From the macro to the micro: analysis from the IES

Susan Zappala
Webinars
July 2020

Susan Zappala, Joint Nature Conservation Committee and Mark Wilmot, Wing presented this webinar on behalf of the RIVM (Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment).


Ecological assessment of air pollution is under increasing scrutiny due to caselaw challenge and UK...

Doug Weir
Article
July 2020

environmental SCIENTIST | Talking tactics: Environmental protection and armed conflicts | June 2020


Doug Weir examines how citizen science could help to protect both people and ecosystems in conflict zones.


Armed conflicts...

Leanne Cullen-Unsworth
Webinars
June 2020

UK seagrasses are under increasing strain and in an unfavourable state, yet these meadows provide critical ecosystem services. Seagrasses are threatened with annual global losses estimated at 7%. The reasons for this decline are complex, but commonly associated with poor water quality and...

Joseph Lewis
Blog
June 2020

Following the launch of the IES’ five principles for a science-led Green Recovery at the start of June, we have been continuing to look at the big challenges and opportunities to build back better, and what we can learn from a broad and interdisciplinary approach as we scrutinise emerging plans...

Ethny Childs & Rhiannon Humphreys
Blog
June 2020
Why work in the environmental sector?  

The environmental sector is at the forefront of addressing global challenges, with environmental professionals and scientists playing an integral role in the transition to a sustainable society. This sense of purpose gives those working in the...

Joseph Lewis & Danielle Kopecky
From the archive
June 2020

Last week, the IES set out five principles for the UK’s recovery from COVID, one of which was our long-standing commitment to policies founded on scientific evidence. In line with that commitment, we’re taking the opportunity to look back at a 2011 discussion with our now-President, Sir...

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