Spring 2020 newsletter
We’ve issued our Spring newsletter which covers April to July. If you didn’t receive a copy you can access it online; you can also sign up here to have future versions sent straight to your mailbox
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Working with large land owners
Last week iCASP facilitated a meeting with the National Trust and Water@Leeds to identify future opportunities for collaborative working. The National Trust (NT) are one of the largest land owners in the UK, and around 40% of land in the UK drains into a watercourse which runs through a NT property. The Trust recognises it … Read more
Improving forecasting for surface water flooding
With much of the map of England lit up with flood warnings and alerts this morning, this serves as a timely reminder about the importance of ongoing work into flood forecasting. The recent iCASP project on Enhanced Surface Water Flood Forecasts (ESWFF) set out to try to enhance the forecasts that are issued to … Read more
Confluence 2019 resources
Presentations and summaries from iCASP’s annual Confluence events Confluence 2019 resources Download presentations and information from the Confluence 2019 event
Getting research in to Parliament
On the iCASP office wall, amongst lists of current and developing projects, year planners and maps there is a brightly coloured poster about getting research in to parliament. As iCASP is all about achieving impact from existing environmental science we do a range of activities to ensure iCASP’s work gets into parliament. Below is a … Read more
Giving evidence to a parliamentary committee
This week, Alison Dunn who leads the Invasive Non Native Species project gave evidence at the Environmental Audit Committee’s inquiry into Invasive Species. iCASP had previously submitted written evidence to the inquiry and Alison was invited to attend the first evidence session where the Committee began to get an understanding of the issues that will … Read more