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Our aim is to promote geography and geographical education in the South West of England. Geography SW is a collaborative project driven by a group of enthusiastic geographers who have volunteered their time to create a wide-ranging and dynamic resource to support the wider geographical community.
The monthly Geography Southwest newsbites provides a summary of events, new resources and short news items. Detailed articles give more detail news stories relevant to teachers of geography in the region.
State of the Exe Estuary new resource A wealth of up to date information and useful data on the ‘State of the Exe Estuary’ is now publicly available through a new online ‘toolkit’ published by the Exe Estuary Management Partnership in Spring 2020. https://www.exe-estuary.org/publications/state-of-the-exe-estuary/ Teachers seeking facts and figures to…
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Interactive ESRI coastal management Story Map for Lyme Regis The Lyme Regis Story Map explores the various issues affecting this popular Dorset seaside resort and the different approaches to managing them. This is one of many ESRI Story Maps which use detailed maps, text, images and multimedia content to tell…
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The Government designated 41 new Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) in Summer 2019. Devon’s coastal waters now have nine new protected areas bringing the total to fifteen in the county, and new zones were also designated in Dorset and Cornwall. 50 zones around the country were announced in 2013 and 2016…
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A new government-funded £ 12 million flood defence scheme is being built to protect Exmouth, Devon. Over 1,400 houses and 400 commercial properties are at risk from floods caused by high tides and storms. The new tidal defences will help protect over 1,400 residential and 400 commercial properties from…
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Our aim is to promote geography and geographical education in the South West of England. Geography SW is a collaborative project driven by a group of enthusiastic geographers who have volunteered their time to create a wide-ranging and dynamic resource to support the wider geographical community.