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Leading University of Exeter academic and SWEEP Director, Professor Ian Bateman, who has advised the government on farming policy and…
Coastal cities are among the fastest growing population centres on the planet and half of the global population now lives…
A new project assessing and enhancing ecosystem services provided by diadromous fish in a climate change context has been launched….
Following the publication of The Natural Capital Committee’s (NCC) sixth Annual Report, the committee’s recommendations will be heard by a…
Marine conservation experts from the SWEEP team at the University of Plymouth are playing an integral role in a £20…
A new tool which helps land managers assess the costs and benefits of re-introducing valuable saltmarsh, has been developed by…
The impact of increasingly extreme winter storms on the coastlines of Devon and Cornwall is to be explored as part…
A pioneering new report has devised a seven-point plan to help policymakers devise new, coherent and collaborative strategies to tackle…
A pioneering new study has revealed the value of pollination services to courgettes, finding that wildflower field margins can improve…
Specialists in economics and ecology from the SWEEP team have been working closely with Dartmoor National Park Authority to produce a new…
SWEEP’s Professor Gerd Masselink and Professor Tom Spencer, Professor of Coastal Dynamics at the University of Cambridge respond to the Committee…
The University of Exeter recently hosted a senior delegation from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)….
By Martin Attrill and Charles Clover. This article was the Blue Marine Foundation’s (BLUE’s) submission to the review of national…
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has launched a new report, The future for food, farming, and the environment….
Professor Richard Brazier has won the Pride of Devon Environment award for his work on reducing flooding, improving water and…
Scientists at the University of Plymouth have set up a computer model to provide detailed forecasts of wave and water levels…
SWEEP academics are contributing to a major new project designed to generate a better understanding of the value of the…
University of Exeter expertise has been extensively adopted by the government in creating new guidelines on how to evaluate how…
A model of research pioneered by marine scientists at the University of Plymouth has been promoted in the UK government’s…