19 Nov 2024
Natural England have successfully launched a pioneering habitat restoration project aimed at supporting breeding seabirds in the Solent, as part of larger Solent Seascape Project. The project is planned to run for five years to create nesting sites for four types of terns – common, sandwich, little, and roseate – along with other seabirds. Initial […]
16 Oct 2024
The privatised English water system has been singled out for criticism by the UN special rapporteur on the human right to clean water. Photo by Nick Vasin Prof Pedro Arrojo-Agudo said water systems should be managed as a publicly owned service, rather than run by private companies set up to benefit shareholders. The […]
06 Aug 2024
The Solent Seascape Project, the UK’s first large-scale marine restoration initiative, has been internationally recognized as a UN Ocean Decade Action, highlighting its global significance. The project aims to restore vital marine habitats—salt marshes, seagrass beds, oyster reefs, and seabird sites—across the Solent, a rich estuarine system between the Isle of Wight and mainland England. […]
25 Jul 2023
The United Nations World Ocean Assessment is currently in its third cycle and the call for experts has now opened. The United Nations World Ocean Assessment is the only global integrated assessment of our oceans under all aspects of sustainable development, drawing on expertise from hundreds of scientists from around the world. To support […]
21 Jun 2023
A total investment in nature of USD 8.1 trillion is required between now and 2050 – while annual investment should reach USD 536 billion annually by 2050 – in order to successfully tackle the interlinked climate, biodiversity, and land degradation crises, according to the State of Finance for Nature report. The report finds that annual investments in […]
18 May 2022
Press notice Humanity is “at a crossroads” when it comes to managing drought and accelerating mitigation must be done “urgently, using every tool we can,” says a new report from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). “Drought In Numbers, 2022,” released today to mark Drought Day at UNCCD’s 15th Conference of Parties (COP15, […]
29 Sep 2020
The United Nations Summit on Biodiversity on 30 September 2020 will highlight the crisis facing humanity from the degradation of biodiversity and the urgent need to accelerate action on biodiversity for sustainable development. In advance of the Summit, France, Germany and UK were among more than 60 countries promising to put wildlife and climate at heart […]