The concept of the Blue Economy covers any and all activities taking place in the coastal and marine environment. This encompasses a wide range of activities, including fisheries and aquaculture, maritime transport, renewable energy (such as offshore wind and tidal), tourism, seabed mining,...
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April 2024
Chichester Harbour is a natural harbour on England’s south coast, home to a diverse patchwork of wetland habitats, including swathes of saltmarsh. As well as being a haven for coastal biodiversity and a natural flood defence, saltmarshes are a powerhouse in the fight against climate change,...
December 2023
The IES has published a new report with guidance on how to transform environmental consenting processes into 'a team sport', moving from an adversarial process towards an integrated one.
Read the report: 'Adversarial to integrated: how to make environmental consenting a team sport'.
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December 2023
The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science has been hosting discussions at this year’s COP28 on ocean climate solutions, with the aim to promote the role of science, media, technology and education to achieve ocean solutions for climate action and sustainable development.
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December 2023
Traditional ways of monitoring the species around us will always be of vital importance to ecological surveyors. Taking into account the sounds and sights in the field, experienced surveyors – ornithologists in particular – are experts at work, drawing on their extensive education, skills and...
November 2023
Fly tipping, oil spills, illegal burning of waste, agricultural runoffs, methane gas leaks, bribery and fraud: whistleblowers have a key role to play in preventing environmental damage. The Government certainly seemed cognisant of this when it introduced whistleblowing legislation 25 years ago,...
