17 May 2021
Climate Assembly – a great film illustrating this in practice Britain has made big promises about reducing our impact on the planet, but getting there means huge changes to our everyday lives. In this surprising and funny documentary, we follow members of the UK’s first ever Citizens Assembly on climate change, where 108 ordinary Brits […]
16 Feb 2021
The jury’s out on River Ouseburn future Ouseburn Citizens’ Jury has taken place in the North East and will help inform the Environment Agency’s future water management plans. An innovative project to involve communities in decisions about the future of their local river has taken place in the North East. The first of its kind […]
18 Nov 2019
This is one of the subjects that will be discussed at Coastal Futures 2020 The lack of official movement on attempts to re-impose a 3 mile limit on inshore trawling continue to draw attraction. Innovations in vessel tracking and ‘citizen’ monitoring of fishing highlight the issues. This subject was recently the subject of a Channel […]
05 Sep 2019
A new resource has been uploaded to the Learn section on the CaBA website to provide guidance and suggestions for capturing more meaningful metrics on engagement (citizen science, volunteering etc) and the social and economic benefits of work by CaBA partnerships. We know that many engagement outcomes clearly improve people’s lives but it is often hard to […]
26 Nov 2018
1. Angling Trust & Other campaign for the reintroduction of catch & release tuna fishery Over the last three years, huge Atlantic bluefin tuna have appeared late each summer in UK waters. A global stock recovery program has seen numbers recover sharply from danger levels ten years ago. From Cornwall and Wales to the Outer Hebrides, […]
05 Apr 2018
Clean Water for Wildlife – The Search for Clean Water A three year national survey comes to an end. Nearly 10,000 results were recorded by volunteers from over 7000 waterbodies across England and Wales. In the first national survey of its kind, citizen scientists were recruited to gather data about nutrient pollution from all kinds […]