02 Jun 2014
This two-page note captures our emerging thoughts on four aspects of the planning process where we think change is needed. We are publishing this note with the aim of promoting discussion in this important area. The 2010-2012 drought event was remarkable in its severity and duration; and in its conclusion, as a result of the […]
02 Jun 2014
As families flock to the seaside this bank holiday weekend, the Environment Agency has started its annual water quality tests at England’s beaches. Over 400 beaches and inland bathing sites are tested every week between May and September. Improvements this year will help more beaches to pass new water quality standards. Next year England will […]
27 May 2014
Call For Proposals – May 2014 The Scottish Aquaculture Research Forum (SARF) is pleased to announce a call for proposals for a research and development project in the following area: SARF106 – A risk/benefit analysis of mariculture as a means to reduce the impacts of terrestrial production of food and energy with particular regard to […]
27 May 2014
Today the Shark Trust launches its No Limits? campaign in response to the crisis posed by unlimited and escalating shark fishing pressure. With no catch limits set for many shark species, landings have soared over the past decade, placing huge pressure on shark populations. The Trust’s No Limits? campaign highlights the urgent need to introduce […]
27 May 2014
RE: ABPmer have been leading the way with their work on coastal management – this article covers both the recent success of the Selsey managed realignment but also ‘advance the line’/reuse of sediments. ABPmer: ‘The 2013/14 winter brought the issue of coastal flooding and management into particularly sharp focus in the UK. The large storm-induced […]
27 May 2014
The Rivers Trust, the umbrella body of the rivers trust movement, is celebrating World Fish Migration Day (24th May) by announcing completion of its’ £8.3m River Improvement Fund Programme. The River Improvement Fund Programme, in partnership with Defra (Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs) and in collaboration with the Environment Agency, has been delivered […]
24 May 2014
The approaches to sustainability take many named forms – One Planet Living – ICZM – The Ecosystems Approach. Government and in particular the Cabinet Office seem to have taken to a particular shine to another version ‘Resilience’. If you look at the diagram below based on Cutter et al. (2010), ‘Disaster Resilience Indicators for Benchmarking […]
24 May 2014
Ballantine 50 years on RE: This is a landmark paper – the antidote to Defra think on MCZ’s – it illustrates, based on 50 years of work on real – fully protected – marine reserves what we could expect if we ever applied such thinking here … pigs might fly… Bill Ballantine: New Zealand pioneered […]
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