Henri Brocklebank is the Director of Conservation at Sussex Wildlife Trust and has been focused on wildlife in Sussex for many years. Seeing a functional network for nature in Sussex is the ambition and Henri works with her team and with partners across Sussex to bring that to a reality. A Victory for Nature:…
Category: Marine protected areas
Guest blog – Taking a stand for marine protection by Chris Corrigan
Chris Corrigan is CEO of the Sussex Wildlife Trust and has worked in nature conservation for almost 40 years. He spent most of his career with the RSPB, most recently as Director England, but has also worked for BirdWatch Ireland and Butterfly Conservation and is a trustee of the South Georgia Heritage Trust. He is…
Guest blog – Are we simply farming our seas? by Jean-Luc Solandt
Jean-Luc Solandt is a marine biologist struggling to get out of a policy expert. He worked on coral reef ecology for 15 years, providing diving survey data for the creation of Marine Protected Areas. He’s been working in the UK at the Marine Conservation Society for over 15 years on developing networks of MPAs, making…
Important new seabird data from 5-year GPS study
Over a 5-year period, 1300 seabirds of four species (Shag, Kittiwake, Razorbill and Guillemot) were tracked to see where they went when foraging from their breeding colonies. These data were then applied to all breeding colonies around the UK to produce predictive maps of marine use by these four species. these predictive maps could be…
World Oceans Day
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Tomorrow is UK general election day and World Oceans Day. Spare a thought for Jeremy and Theresa. Well done Oceana EU for these pertinent and witty videos.