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31 Aug 2021

The Role of The Ocean: Driving the Transition to a Resilient and Inclusive Future

A Scottish Universities Insight Institute-funded programme that looked into developing an integrated understanding of the role of the ocean, its resources and socio-economic benefits, informing decision-making that addresses the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at multiple governance levels. Scotland is a global leader in ambitious policy for societal change and implementation of the SDGs, notably through […]

31 Aug 2021

Benefits of seal watching for UK coastal tourism – Briefing from Wildlife & Countryside Link

Marine News

Wildlife & Countryside Link: ‘Benefits of seal watching for UK coastal tourism (August 2021) The UK is home to two seal species, the grey seal and harbour seal. Despite precipitous falls in numbers to around 500 in the early 20th century, it is now estimated that there are in excess of 120,000 grey seals in […]

31 Aug 2021

Dolphins interacting with us: Bottlenose dolphin pod highlight man for rescuers

Marine News

We are used to warnings of us not disturbing marine wildlife but here are two examples of exactly the opposite. In the Hayle a dolphin approaching – playing – with the children in the water to their delight. The other in the Irish Sea of a pod of dolphins alerting rescue services to a man […]

25 Aug 2021

Charging for abstracting water – Environment Agency consultation

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EA ‘The Environment Agency’s 12 week consultation on changes to the way organisations and individuals are charged to abstract water from the environment has been launched. These changes are to help better manage and protect our water resources. Based on recent projections, more than 3.4 billion additional litres per day will be needed in England […]

25 Aug 2021

Net Gain Update: Biodiversity metric 3.0 launched to ensure nature positive developments

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Biodiversity 3.0 metric launched in new sustainable development toolkit Natural England unveils the Biodiversity Metric 3.0 to help developments achieve biodiversity net gain and give back to nature. Natural England (NE) has launched three new tools to help developers measure biodiversity net gain and ensure new developments are “nature positive”. Where a development has an […]

25 Aug 2021

UK Hydrogen strategy launched to meet Government’s ambition for 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030

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UK hydrogen strategy BEIS ‘This strategy sets out the approach to developing a thriving low carbon hydrogen sector in the UK to meet our ambition for 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030. Hydrogen is a new low carbon solution which can help the UK to achieve net zero by 2050, and our […]

25 Aug 2021

River modelling: technical standards and assessment – Environment Agency best practice guidance

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River modelling: technical standards and assessment Environment Agency – read more Standards for the flood risk management industry on how to build and review hydraulic models and provide evidence for flood risk management decisions. These standards are techniques that you can use in the fields of hydrological analysis and hydraulic modelling. Use this best practice […]

25 Aug 2021

Defra guidance on creating and maintaining ponds and lakes

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There are a number of new documents on the Defra website relating to water and habitats – ponds, lakes, ditches etc., which seem to have been released to support the sustainable farming initiative. Create ponds and lakes Find out how land managers can create new clean freshwater ponds and lakes to benefit wildlife and improve […]