10 Apr 2025
Image description: A wading curlew foraging in water. Image by Rober So / Pexels. New planning reforms could push species towards extinction and destroy precious habitats, the UK’s leading nature organisations have warned the government. The heads of over 30 UK conservation groups have written to Defra Secretary of State Steve Reed and Housing […]
08 Apr 2025
Image description: A row of offshore wind turbines on the horizon. Image by Thomas G. / Pixabay. Offshore wind supply chain and port infrastructure set for £15m boost The second round of The Crown Estate’s innovative Supply Chain Accelerator is focused on funding for crucial development of manufacturing facilities and port infrastructure to enable […]
08 Apr 2025
Image description: A survey boat passing in front of a row of offshore wind turbines. Image by Bente Jønsson / Pixabay. UK fisheries being ‘squeezed’ out Evidence presented to the recent Environmental Audit Committee revealed increasing concern from Members of Parliament and industry observers over the cumulative impact of UK government marine policy on […]
08 Apr 2025
Image description: A plastic bottle, polystyrene and driftwood on a sandy beach. Image by Catherine Sheila/ Pexels. Not a single inch of the Mediterranean is clean A new study has shone a light on one of the highest concentrations of deep-sea litter ever detected at the deepest point of the Mediterranean Sea. Scientists captured […]
08 Apr 2025
Image description: Close-up shot of hands holding an angling rod. Photo by Laura Stanley / Pexels. Weighing up to 100 kg and stretching the length of a dinner table, flapper skate are at the centre of one of the largest citizen-science projects in British waters. The Guardian recently reported how sea anglers in Scotland […]
08 Apr 2025
Image description: A fishing boat at sea during sunrise. EU push to link fisheries with broader political deal The transitional agreement on fisheries is due to expire in mid-2026, triggering concern that the EU may attempt to leverage access to shared waters in exchange for concessions elsewhere. The UK government has so far rejected […]
03 Apr 2025
In one of the largest syntheses of the human impacts on biodiversity ever conducted worldwide, a team from the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) and the University of Zurich looked at terrestrial, freshwater and marine habitats, as well as including all groups of organisms, including microbes, fungi, plants, invertebrates, fish, birds […]
03 Apr 2025
The UK government has recently announced a £16 million funding boost to improve flood protection for farmers and rural communities. The additional funding will go toward internal drainage boards (IDBs) to boost farm and rural flood resilience, bringing the total IDB Fund to £91 million. The government reported that an expected 400,000 hectares of agricultural […]
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