The Solent Forum has published the Solent Marine Sites Annual Report, 2025. This looks at and evaluates non-licensable activities across the Solent and their impact on designated sites.
MCCIP have published a new paper on coastal flooding. Findings include that extreme water levels have become more frequent in the past 150 years, driven primarily by mean sea level rise. Preliminary results from ongoing research on compounded effects of flooding suggest that risk of flooding is significantly underestimated under today's climate and into the future.
A project has reported on the extent of recreational use of environmental waters in England based on data from 2017 to 2024 provided by 17 organisations including government, national governing bodies and community sources. This provides a collated national overview and expands our understanding of where, when and how surface waters are used for recreation.
We have published out latest edition of Solent News. Find out what has been happening around the Solent over the last six months. This publication is the Solent Forum’s biannual newsletter.
Hampshire County Council would like to invite you to an online briefing about Local Government Reorganisation (LGR), on 14 July at 2pm. The briefing, on Teams, is designed for those with a professional involvement in public services in Hampshire.
The MMO wish to gather views through a consultation on proposed amendments to marine licensing cost recovery, exemptions and ‘self-service’ licences. Deadline 15th August.
In this report, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) sets out that Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) form a crucial part of the picture in helping government strike the balance between its growth ambitions and its environmental commitments, as they drive delivery of nature recovery action and inform local decision-making.
The GIS platform which ABPmer have been creating for as part of Blue Marine's Seascape Recovery Plan is now live: Solent Seascape - State of Nature Data Explorer.
Seagrass has returned to the River Hamble for the first time in decades, thanks to a major restoration effort by Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.
