Two-way wetland restoration knowledge sharing:
China and UK
In October 2018, ABPmer was delighted to present at the 2nd International Symposium on Coastal Resources and Environment (CORE 2018), hosted by Hohai University in Nanjing.
The theme of the symposium was ‘Wetland Restoration’ and Colin Scott, Head of Habitat Creation and Restoration consultancy at ABPmer, shared with the audience lessons learned from UK and European coastal habitat creation schemes... read on
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Taking a whole life approach to metocean data
As metocean information is used throughout the lifecycle of a development, the Metocean Team at ABPmer consider it appropriate to plan this at a very early stage and to take a ‘whole life’ approach towards its acquisition, management and use.
In this article, Robin Stephens, Head of Metocean consultancy at ABPmer outlines key considerations when using metocean information...continue
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UKCP18 – Five key points from a coastal perspective
Earlier this week the Environment Secretary Michael Gove announced the publication of the UK Climate Projections 2018 (UKCP18).
UKCP18 represents the most up-to-date assessment of how the climate of the UK may change over the 21st century and the first major update of UK climate projections in nearly 10 years... more
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Viewpoint: The value of sectoral marine plans
Marine planning is one of those big new ideas introduced to the UK through the Marine & Coastal Access Act 2009 designed to support integrated management of the sea. The 2014 EU Marine Spatial Planning Directive requires all EU Member States to produce marine plans covering their marine waters by 2021.
Within the UK, the devolved administrations have produced, or are in the process of producing marine plans covering their waters... more
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Stakeholders meet to solve fisheries and seals interaction issue
Fishing activity and seals share fish resources and overlap spatially, resulting in interaction and conflict. Depredation (feeding on fishermen’s catches) by seals has economic costs to the fishing industry through loss of catches and damage to fishing gear.
While seals impact on fisheries, fisheries also impact on seals... more
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Is there a place for drones in intertidal monitoring?
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly being used to collect high resolution spatial data for a variety of marine and coastal monitoring. Like other coastal surveyors, ABPmer is excited by the opportunities that they can provide to improve quality and coverage of coastal surveys.
But, how do they compare to more traditional ground surveys when monitoring the development of managed realignment sites? read on
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Unsure about shape files?
Are you unsure about shapefiles? Not confident with metadata? Forgotten how to buffer, snap, clip and geo-reference?
If you are new to working with marine datasets or simply want to refresh your GIS skills, why not attend our training course designed to help understand marine data, and its application within a GIS environment? more
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UK Duty Holder training
Harbour authorities and owners of marine facilities must have a ‘Duty Holder’ as defined within the Port Marine Safety Code. The Duty Holder is either an individual, or more typically a Board who are both individually and collectively accountable for compliance with the requirements of the Code.
At the end of November our Maritime Team completed a busy schedule of Duty Holder training courses around the UK – five port and harbour authorities over three days in three locations...more
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