Dr Richard Newell has acted as Environmental Consultant for major industries worldwide for over 30-years, and has represented them from the site-selection phase, through construction and during the operation of plants in Europe, North America, Malaysia and Australia.
Dr Newell has advised Government and Industry on marine impact and resource management issues in relation to both Industrial and Leisure developments. He has specialist expertise in assessment of the impact of marine aggregate extraction and spoils disposal on marine resources.
Richard Newell has authored over 300 reports relating to major Industrial Developments and environmental management issues associated with Leisure and Tourism worldwide. He specialises in advice to Government and industry on Marine Resource Management, including conservation issues, marine parks, fisheries enhancement and Leisure and Tourism related development projects.
Richard's recent work has centred on the impact of marine aggregate dredging on biological resources. Dr Richard Newell was Managing Director of Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd until 2007 and its chairman until 2009. Research carried out by Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd in 2002 was funded both through the US Government Minerals Management Service and by the British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA).
In 2003 Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd were awarded a major research contract by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) to carry out research on the impact of marine aggregate dredging on the marine environment. This work has led to a number of research publications by Richard and colleagues in international literature and to contributions to international conferences during the past 5 years.
Richard has been a member of the Science Audit Team appointed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) to report on the quality of science provided by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) Laboratories in the UK. He is also an expert advisor to the MAFF Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (FEPA) Representations Committee.
Dr Richard Newell is a registered Environmental Assessor and is registered as an expert witness with the Law Society and the UK Register of Expert Witnesses. He has given evidence in numerous Public Inquiries, including the recent Public Inquiry for the proposed London Gateway Port Project, and the House of Lords Select Committee on the Humber Estuary.
Richard Newell is currently Science Co-ordinator for the Defra Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF) and an advisor to DP World on the London Gateway Port in the lower Thames Estuary.
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