Getting everyone involved

The Stakeholder approach – a first for North East Kent

The Stakeholder approach was unique in that it was the first time in this country that many different representative coastal users were brought together through a series of “consensus building” workshops (during the 1990s) to help produce a coastal management scheme.

These Stakeholders identified the problems which their own activities may cause to wildlife and worked together to develop a way forward.  They agreed a number of key actions, including action required to tackle obvious gaps in management and information. These actions included the development of a new Coastal Wildlife Project (the Thanet Coast Project) and a series of voluntary codes for various coastal activities.