The day aims to create networks, open communication and build relationships among people in the marine and coastal community, including citizen scientists, academics, managers, policy makers, industry, dedicated volunteers and the public, to enable regional scale reporting on the state of marine natural capital. The conference is an opportunity to reflect on local observations, research outputs and findings from 2024, and to make the linkages between environmental and biological phenomena through 11 thematic topics.

The EASTME project forms part of the Natural Capital approaches at the land-sea interface (LSI) project, which is being led by the Environment Agency under Defra’s Marine Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (mNCEA) programme. The proposed work will deliver the LSI project’s work package on ‘Mobilising marine social capital’.

Location of the conference: David Chaddick Building, University of Lincoln, LN5 7BD. View it on Maps here. We recommend using the train to attend but the nearest public parking is at St. Marks which is located opposite the campus and a very short walk away from the David Chiddick Building. Visit Us – St Marks Lincoln.

View the draft 2025 Programme here (09:30 – 16:20)

We hope you can join us to celebrate being part of the newly established EASTME! Please share with colleagues and within your networks if you think there is someone who may want to join.

If you would like to hear more about EASTME directly or to be involved in one or more of the 11 Communities of Practice, please sign up to its dedicated mailing list here.

* The EASTME region runs includes inshore and waters in the UK’s Exclusive economic zone, running from Flamborough Head in the North to the southern Suffolk border, including the Humber and Wash.