EAST Marine Ecosystems (EASTME) conference
23rd May 2024, Lincoln
09:30 – 16:30
Reporting Annual Change at a Regional Scale & Building Social Capital
Purchase your ticket here to join, Speakers confirmed in programme below
The upcoming EAST Marine Ecosystems (EASTME) conference is delighted to announce the speakers featuring in the first-of-its-kind event next month. The event will feature 11 short talks reflecting on local observations, research outputs and findings from 2023. The talks will cover a comprehensive range of natural systems including oceanography and plankton, the seabed and seashore, marine and coastal birds, marine mammals, seals and cetaceans. A number of themes relating to the management of the environment will include marine planning, marine protected areas, fisheries, water quality, plastic pollution and energy.
With its ambition to mobilise marine social capital, the one-day conference is an opportunity to develop networks, open communication and build relationships among people in the marine and coastal community across the English East Marine Plan area*.
EASTME is testing the idea of annual reporting on the state of the marine environment on a regional scale and to discuss the latest developments in the region. These findings and discussions are then collated to provide the content for an EASTME public ‘State of the East Seas’ annual report.
The event is being hosted at the University of Lincoln and is open to citizen scientists, academics, managers, policy makers, industry, dedicated volunteers and the public, to enable regional scale reporting on the state of marine natural capital. With a £30 registration fee, the event aims to be accessible to all those interested.
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Programme
| Welcome to the conference from Mark Schuerch, Associate Professor Physical Geography, University of Lincoln |
| Introduction to the marine Natural Capital Programme, Mike Nelson, Senior Advisor, mNCEA Land-Sea Interface Project Lead, Environment Agency |
| Introduction to East Marine Ecosystems and next steps, Bob Earll |
| Session 1 Chair: Mark Schuerch, University of Lincoln
Discussion of the relationships and interactions between thematic topics |
| Break and refreshments |
| Session 2 Chair: Tammy Smalley, Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Discussion of the relationships and interactions between thematic topics |
| Break and refreshments |
| Session 3 Chair: Adele Powell, The Wash and North Norfolk Marine Partnership
Discussion of the relationships and interactions between thematic topics |
| EASTME Next steps – facilitated discussion |
The EASTME project forms part of the Natural Capital approaches at the land-sea interface (LSI) project, which is being led by the Environment Agency under Defra’s Marine Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (mNCEA) programme. The proposed work will deliver the LSI project’s work package on ‘Mobilising marine social capital’.
We hope you can join us to celebrate being part of the newly established EASTME. Please share with colleagues and within your networks if you think there is someone who may want to join.
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If you would like to hear more about EASTME directly or to be involved in one or more of the 11 Communities of Practice, please sign up to its dedicated mailing list here.
* The EASTME region runs includes inshore and waters in the UK’s Exclusive economic zone, running from Flamborough Head in the North to the southern Suffolk border, including the Humber and Wash.
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