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Archive Books and Articles
BOOKS AND ARTICLES
- Fitting the Bill: A Manifesto for Environmental Action
CIWEM’s new publication sets out the Institution’s policies for the next five years to help mitigate and adapt to climate change and other serious environmental threats.
- Valuing the Marine Estate and UK Seas. An Ecosystem Services Framework (2010)
Saunders, J., Tinch, R., and Hull, S.
The Crown Estate, 54 pages, published March 2010, ISBN: 978-1-906410-15-5
- World Water Resources, Usage and the Role of Man-Made Reservoirs
FWR ROCK, Review of Current Knowledge
D W R White
Published by FWR, March 2010 FWR
- Water For Life - Life For Water: Protecting Europe’s Water Resources
The contents of this LIFE Focus publication are drawn from the proceedings of the first LIFE Environment thematic conference, ‘Water for life – LIFE for water’, which took place in Brussels in October 2009. This publication is available for download at LIFE website.
- Life Improving the Conservation Status of Species and Habitats: Habitats Directive Article 17 Report
This LIFE Focus publication shows how LIFE Nature is helping improve the conservation status of a range of species and habitats covered by the directive. This publication is available for download at LIFE website.
- Sustainable Management of Water Resources in Agriculture
OECD Publishing, published March 2010, 120 pages, ISBN 9789264083455
- Making the Most of Scotland’s Seas: Turning our Marine Vision into Reality
The document (web only publication), published 01 April 2010, sets out a framework for actions to achieve the Scottish Government’s vision of clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse marine and coastal environments. Available on Scottish Government website.
FITTING THE BILL: A MANIFESTO FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION
CIWEM Publication
(Posted 14 May 2010)
CIWEM’s new publication sets out the Institution’s policies for the next five years to help mitigate and adapt to climate change and other serious environmental threats. The Manifesto includes calls for the creation of a low carbon society, a national programme to retrofit appropriate water and energy saving technologies into the existing housing stock, an end to new airport capacity and environmentally damaging subsidies for the aviation industry and the introduction of a mechanism to halt deforestation globally.
The Manifesto aims to assist and inform legislators and decision makers over the coming parliamentary term identifying five areas requiring urgent action. CIWEM has drawn upon its expertise and experience and recommends pragmatic, achievable responses.
The Manifesto can be downloaded from the CIWEM website:
(http://www.ciwem.org/policy/policies/manifesto09.pdf%20)
VALUING THE MARINE ESTATE AND UK SEAS
An Ecosystem Services Framework (2010)
Saunders, J., Tinch, R., and Hull, S.
The Crown Estate, 54 pages, published March 2010, ISBN: 978-1-906410-15-5.
(Posted 14 May 2010)
Economic activities occurring within the marine environment have both positive and negative relationships with sustainable development objectives, i.e. with each other and with social and environmental objectives, but these interactions are not always easy to assess. In order to fulfil its duties under its three core values The Crown Estate is seeking to assess the sustainability of various activities and use such information within a decision support tool (MaRS) in order to maximise the sustainable use of the marine estate. In October 2009 ABPmer and Economics for the Environment Consultancy (eftec) were contracted by The Crown Estate to establish a framework for valuing the Marine Estate and the activities that occur within it. A framework is proposed based around the following six steps:
- Formulate the question (focussed here on policy and project appraisal)
- Identify and define the ecosystem services involved (including abiotic processes)
- Identify the spatial scale and resolve other scale-related issues
- Define the baseline (static working up to a fully modelled dynamic baseline)
- Identify and describe impacts (quantitative/qualitative data)
- Apply economic appraisal
The report may be downloaded from The Crown Estate website at:
(http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/mrf_general_studies.htm)
WORLD WATER RESOURCES, USAGE AND THE ROLE OF MAN-MADE RESERVOIRS
FWR ROCK, Review of Current Knowledge
D W R White
Published by FWR, March 2010 FWR
(Posted 14 May 2010)
The review is concerned with the global availability and usage of fresh water and the role of man-made reservoirs in providing storage of this resource. The review was first produced in 2005 with the title World Water Storage in Man-Made Reservoirs. This updated version utilises a) more recent data on population, water resources and reservoir storage and b) current evidence on global warming and climate change, which may affect our perception of future resources and storage needs.
Copies of the full report can be obtained from FWR (see address at the end of this Latest News issue). The complete document may be viewed on the FWR website: (http://www.fwr.org/rocks.htm)
WATER FOR LIFE - LIFE FOR WATER: PROTECTING EUROPE’S WATER RESOURCES
(Posted 14 May 2010)
Issues of water quantity and quality are of concern to many European citizens and transcend national boundaries. The contents of this LIFE Focus publication are drawn from the proceedings of the first LIFE Environment thematic conference, ‘Water for life – LIFE for water’, which took place in Brussels in October 2009. The aim of the event was to examine the role of LIFE Environment as an instrument to support the implementation of the Water Framework Directive and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, alongside other EU water-related legislation and policy. In addition to this general aim, the conference included thematic sessions (with LIFE project case studies) on four specific topics of interest: water scarcity and climate change, hydromorphological alterations, implementation of marine strategy and eutrophication. The highlights of a poster session are also included.
This publication is available for download at the LIFE website:
(http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/publications/lifepublications/lifefocus/env.htm)
LIFE IMPROVING THE CONSERVATION STATUS OF SPECIES AND HABITATS: HABITATS DIRECTIVE ARTICLE 17 REPORT
(Posted 14 May 2010)
EU Member States have recently completed the most comprehensive survey of EU biodiversity to date, reporting on the conservation status of more than 1 182 species and 216 habitat types, as required under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive. This LIFE Focus publication shows how LIFE Nature is helping improve the conservation status of a range of species and habitats covered by the directive. The first half of the publication looks at a range of projects that have targeted mammals, birds, fish and lesser known animal species, as well as plants. The second-half of the publication looks at the impact of the LIFE programme on a range of habitat types: forests, dunes, heathlands, wetlands, wet forests and grasslands.
This publication is available for download at the LIFE website:
(http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/publications/lifepublications/lifefocus/nat.htm)
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES IN AGRICULTURE
OECD Publishing, published March 2010, 120 pages,
ISBN 9789264083455
(Posted 14 May 2010)
This document, available in English or French, shows the trends and outlook for water use in agriculture, examines the policy experiences of OECD countries in managing their resources - and recommends what countries should be doing and why.
For further information visit the OECD website:
(http://www.oecd.org/document/55/0,3343,en_2649_37465_44753399_1_1_1_1,00.html)
MAKING THE MOST OF SCOTLAND’S SEAS: TURNING OUR MARINE VISION INTO REALITY
(Posted 14 May 2010)
The document (web only publication), published 01 April 2010, sets out a framework for actions to achieve the Scottish Government’s vision of clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse marine and coastal environments. The vision is to be achieved working with other partner agencies such as SEPA, SNH and Historic Scotland, and with local authorities and others.
To view the document, visit the Scottish Government website:
(http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/04/01085908/0)
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