THE alleged pollution of Cornwall s rivers and waterways was highlighted by environmental activists Extinction Rebellion (XR) yesterday when they took so-called toxic samples at the mouth of river where it meets the sea. In the first of a series of actions drawing attention to the issue, XR Climate Crime Scene Investigators collected water samples from the Red River where it meets the sea at Gwithian Beach. Lesley Fitt, one of the organisers, said: “We are doing this to raise awareness about the illegal levels of toxic chemicals and sewage waste in many of our rivers and the failure of George Eustice MP as Environment Minister to do his job and protect our environment.
Plastic clean-up brings crocodiles back to Indian river
Crocodiles are not Sneha Shahi’s favourite animal, but every time she sees one now she smiles. And she sees plenty.
Sneha led a campaign to clean up the filthy river, stuffed with plastic waste, that winds its way through the campus of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in Gujarat, India. Ridding the river of plastic had an unexpected outcome – bringing crocodiles back.
“We used to joke about how there can be a crocodile in our college’s stream, ‘it s not possible, it s not safe!’ Then we realized it
not being there was the issue … not the other way around. It s his habitat and we’ve ruined it and we ought to do whatever we can to revive this ecosystem,” she told the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in an interview.
JNCC Interim CEO appointed
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14 December 2020
Gemma Harper has been appointed as the Interim Chief Executive of JNCC following an open competition. Currently Deputy Director for Marine Policy in core Defra, Gemma will take up her new role in March 2021 once Marcus Yeo steps down.
Earlier in 2020, Gemma co-led the Food Vulnerability Directorate for several months as part of Defra’s coronavirus response. Gemma is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, and external advisor to both the European Centre for the Environment and Human Health (ECEHH) and the Capabilities in Academic Policy Engagement partnership (CAPE).
A social scientist by training, Gemma spent eight years in criminal justice research at the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice prior to joining Defra in 2010. From 2010 to 2017, Gemma was Defra’s Chief Social Scientist. She has been awarded the Defra Leadership Award twice and co-led the Food Vulnerability Directorate to win a Defra Team Award and to
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Nature gets £1.8million to help it blossom Date published: 12 December 2020
Rochdale Canal
Nature is on the road to recovery in Greater Manchester, pollinated by £1.8million from the Green Recovery Challenge Fund.
The bid, fronted by the newly established Greater Manchester Environment Fund (GMEF), put forward a programme of priority projects that will establish a network for nature across the county, including improved habitats along the Rochdale and Ashton canals.
The Greater Manchester Environment Fund (GMEF) is being established to deliver Greater Manchester’s ambition for a “clean, carbon-neutral, climate resilient city region with a thriving natural environment”, by aligning public and philanthropic funding, attracting private investment, prioritising limited resources and facilitating collaborative bids.