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24/07/19 Natural capital, wildfires, nuclear power plant and fish, vets

The National Office for Statistics is valuing natural assets like mountains, moorlands and waterways, new ways to fight wildfires, and what Hinkley Point C means for fish stocks.

How do you put a price on our mountains, moorlands and waterways? The Office for National Statistics is in the middle of a survey which maps the nation's natural capital. It's just published its latest assessment.
In Scotland the number and scale of wildfires is forcing firefighters to learn radical new ways of tackling the flames. They're borrowing ideas from countries where wildfires are more common.
Environmental groups say millions of fish could die if plans to use sea-water to cool a new power plant on the Somerset coast aren't changed. The company building Hinkley C nuclear power plant says it won't have much impact on fish, and insist they've been working to minimise the damage to fish stocks.
Why vets in Wales are giving training to farmers.

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  • Wed 24 Jul 2019 05:45

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