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	<title>British Ecological Society &#187; Flooding</title>
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		<title>2012: the second wettest year on record</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/01/16/2012-the-second-wettest-year-on-record/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/01/16/2012-the-second-wettest-year-on-record/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Flooding]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ecological issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freshwater ecosystems]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the UK, 2012 was the year of water. Across all seasons, periods of heavy rain dominated, with flooding events seen across the country on a number of occasions. The release of the Met Office&#8217;s 2012 records last week has &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/01/16/2012-the-second-wettest-year-on-record/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Government&#039;s &#039;school report&#039; shows &#039;must try harder&#039; for water</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/11/06/governments-school-report-shows-must-try-harder-for-water/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/11/06/governments-school-report-shows-must-try-harder-for-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Event]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flooding]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wetlands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[white paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wildlife and Countryside Link]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ministers, MPs, NGO’s and members of the Water Sector met this morning for the launch of the Blueprint for Water Scorecard. The Chair of the Blueprint for Water coalition, Carrie Hume, Head of Conservation Policy at the Wildfowl and Wetlands &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/11/06/governments-school-report-shows-must-try-harder-for-water/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Major Shift in Addressing Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk in the UK</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/01/20/a-major-shift-in-addressing-flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-in-the-uk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/01/20/a-major-shift-in-addressing-flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-in-the-uk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Flooding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coastal Erosion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flood Risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LWEC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research Strategy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Living with Environmental Change(LWEC), a consortium of 22 organisations that fund, carry out and use environmental research and observations, has launched a new strategy to drive collaborative research into how to manage the risks to life and property posed by &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/01/20/a-major-shift-in-addressing-flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-in-the-uk/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Demonstrating the Benefits of Natural Flood Management</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/01/18/demonstrating-the-benefits-of-natural-flood-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/01/18/demonstrating-the-benefits-of-natural-flood-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flooding]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[POST Fellowship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Select Committee]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2358</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More natural means of managing flooding are desirable and should be brought foward by the Government in a new White Paper on water. So commented Anne McIntosh MP, Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Select Commmittee and &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/01/18/demonstrating-the-benefits-of-natural-flood-management/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Flood Management &#8211; POSTnote Launch</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/12/03/natural-flood-management-postnote-launch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/12/03/natural-flood-management-postnote-launch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 09:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flooding]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2247</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oliver Pescott, current BES Fellow at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, has published a POSTnote on &#8216;Natural Flood Management&#8217;. This will be available shortly on the BES website. Flood risk management today uses a range of approaches to &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/12/03/natural-flood-management-postnote-launch/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Environmental Side of the Queen’s Speech</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/11/18/the-environmental-side-of-the-queens-speech/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/11/18/the-environmental-side-of-the-queens-speech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carbon Capture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flooding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=692</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Queen’s Speech in Parliament today, in which she set out the legislative agenda for the Government, was just 7 minutes long. This is far shorter than normal, and reflects the fact that there is very little parliamentary time between &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/11/18/the-environmental-side-of-the-queens-speech/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>UK Climate Change Projections 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/06/19/uk-climate-change-projections-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/06/19/uk-climate-change-projections-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flooding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Modelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today (18th June) the UK Climate Projections 2009 report (UKCP09) was launched by Hilary Benn MP (Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). The primarily Defra-funded report allows us to understand how the UK’s climate (temperature, rainfall, sea-level, &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/06/19/uk-climate-change-projections-2009/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>2007 Floods &#8220;not linked to climate change&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/03/11/2007-floods-not-linked-to-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/03/11/2007-floods-not-linked-to-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BES Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flooding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new report by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) confirms that the intense UK summer floods in 2007 were not due to climate change but were a &#8216;singular event&#8217;. &#8220;The summer 2007 floods in England and Wales &#8211; &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/03/11/2007-floods-not-linked-to-climate-change/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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