Valuing Nature Network - biodiversity

How to speak for biodiversity - results of a BESAFE study

Anna Feeney — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 13:20:53 +0000

4 Sep 2015

A new report, 'How to Argue for Biodiversity Conservation More Effectively', presents advice on how to engage people in biodiversity conservation.

Published by BESAFE (Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Arguments for our Future Environment), it is designed to provide an answer as to why biodiversity is still in decline despite growing evidence that it is essential for human well-being.

It recommends:

stakeholder engagement,
the promotion of bottom-up initiatives at a local level,
arguments tailored to the audience,
the use positive arguments, and
the use a wider range of arguments

For further information, please visit the BESAFE website or read the report.

Download the report

Emeritus Professor Robin Attfield

admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:05:05 +0000

Organisation:

Cardiff University

Location:

Cardiff, Wales, UK

Email:

attfieldr@cf.ac.uk

Offer:

Am interested in working in partnership with researchers, particularly within Cardiff University.

Role:

Research user (practitioner)

Discipline:

biodiversity

Social Sciences

Arts & Humanities

Research Area:

public engagement

Urban ecosystems

Opportunity:

Health and wellbeing

Professor Chris J Spray

admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:05:05 +0000

Organisation:

University of Dundee, UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy & Science

Location:

Scotland

Email:

C.J.Spray@dundee.ac.uk

Offer:

We have Scotland's and one of the UK's best monitored catchments (70 sq kms), the Eddleston Water, part of the Tweed UNESCO HELP basin. We have detailed and extensive physical data and monitoring of restoration of physical habitats on the one hand, and of land manager perceptions and willingness to engage with natural flood management techniques on the other. Working with Tweed Forum (the long-established participative catchment NGO) and the local Council, we have piloted ecosystem services mapping and the national Land Use strategy across the whole of the Scottish Borders, as well as within sub-catchments such as theEddleston.

Role:

Research provider

Discipline:

Natural Sciences

Social Sciences

biodiversity

Research Area:

Natural hazards & extreme weather events

public engagement

Opportunity:

Health and wellbeing

Mark Reed

admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:05:05 +0000

Organisation:

Birmingham City University

Location:

Huntly, Aberdeenshire

Email:

Mark.Reed@bcu.ac.uk

Offer:

I am Research Manager for the IUCN's UK Peatland Programme, and we would be interested in collaborating with VNP projects that contribute towards the resilience of UK peatlands

Role:

Research provider

Discipline:

Natural Sciences

Social Sciences

biodiversity

Research Area:

Natural hazards & extreme weather events

public engagement

Opportunity:

Health and wellbeing

Dr Ian Pattison

admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:05:05 +0000

Organisation:

Loughborough University

Location:

Loughborough

Email:

i.pattison@lboro.ac.uk

Offer:

Numerical models to investigate natural flood management Stakeholder engagement with environmental stakeholders

Role:

Research provider

Discipline:

Natural Sciences

biodiversity

Research Area:

Natural hazards & extreme weather events

public engagement

Opportunity:

Health and wellbeing

Richard Wakeford

admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:05:05 +0000

Organisation:

various academic and non-executive

Location:

Gloucestershire

Email:

richard.wakeford@ruralstrategy.co.uk

Offer:

As a Cotswolds AONB Board Member, I can say that I know the Conservation Board would welcome engagement in research relevant to how our outstanding landscape, if well managed (which may require payments to farmers/landowners) can offer a significant health enhancing experience to urban residents.

Role:

Research provider

Research user (policy)

Research user (practitioner)

Discipline:

biodiversity

Social Sciences

Economic Research

biodiversity

Research Area:

public engagement

Urban ecosystems

Opportunity:

Health and wellbeing

Stephen Gwynne

admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:05:05 +0000

Organisation:

Integrated Landscape Ecology

Location:

Birmingham

Email:

satoritree@yahoo.co.uk

Offer:

I'm in the process of constructing a temporary structure on my urban micro-farm which is situated on my allotment. The plan is to provide a demonstration model of an urban very low impact lifestyle. I'm happy to work with others on this project.

Role:

Research user (practitioner)

Discipline:

biodiversity

Social Sciences

Economic Research

biodiversity

Research Area:

public engagement

Urban ecosystems

Opportunity:

Health and wellbeing

Tim Jones

admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:05:05 +0000

Organisation:

Oxford Brookes University

Location:

Oxford UK

Email:

tjones@brookes.ac.uk

Offer:

Working partnerships with other researchers. Provide a case study research project - see www.cycleboom.org Provide data (subject to permission from participants and Research Councils) Provide secondment opportunity for someone who wanted to bring something to the cycle BOOM project.

Role:

Research provider

Discipline:

biodiversity

Social Sciences

Arts & Humanities

Research Area:

public engagement

Urban ecosystems

Opportunity:

Health and wellbeing

Dhaval Negandhi

admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:05:05 +0000

Organisation:

Indian Institute of Forest Management

Location:

Bhopal, India

Email:

dhaval.negandhi@mespom.eu

Offer:

I would be interested in working in partnership with other researchers. I have various activities in mind but one that could relate directly to this call will be economic value of ecosystem services from urban forests of Bhopal, India. I do have some associated data for exploratory analysis.

Role:

Research provider

Discipline:

biodiversity

Research Area:

Natural hazards & extreme weather events

Urban ecosystems

Opportunity:

Health and wellbeing

Rupert Perkins

admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:05:05 +0000

Organisation:

Cardiff University

Location:

Cardiff

Email:

perkinsr@cf.ac.uk

Offer:

Coastal sediment erosion and flooding can be mediated through biological processes starting with microalgae and culminating in sediment stabilisation and saltmarsh regeneration (managed realignment). This is part of my research. Valorisation of this ecosystem service is essential.

Role:

Research provider

Discipline:

Natural Sciences

Social Sciences

Economic Research

biodiversity

Research Area:

Natural hazards & extreme weather events

public engagement

Opportunity:

Health and wellbeing