Environmental Information
QHM, in his role as the Statutory Harbour Authority for the Dockyard Port of Portsmouth (DPP) has a strong commitment to protecting the environment and plays an active role in supporting local conservation groups to achieve this objective.
Conservation Areas
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) are the best examples of our natural heritage of wildlife habitats, geological features and landforms. An SSSI is an area that has been notified as being of special interest under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
The following SSSI’s and European Marine Sites are situated within the DPP:
Brading Marshes to St Helen’s Ledges SSSI
Browndown SSSI
Gilkicker Lagoon SSSI
Kings Quay Shore SSSI
SSSI Designation for Ryde Sands and Wotton Creek
Isle of Wight Bembridge Down SSSI
Sinah Common SSSI
RAMSAR Designation for Portsmouth Harbour.
SPA Designation for Portsmouth harbour
SAC Designation for Solent and Isle of Wight (Maritime).
Fig a: SSSI Sites in the Eastern Solent.
Fig b: European Sites in the Solent.
The Solent Forum
The Solent Forum was established in1992 to consider and provide advice on strategic issues that have implications for the Solent area as well as to develop a greater understanding among the authorities and agencies involved in the planning and management of the Solent and,to assist and influence them in carrying out their functions.
The Queen’s Harbour Master Portsmouth is the Deputy Chairman of the Solent Forum Steering Group and is a member of the Solent European Marine Sites (SEMS) Management Scheme. To assist QHM in carrying out his functions he is represented at meetings of the following Groups:
Solent Forum
The Solent Forum Recreation Sub Group
The Solent Forum Water Quality Sub Group
The Nature Conservation Group
The Portsmouth Harbour Conservation Group
Useful links:www.naturalengland.org.uk www.environment-agency.gov.uk
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