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CCN Virtual Session
For this month's Virtual Session, we were joined by Marcus Rose, UK Coordinator of Project Baseline, and Joe Richards of BLUE, to discuss citizen science collaboration opportunities with Project Baseline's network of highly skilled divers. You can see a recording of the session below.
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RAINE Committee Roundtable on inshore fisheries
CCN were privileged to be invited to participate in a Rural Affairs, Islands, and Natural Environment Parliamentary Committee session on inshore fisheries. Lucy Kay, MPA Project Officer at COAST, attended as the CCN rep and gave very considered evidence on the need to think holistically when designing fisheries management.
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New Friend of CCN!
We are delighted to welcome the Blue Hope Alliance as a Friend of CCN. The Blue Hope Alliance is a coalition of groups, including CCN member Sea Change, Wester Ross, which cooperate on citizen science surveys. Jessica Young recently joined as their Project Officer.
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Community-led Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Project Equipment Fund
We are pleased to say that the equipment fund has re-opened! This is an opportunity to apply for up to £1,500 (when applying as one organisation) or £3,000 (if collaborating with other organisations) to buy equipment which will allow you to conduct surveys. Past awardees have received cameras for subtidal monitoring, shoreline surveying equipment, GPS loggers and data management equipment. If you have aspirations for a particular kind of survey, or want to increase your effort then this is your chance to apply for the resources.
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Firth of Forth 100 species project
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Scottish National Parks
NatureScot has been commissioned by Scottish Government to provide advice on the role and approach to National Parks and how areas for new National Parks could be selected. At this stage, they are considering the selection criteria for new national parks and how to make the National Park designation more effective. You can find a link to providing further details of the survey here.
The deadline for responses is 30th November 2022.
National Marine Plan 2
The process to develop the new National Marine Plan has been launched. The first National Marine Plan was developed in 2015. Alongside this announcement, Marine Scotland published a Stakeholder Engagement Strategy and Statement of Public Participation, to guide engagement with stakeholders during the national marine planning process. In this document you will find proposed methods and timeframes for engagement over the next 3 years.
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CCN Community Support Fund
The Community Support Fund is a dedicated small grant fund operated by Fauna & Flora International to support member groups of the Coastal Communities Network. Grants can be sought by Network members for discrete projects, to build the capacity or governance of a group, or to support learning and development. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and there is no deadline.
Community Knowledge Fund
The Community Knowledge Fund, from the Young Foundation, gives grants worth between £10k and £100k to community groups and organisations around the UK.
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