Protected coastal zones

• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  17 January 2016     20:34289601
  #1      
  Sounds very good on the surface especially as it covers Deal to Dover then on to Folkestone but I cannot work out what it entails and going by the article i'm not alone.
  
  
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35328286
• Guest 977

  • Registered: 27 Jun 2013
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  17 January 2016     21:08289603
  #2      
  Details below Howard, don't rely on a summary by a reporter!
  
  http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-2409
• Guest 732

  • Registered: 8 Nov 2011
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  18 January 2016     19:20289636
  #3      
  Will the The Marine Conservation Zone Project cover the Goodwin sands.
• Guest 977

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  18 January 2016     19:54289637
  #4      
  Don't think so, different types shown by the different coloured outlines. Go to the link above then click the map image and you'll be taken to the interactive map with all the details.
  
  

  
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  20 January 2016     11:21289701
  #5      
  According to this the sands came "under consideration" for protection.
  
  
  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/19/dredging-proposed-kent-marine-conservation-zone-risk