Solent Forum Chair Awarded MBE
The Solent Forum are delighted to announce that the Chair, Peter Barham, was awarded an MBE in the New Year’s honours for services to the maritime sector.
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Working in parnership for the future
The Solent Forum are delighted to announce that the Chair, Peter Barham, was awarded an MBE in the New Year’s honours for services to the maritime sector.
The Environment Agency and University of Portsmouth have published an excellent new report 'Valuing the Solent Marine Sites Habitats and Species: A Natural Capital Study of Benthic Ecosystem Services and how they Contribute to Water Quality Regulation.'
ABPmer has published a report that reviews the status of Wightlink Ltd.’s saltmarsh enhancement and mitigation project at Lymington. This enhancement project was completed nearly eight years ago. It involved the use of maintenance dredge sediment from the Lymington marinas and harbour approaches to ‘recharge’ an eroding area of saltmarsh (Boiler Marsh) to the east of the Lymington River entrance.
The Fisheries Bill has received Royal Assent after 10 months in Parliament. It will enable the UK to control who fishes in our waters through a new foreign vessel licencing regime and ends the current automatic rights for EU vessels to fish in UK waters.
A controlled blast has brought down part of the turbine hall at Fawley Power Station. The explosion was carried out on the southern half of the hall - its roof was removed just over a year ago. The station's landmark chimney is yet to be demolished.
The Nature Recovery Network (NRN) Delivery Partnership, led by Natural England, brings together representatives from over 600 organisations to drive forward the restoration of protected sites and landscapes.
Local leaders have co-signed a letter calling on the Chancellor to invest £1bn in the maritime sector to kick-start a world-leading maritime decarbonisation programme, creating tens of thousands of new green jobs as part of a green industrial revolution.
Environment Minister Rebecca Pow MP has visited Havant as its borough council became the first local authority in the country to enable regeneration and redevelopment through the novel solution of creating a nature reserve.
Government has published interim experimental indicators from the People and Nature Survey, covering the period 1-31 July 2020, to understand the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) on how people use the natural environment in England.
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