10 Dec 2024
Scientists have revealed that the native oyster ecosystem has declined to the extent that it has been declared ‘collapsed’, highlighting the importance of ambitious restoration initiatives across Europe. Using the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Framework, a new study has concluded the European native oyster reef ecosystem type is collapsed, with no locations remaining in Europe where […]
12 Mar 2024
The UK government has partnered with conservation charity ZSL to launch an app update that enables wildlife enthusiasts to track and log marine creatures in waters around British Overseas Territories (OTs). The announcement was made by the Minister of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Lord Benyon, at the Blue Belt Symposium in […]
09 May 2023
To mark King Charles III’s Coronation, a team of conservationists led by ZSL have launched the UK Sturgeon Conservation Strategy and Action Plan, a science-based guide developed by experts which meticulously outlines the action required to recover numbers of Atlantic and Critically Endangered European sturgeons in the UK. This UK-wide action plan forms part of a larger […]
03 Jan 2023
Volunteers are being recruited to identify sharks, skates and rays captured on underwater cameras around the Welsh coast. Data from more than 90 hours of footage needs to be logged to help build a picture of the diversity of species, the BBC reported. Sharks Inspiring Action and Research with Communities (SIARC ) is a collaboration […]
01 Mar 2022
A new initiative hopes to develop a better understanding of sharks, skates and rays living in Welsh coastal waters, Nation Cymru has reported. The Zoological Society London (ZSL) and Natural Resources Wales (NRW) are leading Project SIARC (Sharks Inspiring Action and Research with Communities) which offers people of all ages and backgrounds the chance to […]
10 Sep 2019
Final Contract Report 1st January 2011 to 31st December 2017 Between 1st January 2011 and 31st December 2017, the UK Cetacean Strandings. Investigation Programme (CSIP) received reports of 4896 cetaceans, 97 marine turtles and. 21 basking sharks. The largest number of cetacean reports was received in England (n=2363), with smaller numbers in Scotland (n=1616), Wales (n=774), Northern Ireland (n=76), the Isle of Man […]
Well this is start – and informative material made quickly available after the March workshop – a sense of urgency. And the problem is urgent as this winter’s bycatch data shows. But the problems are clear, not least with huge numbers of dolphins being washed up on French and SW English coasts which Sea Shepherd […]
02 Jul 2017
The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) has published guidance on fish conservation for planners, developers, local authority officers and consultants, with the goal of improving fish conservation in the Tidal Thames region, encompassing all Local Authorities adjoining the River Thames between Teddington Lock and Gravesend. ZSL spoke to developers about this guidance at a Thames […]
