The River Crane in West London is the UK’s first urban Smarter Water Catchment and since 2020 has benefited from £3m of direct investment across five main themes – community and access; biodiversity; water quality; geomorphology and flooding – with at least £20m of further investment identified...
This article discusses the proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) that were announced by the Labour Government, their intentions and implications, as well as whether these planning changes will boost economic growth.
On 30th July 2024 Deputy Prime Minister and...
In 2019, the Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Global Assessment identified human values and behaviours as at the root of all indirect drivers of threat to healthy functioning ecosystems and resilience in nature, but also central to the most critically needed...
This webinar considers the effectiveness of the Natural England advice to Local Planning Authorities (LPA). Consideration is given to the range of solutions already implemented by various stakeholders to generate the necessary headroom for development. The webinar evaluates their...
environmental SCIENTIST | Where Green Meets Machine | June 2024
Benjamin C. Evans, Marcus Rowcliffe, Chris Carbone, Emma L. Cartledge, Nida Al-Fulaij, Henrietta Pringle, Richard Yarnell, Philip A. Stephens, Russell Hill, Kate Scott-Gatty, Chloe Hartland and...
PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) contamination of groundwater is a widespread problem on a massive scale, impacting the water sources that 65% of Europeans1 use for drinking, bathing, and cooking.
According to the European Environment Agency, human biomonitoring has...
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