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In its latest report to government, the Natural Capital Committee (NCC) highlights that England’s natural environment remains off track to…




A new paper published by SWEEP academics considers the effect of land-use change on water quality and the marine aquaculture (mariculture) sector….

Plymouth – Britain’s Ocean City – is to become home to the UK’s first Blue Carbon Artist in Residence as…

A new project will develop Artificial Intelligence tools to predict harmful blooms of algae in the ocean. Harmful algal blooms…

Novel remote sensing tools to map, monitor and enhance the South West’s natural landscapes are already beginning to support quicker,…

National Lottery Heritage Fund awards £9.5 million to make the dream of establishing the UK’s first National Park in the…

Cornwall’s farmers could unlock “natural capital” worth millions of pounds, a new report suggests. Natural capital means benefits humans get from…

A major new report on climate change that draws on the expertise of a leading University of Exeter Business School…

SWEEP researchers from the University of Plymouth are among the authors of a major new report detailing how nature can…

Cooling our streets, reducing air pollution and improving our wellbeing, nature can provide a host of solutions to the issues facing our cities,…


Sussex Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority (IFCA) has announced the confirmation of its Nearshore Trawling Byelaw, which drew on SWEEP…

Funding for green and blue public spaces has suffered in recent years, whilst our appreciation of the health and wellbeing…