The Rural Flood Resilience Partnership, established in 2024, brings together six national organisations: the Environment Agency, National Farmers’ Union (NFU), Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE), Association of Drainage Authorities (ADA), Country Land and Business Association (CLA), and Natural England.

You can read more by following this link:

New Online Hub Launched to Support Rural Flood Resilience - Rural Services Network

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We hope to greet you at one of the drop-in events, which will focus on coastal defence options in your area.

Join us at the Selsey Centre, Manor Road, PO20 0SE on :

Friday 17 April - 2.30pm-7.30pm

Saturday 18 April - 9.30am-2.30pm

We’re keen to hear your thoughts and the team will be available to answer any questions you may have.

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The signs look like simple QR codes to be scanned with a mobile phone. But behind them is an artificial intelligence (AI) ready to share its knowledge with visitors about bathing water quality and any live issues.

The Hello Lamp Post technology, funded by the Environment Agency, is also keen to learn and will ask visitors about beach conditions like how many people are enjoying the water today or is there much seaweed present? This conversation builds a picture of site activity outside of the typical bathing water season and identifies issues that could be harming water quality like seagull or dog excrement.

Follow this link to find out more about AI-powered smart signs for Worthing Bathing Waters

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The Sussex Kelp Recovery Project (SKRP), described as the UK’s largest marine rewilding programme, was established following the introduction of a byelaw in 2021 by the Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA), prohibiting bottom trawling across more than 300 square kilometres of seabed between Shoreham and Selsey. By 2019, an estimated 96% of the kelp forests that once lined the Sussex coastline had disappeared — lost to decades of trawling, sedimentation, marine heatwaves and storm damage.

The SKRP described the project as having witnessed “a quiet but powerful transformation beneath the waves.”

Follow this link to read the article about signs of seabed recovery along the Sussex Coast

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The King Charles III England Coast Path runs approximately 2,689 miles and, for the first time, allows walkers to follow England’s shoreline without interruption, passing through salt marshes, sandy beaches, cliff tops, dunes and historic coastal towns.

Follow this link to read all about the World's Longest Walking Route

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Water voles can be found along rivers, streams and ditches, around ponds and lakes, and in marshes, reedbeds and areas of wet moorland. You know you have water voles when you see signs, such as burrows in the riverbank, often with a nibbled 'lawn' of grass around the entrance.

There are a large number of water voles on the peninsula and the good news is they are well within the criteria for favourable environmental status described in the Natural England report!

Follow this link to read the report: Definition of Favourable Conservation Status for European Water Vole

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The BBNJ Agreement—sometimes called the High Seas Treaty—is a landmark international agreement that will, for the first time, create a legal mechanism to establish protected zones waters in areas not subject to any nation's jurisdiction.

Until now, such protections have only been possible within a country’s own waters – but that is no longer the case.

The BBNJ Agreement adopted after more than a decade of international negotiations will:

• enable the creation of marine protected areas on the high seas

• require environmental impact assessments for activities that could have significant impact on marine ecosystems in areas beyond national jurisdiction

• ensure fair sharing of benefits from research into and utilisation of marine genetic resources, which have potential applications in medicines, cosmetics and biotechnology

• strengthen capacity-building for developing states, by promoting knowledge sharing, along with broader technology transfer

Follow this link to read more about the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Act.

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Recent January 2026 sightings at RSPB Pagham Harbour include wintering specialists like Red Knot (200+), Ruff, Spotted Redshank, and Peregrine Falcon. Hundreds of Brent Geese and Wigeon are present, alongside sightings of European Stonechat, Common Buzzards, and Cattle Egrets. The North Wall and Sidlesham Ferry areas remain active for waders. 

The RSPB hosts a lot events at Pagham and you are welcome to take part. Details of the events such as cost and location can be found in the following link: RSPB Pagham Harbour Events

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The aim of the East Beach Pond Group is to get some baseline monitoring data which will be used to see what types of submerged aquatic plants might be able to grow in the pond to enhance biodiversity and improve oxygen levels. In addition, the group also want to see how water composition varies during the course of a year.

Here is the live link to the East Beach Pond water quality telemetry data:

Or cut and paste the following into your browser:

https://telemetry-data.com/open?profile=EastBeachPond

To help the East Beach Pond Group gain the most they can from the data, a training course in sonde data analysis took place in January 2026. This will enable the group to gain as much knowledge as possible from the data collected to date, and in future. The training was delivered by the Environment Agency’s National Water Quality Instrumentation Service(NWQIS) and Meteor Communications.

An article on the recent sonde work undertaken by the East Beach Pond Group is being published in the spring edition of CDC’s Initiatives magazine, which has the potential to reach 124,100 residents.

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To find out more, please see the following link to the Strategy:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/natural-england-sets-out-new-vision-for-nature-and-growth-with-corporate-strategy

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