The North West Coastal Forum is pleased to announce that Professor Ann Worsley has been elected to Chair the Forum from April 2012 – 2014. She succeeds Graham Lymberyof Sefton Council who is to be commended for leading the Forum safely through the sometimes stormy waters of major changes in the region and corresponding changes
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BBC Coast in the North West
by nw coastal forum on May 17, 2012
Over the next two Sundays (20th and 27th May) BBC Coast, aired at 9 pm on BBC 2, will feature items on the Transatlantic Cable and Birkenhead Park.
June 8th is World Oceans Day!
by nw coastal forum on May 17, 2012
World Oceans Day is an annual international celebration of our oceans. The 2012 theme is Youth: the Next Wave for Change. The Day is being celebrated in Liverpool with a day of activities and information stalls: Fish Fest! The organisers say “Come and celebrate everything marine with us and our crew of marine lovers down at
Sea Angling 2012 Survey
by nw coastal forum on May 16, 2012
Sea Angling 2012is a government-sponsored project being carried out by Cefas (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science), the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and the inshore fisheries and conservation authorities (IFCAs). It aims to collect information and data on recreational sea angling to improve scientific understanding of fish stocks off the coast and to ensure that the needs of
Marine Data News issue 22
by nw coastal forum on May 16, 2012
The Marine Environmental Data and Information Network’s latest newsletter is available to download here: MEDIN
Environmental Indicator Report 2012: Ecosystem resilience and resource efficiency in a green economy in europe
by nw coastal forum on May 16, 2012
The EEA has published the 2012 Environmental Indicator Report – the first in revived series. It argues that in striving towards a green economy there would be value in considering objectives and targets that explicitly recognise the relationships between resource efficiency, ecosystem resilience and human well-being as well as the different time lags for green
Have your say on the Liverpool City Region Local Nature Partnership
by nw coastal forum on May 15, 2012
The Liverpool City Region Local Nature Partnership wider engagement forum will be held on 24 May from 9:30am – 2:30pm at The World Museum, William Brown Street, Liverpool. A range of environmental, economic, social and health partners are working together across Liverpool City Region to put forward a submission to Government to form a Local
Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) – Potential Site Options for Welsh Waters
by nw coastal forum on May 15, 2012
Closing date 31st July 2012 The Welsh Government is consulting on the 10 potential MCZ site options in Welsh Waters which have been identified by MCZ Project Wales. The aim is to reduce the number of sites to 3 or 4 through an iterative, phased, consultation process of which this consultation is the first (there
More NW Beach Awards News
by nw coastal forum on May 15, 2012
Hot on the tail of the Marine Conservation Society’s Good Beach Guide results announced last week, Keep Britain Tidy have today released the results of Blue Flag and Quality Coast Award beaches. Both of these awards must be applied for by local authorities and spending cuts in the public sector may have affected application rates
Launch of the Irish Sea Maritime Forum – Inaugural Event 28 June, Belfast
by nw coastal forum on May 11, 2012
This free conference at the prestigious new Titanic building in Belfast marks the formal inauguration of the Irish Sea Maritime Forum – a new stakeholder partnership which is being established following two very successful stakeholder workshops in Liverpool and Dublin in 2011. Pump priming support for the new Forum has been provided by the Department of Environment