The Plymouth Athenaeum’s ‘Future Challenges Series’ continues with a talk on Plymouth Sound: The UK’s first Marine National Park on Tuesday, 22nd October (2.30pm).
The talk will be given by Athenaeum CEO, Owen Ryles.
Plymouth Sound National Marine Park will aim to showcase to the world the unique and fantastic assets that Britain’s Ocean City has to offer, including an estimated 1,000 different species of marine life, and help boost the economy, attract more visitors, enable funding for research and range of other benefits.
The park will aim to promote marine conservation, engineering and research, while balancing the current industries in the area, such as the fishing and military ports.
It will also preserve the memory of the pioneering sailings that set sail from Plymouth, which included the Mayflower in 1620 and the HMS Beagle in 1831, on which Charles Darwin travelled.
The Plymouth Athenaeum is partnering with organisations including The Royal Society for the Arts, Plymouth City Council, Plymouth Energy Community, Fotonow, Art & Energy and Environment Plymouth to create a series of talks focusing on local, national and global challenges.
The series kicked off last month with ‘Facing the Future: The challenges for Membership Societies in the 21st Century’.
It was followed by the talk from Jackie Young, of Environment Plymouth, on the Plastic Free Plymouth campaign.
Entry to the Future Challenges Series talks is free and open to the public.
If wheelchair access is required please contact The Athenaeum in advance on (01752) 266079 or via email at info@plymouthathenaeum.co.uk