Defra Survey ‘This short survey has been launched by Defra. The aim of this research is to help us understand your experiences and perceptions of Defra. Your answers will be used to help us improve our stakeholder engagement and communications in the future.’ This survey will take approximately 5 minutes to complete. All answers are completely anonymous and […]
Consultation on the Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan outlines a step change in how water companies tackle the number of discharges of untreated sewage. Water companies will face strict limits on when they can use storm overflows and must completely eliminate the ecological harm any storm sewage discharges cause to the environment and significantly reduce […]
Policy paper: The UK Government has published as final the Strategic Policy Statement (SPS) for Ofwat. The Strategic policy statement sets out the government’s priorities for Ofwat’s regulation of the water industry in England. Ofwat must carry out its functions in accordance with this statement. This is set out in Section 2A of the Water Industry Act […]
A flood hydrology roadmap recently released sets out a vision to help scientists and practitioners better predict future flood events and improve flood resilience across the UK. The roadmap, which brings together the views of more than 100 experts from over 50 organisations, will improve hydrological data, models and science which can be used to inform […]
UK Seafood Fund Infrastructure Scheme open for applications The Infrastructure Scheme, part of the £100 million UK Seafood Fund, is now open for applications until 24th May 2022. Competed grant funding is available through the Infrastructure Scheme. The scheme will fund projects that build capability across the UK seafood sector supply chain through investment in: […]
£36 million Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme will be used to help deliver innovative adaptation projects in North Norfolk and East Riding of Yorkshire. As part of the Government’s £200 million flood and coast innovation programme, £36 million will be invested to explore innovative approaches of adapting to the effects of coastal erosion. Known as the […]
Whitby fishermen call for Defra to continue shellfish death investigation Fishermen in Whitby are unsure whether the industry will ever recover after widespread shellfish deaths last October, the BBC has reported. We reported covered the outcome of the investigation into the deaths of crabs and lobster in the North East of England. It was then reported that the […]
Defra has launched a targets consultation and new Nature Recovery Green Paper and there has been extensive coverage of the announcement. Some reports criticised the developments and Defra has responded to some of these. The Nature Recovery Green Paper sets out the ambition to enable nature’s recovery in England, laying out proposals to support the […]