08 Sep 2020
Coastal Towns call for their own minister
A coalition of struggling seaside towns and cross-party MPs has urged Boris Johnson to appoint a minister dedicated to coastal communities to kick-start their economic revival. The letter asked the Prime Minister to create a post ahead of an expected autumn Cabinet reshuffle as coastal areas are pushed to “breaking point” by the pandemic. Mr […]
08 Sep 2020
Alternative use of dredge material in the north east, north west, south east and south west marine plan areas (Report MMO1190)
Alternative use of dredge material in the north east, north west, south east and south west marine plan areas (MMO1190) A project has mapped the opportunities for the alterative use of dredge material in NE, NW, SE, SW Marine Plan areas. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is currently developing the north east, north west, south […]
08 Sep 2020
MMO Planning Newsletter Update August
This issue of the marine planning newsletter includes: a letter from Chief Executive Officer Tom McCormack CBE sharing the next stage of the MMO’s journey in “The MMO story – The Next Ten Years” a marine planning programme overview the Draft North East, North West, South East and South West Marine Plans: Consultation Summary 2020 […]
01 Sep 2020
Updated marine monitoring programme for state of UK’s seas
Latest consultation from Defra, the Northern Ireland Executive, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government on the updated marine monitoring programmes for the state of the UK’s seas for each of the UK Marine Strategy descriptors. The consultation document sets out the monitoring programmes they propose to use to measure progress towards Good Environmental Status […]
01 Sep 2020
Rewilding the sea – putting nature back in charge
For the purposes of the day, BLUE defined rewilding the sea as any effort to improve the health of the ocean by actively restoring habitats and species, or by leaving it alone to recover. One of the discussion points of the conference was that rewilding in the oceans might involve “re-framing ambitions” with rewilding projects […]
01 Sep 2020
The Edinburgh Declaration – Outcome of latest talks on Convention of Biological Diversity
The worldwide effort to combat critical levels of biodiversity loss will fail without far greater involvement from local communities, according to an international declaration. The “Edinburgh declaration”, published on Monday, urges leaders to work more closely with sub-national governments, indigenous peoples, national parks, local councils and wider society in meeting 20 biodiversity goals set out […]
01 Sep 2020
Restoration potential maps for estuaries and coasts
Restoration potential maps have been developed to provide a national ‘high level’ indication of where intertidal and subtidal seagrass, native oysters and saltmarsh could potentially be restored based on some key physical attributes. The maps are accessible on the Coastal Data Explorer portal hosted by the Rivers Trust that is being developed as part of […]
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