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Water flow monitor fills technology gap

Envirotec Magazine

The instrumentation company Nivus has developed a new hand-held portable flow monitoring technology in response to a requirement that was originally identified by the Environment Agency (EA). Portable flow meters perform a vital role, but flexibility is important,” explains Olly Baldwyn, a Senior Advisor in the EA’s National Hydrometry Team.

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Revolutionizing environmental monitoring with photonics

Envirotec Magazine

With applications ranging from drone surveys to in-situ soil and water analysis, photonics is enabling more sustainable practices and transforming the way we monitor and protect our environment. Photonics in Environmental Monitoring Photonics is utilized in environmental monitoring in various ways.

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Monitoring for flood management

Envirotec Magazine

The creation of new woodlands and wetlands produces biodiverse habitats with greater flood storage capacity. Monitoring NFM. Given the wide range of potential NFM benefits outlined above, the number and type of parameters to be monitored are likely to be equally diverse. They also enable more species to move between habitats.

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How do you monitor a tidal river?

Envirotec Magazine

This is because water quality is heavily affected by the state of the tide, which presents a significant monitoring challenge in the lower reaches of many rivers. With a tidal range of up to 7m, the River Thames presents a number of monitoring challenges.

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Comment: England’s local planning authorities risk failure on new biodiversity rules through inadequate land survey tools

Envirotec Magazine

They must also abide by new reporting guidelines, which insist that active projects should be monitored and reported to DEFRA, by LPAs, for 30 years after initial approval, as well as create Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) to identify nature restoration opportunities in their designated areas.

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Report highlights risks to effectiveness of BNG legislation

Envirotec Magazine

There are risks to the long-term effectiveness of the government’s new Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) policy, launched in February, according to a 17 May National Audit Office (NAO) report. Defra did not give local authorities additional money specifically to monitor or enforce on-site gains4.

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£1.25m award for using space and AI technology to restore Surrey’s wildlife habitats

Envirotec Magazine

A Surrey-based project to boost biodiversity though AI and space technology has won £1.25m of funding, courtesy of People’s Postcode Lottery, and opens the door to hundreds of nature enthusiasts who want to get involved. Dormouse (image credit: Terry Whitakker, 2020VISION).