Category: "news"
Nature Towns & Cities
Millions of people living in urban areas lack vital access to nature and green space. Nature Towns and Cities will tackle this by helping local authorities work together with communities and partners to bring nature into every neighbourhood for all to enjoy. Follow this link to read more about: Nature... read more »
Blue Space Forum Report
There is a growing body of evidence pointing to the positive health and wellbeing benefits of being in, on or around blue space. In 2022 and 2023 the Environment Agency, together with project partners from British Canoeing, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Groundwork Trust, Natural... read more »
Tougher Regs for Water Companies
On 23 July the Environment Agency published its annual report on the environmental performance of England’s nine water and sewerage companies during 2023. Follow this link to read the .gov.uk press release about Tougher regulations as data shows water companies underperformingread more »
Cefas Climate Change Report
A new report published by CEFAS is shedding light on the future impacts of climate change on marine species across the United Kingdom. The study, which focuses on 21 marine species listed as ‘threatened’ or ‘declining’ ranging from sharks and rays to seahorses and oysters, aims to help... read more »
OEP Report Coast and Waterways
The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has carried out a review of the key legislation regarding water quality – the Water Framework Directive (WFD) Regulations for England – and how they are being implemented by Defra and the Environment Agency through River Basin Management Planning (RBMP). The report finds that... read more »
Climate Stripes
Global temperatures were so hot in 2023 that the latest climate stripes image needs a whole new colour to show it, its creator said. Professor Ed Hawkins, a climate scientist at NCAS, University of Reading, has published the first updated climate stripes image for the globe using the latest interim data for 2023. The stripe representing 2023 will require the darkest red colour from the current scale. Follow this link to read more about Climate Stripesread more »
Coastal visits linked to well-being
Coastal destinations are highly popular for leisure, yet the effects of spending time at the coast on mental and physical health have remained underexplored. To accelerate the research about the effects of the coast on health, Belgian scientists compiled a dataset from a survey of nearly 2000 Flemish adults... read more »
Hemsby 'roll-back' homes
Villagers on a vulnerable stretch of coast at Hemsby, about 7.5 miles north of Great Yarmouth, who face losing their homes to the sea could be offered new plots further inland on which to rebuild their properties. Follow this link to read more about the Hemsby roll-back proposal.read more »
Marine Conservation Advice Packages
Natural England are publishing the new draft Marine Conservation Advice package for Yarmouth to Cowes Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ). The updates to existing packages in this publication round are reflected in the most recent ‘October 2023 publication updates’ document, available on the MPA CA Guidance page. Marine Conservation... read more »
National Drought Group
Summer 2022 followed a trend towards hotter drier summers. Record breaking temperatures exceeded 40C for the first time and for many parts of England it was the driest summer on record. Drought conditions remained across most of the country for the latter part of the year, and exceptionally low... read more »