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An Introduction to the Severn Estuary Partnership:
Collaboration and Joint Approaches
Paul Parker
Severn Estuary Partnership Engagement Officer
[email protected]
www.severnestuary.net/sep
Monday 21st June 2010
UK Estuary & Coastal Partnerships
Began to form in the early 1990s
• Encouragement by Government conservation bodies
(e.g. SNH, EN, CCW)
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Specific local need identified by a number of
organisations
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A more general recognition of a need to cooperate on
the management of a water body by a variety of
organisations
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A number of local coastal and estuarine fora (LCF)
established
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No legislation for ICZM in Great Britain
History
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Set up in 1995
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Independent, Estuary-wide NONstatutory initiative
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Led by Local Authorities & Statutory
Agencies
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Involves all those interested in the
future of the estuary
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Strategy document 2001
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Strategic Business Plan in 2010
‘A vibrant and prosperous community, working in partnership for
a clean and pleasant environment, valued and protected for
generations to come.’
Aims of the Severn Estuary Partnership:
• Establish and embed a set of ‘common principles’ for sustainable
estuary use via Partners’ strategies, policies and action plans
• Act as a co-ordinating body to assist the effective and efficient delivery
of agreed estuary-wide actions
• Promote and publicise the estuary at local, national and international
level
• Add value and fill gaps in effective estuary management, providing
extra capacity when required
• Facilitate effective communication across and between organisations
and individuals
Need for Integrated Management of the
Severn Estuary
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Wind and Tidal Energy proposals
Nuclear energy
Energy from waste power plant
Management Scheme for the European Marine Site
Shoreline Management Plans
Flood Risk Management Plans
Regional Pollution Plans
Marine & Coastal Access Act
Marine Spatial Plans
Marine Conservation Zones
**Cross border issues**
… and achieve this using an integrated approach!
The Severn Estuary Partnership
provides a unique neutral role
linking people and
organisations for the future of
the estuary.
How Do We Do This?
Joint Advisory
Committee
Secretariat:
SECG, ASERA,
Bristol Channel
Strategic
Environment Group
Information Provision:
–Contacts Database
(>2000);
–Web-based ‘Who Does
What’ Guide
Management
Group
SEP Staff Team
-1 manager (P/T)
-1scientific officer
-1 engagement officer
-1 communications / web officer
Joint Estuary Day
Severn Estuary Forum
Facilitate Public Consultation Processes:
Eg. SMP2, Marine Planning
Publications:
-SEP website (ASERA,
SECG, SE Flood Risk
Management Strategy,
information, maps,
images, who’s-who,
links)
-Severn Tidings
newsletter
-Monthly E-Newsletters
-Information leaflets
-State of the Severn
report and report cards
Attend meetings and events,
respond to consultations and
emphasize need for coordination and joint working
Projects:
- COREPOINT (IIIB): promoting ICZM and LIS with spatial planners
- IMCORE (IVB): Climate change adaptation and scenarios in Europe
- DeltaNET: sharing estuary best practice in Europe
- Beacons: climate change adaptation outreach in Wales and England
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English/Welsh ICZM Strategies
Key local champions
Continuing need for ‘estuary-wide’ view
SEP increased management ‘professionalism’
• Challenges
– Lack of legal status of ICZM
• ASERA - EMS
• limited resources
– Limited involvement of business /industrial sectors
– Diverging agenda of English & Welsh administrations
– Severn Estuary Tidal Power proposals
– Marine Bill (opportunity & Challenges)?
Progress over the last year:
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Input to Severn Tidal Power SEA
Revised Management Scheme for European Marine Site
SEP Strategic Business and Financial Plans to identify where SEP
needs to be in 5 years time (2010-2015)
Review of Severn Estuary Strategy document
Investigating the options for a ‘State of the Estuary’ report (data
management)
Involvement with European projects e.g. COREPOINT, IMCORE, local
engagement projects – Beacons.
Providing support for the Severn Estuary Coastal Group (Shoreline
Management Plan), Bristol Channel Standing Environment Group
(Pollution Response), Severn Estuary Climate Change Research
Advisory Group…
Creation of new Severn Estuary Gateway website and associated
sites, including RSS feeds
Paul Parker, Severn Estuary Partnership Officer
[email protected]
www.severnestuary.net