Other Services : SEAs

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is a process of appraisal through which environmental protection and sustainable development may be considered, and factored into national and local decisions regarding government (and other) policies, plans and programmes.

In 1999, the UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) began a sequence of sectoral SEAs considering the implications of further licensing of the UK continental shelf (UKCS) for oil and gas exploration and production. Wind power and other renewable energy developments are also covered by the DTI SEA process.

Recent Projects

Cork Ecology are currently working on a review of offshore seabirds in the SEA 7 area as part of the SEA project for the UK DTI.
Cork Ecology have recently completed a gap analysis of seabird survey data as part of the SEA project for the UK DTI.
Cork Ecology have recently completed a review of the distribution and abundance of inshore seabirds for SEA Areas 6, 7 and 8 for the UK DTI. A download of the report is available here.
Cork Ecology also conducted a review of the coastal distribution and abundance of swans and geese in the SEA 6, 7 & 8 areas. Download available shortly.
Cork Ecology also conducted a review of the distribution and abundance of divers, grebes and seaduck in the SEA 5 area download, as well as a review of the coastal distribution and abundance of swans and geese in the SEA 5 area. A review of the potential impacts of offshore wind farms on swans and geese was also included download.

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