2. Severn Estuary Partnership
Working in partnership for the future of the Severn Estuary
Welcome & Opening Speeches
Christine Gwyther, Welsh Assembly
Cllr Peter Tyzack & Natasha Barker,
Severn Estuary Partnership
3. Establishing the Severn Estuary Forum
Natasha Barker, Severn Estuary Partnership Officer
1st
Severn Estuary Forum 2006 & Severn Wonders Cruise
Changing Times and Tides: The Future of the Severn Estuary
What is the Forum?
• Strategy for the Severn Estuary (2001)
• Working together: government,
industry & communities
• Severn Estuary Partnership
4. Establishing the Severn Estuary Forum
Natasha Barker, Severn Estuary Partnership Officer
1st
Severn Estuary Forum 2006 & Severn Wonders Cruise
Changing Times and Tides: The Future of the Severn Estuary
How will the Forum make a difference?
6. Establishing the Severn Estuary Forum
Natasha Barker, Severn Estuary Partnership Officer
1st
Severn Estuary Forum 2006 & Severn Wonders Cruise
Changing Times and Tides: The Future of the Severn Estuary
Themes
• Celebrating the estuary
• Climate change: recent & regional predictions
• The Marine Bill
• Renewable energy
• Flood risk management
• Working Together
Establishing an annual Forum
7. Establishing the Severn Estuary Forum
Natasha Barker, Severn Estuary Partnership Officer
Business Plan 2006-2009
8. Establishing the Severn Estuary Forum
Natasha Barker, Severn Estuary Partnership Officer
Annual Report & Action Plan 2006-07
9. Severn Wonders Festival
Jim Mitchell, Severn Estuary Partnership Access, Interpretation & Communications Officer
Severn Wonders Festival
20th
May – 10th
June 2006
1. Explore the shore
2. Out on the water
3. Fish and farming
4. Wildlife and nature conservation
5. History and heritage
6. Future of the Severn
7. Working together
Severn Wonders Cruise
…we board this afternoon
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11. Severn Estuary Partnership
Working in partnership for the future of the Severn Estuary
Celebrating the Severn [1]
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The Dynamic Severn: Points of View
Chris Wooldridge, Cardiff University
12. Severn Estuary Partnership
Working in partnership for the future of the Severn Estuary
Celebrating the Severn [2]
Ten Thousand Years of Change
Richard Brunning, Somerset County Council
13. Severn Estuary Partnership
Working in partnership for the future of the Severn Estuary
Celebrating the Severn [3]
Integrated Management and the Severn Estuary
Professor Peter Burbridge, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
14. Severn Estuary Partnership
Working in partnership for the future of the Severn Estuary
Climate Change
Chair: Martin Mills, Environment Agency
Reporter: Steve Knowles, Severn Estuary Partnership
15. Severn Estuary Partnership
Working in partnership for the future of the Severn Estuary
Climate Change [1]
National Predictions
Dr David Woolf, National Oceanographic Centre
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Working in partnership for the future of the Severn Estuary
Climate Change [2]
Regional Perspectives
Sarah Hendell-Blackford, SW Climate Change
Impacts Partnership SHB.ppt
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Working in partnership for the future of the Severn Estuary
Climate Change [3]
Severn Estuary Perspective
Roger Wade, Environment Agency
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18. Severn Estuary Partnership
Working in partnership for the future of the Severn Estuary
Renewable Energy
Chair: Roger Falconer, Cardiff University
Reporter: Steve Knowles, Severn Estuary Partnership
19. Severn Estuary Partnership
Working in partnership for the future of the Severn Estuary
Renewable Energy[1]
Severn Barrage: Is the Tide Turning?
David Kerr, Sir Robert McAlpine
20. Severn Estuary Partnership
Working in partnership for the future of the Severn Estuary
Renewable Energy[2]
Regional Perspectives on Renewables
Morgan Parry, World Wide Fund for Nature
21. Severn Estuary Partnership
Working in partnership for the future of the Severn Estuary
Renewable Energy[3]
Avonmouth Renewable Energy Project
Patrick Kearon, The Bristol Port Company
22. Severn Estuary Partnership
Working in partnership for the future of the Severn Estuary
Working Together
Open Discussion & Feedback Session
Panel - Chairs of all Sessions
Climate Change: Martin Mills, Environment Agency
Marine Bill: Morgan Parry, World Wide Fund for Nature
Renewable Energy: Roger Falconer, Cardiff University
Flood Risk Management: Peter Watts, Severn Trent Regional Flood Defence Committee
23. Severn Estuary Partnership
Working in partnership for the future of the Severn Estuary
1st
Severn Estuary Forum
Your views
Other people’s views
Festival event organisers
Waverley departs at 1530 prompt!
Thank You