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Stories from across the SWEEP network
No one doubts that trees can help suck carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, out of the atmosphere and help…
The North Devon Marine Natural Capital Plan, which has been developed over the past three years in partnership with a…
Addressing key issues would enable the UK to meet its target of becoming a global leader in fisheries management and…
A major five-year study into the impacts of beavers on the English countryside has concluded that the water-living mammals can…
The Operational Wave and Water Level (OWWL) model, developed as part of the SWEEP Wave Forecasting project, is now available…
An ambitious new plan for helping our bees, butterflies, hoverflies and other pollinating insects is being launched today by Buglife,…
The UK2070 Commission has published a paper by SWEEP colleagues from the University of Exeter. Professor Ian Bateman OBE, FRSA,…
Dr Sian Rees from the University of Plymouth has been selected to join a new initiative designed to enhance the…
Rapid economic development has lifted millions out of poverty, raised standards of living, and increased life expectancies. But economic development…
The University of Plymouth is among the key partners in a city-wide project aimed at enhancing Plymouth’s relationship with its…
A £10.5 million investment will fund a pioneering new collaborative research centre, designed to solve some of the most pressing…
These are among the questions to be addressed by a new project at the University of Exeter, which aims to…
The new SWEEP Water Quality and Aquaculture project kicked off this month (June 2019) with an event for partners and…
R-L: Ian Bateman (SWEEP), Diana Tingley (SWEEP), Colin Smith (Defra), Mario Deconti (MHCLG), Emily McKenzie (Defra), Joseph Lowe (H.M Treasury),…
Communities in Cornwall are benefiting from 40 hectares of improved green spaces created under a pioneering scheme to bring nature-rich…
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….