CoastWEB: Valuing the contribution which COASTal habitats make to human health and WEllBeing, with a focus on the alleviation of natural hazards
Lead Research Organisation:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Department Name: Plymouth Marine Lab
Abstract
Despite increasing recognition of connections between natural environment and human health and wellbeing, these links are still poorly understood. There is a real need to develop methodological approaches to fully elucidate natural environments for health and wellbeing. To address this need the CoastWEB project aims to holistically value the contribution which coastal habitats make to human health and wellbeing, with a focus on the alleviation of coastal natural hazards and extreme events. The research is ambitious in its interdisciplinary scope, including art, social and environmental psychology, environmental economics, governance, policy, a suite of natural sciences, and non-academic stakeholders. It also covers a range of scales from local Welsh case study sites to UK national. We are proposing a circular 4 step process:
1. The proposed research begins with the definition of a set of "real world" future interventions for Welsh salt marsh ecosystems, with a particular focus on coastal defence, and set within a broader national policy context. It is critical that the outputs of this research are useful to end users, and not just academic, as such the definition of these options will be made in close collaboration with a broad range of stakeholders.
2. The impact of these interventions on saltmarsh coastal defence capacity will then be explored using natural science and modelling techniques, improving our understanding of the key ecosystem processes and attributes which influence this capacity. The impact on other ecosystem services will also be documented using existing literature. A key output of this step will be the production of Wales-wide maps of changes in salt marsh coastal defence services, under differing interventions.
3. The impact of these changes in coastal defence, and broader ecosystem service delivery, will be linked to changes in human health and wellbeing at both a local community and national scale. The local wellbeing impacts will be explored through the application of qualitative dialogue based techniques, whereas the national scale impacts will be explored through quantitative (monetary and non-monetary) survey techniques.
4. Through mapping and workshops, using both an interactive artistic approach (local) and the established modelling platform, TIM (national), the health and wellbeing results will then feed directly back into the stakeholder base and the management of the salt marsh, as they will provide a unique insight into the broader health and wellbeing aspects of salt marshes, under the future interventions proposed in step 1.
The mixed methods approach proposed will provide a greater understanding examining health and wellbeing in different ways, enabling our ability to handle different understandings and interpretations of value. However, the aim is not to use different disciplines to translate for each other, or to combine results into one metric, but rather to embrace the differences in the approaches and outputs and to explore how they can complement each other. Using these complementary approaches and scales is beneficial in providing managers with a diverse array of information for making decisions.
1. The proposed research begins with the definition of a set of "real world" future interventions for Welsh salt marsh ecosystems, with a particular focus on coastal defence, and set within a broader national policy context. It is critical that the outputs of this research are useful to end users, and not just academic, as such the definition of these options will be made in close collaboration with a broad range of stakeholders.
2. The impact of these interventions on saltmarsh coastal defence capacity will then be explored using natural science and modelling techniques, improving our understanding of the key ecosystem processes and attributes which influence this capacity. The impact on other ecosystem services will also be documented using existing literature. A key output of this step will be the production of Wales-wide maps of changes in salt marsh coastal defence services, under differing interventions.
3. The impact of these changes in coastal defence, and broader ecosystem service delivery, will be linked to changes in human health and wellbeing at both a local community and national scale. The local wellbeing impacts will be explored through the application of qualitative dialogue based techniques, whereas the national scale impacts will be explored through quantitative (monetary and non-monetary) survey techniques.
4. Through mapping and workshops, using both an interactive artistic approach (local) and the established modelling platform, TIM (national), the health and wellbeing results will then feed directly back into the stakeholder base and the management of the salt marsh, as they will provide a unique insight into the broader health and wellbeing aspects of salt marshes, under the future interventions proposed in step 1.
The mixed methods approach proposed will provide a greater understanding examining health and wellbeing in different ways, enabling our ability to handle different understandings and interpretations of value. However, the aim is not to use different disciplines to translate for each other, or to combine results into one metric, but rather to embrace the differences in the approaches and outputs and to explore how they can complement each other. Using these complementary approaches and scales is beneficial in providing managers with a diverse array of information for making decisions.
Planned Impact
Our research will contribute to the knowledge base both locally and globally, in both academic and applied terms. Key outcomes and benefits of this research include: (1) novel developments in academic fields of environmental valuation, environmental and social psychology, and salt marsh ecology with at least 12 peer-reviewed publications and presentations at international conferences; (2) a fundamental advancement of our understanding of the relationship between human health and wellbeing and the natural environment, through the development, integration and application of academic disciplines, focused on coastal defence functioning of salt marshes, but with lessons learned that can be directly transferred across ecosystems. This will be evidenced through 1-2 high level over-arching academic publications; (3) provision of new health and wellbeing values, at local to country wide scales, to support environmental management, including coastal policies (SMP), with implications to monetary spending on climate change mitigation, coastal defence, managed realignment and spatial compensation for habitat loss. (4) establishment of long standing collaborative legacies.
These prospective outcomes will have direct impact on a number of beneficiaries, including:
a. National environmental managers (NRW, Defra, MMO) will directly profit from improved information regarding the coastal defence capacity of salt marsh, and the resultant health and wellbeing values, developing understanding of the comparative value of these habitats under different interventions. This information will enable the raising of awareness and transparency of trade-offs in decision making in an environmental context.
b. Local environmental managers such as county, city and town councils with substantial salt marsh in their jurisdictions will be able to use both the collected health and wellbeing values and the methods developed in this project for better understanding of trade-offs and environmental value in coastal management.
c. Academics, environmental managers and NGOs will benefit from improvements in both intra-disciplinary methods, and also inter-disciplinary collaborations, for specific application to health and wellbeing valuation as methods and values of improved accuracy and utility will be provided.
d. Public and wider society will benefit from the project results as they will help to ensure that the public's valuation of important natural assets are meaningfully represented in future development decisions. These insights will also be relevant to the work of many environmental NGOs such as the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and county wildlife trusts.
e. International initiatives including The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) and Natural Capital Initiatives (NCI) and Projects (NCP) in the UK, US and across world will be informed by the health and wellbeing valuation methodologies and outputs. There is a well-documented need for primary valuation research such as this, particularly in the coastal sector, to support such initiatives.
These prospective outcomes will have direct impact on a number of beneficiaries, including:
a. National environmental managers (NRW, Defra, MMO) will directly profit from improved information regarding the coastal defence capacity of salt marsh, and the resultant health and wellbeing values, developing understanding of the comparative value of these habitats under different interventions. This information will enable the raising of awareness and transparency of trade-offs in decision making in an environmental context.
b. Local environmental managers such as county, city and town councils with substantial salt marsh in their jurisdictions will be able to use both the collected health and wellbeing values and the methods developed in this project for better understanding of trade-offs and environmental value in coastal management.
c. Academics, environmental managers and NGOs will benefit from improvements in both intra-disciplinary methods, and also inter-disciplinary collaborations, for specific application to health and wellbeing valuation as methods and values of improved accuracy and utility will be provided.
d. Public and wider society will benefit from the project results as they will help to ensure that the public's valuation of important natural assets are meaningfully represented in future development decisions. These insights will also be relevant to the work of many environmental NGOs such as the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and county wildlife trusts.
e. International initiatives including The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) and Natural Capital Initiatives (NCI) and Projects (NCP) in the UK, US and across world will be informed by the health and wellbeing valuation methodologies and outputs. There is a well-documented need for primary valuation research such as this, particularly in the coastal sector, to support such initiatives.
Organisations
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom (Lead Research Organisation)
- University of St Andrews, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- University of Oxford, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Natural Resources Wales, United Kingdom (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- University of Rennes 1, France (Collaboration)
- Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (Collaboration)
- Utrecht University (Collaboration)
- United Nations (UN) (Collaboration)
- Bangor University, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- The Crown Estate (Project Partner)
- Natural England, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
Publications

Bennett W
(2020)
Computational Modelling of the Impacts of Saltmarsh Management Interventions on Hydrodynamics of a Small Macro-Tidal Estuary
in Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Chatting M
(2020)
Mangrove carbon stocks and biomass partitioning in an extreme environment
in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Davidson K
(2020)
Grazing reduces bee abundance and diversity in saltmarshes by suppressing flowering of key plant species
in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

De Battisti D
(2020)
Multiple trait dimensions mediate stress gradient effects on plant biomass allocation, with implications for coastal ecosystem services
in Journal of Ecology

Duggan-Edwards M
(2020)
External conditions drive optimal planting configurations for salt marsh restoration
in Journal of Applied Ecology


Fairchild T
(2021)
Coastal wetlands mitigate storm flooding and associated costs in estuaries
in Environmental Research Letters

Ladd C
(2019)
Sediment Supply Explains Long-Term and Large-Scale Patterns in Salt Marsh Lateral Expansion and Erosion
in Geophysical Research Letters

Ladd C
(2021)
Saltmarsh Resilience to Periodic Shifts in Tidal Channels
in Frontiers in Marine Science

McKinley E
(2019)
Ecosystem services: A bridge or barrier for UK marine stakeholders?
in Ecosystem Services
Description | Improved understanding of saltmarsh function. Improved understanding of interdisciplinary research. |
Exploitation Route | In policy, management, and academia |
Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Environment,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
Description | Advisor to EA Coastal Squeeze R&D project |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Description | Member of the Evidence Needs (BEERN) Programme of the Wales Biodiversity Partnership |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
URL | https://www.biodiversitywales.org.uk/BEERN-Programme |
Description | Scientific advisor of Coastal Evidence Gaps Project of Welsh Biodiversity Parthership |
Geographic Reach | Europe |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
URL | https://www.biodiversitywales.org.uk/WBP-Evidence-Gaps-Project |
Description | NERC - Understanding the Impact of Plastic Pollution on Marine Ecosystems in South East Asia (South East Asia Plastics) |
Amount | £696,213 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/V009427/1 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2020 |
End | 11/2023 |
Description | ASSESSA |
Organisation | University of Rennes 1 |
Country | France |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We built a new proposal to the European community entitled ASSESSA, on saltmarsh ecosystem functioning and management. Built on the global SaltmarshNET network that i lead. Proposal details: EU H2020; Type of action: MSCA-RISE; Proposal number: 101008211; Proposal acronym: ASSESSA. |
Collaborator Contribution | Core to building the science, bringing in the SaltmarshNET group to the collaboration. |
Impact | Proposal to the EU, March 2020. Not funded. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | C-SIDE project - NERC |
Organisation | University of St Andrews |
Department | School of Biology |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Co-wrote the proposal that eventually actracted NERC standard grant funding. New partner at St Andrews, Paleo-Oceanography. |
Collaborator Contribution | Paleo-oceaongraphical expertise, especially radio istope dating of sedimentary cores. |
Impact | Still emerging. Early days. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Collaboboration with NRN funded RESILCOAST project |
Organisation | Bangor University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Time and intellectual input |
Collaborator Contribution | Time and intellectual input |
Impact | Just started |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Collaboration with Blanes CEAB-CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) |
Organisation | Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes |
Country | Spain |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC, Spanish National Research Council |
Collaborator Contribution | CEAB-CSIC allowed my postdoc, Dr Jordi Pages, to work at the institute, using their core-scanning faclity. The in-kind contribution includes use of the scanner a well as accomodating jordi with office facilities. |
Impact | We led a workshop at the recent ASLO conference in the USA. A paper is emerging from this work, to be submitted spring 2019. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Collaboration with WCMC of UN-Environment |
Organisation | United Nations (UN) |
Department | UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Discussed global research needs in support of WCMC coastal wetland management, including human wellbeing associations. |
Collaborator Contribution | WCMC joined as partner in outline bid for a large grant proposal to NERC, March 2018. |
Impact | WCMC joined as partner in March 2018 outline bid for a NERC large grant. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Contractual collaboration with Natural Resources Wales to map salmarsh grazing impacts |
Organisation | Natural Resources Wales |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Natural Resources Wales have accepted a quote of £7500 to produce a dataset and GIS map layers of Ecosystem Services, land management and conservation metrics for salt marshes in the Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries SAC. |
Collaborator Contribution | This project is a direct result of a meeting between RESILCOAST (Griffin, Skov, Fowler, Davison) and NRW staff, aimed at bridging the research-policy divide. The outputs will facilitate management of an extensive and complex site, by filling evidence gaps and providing spatially explicit data on conflicting management priorities. The award will fund 6 months stipend for RESILCOAST associate Kate Davidson to complete the project, supervised by John Griffin |
Impact | Emergent report and maps of grazing mangement impacts on welsh marshes. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | GreenCoast |
Organisation | Utrecht University |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We built a new proposal and emerging associated cross-Europe network on nature based solutions, with focus on saltmarshes. My team brought in the UK saltmarsh side, plus stakeholders (Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales). |
Collaborator Contribution | This is a network of several partners across Europe, with whom i have not prevously collaborated. Utrecht University (Maarten Kleinhans) brought me in and facilitated this link. |
Impact | Horizon 2020 proposal, details: Call: H2020-LC-GD-2020. , Topic: LC-GD-7-1-2020. Proposal number: 101036374. Proposal acronym: GreenCoasts. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | NERC KE fellowship. The design, implementation and evaluation of Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Bangladesh. |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Department | Department of Zoology |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Input to proposal, formal collaborator, continued work as project partner |
Collaborator Contribution | Led by Oxford |
Impact | No outputs yet as just beginning. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | - National Eisteddfod (Anglesey, N Wales) - August 2017 - No Project staff, the stands and tanks were supported by National Research Network for Low Carbon, Economy and Environment (NRN-LCEE - RESILCOAST funders). |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Sharing of CoastWEB STEM resources to generate interest, discussion and improve understanding of the many roles and functions of saltmarsh |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | 7th June PEMSEA webinar. Invited speaker. The ecosystem services (ES) approach, its application and the assessment of marine and coastal ecosystems to support marine management |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | 7th June PEMSEA webinar. Invited speaker. The ecosystem services (ES) approach, its application and the assessment of marine and coastal ecosystems to support marine management |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Blue Solution Initiative webinar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 17th January 2017 Blue Solution Initiative webinars through OpenChannels, on "Integrating marine ecosystem services". Keynote presentation - "The Ecosystem Service (ES) approach: Lessons Learned" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Cambridge University Science Festival 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Hands-on activity as part of the University Science Festival drop-in session at the Department of Geography at which visitors were able to examine different types of intertidal sediments and inspect the invertebrates that populate them under the microscope. Activities also included a salt marsh identification challenge and a demonstration on how salt marsh sedimentation is measured over time to track its response to sea level rise. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.sciencefestival.cam.ac.uk/events/its-muddy-world |
Description | CoastWEB external advisory board |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | CoastWEB External Advisory Board meeting |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | CoastWEB external advisory board meeting 15th June 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | External Advisory Board meeting to share research with stakeholders |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | CoastWEB team meeting Nov 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Team meeting plus input from NRW as relevant stakeholders |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | European Coastal Ecology Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | 35 post graduate students (MSc and PhD) attended the workshop to network, exchange knowledge and develop collaborations on saltmarsh related research across Northern Europe. The presentation on CoastWEB stimulated much debate on the value of saltmarsh ecosystems |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Hidden Worlds (Bangor, N Wales) - March 2017 - Jordi Pages, Martin Skov, Mollie Duggan-Edwards |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | School pupils attended initiating discussion and interest in saltmarsh function and coastal defence. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Hidden Worlds (Bangor, N Wales) - March 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | STEM outreach activity generating interest in Saltmarsh functions and benefits |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Invited expert to Planetary Health Brainstorming Meeting. Yale Center for the Study of Globalization/Rockefeller Foundation. New York. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | 7th Dec 2016 Invited expert to Planetary Health Brainstorming Meeting. Yale Center for the Study of Globalization/Rockefeller Foundation. New York. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Invited presentation at IUCN international Blue Carbon meeting (Blue Natura), Malaga, Spain: 21-22nd November 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Martin Skov was invited to speak about coastal resilience, in a carbon-sequestration context, at the IUCN-organised 'BlueNatura , 21-22nd November 2016, in Malaga, Spain. The meeting was attended by a wide collective of global stakeholders in management of blue carbon systems (salt marshes, mangroves, seagrasses, kelp beds), including the IUCNs Global Blue Carbon Working Group that sets many policy directions to marine carbon research. Martin did two keynote presentations and spent considerable time discussing resilience research gaps in the blue carbon, with delegates, politicians and colleague researchers from around the world. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://www.iucn.org/news/conference-coastal-carbon-sinks-conservation-21-22-november-malaga-spain |
Description | Low Carbon Energy and Environment Research Network Wales - 17th Public Lecture, 13th December 2017 "The challenges of applying science to nature based coastal protection" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | lecture as part of public lecture series, attended by a range of government and charitable organisations as well as academics and students. Vivid debate after the lecture, which was recorded and broadcast via YouTube (see link below). Related tweets and re-tweets earned over 5,000 impressions on Twitter in the two days after the lecture, and drew attention from practitioners who are applying nature-based solutions to coastal flood and erosion risk management in Wales and beyond. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://youtu.be/m-hbZlLARxc |
Description | NERC UnEarthed Exhibition (Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh, Scotland) - November 2017 - Emma McKinley, Jordi Pages, Meghan Alexander, Nicky Beaumont. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | NERC funded STEM event visited by over 2000 people, generating much excitement, interest and enthusiasm in saltmarshes and the variety of roles they play and benefits they provide. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Natural Capital Seminar Session at Science in Parliament |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Natural Capital Seminar Session at Science in Parliament |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Organised workshop on Coastal Grazing Landscapes - Exploring the diverse preferences for saltmarsh livestock grazing |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | We organised a workshop on saltmarsh grazing to develop a clearer understanding of how Welsh saltmarshes are used by the farming community, and to determine how multiple uses and values can be supported. Paticipants came from councils, environmental agencies (Natural England, NRW), the farming community and NGOs. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://interests.me/org/cardiff-info/story/95059 |
Description | Participation in Blue Carbon Working Group meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Participation in the Blue Carbon Working Group (UN) regional meeting in Ibiza, Spain, 9-12th October, 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://thebluecarboninitiative.org/scientific-working-group/ |
Description | Presentaion at annual VNP conference: The place that saltmarsh occupies in the popular psyche |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The presentation described reoccurring themes related to saltmarshes portrayed in popular literature and the changing place that saltmarsh occupies in the popular psyche. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | • EnvEcon 2020 virtually presented "CoastWEB: Valuing the contribution which saltmarshes make to human health and wellbeing" 13th March |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | • Invited speaker: Valuing the contribution which saltmarshes make to human health and wellbeing. Saltmarsh Specialist Network Meeting. 24th June |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | • Webinar on Demystifying Interdisciplinary Working and launch of report. Attended by approx.. 200 participants. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://valuing-nature.net/demystifying-interdisciplinary-working |
Description | Presentation - CoastWEB: Experiences from the interdisciplinary coalface |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation at VNP conference |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Presentation of CoastWEB to RESILCOAST audience |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation of CoastWEB at RESILCOAST annual meeting |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Presentation of CoastWEB to VNP audience |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Interest and engagement with CoastWEB project |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Presentation of Ecosystem services and human health and well-being by Olivia Rendon |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation at VNP conference |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Resilience of saltmarsh carbon sequestration to ecosystem transitions |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk at the British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, in Birmingham. The talk was attended by ca. 60 people, which sparked questions and positive interactions with people related to this field. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/events/bes2018/ |
Description | Resilience of saltmarsh carbon sequestration to ecosystem transitions |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk at the Iberian Symposium of Ecology (SIBECOL), in Barcelona. The talk was very well attended (>50 people) and I had positive feedback from the audience, which might lead to new collaborations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Royal Metereological Society meeting on 'Risky Business', Bristol, 11th April 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | To evaluate environmental change, from a climatic perspective, and how this will impact on society and the natural environment. The meeting had input from NHS, geological society, research community and the Royal society itself. My presentation was entitled: Are Sudden Changes in the Cover of Valuable Saltmarshes Linked to Climate Change? |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | SaltmarshNET: After dinner talk at international meeting of social, enviroment and economic scientisits |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | An after dinner talk at the SaltmarshNET workshop designed to generate international collaboration across a group of international scientists with a focus on salt marsh ecosystems. Work has started on a series of papers and draft NERC large grant proposal |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Science stall at the Greenman festival, 15th - 18th August 2018 Elizabeth Gabe-Thomas, Nicola Beaumount, Meghan Alexander, Angus Garbutt |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | CoastWEB ran a science engagement stall at the Einstein's garden area of the Green man festival. The area of the festival aims to nurture curiosity and inspire festival goers (children and adults) with science and nature. The stall, 'Save Our Seaside Town', featured two wave tanks (one with astro-turf salt marsh and the other with clay and sand sediment) that demonstrated the value of working with nature in coastal management and protection. An interactive photo activity was used to explore the aesthetic and eudemonic aspects of coastal protection and proved successful in drawing visitors to the stall. The stall also featured samples of salt marsh vegetation and a salt marsh 'core' for visitors to see how the layers of sediment change over time. We also explored the wildlife that is commonly found on saltmarshes with photos and stickers. The stall was very popular with lots of positive feedback from visitors. Team saltmarsh gave away over 500 stickers to visitors, over 500 visitors interacted with the photo activity and we engaged with many more festival goers. Children preferred the messy wave tanks while adults particularly engaged with the photo activity. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Soapbox Science (Cardiff, S Wales) - June 2017 - Emma McKinley |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Generated much discussion and interest with general public as stand set up in shopping area in Cardiff. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Stand on natural flood protection at the Eisteddfod Yr Urdd, Brecon, 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | We had a stall on natural flood protection and ecosystem services at at the Eisteddfod Yr Urdd, Brecon, 27-31/05/2018. The stall included a small flume, lego village and flodding display, chocolate coins to illustrate costs and valuation, and multiple colourful displays and posters. Interacted with hundreds of people over 5 days. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.urdd.cymru/en/news-press/brycheiniog-maesyfed-yn-gwahodd-eisteddfod-yr-urdd-yn-2018/ |
Description | The second meeting for the Business Interest Group for the Valuing Nature Programme, at RIBA London, 25th January 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Participation in a workshop with the Business Interest Group for the Valuing Nature Programme. Presenting on behalf of CoastWEB to a panel composed of the Business Interest Group and representatives of the other participating projects within the Valuing Nature Programme: Wetland Life (Tim Acott),IWUN (Anna Jorgensen), UK land ecosystems (Tim Lenton), GHIA (Sarah Lindley), Blanket Peatlands (Mark Reed), Lowland Landscapes (Adrian Newton). Programme Coordinators: Rosie Hails, VNPCT, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Guy Duke, Business Champion, VNPCT, Independent, Anita Weatherby, Programme Manager, VNPCT, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Mutual information session with a great deal of feedback on the business potential within each research programme |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://valuing-nature.net/coastweb-valuing-contribution-which-coastal-habitats-make-human-health-and... |
Description | Twitter story using panorama images |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | We published a Twitter thread with 35 tweets addressing different topics of saltmarsh ecology and the ecosystem services they provide to human societies. Each tweet was accompanied by an illustration that was made specially for us by an artist earlier last year (Toni Llobet www.tonillobet.com). The estimated audience, according to Twitter analytics, was 58,900 profiles between 18/03/2019-15/04/2019. This is just for CoastWEB's account. If we sum the people that saw the same thread through our sister project's (RESILCOAST) tweets and retweets, this audience goes up to 82,500. In addition, at least 4 different stakeholders showed interest in using our images in the future. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | http://www.twitter.com/coastwellbeing/ |
Description | VNP lecture series. Making Nature Investable? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | On expert panel guiding discussion following presentation |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Workshop on whether the Ecosystem Services framework is a bridge or a barrier |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Emma McKinley and Jordi Pagès attended the Ecological Society of America annual meeting in New Orleans and organised a special session on "Ecosystem services: a bridge or barrier?" that was a huge success with ca. 100 people attending. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |