by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Jul 17, 2025 | News, Uncategorized
If Wales is to achieve nature recovery and climate targets, Welsh Government need as many farmers as possible to join the SFS. While worthwhile overall, it has been clear from the outset of SFS that it would have limited benefit for Welsh rivers. Both the...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Jun 25, 2025 | News, Uncategorized
Wales’s Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Source: Natural Resources Wales It is possible that marine site failures due to excessive nutrients may in part be due to sewage effluent from holiday and caravan parks. This sector is largely unpermitted so controls on its...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Jun 3, 2025 | News, Uncategorized
The Cunliffe Commission’s report recognises that that Wales is different to England when it comes to the regulatory and legislative framework for water and that it is a devolved issue. Decisions and water policy based on human health must not be to the detriment...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Jun 2, 2025 | News, Uncategorized
The embedding of four environmental principles into Welsh law is a welcome move for rivers and could be seen as further divergence from the Westminster Government. With a Senedd election coming next Spring, the progress of this Bill will be a test of all the...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | May 14, 2025 | News, Uncategorized
The health of a river is largely dependent on the health of the soils in its catchment. Yet with so much focus on the water industry and sewer overflows this relationship is often overlooked. “Healthy” soils are high in organic matter and, most importantly, stay on...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Apr 24, 2025 | News
Wales has its own environmental laws and policy, something that is often overlooked. This review presents a chance to hone these rather than follow the path of England, where the main drivers for water management appear to be becoming less about environment and...
