03 Dec 2024
A new paper from the London School of Economics highlights how biodiversity net gain (BNG) and natural flood management can be integrated. It highlights that BNG legislation in England presents a key opportunity to unlock funding and innovative solutions that boost urban flood risk management efforts and wider co-benefits. Photo credit: Ellie Burgin […]
03 Dec 2024
From Wicked Leeks Earlier this year, Wicked Leeks brought you the story of poo, pollution and profits: how the UK’s intensive poultry industry has become a runaway train that was killing our rivers. Since then, the slope has grown even more slippery. “We are at ‘peak poultry’,” says Ruth Westcott, a campaigner with Sustain, who has been […]
03 Dec 2024
The Water Sector Multi-capitals Network has launched the Principles of multi-capitals approaches to decision making. Despite variations in approaches towards multi-capitals accounting, the principles laid out in this paper will support consistency and alignment, and support better decisions to be made using multi-capital information. Multi-capital approaches should be comprehensive, trustworthy and useful. This paper will help […]
03 Dec 2024
The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has launched an investigation into the government’s Statutory Guidance on applying the Farming Rules for Water (FRfW). These regulations aim to reduce and prevent water pollution from agriculture by requiring farmers to plan the application of organic manure and manufactured fertiliser so that it does not exceed the needs […]
03 Dec 2024
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published the estimates of the financial and societal value of natural resources to people in the UK. Key figures include that the total asset value of ecosystem services in the UK was around £1.8 trillion in 2022, an increase of 11% since 2018 and that health benefits from […]
03 Dec 2024
A pod of Orcas work together to bring a whale shark closer to the surface in collaborative hunting strategy / Kelsey Williamson Welcome to OCF’s insights from the marine and coastal sector. This week we have summarised the most relevant stories for you from a range of Marine and Coastal Sectors, including; Fisheries; Offshore […]
03 Dec 2024
The Scottish Government has published the response to its March 2024 consultation on legislative proposals for marine nature restoration. The consultation explored two related legislative proposals: 1) To take powers to introduce a registration process for marine restoration projects that fall below a threshold of environmental impact, in lieu of having to apply for a […]
03 Dec 2024
Four videos of orca hunting sprees, the earliest from 2018 and the latest from 2024, suggest that an orca pod in the Gulf of California is specialising in hunting whale sharks, the largest fish in the world. The unusual behaviour has emerged among a pod of killer whales provides a rare glimpse into the intricate […]
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