Welcome to the sixth Environment Bulletin. This edition has features on environment and natural resources issues at local, regional and national level.
We have an introduction to the State of the Natural Environment report from Natural England. We feature research projects from Coventry University, a focus on the work of the Warwickshire Local Biodiversity Action Plan, and RAMEA which is a new means of monitoring the environment and information on Severn Trent's new Water Resources Plan.
The Environment Bulletin aims to provide a quick overview of environment-related work from around the West Midlands with contributions from members of the Environment & Natural Resources Topic Group.
As ever, we welcome your feedback and contributions.
In May 2008 Natural England published The State of the Natural Environment 2008 report, bringing together the current evidence on our landscapes, flora and fauna, freshwater and marine environments, and geology and soils. Read more » |
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The Severn Trent Water draft Water Resources Management Plan 2009 sets out a proposed 25 year strategy for maintaining the balance between the supply and demand for water in its region. Read more » |
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Warwickshire, Coventry & Solihull’s Local Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP) has just produced the first report of its conservation effort since the plan was completed in 2006. Read more » |
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RAMEA is a regional version of the National Accounting Matrix with Environmental Accounts (NAMEA), an accounting format first developed in the early 1990s in the Netherlands to provide environmental performance indicators, which now forms the basis of the national accounts provided by Member States to Eurostat. Read more » |
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The SUDS Applied Research Group (ARG) at Coventry University has been working with practitioners to provide long term monitoring data by monitoring the efficiency of SUDS devices such as porous paving systems (PPS), rainfall harvesting installations and vegetated surfaces. Read more » |
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A number of relevant reports have been recently released or are due for release. More information is available on a selection of these. Read more »
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