Medmerry Global Standard

An Environment Agency-led award-winning coastal habitat creation and flood alleviation scheme on the West Sussex coast has successfully piloted a new global standard for nature-based solutions established by the world-leading authority on conservation of nature.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) developed the Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions for use by governments, businesses, investors, communities and NGOs to ensure that nature-based solutions reach their potential to address societal challenges, such as climate change and biodiversity loss.

IUCN worked with the Environment Agency to pilot the Global Standard using the Medmerry managed realignment project on the West Sussex coast.

Follow this link to read more about Medmerry and the Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions

Medmerry

The RSPB's newest nature reserve at Medmerry offers long walks and cycle rides through an amazing new landscape only a stone's throw from Pagham Harbour, with new mudflats, tidal lagoons, saltmarsh, wildlife-friendly farmland, dragonfly-rich ditches and great views and sunsets. Situated on the Manhood Peninsula coast, south of Chichester, this is a ground breaking project and the first of its kind... Read More»

Bringing Home the Catch

The book for the Sea's the Day project is called Bringing Home the Catch. The book was written by Janet McMeekin whose light, conversational style of writing made her the perfect choice to communicate the stories of the Selsey fishermen. The book used stories from the oral history archive and the author took great pains to speak to each... Read More»

Algae - an alternative to plastic

A French think tank called Atelier Luma is investigating whether treated algae can be used an an alternative material to plastic. It showed off the technology at the World Economic Forum 2020 summit in Davos, Switzerland. Follow this link to find out more about the studies into... Read More»