one billion […]
19 Oct 2015
Prof Jacquie McGlade said the UK was shifting away from clean energy as the rest of the world rushed towards it. She said the cuts in renewables subsidies, coupled with tax breaks for oil and gas, sent a worrying signal to the coming UN climate summit in Paris. The UK government says it will meet […]
19 Oct 2015
COAST ‘Despite considerable pressure from the mobile fishing lobby, who seem intent on ruining the Scottish Government’s best efforts to create a well-managed network of MPAs, Richard Lochhead is determined Scotland will have a credible MPA network. At the recent Inshore Fisheries Conference (October 2015) he said ‘Scotland’s seas are not owned by any one […]
19 Oct 2015
Defra ‘George Eustice, Minister of State for Farming, Food and the Marine Environment, made a written statement in Parliament on the Marine licensing recovery policy. [‘Recovery’ – in his context means that the Minister can recover the decision making process] A copy is attached: Written Ministerial Statement The changes to the marine licensing process allow […]
19 Oct 2015
Fisheries Management: Landing Obligation To read more go to: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fisheries-management-landing-obligation From: Marine Management Organisation – MMO – First published: 19 October 2015 ‘Guides on the discard ban, how the rules apply, selling undersize fish, reporting requirements and quota management. Contents Guidance for fishermen Guidance for ports, markets, agents and other businesses Fishery specific guidance Policy […]
19 Oct 2015
The National Federation of Fisherman’s Organisations have launched a research project into the effects of fishing gears on conservation features in MPAs to inform appropriate site management measures. The project has been funded by Seafish and the European Fisheries Fund and will explore whether site specific evidence about fishing gears can be applied to making […]
19 Oct 2015
The European Commission has published a report on the progress in establishing Marine Protected Areas (as required by Article 21 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive 2008/56/EC). View the report at http://ec.europa.eu/environment/marine/eu-coast-and-marine-policy/implementation/pdf/marine_protected_areas.pdf.
13 Oct 2015
Thanks to Richard Ashley for sending this link through. This is an interesting and important report because it reflects on a growing momentum and new vision for addressing the growing problem of stormwater. ‘The practice of managing stormwater has evolved from carrying runoff away as fast as possible, to now handling as much of it […]
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