The Environment Agency, in partnership with Anglian Water and the Wild Trout Trust, are proposing to trial a lower minimum required river flow downstream of Rutland Water reservoir during operation of the River Gwash to River Glen transfer.

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water is offering farmers and land managers in Mid and West Wales the use of free weed wipers as part of an innovative grassland herbicide campaign following the identification of herbicides, especially MCPA, in local rivers and watercourses via its water quality monitoring programme.

The Environment Agency is proposing to vary and revoke two abstraction licences as part of a programme to help restore sustainable abstraction aimed at protecting the River Wensum Special Area of Conservation (SAC).

This week saw the start of applications by farmers and land managers in England for a water capital grant of up to £10,000 to help them carry out works that will improve water management and quality on their land.

IUCN has teamed up with a coalition of leading marine conservation organisations to urge the British Government to safeguard the maritime zones of the UK’s overseas territories by creating three of the largest marine protected areas (MPAs) in the world.

The world’s leading food, beverage and forestry companies are being invited to join business leaders working with the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), to identify new commercial opportunities from protecting the natural environment.