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Update on “Leisure on the Deben Estuary” Survey Results

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East Suffolk Council’s rejection of the commercial hire of personal watercraft on the Deben Estuary (a decision with NO effect on the private use of personal watercraft) brought into focus several issues regarding the use of the estuary.

A survey was constructed by the River Deben Association and Deben Estuary Partnership that concentrated on everyone’s use of the estuary and in particular how its leisure users and wildlife can best coexist.

The results are now in! (Detailed Survey)

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Leisure on the Deben Estuary Survey

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What’s your view on how the river can be best enjoyed by everyone? Please complete the Survey we have created and let us know 

Deadline 31st March 2025.

The recent rejection of the commercial hire of personal watercraft on the Deben Estuary (a decision that does not affect the private use of personal watercraft) has brought into focus several issues regarding the use of the estuary.

We have constructed a survey that concentrates on everyone’s use of the estuary and in particular how its leisure users and wildlife can best coexist.

Please take a few minutes to answer the questions in the survey at https://forms.gle/syjXdAfPABNzGVVW7. It has been distributed by the Deben Estuary Partnership to 40 organisations and individuals with connections to the estuary: please do send it on to anyone with a connection to the Deben so it circulates as widely as possible to interested parties.

We’ll use the findings to help steer our engagement with local councils and authorities.

The survey will close on 31st March, and we will aim to publish our results on the River Deben Association website around three 3 weeks from then.

RDA Journal Update

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Journal articles are usually published around 5pm on the day. Here are the most recent:

The published articles can be found here.

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Lord Deben – Patron of the River Deben Association

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The River Deben Association (RDA) is delighted to announce that Lord Deben to become its patron from October 2024, supporting the association in its efforts to understand and protect the River Deben and conserve it for all users.

The RDA invited Lord Deben to support the association as patron following a very successful talk last autumn titled ‘Net Zero – where are we now?’ on climate change and why it matters, and we are honoured that he has accepted the invitation. Many of our more than 900 members attended Lord Deben’s thought-provoking talk and for those who missed it a report is available on the RDA website.

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In talk hosted by River Deben Association, Lord Deben urges Suffolk voters to hold their politicians to account over climate change

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WOODBRIDGE, 27 OCTOBER 2023 — Lord Deben, the former chair of the UK Climate Change Committee, and former Conservative Secretary of State for the Environment and MP for Suffolk Coastal, on Thursday urged voters to hold politicians to account over climate change during a talk in Woodbridge for the River Deben Association (RDA). Continue reading →