A Management Plan for the Suffolk Coast and Heaths, the officially designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) stretching from Kessingland to the Stour estuary has just been published. It is part of the family of protected landscapes that make up Britain’s finest countryside. At the heart of the plan, is a new twenty-year vision that sets out in detail the aims for the conservation of this beautiful landscape. The plan brings together the work of a 26 member Partnership that includes Natural England, Local Authorities, conservation organisations, community groups and businesses in the area.

More information can be obtained on the Suffolk Coast and Heaths website

GAINING more support from businesses is one of the keys to protecting Suffolk’s precious and beautiful coastal landscape, experts said today.

Working with companies that share a conservation commitment could provide vital funds and volunteer workers to embark on a series of special projects.

Managers of the officially designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) - which stretches from Kessingland to the Stour estuary - have drawn up a 20-year vision for the coastal strip known as the Suffolk Coast and Heaths. (more…)

The infrastructure network in the UK, including power stations, water plants, and transport systems is still far too vulnerable to flooding events according to a report, Flooding: Engineering Resilience, by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).

In a section concentrating on the East of England, it also comments that:

“No other area of the UK is in such real and immediate danger from flooding as the East of England. It’s at risk from all sides: coastal erosion and flooding, tidal surges, river flooding and overflowing drains in towns and cities.

“In November 2007 Great Yarmouth and Ipswich came within 120mm of being swamped by a North Sea tidal surge. A controversial ‘managed realignment’ could sacrifice 6,000 ha of the Norfolk coastline to rising sea levels, according to the Environment Agency.”

Full details on the ICE website