CIWEM gains a high level of press coverage in trade, national and international print and online publications.

Here are just a few of the publications that we have appeared in over the past few months:
The Independent; Environmental Health News; Edie.com; Professional Photographer; The Ecologist; New Statesmen; Surveyor; British Journal of Photography; Environmental-Expert.com; Amateur Photography; Water Active; Green Places; Building Products; WWT; CIWM; East Anglia Daily Times; Planning; Sustain; MRW; Water World; Public Sector Executive; TCE; Insurance Day and Utility Week

This includes articles on: fluoridation of water, the Environmental Photographer of the Year competition, environmental art, wetlands, zero VAT on digital publications, the Pitt Review, climate change as a threat to human rights, deculverting rivers, no to Antarctic land grab, sanitation, environmental consequences of war, faith and the environment, a sustainable water industry, greenbelts  and population.

edie.net is now a partner organisation of CIWEM’s, providing a news service and commercial information for environmental professionals. edie often runs articles that CIWEM has contributed to. Click here to view the site.

For more information on any of our press work, or for a press pass to one of CIWEM’s events, please contact the Press Office on 020 7831 3110 or email press@ciwem.org

March 2010

A PIPE-DREAM?
The Severn Barrage project is the largest single source of renewable energy available to the UK, with the estuary providing one of the world’s best opportunities to harness energy from tides. However, according to those preparing the SEA for a feasibility study, a compromise between capturing the power generation potential and minimising the environment effects must be achieved or it risks becoming a pipe-dream.
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February 2010

IS IT TIME FOR A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL REGULATION OF WATER?
CIWEM believes that the water industry needs to undergo a fundamental change in regulation and broaden its scope to move towards sustainability.
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A POST COPENHAGEN WORLD
According to MPs, business leaders and environmental figures at CIWEM’s recent Dinner Debate, public belief in climate change is waning in the wake of the Copenhagen Summit that failed to deliver. In addition the green movement is deeply divided on issues such as nuclear power; and an emerging anti—green faction is capitalising on the ‘climate-gate’ controversy over allegedly flawed climate data.
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ARABIAN GULF IN PERIL
The possibility of sudden environmental disasters through accidental oil spills or large scale toxic releases into the Arabian Gulf cannot be ignored, warns a recent study published in CIWEM’s Water and Environment Journal.
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DESALINATION CONFLICT
Desalination can provide significant benefits to communities that have depleted or limited access to traditional ground or surface water supplies. However, it can be an extremely costly technology and key challenges include minimising energy consumption and environmental impacts. Two papers at CIWEM’s Annual Conference 2010 will address the issues by examining Adelaide's first desalination plant currently being constructed at Port Stanvac and the proposed Thames Estuary plant.
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SEAWATER FOR TOILETS
Hong Kong is the only place in the world that uses seawater to flush toilets in an extensive scale.
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January 2010

ENGINEERING COMMUNITY CALLS FOR EVIDENCE ON GLOBAL WATER SECURITY INQUIRY
Engineering the Future, an alliance of engineering organisations, is calling on consultants, utility companies, academics, government agencies and non-governmental organisations to submit evidence to an inquiry into global water security
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WETLANDS, BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
What are the links between policy, research and practice when considering biodiversity in the context of climate change in coastal, lowland and upland wetlands? This is the question that CIWEM’s World Wetlands Day Conference 2010 will be asking the UK wetland community in early February
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December 2009

CIWEM’S YOUNG ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR AT NUMBER 10
CIWEM’s Young Environmental Photographer of the Year 2009 has been chosen by Prime Minister Gordon Brown for Number 10’s official Christmas card.
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HUMAN DIMENSION OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change is violating the fundamental human right to a safe, secure and sustainable environment and the effects are falling disproportionately on developing countries. As governments will gather in Copenhagen over the UN’s Human Rights Day, CIWEM demands that the international community consider the human rights dimension of climate change.
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BECOME THE NEXT ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
The world’s most relevant photographic competition is now open for entries
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November 2009

MANDATORY NATIONAL RETROFIT PROGRAMME FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS WOULD STIMULATE LOW CARBON ECONOMY
The UK’s existing housing stock is responsible for over a quarter of our total carbon emissions and non-domestic buildings add a further 17 percent. In CIWEM’s recently published Manifesto, the Institution calls for a national programme to retrofit appropriate energy and water saving technologies, which has the potential to save up to 40 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per annum in the residential sector alone. 
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LOW CARBON CITIZENS
In CIWEM’s recently published Manifesto, the Institution calls for the introduction of an education and citizenship programme on the environment for the entire UK population.
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STOP AT TWO
CIWEM is calling for a complete review of all benefits and fiscal policies that incentivise people in the UK to have more than two children. CIWEM believes this will lead to a non-coercive policy of ‘stop at two’, which should help us to face up to the challenges of population and consumption growth and start living within our environmental limits.
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FORESTS AND NOT BIOMASS NEEDED IN FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
CIWEM is very concerned about the development of a series of biomass-fired plants that will increase the UK’s timber imports to 50 million tonnes by 2015.
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THE LONGEST SUICIDE NOTE IN HISTORY?
With December’s climate change conference now becoming just another talk about talks, CIWEM is worried that the world’s leaders will fail to reach an agreement that is commensurate with the magnitude of the threat posed by climate change.
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FITTING THE BILL
CIWEM believes that cross-party political consensus is vital if we are to address the environmental challenge effectively.
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AN OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENVIRONMENT
Peter Ainsworth MP is CIWEM’s new Environmental Parliamentarian of the Year
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GENUINELY CLEAN ENERGY MIX NEEDED
Whilst CIWEM applauds the Government’s commitment to combat climate change and to ensure energy security, the Institution believes that Britain can meet its targets without building new nuclear power stations. And although the aim for no new coal-fired power stations to be built without carbon capture and storage (CCS) is well intentioned, very significant questions remain unanswered regarding its ability to help reduce our carbon emissions.
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AN EFFECTIVE LOW CARBON PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM
CIWEM believes that the development of public transport is critical to achieving a sustainable transport system and creating a low carbon society.
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PLANNING WATER RESOURCES IN AN UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENT
Wide-ranging improvements to the way that water resources are planned and managed in England and Wales are required, according to CIWEM’s new PPS. This should be underpinned by a major public awareness initiative on the intrinsic value of water, more widespread metering and better intrgration of the various regulatory mechanisms to ensure that the needs of the environment, as well as customers, are met fully.
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BISHOP OF LIVERPOOL IS NEW CIWEM HONORARY FELLOW
CIWEM is delighted to welcome Rt. Reverend Dr James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool, as an Honorary Fellow.
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NEW TRAINING UNITS WITH CIWEM AND STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY
CIWEM and Staffordshire University have developed a range of web-based tutor-supported training units to roll out during early 2010.
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October 2009

CAN PHOTOGRAPHY CHANGE THE WAY POLITICIANS THINK?
Photographs dealing with some of the most important issues of our time will be on display in October. And with only two months to go before the Copenhagen climate change summit, CIWEM is hoping that the Environmental Photographer of the Year Exhibition will persuade politicians to take the urgent and decisive action needed to combat climate change
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PLANNING OUR FUTURE
CIWEM supports the UN’s World Habitat Day 2009, which is raising awareness of the need to improve urban planning to deal with the major challenges of the twenty first century.
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LEADING INSTITUTIONS CALL FOR NEW APPROACH TO FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT
Leading industry bodies involved in the built environment have joined together in a united call for a more joined up approach to tackling urban flood risk.
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Growing financial deficits, inflation, energy shortages and climate change have made food security one of the most intractable challenges for the international community. CIWEM believes that policy makers have a major role in safeguarding food security.
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NO FAITH IN A CONSUMING SOCIETY
This week, faith, business, government and environmental leaders challenged the premise of a consumer society that devours itself. Instead of retaining financial aspirations, they urged us to grasp this economic opportunity to redefine our quality of life, reconnect with nature and achieve climate and carbon justice.
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ENVIRONMENTAL POVERTY
Living in poverty or in an unhealthy environment violates our human rights. CIWEM wants the UN’s International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17th October to not only to acknowledge the struggle of people living in poverty, but to highlight the connection to environmental degradation.
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FAITH IN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION
CIWEM is putting its weight behind a statement that calls upon UK negotiators at Copenhagen to fight for a deal that ends our unsustainable reliance on fossil fuels and puts in place urgent measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF WAR
On every International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, CIWEM calls for tougher international laws to protect the environment in times of conflict.
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September 2009

EXCEPTIONAL IMAGES WIN CIWEM’S ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2009
Moldovan photographer, Bolucevschi Vitali, has won the prestigious title of CIWEM’s Environmental Photographer of the Year 2009, whilst CIWEM’s Young Environmental Photographer of the Year is now 19 year old Jordan Mary from Kent, England.
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SAME URGENT COOPERATION NEEDED ON CLIMATE CHANGE AS THE OZONE LAYER
CIWEM urges the international community to cooperate on climate change in the same way that they united for the protection of the ozone layer.
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A SIGN OF REAL COMMITMENT?
CIWEM hopes that Gordon Brown’s support for high speed rail finally indicates a serious move towards a low-carbon economy. However, if Brown is truly going to emulate the Victorian spirit of investment shown in the nineteenth century, then he will have to commit to a cohesive environmental strategy, sustainable infrastructure development and risk-taking on a massive scale.
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PRESERVING THE FORESTS
Over 90% of CIWEM members believe that developing countries should be compensated by the international community for preserving their forests. Therefore CIWEM stresses that the Copenhagen summit in December must include reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation scheme (REDD) in the future climate framework.
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FUTURE FOOD SECURITY
In a response to Natural England’s draft policy on food security and the environment, CIWEM has expressed concerns over both the loss of biodiversity and soil productivity in food production.
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August 2009

TEENAGER’S INNOVATIVE FLOOD DAM TECHNOLOGY WINS THE CIWEM STOCKHOLM JUNIOR WATER PRIZE (UK)
Every year, the international Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) attracts thousands of participants between 15 and 20 years old from over 30 countries who have conducted water-related projects of environmental, scientific, social or technological importance. Andrew Dunn, 17, is the winner of the UK Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2009, organised by CIWEM.
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RADICAL RETHINK REQUIRED ON FOOD
Defra's recently published food security assessment concludes that we will need to grow more food from fewer resources. However, CIWEM believes politicians should be discussing the real issue of how a large population, particularly when allied to high levels of consumption, is driving this demand.
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PROTECTING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
CIWEM calls for the international community to include indigenous people fully in any post-Kyoto climate change agreement reached in Copenhagen.
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RESEARCH INTO ‘VULNERABLE’ AGRICULTURE WARNS FUTURE FLOODING COULD COST MILLIONS
Exceptional rainfall in the summer of 2007 caused widespread flooding in parts of England. While the focus of attention has been placed correctly on the impact on densely populated urban areas, large tracts of rural land were affected seriously by flooding. Such impacts should be properly acknowledged in future strategies for flood risk management, according to a recent paper published in CIWEM’s Journal of Flood Risk Management.
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July 2009

CIWEM WARNS THAT SCALE OF NITROGEN DIOXIDE MAY BE UNDERESTIMATED IN "FORGOTTEN TOWNS"
The EU Limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) must be attained by 2010 unless the UK Government applies to the European Commission for a time extension. An extension will only be allowed if the Government can provide a robust case, demonstrating that there is an action plan in place that will ensure that limit values will be met
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A NEW CONSTITUTION FOR CIWEM AS MEMBERS APPROVE A NEW CHARTER AND BYE-LAWS
Changes to CIWEM’s constitution are set to bring benefits to the way the Institution is run and to our members
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A THIRD OF ALL PEOPLE WHO HAVE EVER LIVED ARE ALIVE TODAY
To mark World Population Day on 11th July, CIWEM is demanding that world leaders address the complex linkages between population, consumption, poverty and sustainable development
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CIWEM WELCOMES THE DRAFT FLOOD AND WATER MANAGEMENT BILL
The production of the draft Flood and Water Management Bill offers a great opportunity to deliver better-integrated environmental management given adequate support, guidance and funding and CIWEM particularly welcomes the measures concerning local authority responsibility, SUDS, partnership working and streamlining organisational responsibilities
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June 2009

WE CAN DO THIS
CIWEM’s Annual Dinner was a night for celebrating environmental solutions 
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A GREATER SENSE OF URGENCY
Our progress on prioritising the environment has been inadequate, inept and not commensurate with the magnitude of the threat posed by climate change. These are the reflection of The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) on World Environment Day
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FAITH IN THE ENVIRONMENT
The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) calls for cooperation between all faiths to provide an ethical and environmental framework that will inspire urgent action on climate change
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PUTTING CREATIVITY INTO THE HEART OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND ACTION
The arts can help us to understand the environmental problems facing the world by informing, inspiring and showing how things can be changed. CIWEM sees synergy between arts and environment agendas as a crucial enrichment of society's responses to the technological, ecological, cultural and moral challenges of the twenty first century, and as an enrichment of people’s lives
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LAST CHANCE TO BECOME ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2009
CIWEM’s Environmental Photographer of the Year is one of the fastest growing photographic competitions in the world, sharing images of environmental and social issues with international audiences
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CONSEQUENCES OF DESERTIFICATION
Desertification has enormous economic, social and ecological implications, threatening to reverse sustainable development and destabilise societies
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WE NEED A PROPORTIONATE RESPONSE
The latest projections by the Met Office Hadley Centre predict a level of inevitable climate change that means we must take action now if we are to limit the severity of its affects. But CIWEM believes that the Government’s current progress on prioritising the environment is inadequate, inept and not commensurate with the magnitude of the threat posed by climate change
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ENVIRONMENTAL DISPLACEMENT
With climate change predicted to take the number of refugees worldwide to one billion by 2050, CIWEM wants the health implications of forced mass migration to be recognised fully
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A SEA CHANGE?
One billion people who live in deltas, low-lying areas and small island states are at risk from rising sea levels. On World Ocean Day, CIWEM calls for a greater global commitment to adapting and mitigating the effects of climate change, including understanding the impacts of unsustainable population growth
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May 2009

MAKING A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE
CIWEM’s coveted 2009 World of Difference Award has been won by the Lower Dnister River Basin Project, carried out by global management, engineering and development consultancy Mott MacDonald.
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A CULTURAL REVOLUTION
We must de-fossilise the way we think, live and act – in both senses of the word if we are to meet the challenges of climate change. These were the thoughts of Professor Sir David King, former Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government, speaking at CIWEM’s Annual Conference on 30th April 2009
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THERE WILL BE WINNERS AND LOSERS
Although climate change will affect us all, a sustainable future can be achieved if we use the current economic situation to review our social, economic and environmental attitudes. Consideration must be given to the relationship between economic growth, consumption and population
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April 2009

AN OXYMORONIC LEAP OF FAITH?
Whilst CIWEM praises Ed Miliband for finally taking leadership on climate change issues, the Institution still believes that ‘clean coal’ is an oxymoron like ‘friendly fire.’
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AN INADEQUATE BUDGET
CIWEM condemns the Government’s limp environmental initiatives as little more than token gestures towards tackling the environmental crisis.
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A COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE URBAN DRAINAGE
The recent floods demonstrated that our traditional drainage techniques are economically and environmentally unsustainable. Therefore CIWEM welcomes WaPUG (Wastewater Planning Users Group) to the Institution, demonstrating our commitment to the promotion of best practice in the sustainable design and management of urban drainage systems.
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THE KEY EVENT FOR WATER AND ENVIRONMENT PROFESSIONALS
The way we manage water and the environment are fundamental to our long term future. CIWEM’s two-day Annual Conference will address multidisciplinary issues across all areas of the global water and environment sector, offering keynote speakers, exhibitions and networking opportunities.
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CIWEM WELCOMES THE DRAFT FLOODS AND WATER BILL
Since the Pitt Review of the flooding of summer 2007 and the publication of the Government’s Future Water strategy, there has been a great deal of focus on how to manage both flood risk and water in a more integrated way. This is positive and CIWEM hopes that the Floods and Water Bill will herald an era of improved clarity of responsibility and a more holistic approach to the way water is managed.
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ONE OF THE GREATEST THREATS TO THE DEVELOPING WORLD
Malaria poses one of the greatest threats to life in the developing world, with more than one million malaria deaths worldwide. CIWEM supports the malaria-related Millennium Development Goals working towards a time when malaria is no longer a major cause of mortality and no longer a barrier to social and economic development anywhere in the world.
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February 2009

IS ‘CLIMATE CHANGE’ ENOUGH?
The UK’s recent cold weather has highlighted that the often interchangeable use of the terms ‘climate change’ and ‘global warming’ leads to public misunderstanding.
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CIWEM GAINS ISO14001 CERTIFICATION
CIWEM is pleased to announce that its environmental management system (EMS) has been certified to ISO14001 standard.
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CIWEM’S LIVING WETLANDS AWARD FOR STREAM
River restoration project STREAM, STrategic REstoration and Management of the River Avon, has won CIWEM’s prestigious Living Wetlands Award.
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BALLADS FOR A LIVING PLANET
On April 26th the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra will be going green by staging an Environmental Prom, promoted by CIWEM (the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management) and the Birmingham Community Foundation at Birmingham’s world famous Symphony Hall.
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BLUE CORRIDORS MAKE SPACE FOR WATER
The radical proposal of a blue corridor which allows a river to rise and wash over a wider floodplain is to be discussed at CIWEM’s Annual Conference in April.
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January 2009

RUNWAY CLIMATE CHANGE
As Geoff Hoon announces the approval of a third runway for Heathrow, CIWEM condemns the Government for not fulfilling its commitment to tackle climate change.
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BECOME THE NEXT ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
The most exciting photographic competition is now open for entries.
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EQUITABLE WATER RESOURCES UNDERPIN DEMOCRATIC REFORM
Aquatic resources are vital for the transition to democracy, as the ecosystem services they supply are crucial to social and economic security. This argument is to be put forward at CIWEM’s Annual Conference 2009 by Dr Mark Everard, Principal Scientist at the  Environment Agency, with particular reference to South Africa.
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SETTING THE WETLAND AGENDA
The most widespread and ‘highest employing’ fish stock in Europe is dangerously close to collapse, showing a very real example of the threats wetland species face. In the countdown to 2010’s Biodiversity Action Plan process, CIWEM is asking what is needed to promote wetlands development and meet biodiversity targets?
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External Press Releases 2006

New Think Tank Set to Turn the Tide
On 20 January a panel comprising some of the most important and influential water and environmental experts in the UK  including Justin Taberham Director of Policy at CIWEM met in London to discuss the single biggest threat to UK water resources - diffuse pollution. The Forum for Water is a new think tank instigated by ADAS which will debate the protection of our water environment resources
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