Tag: department of the Environment
Natural Environment Team publishes annual report
The Department of the Environment has published an annual report today which summarises the achievements and milestones reached by its Natural Environment Team (NET). The report describes how improvements have been made to the protection of Jersey’s wildlife through recent changes in both law and policy and outlines how the team has helped to manage [...]
Nesting gulls – householders urged to take action now
The Department of the Environment is urging householders to check roofs to prevent gulls nesting. Every year in Jersey, a number of rooftops become home to nesting seagulls. These uninvited guests can make for an alarming experience and early preventative action is the best way to protect your roof. Herring gulls are declining worldwide and [...]
Disease threat from mail order fruit trees
Islanders are being reminded to check they are using reputable suppliers before buying apple or pear trees online or by mail order to prevent the spread of plant disease in Jersey. Jersey is recognised as an EU “Protected Zone and is free from the quarantine bacterial disease Fireblight which kills apple trees and hawthorn hedgerows. [...]
Planning appeals – consultation continues, but deadline changed
Islanders are being asked for their views on the planning appeals process in a public consultation launched by the Department of the Environment recently. The Green Paper asks Islanders for their opinion on how the planning appeals system might be run. Earlier this week, the States Assembly agreed adopted a proposition to set up an [...]
Planning appeals – consultation launched to get Islanders’ views
Islanders are being asked for their views on the current planning appeals process and whether they think it should be changed, in a public consultation launched by the Department of the Environment. The Green Paper asks Islanders for their views on how the planning appeals system might be run and who should take ultimate responsibility [...]
Environment call for new butterfly volunteers
Could you help gather information on Jersey butterflies to help ecologists protect them? The Department of the Environment is looking for new volunteers to help record butterflies sightings in their surrounding area and is offering a free one day conference and training course to anyone interested, whatever their level of expertise. Existing volunteers for the [...]
Can you help save Jersey’s species?
Training to help people find out more about how to protect amphibians and reptiles in Jersey is being offered by the Jersey Amphibian & Reptile Group (JARG) and the Department of the Environment. JARG has organised a day of talks, workshops and training for existing and new volunteers to learn about local amphibians and reptiles. [...]
Groundbreaking research by Jersey scientists
Scientists working for the Department of the Environment have broken new ground in a study of the habits of local marine life. Research by Marine Resources together with the University of Hawaii and others has been published in a UK peer-reviewed scientific journal, the Journal of the Marine Biological Association. The research project used acoustic [...]
Ash tree disease discovered in Jersey
The Department of the Environment has discovered a single occurrence of the Ash Die back fungus disease in Jersey. The infected tree was identified following ash tree inspections, and along with other trees in the same planting, is being removed and destroyed. The trees were imported into the island from the UK in 2010/11 and [...]
Public help sought to limit ash disease
Members of the public are being asked to help prevent the introduction of a disease affecting Jersey’s ash trees. The Department of the Environment is asking people to contact them if they spot symptoms of the Ash Dieback disease. In October the department imposed an indefinite ban on the importation of ash trees to prevent [...]
