Channel Coastal Observatory

Local authorities, the Environment Agency and Coastal Groups of the southeast of England are working with a collective vision, to develop a long-term region wide coastal process monitoring and analysis programme. Following many years of ad-hoc monitoring of coastal processes within the southeast, an extensive integrated survey programme has been developed to cover approx. 1000km of open coastline and estuaries between Portland Bill and the Isle of Grain. The programme is expected to cost approx 1.5m per year and will initially be funded for a period of five years, but with an expectation that the programme will continue indefinitely. The main funding source is DEFRA, Local Authorities and the Environment Agency. Funding commenced in August 2002. The programme will act as a regional pilot model that may later be used within other regions of England and Wales. Data will be collected via a series of contracts and also by in-house local authority teams.

英格兰东南地区的当地政府、环境署以及沿海组织携手共进，共同抱持着一种全局性的长远愿景，致力于构建一项覆盖整个区域的长期海岸过程监测与分析计划。在经历了多年对该地区海岸过程的不定期监测之后，一项涵盖波特兰比尔至格拉恩岛之间约1000公里开放海岸线和河口的大规模综合调查计划应运而生。该计划预计每年耗资约150万英镑，并计划最初资助五年，但预期该计划将无限期地持续进行。主要资金来源为英国环境、食品及乡村事务部（DEFRA）、当地政府以及环境署。资金投入始于2002年8月。该计划将作为一项区域试点模型，未来可能被应用于英格兰和威尔士的其他地区。数据将通过一系列合同以及内部地方当局团队进行收集。