Launch of European Marine Site - 20 October 2000 
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Graham
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The 9th Morecambe Bay
Conference was held at Wyre Civic Centre in
Poulton-le-Fylde. Helen Johnston from English
Nature launched the Morecambe Bay European marine site
management scheme, and Mark Woombs gave a fantastic
slide show about the underwater life of the Bay. There was also
an opportunity to learn more
about the Shoreline Management Plan for Morecambe
Bay.
In the afternoon Captain Graham
Maclean of Heysham Port gave a lively informal
talk, illustrated with a wide range of hats, about his experiences as a merchant seaman and
his work at Heysham Port – a very busy port at the
heart of Morecambe Bay.
To
download the conference report as a PDF document use
the link below. You will need Acrobat Reader to read
this file.
Conference
Report (120KB)
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Casting the
Net - 3 May
2000
Morecambe
Bay has been the focus for research in many fields
and yet there has been no co-ordinated
programme to integrate this research.
The aims of this
seminar were
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to
explore
current research
on Morecambe Bay
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to
link
researchers in
academia with
users and managers
in agencies, local
authorities and
other
organisations
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to
improve
the co-ordination
of research,
encourage
cross-disciplinary
research and
enhance access to
research
information
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to
develop
a formal system
for a Morecambe
Bay Research
Network
To
download the seminar papers as PDF documents use
the links below. You will need Acrobat Reader to read these files.
Seminar
Report (99KB)
Workshops
report (13KB)
For
further information
If
you are interested in being involved in the research
network, please contact Jean
Turnbull, Centre for North-West Regional
Studies, Lancaster University, or Morecambe
Bay Partnership.
Shoreline Management Plan Conference
- 31 March 2000
The 8th Morecambe Bay
Conference included the launch of the Shoreline Management
Plan for Morecambe Bay. It was held at the
Netherwood Hotel in Grange-over-Sands on 31 March
2000.
To
download the conference report as a PDF document use
the link below. You will need Acrobat Reader to read
this file.
Conference
Report (121KB)
Morecambe Bay
Industry Seminar - October 1999
The 1999 Morecambe Bay
Industry Seminar was a natural development from
the previous year's seminar on Public Health
which made very strong links between health and
wealth. The Industry Seminary therefore
looked at how we can best achieve wealth in harmony with the
environment and personal well-being.
Under the title 'How will we
work?' we hoped to examine the apparent contradictions between the optimistic vision of more flexible, more rewarding and more enjoyable work,
alongside the reality of longer hours,
short-term contracts, no job security and high demands.
In planning this seminar we wanted to
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demonstrate that industry can work in harmony with environmental concerns
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explore issues of concern to the business community around the Bay and
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look for sustainable solutions to economic developments challenges.
Ben Tuxworth from Forum for the Future gave a national perspective and Harry Knowles of Furness Enterprise explored local realities. This was followed by an impressive series of local case histories from
forward-looking organisations around the Bay, and workshops for sharing views and ideas.
What emerged was a strong spirit of partnership, and a common resolve to continue working together to find solutions. We were united in our ambition to move towards the optimistic vision of work as rewarding, and
wealth creation as achieved in harmony with the environment.
Industry
Seminar Proceedings (491KB)
Agenda for Action Conference
- March 1999
The main agenda item for this
conference was the Agenda for Action. The workshops were run as an
opportunity for community groups, industry and
other partners to tell us about the things that they
are doing that benefit Morecambe Bay.
Conference
Report (90KB)
Morecambe Bay Public
Health Seminar - October 1998
The Morecambe Bay Public Health
Seminar was held in the Storey Institute, Lancaster on
23 October 1998. It was a stimulating event which
brought together local people, community groups,
health professionals, local government and
academics, all with an interest in health and the
environment.
The key concerns put forward
included:
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a fresh approach to traffic
and transport planning to take account of the
health of the public
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a recognition that poor
quality of life, including stress, unemployment
or social deprivation, can cause poor health
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a recognition that fears of
radiation and other forms of pollution, as well
as the introduction of genetically modified
organisms, are a real and genuine area of major
public concern.
The conference called for new
ways to bring local government, environmental
regulators and the health service into partnership
with community groups, and urged that more
understandable and independent information be made
available to the public.
Keynote speakers included
Lancaster City environmental health officer Steve
Mann, who used the way beaches are monitored for
pollution to explain how 'safety' is assessed.
Professor Robin Grove-White, Director of the
Centre for the Study of Environmental Change at
Lancaster University, described the science of 'risk
assessment' and contrasted it with the need to value
people's genuine fears and concerns.
Dr Nick Gent, Morecambe Bay Health
Authority's Director of Public Health, called for
the health of the public to be a top consideration
when resources are being allocated by local
authority planners and other environmental
regulators.
The conference was the first of
its kind in Morecambe Bay and proved extremely
useful. Although some issues were controversial
there was a convergence of results from the four
discussion groups.
The vigour and quality of these discussions is a
reminder to professionals to respect community
voices and highlights how important it is to engage
the wider community in debate and listen to their
concerns.
The challenge now is to work
with Agenda 21, health professionals and others to
ensure that the issues and material brought forward
at this seminar are acted upon to improve health and
the environment in Morecambe Bay.
The report contains the
presentations and a summary of the group discussions
from the seminar.
Public
Health Seminar Proceedings (266KB)
Sustainability & Integrated
Coastal Zone Management Conference - March 1998
Presentations at
this conference included coastal planning in the
North West and sustainability and the Bay.
Workshops were run
as an opportunity for members to express their
opinions and contribute their expertise; participate
more fully in the process of developing the
Morecambe Bay Partnership and form new contacts and
develop their own partnerships.
Conference
Report (118KB)
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