The River Crane in West London, the UK’s first urban Smarter Water Catchment, has received £3 million to improve environmental and community outcomes. This webinar will discuss its progress and potential for achieving “Good Ecological Status.”
The Ramsar Convention, a global initiative to protect wetlands, has long called for systemic assessments of these vital ecosystems. However, research revealed that such assessments were largely lacking due to the absence of practical tools for rapid evaluation. To fill this gap, the Rapid Assessment of Wetland Ecosystem Services (RAWES) approach was developed and adopted by a Ramsar Resolution in October 2018. Since then, RAWES has been widely used worldwide, applied to diverse environments such as the Himalayas, deserts, and urban areas. This approach offers a comprehensive framework for understanding wetland functions and optimizing their benefits, thus advancing their role as effective nature-based solutions for environmental challenges.
In this webinar, Dr Jonathan Fisher will explore the impacts of integrated water management on the following main drivers of economic growth.
Is climate change and the resulting loss in biodiversity irreversible? Will our current efforts to slow climate change be enough or do we need to consider radical change in our water systems? Join our discussion meeting to explore how the radical change idea of reversing water cycles could support improved climate mitigation, resilience and improved biodiversity.
This webinar will present work by University of Manchester researchers on the Ofwat Innovation-funded Enabling Water Smart Communities (EWSC) project. EWSC is an innovation project exploring the relationship between integrated […]
In this webinar, Jo will describe the extent of water pollution caused by highway runoff in the UK and the effects of the toxins in the pollution. She will also […]
This panel discussion will explore the health of our water environment and water pollution.
This free webinar will provide an overview of the new groundwater quality standards for Scotland, including the key changes to Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s (SEPA’s) associated guidance on assigning groundwater […]
The CastCo Catchment Systems Thinking Cooperative (CastCo project) is building a shared understanding of monitoring data so that citizen scientists can work alongside professionals to restore rivers together. They have […]
Flooding is the number one natural hazard in the UK (CCC, 2021). The risks and associated costs of flooding are growing due to climate change, but the planning system in […]
Farmers and land managers have a huge influence on Britain’s rural environment, but there is only so much that an individual, acting in isolation, can achieve on their own. By […]
This webinar will present a review of the economic provisions of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) by an informal group of independent European water economists, who in 2000 worked together […]
