13 Aug 2024
The Environment Agency has completed a new flood risk management project to better protect hundreds of homes and businesses on the east side of Hull from flooding. Castlehill Aquagreen is a key part of the second phase of the £28 million pound Holderness Drain Flood Alleviation Scheme which when fully complete, will reduce the risk […]
03 Apr 2024
A new history and wildlife trail across Hull’s Beverley and Barmston Drain sees wildlife ‘guides’ Wendy the Water Vole and Percy the Perch help reconnect people to their natural environment. The pilot project – along nine bridges across the drain – gives historical information and helps the community spot wildlife native to the location. It […]
15 Dec 2020
Steve Hull, ABPmer ‘Our latest White Paper explores key strategic issues that still need addressing if we are to successfully implement marine net gain‘ ‘Net gain’ aims to leave the environment in a better state following development and to secure wider benefits for people and the environment. While progress has been made with developing an […]
25 Feb 2020
Yorkshire Water has become the first UK water company to join the 1000 Rivers eDNA project, a new and exciting non-profit citizen science project led by NatureMetrics in collaboration with the University of Hull and other partners. The project encourages everyone, from companies to scientists, to use groundbreaking environmental DNA (eDNA) monitoring provided by NatureMetrics […]
07 Jul 2019
In an earlier paper Steve Hull outlined the need for more action on net gain … this new paper takes that argument further. ABPmer ‘Net gain aims to leave the environment in a better state following development and to secure wider benefits for people and the environment. It has been proposed as a mechanism for […]
11 Jun 2019
ABPmer, Steve Hull: UK marine habitats and species continue to experience some notable declines. This represents a serious failure of existing marine conservation policy and practice. The 2011 Natural Environment White Paper – The Natural Choice aspired for ‘this to be the first generation to leave the natural environment of England in a better state […]
12 Mar 2018
The Government has promised a consultation on principles in its publication of the 25 year plan. An environmental net gain principle would be particularly helpful. Environmental net gain in practice The Government’s 25 year Environment Plan published in January includes a key commitment to embed an ‘environmental net gain’ principle for development, including housing and […]
19 Sep 2017
CIEEM’s Biodiversity Net Gain Principles a welcome step Steve Hull 30/08/2017 Notwithstanding strong regulation of development in the marine environment and some notable successes in managing the impacts of marine activities, the UK still remains some way from achieving its vision for clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse oceans and seas. The 2011 Natural […]