📅 Wednesday 27th May 2026 | 🕐 13:00–14:00
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As climate change accelerates and coastal pressures intensify, the Severn Estuary Partnership is working to safeguard one of the UK’s most dynamic and valuable estuarine environments. Supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund’s Nature Networks 4 programme, the Future Proofing the Severn Estuary project is bringing together communities, charities, researchers, local authorities, and industry to develop practical, evidence‑based approaches that strengthen resilience and enhance ecological health. This talk will highlight one arm of the project’s focus on data and evidence plans, identifying research‑needs priorities that will contribute towards informed decision‑making for the estuary. The project coordinator Beca Morrell will share the project’s vision, key progress, and the collaborative efforts shaping a more resilient coastal future.
About the Speaker
Beca Morrell is the Future Proofing the Severn Estuary project coordinator. She is a geographer with particular interest in improving marine waters and habitats whilst connecting communities to these environments. Her background spans seaweed and shellfish aquaculture in West Wales and public health research in the South West of England.
Set up in 1995, the Severn Estuary Partnership (SEP) is an independent, estuary-wide non-statutory initiative led by local authorities and statutory agencies, hosted by Cardiff University. SEP work with all those involved in the management of the estuary, from planners to port authorities, fishermen to farmers and many more with an interest in the future of the estuary.