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Marine and Coastal Management in England and WalesHeidi Roberts, Principal Environmental Consultant
Plancoast Conference, Berlin
21st November 2007
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Welcome
• Heidi Roberts
• Principal Environmental Consultant
• Water Division within Atkins Water and Environment
• Multidisciplinary consultancy
• Over 10 years experience in coastal and marine management
• Demonstration Programme on ICZM (Isle of Wight Council)
• Commissioned by the LGA to comment on marine and coastal policy on their behalf
• Presentation from perspective of local government
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The LGA Coastal SIG
Vision: “……to established improved governance, management and community well being to ensure that the UK has the best managed coast in Europe, and to identify appropriate and sustainable funding strategies to support this aim.”
Mission Statement;…..represent the collective interests of all maritime local authorities by securing:
• Step change in the level of funding;• Full involvement of local Government;• Oppose and reduction in local democratic accountability.
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Coastal and Marine Management
• ICZM Strategy for England
• Marine Bill
• ICZM Consultation: Summer 2006
• Marine Bill Consultation: Consultation Document, Summer
2006 and consultation on Draft White Paper, March-June 2007
ICZM Strategy for England
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Key Aspects of the ICZM Strategy
• It wasn’t a Strategy- only Consultation Document
• Didn’t really say anything!
• Future action – unknown…..
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Views of LGA Coastal SIG• Vision for England’s coast
• National Coastal Forum - role in co-ordinating and advising on policy, and be chaired independently;
• Strengthen the Government’s Coastal Policy Unit
• A ‘Coastal Commission’ be established.
• Five yearly review of the ‘State of the Coast’
• Information networks to be created; and
• Support partnerships and networking initiatives
The UK Marine Bill
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The Marine Bill
1. A UK wide system of marine spatial planning
2. New system for marine licensing
3. Development of marine conservation areas
4. Improving marine fisheries management
5. New Marine Management Organisation (MMO)
Key issue: integration of management
at the land and sea interface
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Concerns of LGA
Marine Spatial Planning
Marine Protected Areas
Marine Agencies
Marine Stakeholders
Local Government
Agencies
Protected Areas
Spatial Planning
Coastal Communities
ICZ
M – W
here is th
e Strategy?
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How do we integrate land and sea?
Local Government
Agencies
Protected Areas
Spatial Planning
Coastal Communities
Marine Spatial Planning
Marine Protected Areas
Marine Agencies
Marine Stakeholders
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Marine Bill White Paper
The LGAs concerns relating to the coastal aspect of the White Paper are:
• No information on how planning and decision making will be integrated or coordinated across the land sea interface
• No reference to using integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) as a mechanism for delivering consistency across the land-sea interface.
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So where from here?• Promotion of ICZM
• Marine Bill – planned for Parliament in 2008
• ICZM Strategy – who knows!
• Future hopes on the integration of ICZM fully into the Marine Bill……
…….Watch this space but don’t get your hopes up…….