The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales and the Welsh Government have come together to work on the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) Research and Development programme. A “Working with natural processes to reduce flood risk – research and development framework” document has been published which […]
Morecambe Bay Partnership is currently conducting an ambitious project seeking to improve the quality of Bathing waters around the Morecambe Bay region. Morecambe Bay Partnership would like you to share your opinions and support their work through taking part in a survey. The survey is the second part of the research which is open until […]
The Mersey Forest has issued its Autumn Newsletter for 2014. The content of the Newsletter includes the Urban Catchment Forestry workshop on flood risk mitigation, Big Tree Plant applications for communities, Mersey Forest Plan wins Royal Town Planning Institute North West Award, woodland and climate change European projects at Sefton, and tree planting across Merseyside […]
The Solway Firth Partnership has issued their spring/summer 2014 newsletter which can be viewed following the link below. The contents of the newsletter includes the work of Solway Coast AONB Community Volunteer Group, the Coast Project – what the tide’s brought in, invasion of non-native species in Solway, food sources around Solway coast, exploring Sabellaria […]
Halton Council have been successful in their lease application to the Crown Estate for a foreshore area within the Mersey Estuary.The area is to be utilized within the £600 million Mersey Gateway Bridge Project. The leased area is valued at £800,000 within a single payment. Construction of the bridge is part of the Mersey Gateway Project, […]
The final outputs from the SUSTAIN project – part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the INTERREG IVC programme – are now availble together with the presentations and other information from our recent Delivering Sustainable Coasts conference from the SUSTAIN project page. SUSTAIN – Assessing sustainability and strengthening operational policy – has been a 3-year […]
The NW ACE 2012 were presented to winners by Professor Annie Worsley, Chair of the North West Coastal Forum, during our recent Delivering Sustainable Coasts conference in Southport. A summary of the winners and the Awards Powerpoint presentation can be downloaded below. For more information see the Current Projects page. 2012 winners: Awards Powerpoint: