30 Sep 2018

I think I missed this last year but Lora Fleming one of the authors has made me aware of this really valuable overview report. ‘Approximately 17 percent of the UK population live in coastal communities; some are prosperous and commercially successful, others experiencing socio-economic decline. Regardless, evidence suggests growing risks for the health and wellbeing […]

25 Sep 2018

Roseanna Cunningham Environment Secretary visits COAST’s new visitor centre Cunningham commits to tackling “serious issues” of biodiversity loss and climate change Scottish Cabinet Secretary, Roseanna Cunningham, visited us this week at Scotland’s first MPA visitor centre, the Octopus Centre. COAST was pleased to see her interact with the new exhibitions and display her knowledge! But we were […]

17 Jul 2018

Researchers at Durham University have studied sediment samples dating back 10,000 years to track how sea levels affect salt marshes. They say marshes could disappear in south-east England from 2040 and across the rest of Great Britain by 2100. Following the last ice age most of Scotland is rising while southern England is subsiding, they […]

02 Jul 2018

ABPmer:   We are delighted to report that work has now started on the final phase of the RSPB’s major coastal wetland restoration initiative on Wallasea Island (Essex). Last month, contractors (Bam Nuttall) ‘broke ground’ on the earthworks with a view to completing this last stage during 2018. This is exciting not least because, when this […]

20 May 2018

Once upon a time (over ten years ago) Government had a coastal policy with supporting documentation. This useful document is a helpful reminder of the topics they should be covering; some of the topics they include are as follows: Coastal narrative: the distinctive challenges of the coast Employment – seasonality and opportunities Demographics and imbalance […]

09 Apr 2018

Although coastal communities have their fair share of challenges, not least social deprivation, their unique asset – the sea – offers many possibilities. I once heard Steve Fothergill, of Sheffield Hallam University who had studied the coalfields and coastal communities summarise it like this, ‘nobody wants to visit or retire to the coalfields’. The coast […]