Mind the gap: finding better protections for coastal communities

Mind the gap: finding better protections for coastal communities

When climate action group One Home studied the UK’s shoreline management plans it found gaps in both protections and information. Agencies must do more to protect people and places from rising seas, writes Angela Terry An interactive map has been released which gives...
Tracer Pebble Studies Research webinar, 16th March

Tracer Pebble Studies Research webinar, 16th March

Thursday 16th March, 10am – 12pm The Southern Coastal Group and SCOPAC will be holding a bitesize research webinar on Tracer Pebble Studies on the 16th March, to disseminate findings from a series of projects across the region, sponsored by SCOPAC and carried...
Mind the gap: finding better protections for coastal communities

CIWEM FCERM Policy Position Statement

This Policy Position Statement (PPS) presents CIWEM’s current position relating to flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCERM) in the UK. It has been informed by CIWEM’s FCERM Specialist Panel which brings together a diverse range of expertise and perspectives...
Crown Estate and BMAPA aggregate dredging brochure launch

Crown Estate and BMAPA aggregate dredging brochure launch

On 20th May 2022 the Southern Coastal Group and SCOPAC held a webinar to launch the Crown Estate and British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) aggregate dredging brochure. Approximately 30 officers and members attended the webinar to hear more about...
Overview of Solent Eutrophication and Recovery – Environment Agency report 2022

New FCERM research project outputs published on GOV.UK

From Paul Weller, Project Manager of the Flood & Coastal Risk Management Research Programme at the Environment Agency The following projects have been delivered through the joint FCERM research programme, and their outputs are available on GOV.UK: Understanding...
Overview of Solent Eutrophication and Recovery – Environment Agency report 2022

SCG and SCOPAC region SMP Action Plan Updates

The Eastern Solent Coastal Partnership (ESCP) has coordinated the update of the Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) Action Plans in the SCOPAC and Southern Coastal Group (SCG) Region.  Southern Coastal Group SMP Action Plan Updates Briefing Note – July 2020PDF...
Summary Note – Grant funding for land owners to facilitate habitat creation

Eco-Engineering initiatives across the coastal group region

A short update on eco-engineering initiatives taking place within the SCG-SCOPAC region, from Lucy Sheffield, Coastal Environmental Engineer at Coastal Partners MARINEFF Project One of these initiatives is the MARINEFF (MARine INfrastructre EFFects) Project, which is...
Overview of Solent Eutrophication and Recovery – Environment Agency report 2022

Publication of new partnership funding guidance for FCERM

Ministers have decided to make a number of changes to further improve the way government funding is allocated to flood risk management schemes. This includes a recognition of the wider benefits that flood alleviation projects can bring. ‘Building flood defences...
EFRA Select Committee Flooding report, February 2021

EFRA Select Committee Flooding report, February 2021

Lack of clear flood-resilience targets leaves England at risk of ‘playing catch-up’ with climate change.  New report from cross-party MPs calls on Government to ‘show leadership’ in the face of escalating climate crisis.   The...
Summary Note – Grant funding for land owners to facilitate habitat creation

ESCP rebrands as Coastal Partners

Eastern Solent Coastal Partnership (ESCP), specialist coastal engineers who manage 162km of Hampshire coastline, today announced a new name ‘Coastal Partners’, a rebrand of their visual identity and a new website focused on giving residents and business owners easy...
Overview of Solent Eutrophication and Recovery – Environment Agency report 2022

EA Coastal Research & Development update – March 2020

“This briefing provides an update on key coastal research and development funded and steered by the Joint Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Research and Development Programme. The ’Joint Programme’ is run by EA and Defra for Natural Resources Wales,...