Environment Agency - Paul Leinster

2. Management of the Upper
Severn Estuary and the Role
of Partnerships
Dr Paul Leinster CBE
Chief Executive, Environment Agency
Severn Estuary Partnership Forum - 11th September 2009

3. Introduction
Introduction

4. Pressures and Conflicts
Docks
Conservation
Recreation
Economic
Development
Marine
aggregates
Climate Change

5. The Role of the Agency and Coastal Water
The Role of the Environment
Agency

6. The Agency and the Partnership
The Agency and
Partnership

7. Climate Change and Severn River Basin
Winter rainfall
2050s
20-30%
increase in
winter
rainfall
Summer rainfall
2050s
Up to 30%
decrease in
summer
rainfall

9. Flood Risk Management and the EstuaryFlood Risk
Management
and the Estuary

10. Industry and the EstuaryIndustry and the Estuary

11. The Water Framework Directive and
the EstuaryThe Water Framework
Directive and the
Estuary

12. Severn Tidal Power

13. Conclusion
1.Biggest threat to
the Estuary is
climate change
2.There is a need
for an integrated
management
approach
3.The role of the
partnership will
only increase in
the future
Conclusion