Marine Conservation Society needs votes ...

On the 'Your Seas, Your Choice' sites in Wales, Here's the Email I got today :-

[FONT=&quot]A BIG Year for Marine Conservation[/FONT][FONT=&quot]
2012 has the potential to be a landmark year for our seas. We are tantalisingly close to a network of protected areas to safeguard our marine natural heritage - and this year it’s all to play for.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Countdown for Wales - 10 days to go![/FONT][FONT=&quot]
The Welsh Government's (WG) first public consultation on the proposed highly protected sites should be opening in Spring. We will be closing voting on Your Seas Your Voice sites in Wales at the end of January to give us time to prepare all the data we have received. While we don’t yet know exactly how many sites will be in the consultation or whether they will include our recommended sites, we will be urging as many of you as possible to respond to the consultation, once it is released.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]England - moving the goalposts[/FONT][FONT=&quot]
The establishment of the network of 127 protected sites in England in 2012 is in jeopardy. Despite clear public support, and involving over 1 million people in a process to select sites which cost the taxpayer £8 million, Defra are now saying they haven’t been presented with enough evidence and are letting the target of designating a network slip to 2013. They say they will then designate ‘some’ sites that have ‘adequate’ evidence. We will be campaigning hard in 2012 for designation of all 127 sites and there will be plenty of opportunities for you to get involved. We’ll keep you posted with regular updates.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]We had an amazing response to the countdown on closing YSYV voting in England last autumn, with about 2,000 votes streaming in during the final ten days! Thanks to everyone who voted, shared links on Facebook and tweeted about Your Seas Your Voice to push votes over the 25,000 mark. We’ve read and analysed every single comment and counted every vote and we’re letting the government know exactly what you have to say. Your points of view have been shared with the regional MCZ projects and you can download the summary report.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]

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Well done Nathan & I have voted too..