08 Dec 2020
Business Green: Cecilia Keating ‘Offshore Wind Evidence and Change Programme will run for five years and explore how the seabed can best be protected as the UK’s offshore wind boom continues. The government and Crown Estate have announced they are to work together to protect the marine environment as offshore wind project construction booms in […]
03 Dec 2020
Wyre Natural Flood Management Project: Partnership project to enhance the local environment and protect against flood risk – Update A virtual launch of the Wyre NFM (Natural Flood Management) Investment Readiness Project was held Monday 26 October and was attended by key partners and stakeholders, including Environment Agency Chair Emma Howard Boyd. Organised as a […]
14 Jul 2020
From UKWIR The UK’s first draft Water Innovation Strategy has been launched. It sets out a vision for transformational change across the water sector in anticipation of Ofwat’s £200m innovation fund and the establishment of a Water Innovation Centre that will act as a UK hub for global water innovation. The draft strategy looks ahead […]
07 Jul 2020
Inspiring webinar with Prof Nicola Beaumont from Plymouth Marine Laboratory on interdisciplinary working. In the full report Demystifying Interdisciplinary Working (in Valuing Nature), Prof Beaumont has brought together experiences, suggestions, and top tips from her own expertise in this area, the CoastWEB project, as well as from a wide range of contributors and collaborators. Abstract […]
26 May 2020
Anglian Water ‘Anglian Water Chief asks “How we can use what we’ve learnt to ‘build back better’ than before?” As recently appointed co-chair of the Corporate Leaders Group, Anglian Water Chief Executive Peter Simpson shares his thoughts on the role of big business in tacking climate change when we emerge from a locked-down world. Peter Simpson […]
15 Aug 2019
Major collaboration between Government, Business & NGOs – 40 groups (continue) Aiming to raise the public’s awareness of water resource and pollution issues (continue) Defra: There has been positive coverage of the launch of the Love Water campaign . The ‘Love Water’ campaign aims to raise awareness of the importance of water and the role everyone […]
13 Aug 2018
Two initiatives to help promote educational measures in ocean literacy Accelerating Ocean Literacy in UK Culture Both the Marine Conservation Society and the Thames Estuary Partnership (TEP) have had long involvement in the education process. Through discussions as members of the Marine CoLABoration (funded by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation), we recognised the opportunity for more focus in the curriculum for UK schools […]
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