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Just a week after Michael Gove expanded England and Northern Ireland’s network of Marine Conservation Zones with 41 new areas, the Environment Secretary has now announced a review to examine whether and how the strongest protections for areas of sea, Highly Protected Marine Areas, could be introduced. They’re the most effective tool for marine wildlife recovery and this review must result in action say MCS experts.
Our oceans give us so much – food, energy, oxygen, a place of work and a place of adventure - without them we couldn’t survive, but they are also being pushed to the point of catastrophe by human activity.
Some of Scotland’s most iconic ocean species could face additional protections under proposals for four new marine protected areas (MPAs), proposed by Scottish Government today.
Most charities rely heavily on volunteers and MCS is no different. Since our small beginnings over 35 years ago in a garden shed, volunteers have been our life-blood. From just a handful of like-minded people our volunteer base is now in the thousands – and we couldn’t function without them!
MCS says it welcomes the designation of 41 new MCZs but warns that proper investment in their management and monitoring must be made if they are to benefit both people and wildlife. Creating them is just half the job.
New MCS research reveals 10 retailer, own-brand ‘flushable’ wet wipes can’t carry the new ‘Fine to Flush’ logo because they’re unflushable. So far, some retailers have started testing, some are planning to test, whilst some haven’t yet decided to test their wipes against the new water industry standard.
Royal Ballet dancer Fernando Montaño explains how his passion for the sea has inspired him to raise awareness for plastic pollution, in preparation for an impactful performance on 18th July, at the Royal Academy of Music.
Forty-one new Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) are to be established in seas around the English and Northern Irish coast. Good news for marine wildlife – but more work and political will is needed.
The Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) is a UK Overseas Territory (UKOT) lying in the northern Caribbean, where hunting sea turtles has been a tradition for centuries. Concerned about the declining turtle nesting populations, the TCI Government invited MCS to start the TCI Turtle Project in 2008.
To mark Mental Health Awareness week, MCS Ocean Ambassador and Paralympic Gold Medalist Susie Rodgers MBE, talks to us about what the sea means to her and how her connection to the ocean has helped her through some of the toughest times in her life.
The BBC’s Blue Planet Live (BBC1 Sunday 24th March 8pm) is an ambitious week of programming looking at all aspects of our oceans and the work being done by scientists worldwide, to secure the future of some of our most iconic marine creatures. We look back at some of the breath-taking highlights of the first programme.
Did you know that one in 11 species in Scotland is at risk of extinction? Environment and conservation are devolved issues and right now the Scottish Government is seeking views on the future of environmental protections in Scotland.
MCS welcomes the Environment Secretary’s decision to launch an independent review to consider whether Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) would add further protections to the seas around England and Northern Ireland.
The Marine Conservation Society welcomes today’s announcement by the government of the creation of 41 new Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs), but warns that proper investment in their management and monitoring must be made if they are to benefit both people and wildlife.
Royal Ballet soloist Fernando Montano is taking a step in a new direction, raising awareness of ocean pollution by staging an event at the Royal Academy of Music in London in July.
The Marine Conservation Society has warned Welsh Local Authorities and elements within government that they will be failing young people if they refuse to back a money-back recycling system which encourages consumers to return their empty glass and plastic bottles and cans.
The CEO of the UK’s leading marine conservation charity, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), has urged Michael Gove to follow the example set by Scotland today in designing an ambitious all-inclusive money-back recycling system for bottles and cans.
Norfolk’s Marine Conservation Zone has been brought to life with salty tales and beach trips for a nearby primary school. As part of the MCS led Agents of Change project, fishermen visited the school, whilst the pupils carried out beach cleaning and lug worm digging - all within a stones throw of Europe’s most extensive chalk reef.
Just a week after Michael Gove expanded England and Northern Ireland’s network of Marine Conservation Zones with 41 new areas, the Environment Secretary has now announced a review to examine whether and how the strongest protections for areas of sea, Highly Protected Marine Areas, could be introduced. They’re the most effective tool for marine wildlife recovery and this review must result in action say MCS experts.
Royal Ballet dancer Fernando Montaño explains how his passion for the sea has inspired him to raise awareness for plastic pollution, in preparation for an impactful performance on 18th July, at the Royal Academy of Music.
Our oceans give us so much – food, energy, oxygen, a place of work and a place of adventure - without them we couldn’t survive, but they are also being pushed to the point of catastrophe by human activity.
Some of Scotland’s most iconic ocean species could face additional protections under proposals for four new marine protected areas (MPAs), proposed by Scottish Government today.
Forty-one new Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) are to be established in seas around the English and Northern Irish coast. Good news for marine wildlife – but more work and political will is needed.
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