01 May 2015
WWF – US The value of the ocean’s riches rivals the size of the world’s leading economies, but its resources are rapidly eroding, according to a report released by WWF today. The report, Reviving the Ocean Economy: The case for action – 2015, analyses the ocean’s role as an economic powerhouse and outlines the threats […]
27 Mar 2015
UK & Norway have signed a deal to start building a 730Km link that could provide 14% of the electricity used in homes each year. The National grid and Stannett and Norwegian Transmission system operator. £2bn deal. Landfall will be in Blyth http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2401655/uk-to-tap-norwegian-hydropower-through-worlds-longest-interconnector
24 Mar 2015
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is involved in different nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs) in the English inshore and offshore, and Welsh offshore areas under the Planning Act 2008. The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) examine these applications and provide recommendations to the Secretary of State. MMO acts as a: statutory consultee during the pre-application stage interested […]
03 Feb 2015
Blogpost by Sofia Tsenikli – 26 January, 2015 at 16:30 Greenpeace ‘It is time for Ocean Lovers worldwide to celebrate! After years of political foot-dragging, and four hectic days of negotiations at the United Nations, a breakthrough came in the wee hours of Saturday morning, 24 January: governments around the world agreed to develop a […]
03 Feb 2015
Defra, the Northern Ireland executive, the Scottish government and the Welsh government are seeking views on the UK’s proposed programme of measures to maintain or achieve Good Environmental Status (GES) in their seas by 2020. The consultation covers programme of measures proposals for each of the 11 Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) descriptors. These relate […]
18 Jan 2015
This new report published in late December covers one of the most problematic issues in current marine development. NIRAS & MMO ‘NIRAS Consulting Ltd, supported by Amec Foster Wheeler, were commissioned by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) to develop a framework for scoping potential cumulative effects at a strategic level, to be applicable across all […]
18 Nov 2014
Solent Forum: ‘Some 340 European scientists, policy-makers and other experts, including representatives from the National Oceanography Centre, have agreed a common vision of priorities for marine research and action until 2020. They published the Rome Declaration at the EurOCEAN 2014 conference in Italy – an important document which presents a shared goal of how marine […]
14 Oct 2014
Ministers have approved plans allowing the MMO to charge for work carried out on marine licence cases once consent has been given. The charges, which came into effect from 1 October, relate to requests to change a marine licence once it has been granted (licence variations), and also to monitor activities being carried out under […]
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