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Contents 1 Action Ideas 2 Why it matters 3 Random facts 4 Related topics 5 Village cinema 6 UK links

[edit] Action Ideas

• Adopt-a-Beach

[edit] Why it matters

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[edit] Random facts

• There are about 170 private beaches in Devon and Cornwall according to the Marine Conservation Guide to Good Beaches, July 2009. Source: Ramblers

• Wherever you are in the UK, you’re never more than 72 miles from the sea: Furthest distance from the sea: The Ordnance Survey has calculated that the furthest point from the sea in all of the UK is: Latitude: 52º 43.6'N, Longitude: 1º 37.2'W - which is very close to the village of Coton in the Elms in Derbyshire.

• The UK’s 17,820 km (11,073 miles) of coastline is host to an array of flora and fauna; in fact more than 40,000 species - around 50% of the UK’s plants and animals - live in our seas - including intricate corals, whales & dolphins, giant (but harmless) basking sharks, seals, puffins and a myriad of fish, crustaceans and molluscs.

[edit] Related topics

• Marine Conservation Society
• Natural England
• Shoreline Management Plans
• Sustainability networks, general article, including action ideas, within the Ideas Bank

[edit] Village cinema

[edit] UK links

• Good Beach Guide 2006, published by the Marine Conservation Society
• riverOcean Foundation

• Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership, (United Kingdom)
• The marine environment and fisheries. Information from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK government)

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Reference

• Wildlife Trusts news release