South West Partnership for Environment and Economic Prosperity (SWEEP)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Exeter
Department Name: Politics
Abstract
SWEEP brings together a unique blend of academics, businesses and policymakers to place 'natural capital' - those elements of nature producing value for people - at the heart of regional decision-making and business processes in the South West (SW). Focussing on the Heart of the South West and Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) regions, SWEEP will radically transform the extent to which NERC science drives sustainable economic growth, improves policy, decision-making and resilience, delivers value for money and enhances health and wellbeing.
The UK Government has placed sustainable use of natural capital at the centre of its 25 Year Environment Plan (25YEP). With 800km of spectacular coastline and over a quarter of land within National Parks/Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the SW is rich in natural capital. It is particularly reliant on these natural assets and the ecosystem services deriving from them to power economic growth, attracting more domestic tourists and with higher employment in direct natural capital usage (e.g. agriculture, fisheries) than any other UK region. However, there is also more potential for natural capital-led economic growth; productivity is low, with Gross Value Added 20% below national average and the lowest mean incomes nationally. Heavy reliance on natural capital also brings economic vulnerability and challenges from increasing occurrences of storms, flooding, degradation and pollution that damage that capital and limit economic growth.
SWEEP and its business and policy partners have co-designed a work programme utilising NERC-funded research to develop an integrated, cross-sectoral, 'whole system' approach to natural capital-led growth. The region's natural assets are inextricably linked, so traditional decision-making focussing on one sector at a time can result in unintended negative consequences for others. For example agricultural subsidies can lead to. contaminants from land bordering rivers lowering downstream water quality, affecting aquaculture, fisheries, tourism and health. SWEEP will address these problems, realising the benefits of integrated, whole system decision making through five interwoven 'Impact Themes', aiming to: 1) co-build tools to help business and government understand both the economic and environmental consequences of decisions; and 2) co-develop new business opportunities and natural capital markets giving both private and public sector organisations the means and incentive to improve nature's services, reducing their costs and risk exposure and improving their benefits.
With partners we have developed an initial set of 'Impact Cases', each addressing one or more Impact Themes, which will commence at the outset for rapid delivery of impact. They include development of new tools for natural hazard prediction and evaluation of economic/social benefits of enhancing natural capital. Careful integration across these Cases will demonstrate how the SW's high dependence on its natural environment can provide unprecedented opportunities to deliver transformative economic benefits.
The SWEEP consortium brings together a uniquely strong mix of environmental scientists, economists, social and health scientists. A team of 'Impact Fellows' will be embedded with partners to deliver the Impact Cases and scope new SWEEP activities. Partners will be integral to design, management and delivery, ensuring that all activities are aligned with user needs and fully integrated, maximising return on NERC's investment. Further value comes from alignment with the new 'Pioneers', which will be exemplars for the Government's 25YEP. Of only five 'Pioneers' nationally, two will be in the SW, providing the only integrated terrestrial-marine testbed for the 25 YEP. By working with the business and policy institutions involved in the Pioneers, SWEEP will act as a national flagship for environment-led regional growth.
The UK Government has placed sustainable use of natural capital at the centre of its 25 Year Environment Plan (25YEP). With 800km of spectacular coastline and over a quarter of land within National Parks/Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the SW is rich in natural capital. It is particularly reliant on these natural assets and the ecosystem services deriving from them to power economic growth, attracting more domestic tourists and with higher employment in direct natural capital usage (e.g. agriculture, fisheries) than any other UK region. However, there is also more potential for natural capital-led economic growth; productivity is low, with Gross Value Added 20% below national average and the lowest mean incomes nationally. Heavy reliance on natural capital also brings economic vulnerability and challenges from increasing occurrences of storms, flooding, degradation and pollution that damage that capital and limit economic growth.
SWEEP and its business and policy partners have co-designed a work programme utilising NERC-funded research to develop an integrated, cross-sectoral, 'whole system' approach to natural capital-led growth. The region's natural assets are inextricably linked, so traditional decision-making focussing on one sector at a time can result in unintended negative consequences for others. For example agricultural subsidies can lead to. contaminants from land bordering rivers lowering downstream water quality, affecting aquaculture, fisheries, tourism and health. SWEEP will address these problems, realising the benefits of integrated, whole system decision making through five interwoven 'Impact Themes', aiming to: 1) co-build tools to help business and government understand both the economic and environmental consequences of decisions; and 2) co-develop new business opportunities and natural capital markets giving both private and public sector organisations the means and incentive to improve nature's services, reducing their costs and risk exposure and improving their benefits.
With partners we have developed an initial set of 'Impact Cases', each addressing one or more Impact Themes, which will commence at the outset for rapid delivery of impact. They include development of new tools for natural hazard prediction and evaluation of economic/social benefits of enhancing natural capital. Careful integration across these Cases will demonstrate how the SW's high dependence on its natural environment can provide unprecedented opportunities to deliver transformative economic benefits.
The SWEEP consortium brings together a uniquely strong mix of environmental scientists, economists, social and health scientists. A team of 'Impact Fellows' will be embedded with partners to deliver the Impact Cases and scope new SWEEP activities. Partners will be integral to design, management and delivery, ensuring that all activities are aligned with user needs and fully integrated, maximising return on NERC's investment. Further value comes from alignment with the new 'Pioneers', which will be exemplars for the Government's 25YEP. Of only five 'Pioneers' nationally, two will be in the SW, providing the only integrated terrestrial-marine testbed for the 25 YEP. By working with the business and policy institutions involved in the Pioneers, SWEEP will act as a national flagship for environment-led regional growth.
Planned Impact
Many businesses and public sector organisations in the South West have a clear appreciation of the importance of the region's natural capital, in terms of regional socio-economic prosperity and well-being; both directly as derived business benefit, but also indirectly in terms of quality of life and well-being. Developing tools, processes and systems that support better accountability and valuation of the region's natural capital has been identified by many as a key requirement in bringing natural capital to the heart of public and private sector decision making.
SWEEP's five interlinked Impact Themes seek to create new business opportunities from better understanding of environmental processes, new natural capital markets to benefit the private and public sectors, and tools that can support and empower decision makers to better understand the environmental consequences of the decisions they make. Our 'systems-based' approach seeks to create new opportunities for the public and private sectors in delivering multifunctional outcomes that benefit both the economy and the environment.
In co-developing this proposal, SWEEP has engaged a wide range of public and private sector partners and will extend this process over the next five years. As a direct result of business engagement with the co-design process, SWEEP has already raised £11M of support from its partners, and will influence £225M of investment and resource asset value over the first three years of the Programme; a sum which is expected to rise to around £375M over the entire ESIP funding period. This depth of engagement will provide an excellent basis for developing a self-sustaining consortium which will transfer impact to beneficiaries nationally and provide a world-leading exemplar for placing science at the heart of natural capital-led growth.
Although SWEEP's Impact Themes will operate across a wide range of sectors, three broad groups of beneficiaries can be identified: businesses and business-support organisations; policymakers, regulators and advisory groups; and third sector groups including charities, environmental and community groups. We have engaged a wide set of organisations from each of these groups which we expect to work with over the course of the Programme (see Beneficiaries section for details).
Work under Impact Theme 1 will benefit all sectors listed above, reducing risks and associated damage costs from natural hazards such as inland flooding and coastal storm surges; and boosting the health and tourism benefits of greenspace. Impact Theme 2 improves the efficiency and impact of public spending, which in turn generates employment, economic and environmental benefits both to wider society and the business community. Impact Theme 3 benefits the water industry and customers in terms of lower treatment and supply costs and provides both private and public sectors bodies with new markets for delivering improvements to natural capital. Impact Theme 4 provides tools for guiding decision-making across the marine, farming and urban planning sectors to reverse environmental degradation, stimulate growth and improve wellbeing. Finally, Impact Theme 5 adds value to all previous collaborations by collating advances from all other Impact Themes and combining these to realise the benefits of integrated natural capital thinking and decision making across the private, public and third sectors.
SWEEP's five interlinked Impact Themes seek to create new business opportunities from better understanding of environmental processes, new natural capital markets to benefit the private and public sectors, and tools that can support and empower decision makers to better understand the environmental consequences of the decisions they make. Our 'systems-based' approach seeks to create new opportunities for the public and private sectors in delivering multifunctional outcomes that benefit both the economy and the environment.
In co-developing this proposal, SWEEP has engaged a wide range of public and private sector partners and will extend this process over the next five years. As a direct result of business engagement with the co-design process, SWEEP has already raised £11M of support from its partners, and will influence £225M of investment and resource asset value over the first three years of the Programme; a sum which is expected to rise to around £375M over the entire ESIP funding period. This depth of engagement will provide an excellent basis for developing a self-sustaining consortium which will transfer impact to beneficiaries nationally and provide a world-leading exemplar for placing science at the heart of natural capital-led growth.
Although SWEEP's Impact Themes will operate across a wide range of sectors, three broad groups of beneficiaries can be identified: businesses and business-support organisations; policymakers, regulators and advisory groups; and third sector groups including charities, environmental and community groups. We have engaged a wide set of organisations from each of these groups which we expect to work with over the course of the Programme (see Beneficiaries section for details).
Work under Impact Theme 1 will benefit all sectors listed above, reducing risks and associated damage costs from natural hazards such as inland flooding and coastal storm surges; and boosting the health and tourism benefits of greenspace. Impact Theme 2 improves the efficiency and impact of public spending, which in turn generates employment, economic and environmental benefits both to wider society and the business community. Impact Theme 3 benefits the water industry and customers in terms of lower treatment and supply costs and provides both private and public sectors bodies with new markets for delivering improvements to natural capital. Impact Theme 4 provides tools for guiding decision-making across the marine, farming and urban planning sectors to reverse environmental degradation, stimulate growth and improve wellbeing. Finally, Impact Theme 5 adds value to all previous collaborations by collating advances from all other Impact Themes and combining these to realise the benefits of integrated natural capital thinking and decision making across the private, public and third sectors.
Organisations
- University of Exeter, United Kingdom (Collaboration, Lead Research Organisation)
- Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Network Rail Ltd, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Devon & Severn Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority (Collaboration)
- Jacobs Engineering UK Ltd. (Collaboration)
- Natural England, United Kingdom (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- North Devon Biosphere Foundation (Collaboration)
- North Devon Biosphere Service (Collaboration)
- Torridge District Council (Collaboration)
- Buglife (Collaboration)
- National Wildflower Centre (Collaboration)
- National Trust (Collaboration)
- St Aubyn Estates (Collaboration)
- Pell Frischmann (Collaboration)
- Public Health Dorset (Collaboration)
- Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership (Collaboration)
- Exmoor National Park Authority, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Collaboration)
- Cornwall AONB (Collaboration)
- Plymouth Coastal Observatory (Collaboration)
- Farm and Wildlife Advisory Group South West (Collaboration)
- The Wildlife Trusts (UK) (Collaboration)
- Devon County Council (Collaboration)
- Westward Housing (Collaboration)
- Dartmoor National Park Authority (Collaboration)
- South West Lakes Trust (Collaboration)
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) (Collaboration)
- Environment Agency, United Kingdom (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Plymouth City Council, Plymouth (Collaboration)
- Wales Coastal Monitoring Centre (WCMC) (Collaboration)
- Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group (Collaboration)
- Crantock Life Saving Club (Collaboration)
- Environment Bank Ltd (Collaboration)
- Cornwall Development Company, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Meteorological Office UK (Collaboration)
- North Devon Council, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Cornwall Council, United Kingdom (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Forestry Commission, Bristol (Collaboration)
- South West Water Ltd, United Kingdom (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Offshore Shellfish (Collaboration)
- Tevi - Environmental Growth for Business Project (Collaboration)
- National Farmers Union (Collaboration)
- Duchy of Cornwall (Collaboration)
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Poole (Collaboration)
- Government of the UK (Collaboration)
- World Wide Fund for Nature (Collaboration)
- Centre For Environment, Fisheries And Aquaculture Science (Collaboration)
- The Wildlife Trusts (Collaboration)
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) (Collaboration)
- Seafish (Collaboration)
- Westcountry Rivers Trust (Collaboration)
- Lost Gardens of Heligan (Collaboration)
- Public Health England, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Offshore Shellfish Ltd (Project Partner)
- Dept for Env Food & Rural Affairs DEFRA, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Offshore Renewables Joint Ind Prog ORJIP (Project Partner)
- National Trust Central Office (London), United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Pell-Frischmann Consultants, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- North Devon Biosphere (Project Partner)
- Astrazeneca Plc, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
Publications
Andrews B
(2017)
Good parks - bad parks: the influence of perceptions of location on WTP and preference motives for urban parks
in Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy
Auster R
(2019)
Unravelling perceptions of Eurasian beaver reintroduction in Great Britain
in Area
Auster R
(2020)
Improving engagement in managing reintroduction conflicts: learning from beaver reintroduction
in Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
Auster R
(2020)
Wildlife tourism in reintroduction projects: Exploring social and economic benefits of beaver in local settings
in Journal for Nature Conservation
Auster R
(2020)
Alternative perspectives of the angling community on Eurasian beaver ( Castor fiber ) reintroduction in the River Otter Beaver Trial
in Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
Baker K
(2020)
Co-producing research with academics and industry to create a more resilient UK water sector
in Research for All
Bateman I
(2020)
The natural capital framework for sustainably efficient and equitable decision making
in Nature Sustainability
Bateman I
(2020)
Revealed Preference Methods for Nonmarket Valuation: An Introduction to Best Practices
in Review of Environmental Economics and Policy
Bateman I
(2018)
Public funding for public goods: A post-Brexit perspective on principles for agricultural policy
in Land Use Policy
| Description | SWEEP has shown how the natural capital approach of bringing the value of nature into investment within government and the private sector can deliver higher economic gains which also conserving the environment. SWEEP supports the region's decision-makers adopt a Natural Capital Approach to investments and policy through the development of bespoke guidance, decision support and mapping tools. Together we work towards a future where the SW builds on a restored, more resilient and enhanced natural environment, producing gains for business, government, the environment and society. SWEEP is helping the SW to become a national exemplar for sustainable economic growth, social gains and environmental improvements. |
| Exploitation Route | SWEEP supports the region's decision-makers adopt a Natural Capital Approach to investments and policy through the development of bespoke guidance, decision support and mapping tools. Together we work towards a future where the SW builds on a restored, more resilient and enhanced natural environment, producing gains for business, government, the environment and society. SWEEP is helping the SW to become a national exemplar for sustainable economic growth, social gains and environmental improvements. |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Communities and Social Services/Policy,Construction,Energy,Environment,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Government, Democracy and Justice,Transport |
| URL | https://sweep.ac.uk/ |
| Description | The South West Partnership for Environmental and Economic Prosperity is a highly successful and impactful research-focused partnership, which has transformed environment-led decision making in the SW and beyond. SWEEP is a major impact programme (2017-2023), receiving £5m funding from NERC's Regional Impact from the Science of the Environment (RISE) initiative. RISE was designed to use NERC research to boost local economies, at scale. SWEEP supports the region's decision-makers adopt a Natural Capital Approach to investments and policy through the development of bespoke guidance, decision support and mapping tools. Together we work towards a future where the SW builds on a restored, more resilient and enhanced natural environment, producing gains for business, government, the environment and society. SWEEP is helping the SW to become a national exemplar for sustainable economic growth, social gains and environmental improvements. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Construction,Energy,Environment,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | Adoption of the Sussex IFCA District Nearshore Trawling Byelaw 2019 |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| Impact | Sussex Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority (IFCA) has announced the confirmation of its Nearshore Trawling Byelaw, which drew on SWEEP research to inform its development. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has recently approved a byelaw to protect 117 square miles (304 square kilometres) of coastal seabed to allow for the regeneration of underwater seaweed forests. The ban, first agreed by the Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) in January 2021, is the first fisheries byelaw to be based on an impact assessment of the natural capital, an approach adapted by the IFCA from SWEEP research. The new measures reflect an ecosystem approach toward fisheries management, recognising the importance of healthy marine habitats in supporting long term healthy commercial and recreational fisheries. The natural capital based methodologies used by Sussex IFCA to support the need for the trawling restrictions were first developed as part of SWEEP's work with the North Devon Marine Pioneer. The resulting Impact Assessment made multiple references to University of Plymouth's Lyme Bay research as well as SWEEP reports, which specifically informed the assessment of goods and services from the seabed habitats and what these mean for food provision, climate regulation, flood and sea defence, clean water and sediments and tourism and recreation. The potential for ecosystems to renew and recover when trawling is removed from the seabed is based firmly on the evidence generated from the University of Plymouth's research in Lyme Bay that demonstrates that such management measures enables species recovery, and also enables social and economic benefits. Trawling is now prohibited throughout the year over large areas along the entire Sussex coast closest to the shore. The new measures allow essential habitats, such as kelp forests, to regenerate. It is hoped the protected area will enhance important fish feeding, breeding and nursery grounds, and improvements in biodiversity and carbon storage are expected. Furthermore, the results of the North Devon Marine Pioneer provided suggestions for assessing the condition of natural capital assets which could be adapted for use in Sussex. These focus on the condition of habitats to produce ecosystem services and the understanding that a reduction in pressures, such as fishing, can increase the ecological and social value they provide. Largely based on SWEEP research, the Sussex IFCA proposed an ecosystem-based management approach to support the sustainable management of marine resources, noting that the provision of ecosystem service benefits is linked to the contribution of the range of habitats present. |
| URL | https://www.sussex-ifca.gov.uk/nearshore-trawling-byelaw |
| Description | Coastal Change Management Areas' (CCMA): Supporting local planning authorities to understand and prepare for changes to the coastline |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| Description | Impact on Cornwall Council strategy formulation and Cornwall AONB funding applications |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| Description | Mainstreaming delivery of Cornwall's 'Environmental Growth Strategy' |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| Description | Managing green space and horticulture for pollinators and people |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| Impact | Enhancing and safeguarding biodiversity for pollinators Impacts that we have achieved are that by mapping, running Bee-steward simulations and providing bespoke reports and meetings with a variety of landowners in Cornwall by we have safeguarded 6839 ha of land. As part of this we have enhanced 392 ha of land by making suggestion that boost the biodiversity value of the land. As part of this we have helped to create 545.3 ha of land specifically for pollinators, so this is brand new interventions that were not there before and this includes 13.81 ha of wildflower meadow. This is either work underway or planned. Financial savings to cropgrowers Additionally from the reports we have saved stakeholders money by changes in management through costs avoided with hedgerow management £3380 pa and cover cropping £29337 pa. We have also helped towards 2 Countryside Stewardship applications with these reports, providing financial returns for the next 5 years. Evidence for this is in the Impact store and tables of land modelled, reports we have created and Letters of Testimony. Strengthening partnerships The audit was vital in providing the background mapping used for the B-Lines targeting workshop, this information helped to make sure we could cover important areas for pollinators but also where there was a lot of work going on or planned with the stakeholders that we needed to consider. Of course difficult to compare if we hadn't have done it this way, by teaming up and taking a landscape scale strategic look at habitat creation opportunities across the county we should be able to do more, with less resources and combine the efforts of multiple stakeholders. Bringing key stakeholders together for the targeting helped pool resources and effort so then we can make a significant impact of the environment. Buglife will launch the Cornwall B-lines in August/September 2019 and then will record the areas of land dedicated to habitat creation, showing the legacy of this 007/008 project. Evidence is the B-Lines maps themselves that will be hosted on the Buglife Website www.buglife.org.uk. Impact capacity building Collaboration with Key stakeholders for the Successful 022 SWEEP project - Natural England, Duchy of Cornwall Estates, Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group shows the impact of this strong partnership with shared objectives and these continued impacts can be measured through this project. |
| Description | Recreational Futures' modelling for Dartmoor National Park Authority (DNPA) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| Description | Strengthening the science underpin of South West Marine Plan |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| Description | Additional funding for 009 phase 2 |
| Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | South West Water Ltd |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2019 |
| End | 07/2022 |
| Description | Additional funding for 011 |
| Amount | £7,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Cornwall AONB |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2017 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | Additional funding for 023 |
| Amount | £25,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Dartmoor National Park Authority |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 07/2022 |
| Description | Additional funding for SWEEP 004 |
| Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Dartmoor National Park Authority |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2017 |
| End | 05/2019 |
| Description | Additional funding for SWEEP 005 |
| Amount | £15,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural England |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Application of Natural Capital to Decision Making in the Marine |
| Amount | £150,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2018 |
| End | 09/2019 |
| Description | Artificial Intelligence for predicting Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) |
| Amount | £245,257 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of the UK |
| Department | Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 04/2022 |
| Description | CREWW - The Exeter Centre for Water, Waste and Environmental Resilience |
| Amount | £10,477,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Higher Education Funding Council for England |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Catchment-scale processes contributing to transmission of antibiotic resistance in bathing waters |
| Amount | £376,131 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/R013748/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| End | 06/2021 |
| Description | Coastal REsistance: Alerts and Monitoring Technologies (CreamT) |
| Amount | £177,672 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/V002589/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2020 |
| End | 08/2022 |
| Description | Fowey Valley Bumblebee Project |
| Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Prince of Wales Hospital Shatin |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Start | 04/2020 |
| End | 12/2020 |
| Description | Funding for Marine Pioneer Natural Capital Plan |
| Amount | £99,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of the UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2019 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Geodatabase for the N Devon Marine Pioneer to support the development of a Natural Capital Decision Support Tool |
| Amount | £15,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural England |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | Green Minds: Setting social perceptions baselines for Plymouth Sound National Marine Park and evaluation of the city's green and blue infrastructure. |
| Amount | £500,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 08/2019 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Greenhouse Gas Removal Plus (GGR+): Sustainable Treescapes Demonstrator & Decision Tools |
| Amount | £4,311,888 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/V011588/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2021 |
| End | 11/2025 |
| Description | Industrial Innovatoin Fellowship |
| Amount | £376,131 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/R013748/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| End | 06/2021 |
| Description | Investigating interaction between leaks and clay soils |
| Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Investigating interaction between leaks and clay soils |
| Organisation | South West Water Ltd |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2018 |
| End | 10/2019 |
| Description | Natural Environment Valuation Online (NEVO) |
| Amount | £86,906 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2017 |
| End | 11/2017 |
| Description | Natural capital decision making tool |
| Amount | £380,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2017 |
| End | 05/2018 |
| Description | Reducing levels of water pollution from Farms |
| Amount | £25,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Severn Trent Water |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Renewing biodiversity through a people-in-nature approach (RENEW) |
| Amount | £10,165,167 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| End | 01/2027 |
| Description | The development of an ecosystem service assessment as a component of the WWF led UK SEAS programme sustainable finance workstream |
| Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | World Wide Fund for Nature |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Start | |
| Description | To cover Mandy Robinson's maternity leave |
| Amount | £17,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | South West Water Ltd |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2018 |
| End | 06/2019 |
| Description | Water UK Rivers and Seas |
| Amount | £85,291 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Stantec |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Canada |
| Start | 06/2019 |
| End | 12/2019 |
| Description | Woodland Valuation Tool |
| Amount | £18,267 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Forestry Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2017 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Title | Application of the natural capital approach to Sustainability Appraisal |
| Description | For the natural capital approach to work as a tool for improved environmental management and decision making, we need to understand better how it fits with existing regulations and practice, how such existing practice could be modified, and to provide methods and guidance for managers and decision makers trying to apply the approach on the ground. We held a workshop with planners and regulators to discuss using the natural capital approach to support local planning decisions. The participants identified Sustainability Appraisal as an appropriate place to start. Planning authorities are required by law to carry out a Sustainability Appraisal on local and marine plans to assess the effects of different plan options on the environment, society and the economy. The holistic approach offered by the natural capital approach seemed like a very good fit to these objectives, and there is enough flexibility in the format of Sustainability Appraisal to allow new approaches to be attempted. |
| Type Of Material | Data handling & control |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | "Production of SWEEP report with final framework and recommendations for incorporating NC into SA for marine and local plans (includes case studies for the SW Marine Plan - Local plans, marine NC plans - working with MMO, ND Biosphere Reserve and ND, Torridge and Plymouth Councils). Defra & MMO keen but decision not to include. Aishling changing attitudes. Ad hoc basis for uptake . Better understanding of trade-offs and the cumulative effects of marine activities on ecosystem services amongst key stakeholders NC adopted into sustainability appraisal processes, local plans, economic development and productivity plans, and monitoring environmental growth" |
| Title | Farm Business Database |
| Description | Farm Business Typology - to identify future options for farm businesses taking into account: (1) potential reconfiguring of public support to farm businesses following EU Exit; (2) the role of natural capital in underpinning farm business activities and (3) the role that support for the delivery of ecosystem services and management of natural capital assets can play in farm business viability. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | - Changed the mindset of farmers in terms of how they perceive the NC on their farms - Natural England pioneer trial proposal strengthened and given more authority through enhanced evidence base - Better informed the mindset of Defra (Environment Unit) in terms of their understanding of farmers attitudes towards accepting changes in subsidy schemes - Natural England Pioneer trial proposal process and potential uptake strengthened as a result of increased awareness amongst farmers - |
| Title | Natural Capital Accounting Tool |
| Description | Focusing on assisting the Dartmoor National Park Authority and Exmoor National Park Authority in developing natural capital accounts - a way of calculating the value of the natural resources and associated ecosystem. These accounts can then be used to inform the Park's future Natural Capital Investment Plans, which set out the potential return on investment for any enhancement, maintenance and restoration projects they plan. This could include for example peatland restoration, hay meadow protection, or maintenance of public rights of way. |
| Type Of Material | Data handling & control |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | By taking part in the delivery of this work, through project planning, data provision and discussions around aims/ambitions and account usefulness, Exmoor and Dartmoor NPAs have started incorporating Natural Capital Accounting and Natural Capital thinking into their organisations. Recreation futures outputs used within DNPA to inform thinking and decision/policy-making around recreation futures, benefits of recreation, impacts on the National Park and potential mitigation measures (confirmed) NCAs inform improved reporting for State of the Park reports (anticipated by end of SWEEP) Project findings used to inform future needs regarding management decision-making tools (achieved) Project used to feed back to government regarding usefulness and limitations of Natural Capital Accounting for NPAs and other environmental organisations (anticipated by end of SWEEP) |
| Title | Natural Capital Assessment Tools for the North Devon Marine Pioneer |
| Description | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan. |
| Type Of Material | Data handling & control |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | -enhance North Devon's natural environment for future generations -engage decision makers and stakeholders across North Devon -contribute to an investment plan to inform how resources are allocated, ensuring natural assets and services are secured for people into the future, and -enable integration of planning, delivery and investment across land and sea in North Devon, providing a model for other coastal and marine areas. |
| Title | Saltmarsh realignment model |
| Description | On-line tutorial describing how to conduct prioritisation analysis, complete with all model code and locations of UK-based data sets. Use of natural capital approaches to assess the nature and value of the ecosystem services generated by habitat change as well as funding options for estuary re-alignment. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | - Identification of priority sites for managed re-alignment to inform future re-alignment activities of the North Devon Biosphere Reserve - Dissemination of methodology to prioritise managed re-alignment based on ecosystem services |
| Title | South West England surface water catchments data set |
| Description | This GIS dataset has been developed to represent likely surface water (overland exceedance flow) paths and catchments across S.W. England. This resource is sharable as GIS layers and provides a strategic screening tool which is applicable at the informative early stages of catchment management. The method, case studies and limitations are described in a linked paper published in 'Blue-Green Systems'. It was shared with key project partners (Westcountry Rivers Trust and Pell Frischmann). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Attitude, perception, cultural shifts. Embed strategic regional screening in South West surface water management planning by 2021. Project partners (WRT and PF) have access to new tools, resources, understanding and networks which will assist developing a cultural shift towards encouraging SUDS implementation. Evidenced by support from Project Partner interviews and successful implementation across case studies during the project. Information, knowledge, capacity building. Deliver resources which enhance partners knowledge and capabilities when evaluating and designing new SWM schemes. (Combined with training delivered in 3, below). Evidenced by partners case study application, engagement and letters of support. Particular capacity building is attributed to expanding PF's academic network, which has already enabled them to win a £50k rain water management project in Kirklees. Operational efficiencies (organisation level) & Strategic directional shifts (organisation level). Advance partner organisations SWM practices to enhance company success by embedding approaches which enhance strategic screening in surface water management projects - saving time and resources by steering efficient analysis of SWM options. Evidenced by WRT applying this process as part of Dartington Environmental Evidence Review and PF applying Output 1 in Kingsbridge. |
| URL | https://iwaponline.com/bgs/article/3/1/13/82993/From-site-focused-intervention-towards-landscape |
| Title | South West SUDS opportunity mapping |
| Description | SUDS opportunity map developed for Devon using a range of environmental (land uses, slopes, water environment, hazards) and human (socio-demographics, buildings) and engineering (SUDS suitability) factors. The method includes collaboration with best practice at Eawag University (Switzerland) who are enhancing the mapping using their SSANTO tool. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Information, knowledge, capacity building. Deliver resources (Outputs 1 and 2) which enhance partners knowledge and capabilities when evaluating and designing new SWM schemes. (Combined with training delivered in 3, below). Evidenced by partners case study application, engagement and letters of support. Particular capacity building is attributed to expanding PF's academic network, which has already enabled them to win a £50k rain water management project in Kirklees. Up-skilling, training, learning development. Deliver training (Output 3) to enhance the skills, resources and knowledge of partner organisations regarding new SWM practices, emerging from SWEEP006 and related projects. Evidenced through WRT/ PF engagement time, case studies and letters of support. A specific example of this has been James' mentoring and training of early career hydrologists and landscape planners at WRT (Frank & Sarah), with whom James has trained in hydraulic modelling (primarily using CADDIES, SSN and SWM) and surface water risk assessments. Frank and Sarah have already moved on to apply this new knowledge to a range of projects, including Connecting the Culm, Dartington Estate Natural Capital Assessment and Clinton Devon Estates. Operational efficiencies (organisation level) & Strategic directional shifts (organisation level). Advance partner organisations SWM practices to enhance company success by embedding approaches which enhance strategic screening in surface water management projects - saving time and resources by steering efficient analysis of SWM options. Evidenced by WRT applying this process as part of Dartington Environmental Evidence Review and PF applying Output 1 in Kingsbridge. Environmental enhancement, safeguarding & increased resilience. Implement new SUDS schemes in SW England (anticipated). Enhancing option assessment will include new SUDS option analysis within preliminary screening, ultimately leading to a more widespread allocation of SUDS in SW England. If successful, this will be evidence by project partners applying tools and designing new solutions using resources and training from 006. Social benefits (health, wellbeing, recreation, etc.). In addition to above, SUDS are likely to have significant social benefits over conventional drainage infrastructure. Legacy development, embedding for future .Build a catchment scale SUDS legacy by embedding tools and knowledge within partner organisations to develop and encourage catchment scale application of SUDS in the future. This will be evidenced by follow up with project partners to see how approaches have been applied. Initial progress is evidenced through 006 network persisting after project close, with JW's partners recently supporting a funding bid to extend their surface water management collaboration, and WRT/ PF putting measures in place to continue working with JW following project close in November. |
| URL | https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/10/11/726 |
| Title | The Habitat Change Detection Tool |
| Description | This tool is designed to detect and map change over time in the habitat classes within Dartmoor National Park. It identifies and maps pixels where change has occurred in the mapped habitat class between two timeframes. It also provides a means to assess the accuracy of the mapped habitat change. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | To be confirmed |
| URL | https://sweep.ac.uk/habitat-classification-change-detection/ |
| Title | The Habitat Classification Tool |
| Description | This tool enables consistent, and annually repeatable, mapping of habitats across the extent of Dartmoor National Park, not possible by previous field survey methods. It improves on current data provision by providing time series data that is easily updated and delivers a comprehensive baseline habitat data against which change can be detected. The tool uses pixels of known habitat class to train a random forest classifier, with freely available Sentinel-2 satellite imagery combined with LiDAR data products (slope, aspect and elevation), to predict the most likely habitat class for each pixel across the mapped Dartmoor National Park area. It also provides measures of accuracy which enables the user to acknowledge the uncertainties within the map and therefore have an appropriate level of confidence in the mapped habitats. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | To be confirmed |
| URL | https://sweep.ac.uk/habitat-classification-change-detection/ |
| Title | The THaW Change Detection Tool |
| Description | Drawing on THaW mapping data and spaceborne radar data, this tool adds an online platform which can autonomously detect changes to the mapped THaW habitats, through time. Using Sentinel I synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data, this tool enables remotely sensed canopy change detection to be mapped for any calendar quarter selected by the user, enabling close to real time tracking of canopy loss and woodland management. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | To be confirmed |
| URL | https://sweep.ac.uk/thaw-tools/ |
| Title | The THaW Mapping Toolbox |
| Description | This Toolbox autonomously and rapidly generates high resolution, baseline THaW maps, across landscape extents, using 2m2 LiDAR Data and bespoke data processing approaches. See figure 1 for example outputs. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | To be confirmed |
| URL | https://sweep.ac.uk/thaw-tools/ |
| Description | SWEEP001: Co-creating Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems to Reduce Economic and Societal Impacts of Coastal Hazards in SW England |
| Organisation | Environment Agency |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This activity will develop, in partnership with the Environment Agency, Met Office, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, National Trust and coastal councils (through the Coastal Advisory Groups), Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems of Coastal Hazards for the SW of England. These modelling systems represent practical tools for end-users that are based on inshore wave forecasts on a spatial resolution (1-km) currently not available on a UK-wide scale, and, collectively, will effect a step change in the management of the SW coastal resource system, saving money and potentially lives. Specific tools will be co-developed with the Environment Agency (coastal flood risk; also involvement of coastal councils), Royal National Lifeboat Institution (beach hazards) and National Trust (erosional hotspots), all of which will allow partners to more accurately predict the impact of coastal hazards and so enable significantly more effective targeting of resources. Development of other applications will be explored through engagement with other potential partners (e.g., Magic Seaweed, Network Rail, Natural England, partners from the insurance and marine renewable energy sector). Engagement with present and future partners will take place within the context of a Partner Engagement Plan (PEP), consisting of phased meetings and workshops with potential partners as the modelling systems are being developed. It is the intention that by the end of this current proposal (Phases 1 & 2), a number of subsequent impacts cases will commence resulting from these new engagements. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This activity will develop, in partnership with the Environment Agency, Met Office, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, National Trust and coastal councils (through the Coastal Advisory Groups), Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems of Coastal Hazards for the SW of England. These modelling systems represent practical tools for end-users that are based on inshore wave forecasts on a spatial resolution (1-km) currently not available on a UK-wide scale, and, collectively, will effect a step change in the management of the SW coastal resource system, saving money and potentially lives. Specific tools will be co-developed with the Environment Agency (coastal flood risk; also involvement of coastal councils), Royal National Lifeboat Institution (beach hazards) and National Trust (erosional hotspots), all of which will allow partners to more accurately predict the impact of coastal hazards and so enable significantly more effective targeting of resources. Development of other applications will be explored through engagement with other potential partners (e.g., Magic Seaweed, Network Rail, Natural England, partners from the insurance and marine renewable energy sector). Engagement with present and future partners will take place within the context of a Partner Engagement Plan (PEP), consisting of phased meetings and workshops with potential partners as the modelling systems are being developed. It is the intention that by the end of this current proposal (Phases 1 & 2), a number of subsequent impacts cases will commence resulting from these new engagements. |
| Impact | 1) Operational Wave and Water Level (OWWL) model ? Description: Development of a detailed (1-km resolution) operational (i.e. real-time) model of waves and water levels in SW England, using the Delft-3D hydrodynamic model, that can be run from a single desktop PC. Development of automation routines to download Met Office forcing data, set up the model, and generate outputs from the model results each day. The model was validated against wave buoy and tide gauge data around SW England, replicating observed hydrodynamics with a high level of accuracy. ? Outcomes: The model provides the core data required for the bespoke coastal hazards forecasts (see other outputs below). The forecasted wave and water level data are presented daily on the Channel Coastal Observatory website (http://www.channelcoast.org/ccoresources/sweep/), which is the primary portal used by coastal engineers and decision makers to access data. ? Expected outcomes: the model and forecasts will continue to operate until at least 2022. The EA are currently starting a 3-year project to develop a national scale overtopping forecast, largely based on OWWL (see impact statement from Nick Ely), and it is expected that after 2022 OWWL may already be superseded by this national forecast. The knowledge and impact are therefore expected to be embedded at the national scale by 2027. 2) Bespoke wave overtopping forecast for the EA ? Description: Automated generation of PDFs with details of where and when peak wave overtopping hazards will occur in the region. These are automatically emailed to subscribers in advance of a storm. Automated generation of social media output (twitter), showing regional-scale hazards. ? Outcomes: There are currently 70 email subscribers, including 19 EA flood warning officers, and 478 followers on Twitter. The forecast PDFs have been used by the EA in the SW since 2018 to inform their operations prior to and during storms. The twitter feed is re-tweeted to the wider public by the EA's national Coastal Modelling & Forecasting Manager, Nick Ely (1,289 Twitter followers), as well as 'CoastSafe' a regional emergency services partnership (2,789 Twitter followers). One video and real-time warning of overtopping hazard tweeted by the 001 team had over 19,000 views. ? Expected outcomes: The overtopping forecast will continue to operate until at least 2022. The EA are currently procuring a nation-wide coastal overtopping forecast system, using the OWWL forecast as the basis for their new system. 3) A 30 page technical note on the SWEEP OWWL model ? Description: detailing the methods used in the SWEEP-OWWL coastal flood forecast system (outputs 1&2) as well as forecasting recommendations, this was shared with the EA Coastal Modelling & Forecasting senior team, led by at Keith Nursey, to support better understanding and use of the forecasts. ? Outcomes: EA review of coastal modelling - in 2019 the EA undertook a review of coastal modelling methods, to inform their future modelling strategy. Upon their request, a technical report was provided in January 2019 describing the OWWL wave overtopping forecast system in detail, including the methods and formulae used to generate the warnings. Forecast data was also provided at a number of locations, and compared by the EA to a range of alternative modelling methods. ? Expected outcomes: The forecasting strategy document was used by them to 'identify future opportunities and projects to improve real-time coastal forecasting and potentially access a funding pot of 20 million pounds' from central government (Nick Ely, see impact section) 4) Additional outcome - adapting the OWWL model and forecasting methodology to meet the needs of other beneficiaries (final reports still to come) ? Description: The core OWWL wave and water level model is now being used to drive a number of other applications around the SW and Welsh coastline including an extension of the OWWL model and forecast for South Wales, a bespoke aquaculture forecast in Lyme Bay for Offshore Shellfish, a hazards forecast at Crantock Beach for RNLI, a hydrodynamic forecast for the Isles of Scilly and a marine renewable energy forecast in Pembrokeshire, Wales, for Bombora Wave Energy. See 4A - 4E below for more details. 4A) Bespoke marine conditions forecast for Offshore Shellfish Ltd ? Description: Working with Offshore Shellfish Ltd (OS; https://offshoreshellfish.com/) in Lyme Bay (set to be the UK's largest offshore, rope cultured mussel farm), the SWEEP team have been using OWWL since January 2020 to deliver a daily forecast showing 3-day ahead sea conditions in Lyme Bay. ? Outcomes: This significantly improved upon existing available forecasts and is already supporting more effective 'go/no-go' decisions for the aquaculture operations team, and is now enabling them to decide in advance what at-sea operations will be possible on a given day. ? Expected outcomes: The aquaculture forecast will continue to operate until at least 2022. The pilot system is being used as a basis for a £20k funding proposal from Plymouth University's R+D innovation fund to develop a more widely applicable aquaculture forecast system to allow Offshore Shellfish and other aquaculture farms to improve the safety and efficacy of at-sea operations. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP001: Co-creating Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems to Reduce Economic and Societal Impacts of Coastal Hazards in SW England |
| Organisation | Government of the UK |
| Department | East Devon District Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This activity will develop, in partnership with the Environment Agency, Met Office, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, National Trust and coastal councils (through the Coastal Advisory Groups), Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems of Coastal Hazards for the SW of England. These modelling systems represent practical tools for end-users that are based on inshore wave forecasts on a spatial resolution (1-km) currently not available on a UK-wide scale, and, collectively, will effect a step change in the management of the SW coastal resource system, saving money and potentially lives. Specific tools will be co-developed with the Environment Agency (coastal flood risk; also involvement of coastal councils), Royal National Lifeboat Institution (beach hazards) and National Trust (erosional hotspots), all of which will allow partners to more accurately predict the impact of coastal hazards and so enable significantly more effective targeting of resources. Development of other applications will be explored through engagement with other potential partners (e.g., Magic Seaweed, Network Rail, Natural England, partners from the insurance and marine renewable energy sector). Engagement with present and future partners will take place within the context of a Partner Engagement Plan (PEP), consisting of phased meetings and workshops with potential partners as the modelling systems are being developed. It is the intention that by the end of this current proposal (Phases 1 & 2), a number of subsequent impacts cases will commence resulting from these new engagements. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This activity will develop, in partnership with the Environment Agency, Met Office, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, National Trust and coastal councils (through the Coastal Advisory Groups), Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems of Coastal Hazards for the SW of England. These modelling systems represent practical tools for end-users that are based on inshore wave forecasts on a spatial resolution (1-km) currently not available on a UK-wide scale, and, collectively, will effect a step change in the management of the SW coastal resource system, saving money and potentially lives. Specific tools will be co-developed with the Environment Agency (coastal flood risk; also involvement of coastal councils), Royal National Lifeboat Institution (beach hazards) and National Trust (erosional hotspots), all of which will allow partners to more accurately predict the impact of coastal hazards and so enable significantly more effective targeting of resources. Development of other applications will be explored through engagement with other potential partners (e.g., Magic Seaweed, Network Rail, Natural England, partners from the insurance and marine renewable energy sector). Engagement with present and future partners will take place within the context of a Partner Engagement Plan (PEP), consisting of phased meetings and workshops with potential partners as the modelling systems are being developed. It is the intention that by the end of this current proposal (Phases 1 & 2), a number of subsequent impacts cases will commence resulting from these new engagements. |
| Impact | 1) Operational Wave and Water Level (OWWL) model ? Description: Development of a detailed (1-km resolution) operational (i.e. real-time) model of waves and water levels in SW England, using the Delft-3D hydrodynamic model, that can be run from a single desktop PC. Development of automation routines to download Met Office forcing data, set up the model, and generate outputs from the model results each day. The model was validated against wave buoy and tide gauge data around SW England, replicating observed hydrodynamics with a high level of accuracy. ? Outcomes: The model provides the core data required for the bespoke coastal hazards forecasts (see other outputs below). The forecasted wave and water level data are presented daily on the Channel Coastal Observatory website (http://www.channelcoast.org/ccoresources/sweep/), which is the primary portal used by coastal engineers and decision makers to access data. ? Expected outcomes: the model and forecasts will continue to operate until at least 2022. The EA are currently starting a 3-year project to develop a national scale overtopping forecast, largely based on OWWL (see impact statement from Nick Ely), and it is expected that after 2022 OWWL may already be superseded by this national forecast. The knowledge and impact are therefore expected to be embedded at the national scale by 2027. 2) Bespoke wave overtopping forecast for the EA ? Description: Automated generation of PDFs with details of where and when peak wave overtopping hazards will occur in the region. These are automatically emailed to subscribers in advance of a storm. Automated generation of social media output (twitter), showing regional-scale hazards. ? Outcomes: There are currently 70 email subscribers, including 19 EA flood warning officers, and 478 followers on Twitter. The forecast PDFs have been used by the EA in the SW since 2018 to inform their operations prior to and during storms. The twitter feed is re-tweeted to the wider public by the EA's national Coastal Modelling & Forecasting Manager, Nick Ely (1,289 Twitter followers), as well as 'CoastSafe' a regional emergency services partnership (2,789 Twitter followers). One video and real-time warning of overtopping hazard tweeted by the 001 team had over 19,000 views. ? Expected outcomes: The overtopping forecast will continue to operate until at least 2022. The EA are currently procuring a nation-wide coastal overtopping forecast system, using the OWWL forecast as the basis for their new system. 3) A 30 page technical note on the SWEEP OWWL model ? Description: detailing the methods used in the SWEEP-OWWL coastal flood forecast system (outputs 1&2) as well as forecasting recommendations, this was shared with the EA Coastal Modelling & Forecasting senior team, led by at Keith Nursey, to support better understanding and use of the forecasts. ? Outcomes: EA review of coastal modelling - in 2019 the EA undertook a review of coastal modelling methods, to inform their future modelling strategy. Upon their request, a technical report was provided in January 2019 describing the OWWL wave overtopping forecast system in detail, including the methods and formulae used to generate the warnings. Forecast data was also provided at a number of locations, and compared by the EA to a range of alternative modelling methods. ? Expected outcomes: The forecasting strategy document was used by them to 'identify future opportunities and projects to improve real-time coastal forecasting and potentially access a funding pot of 20 million pounds' from central government (Nick Ely, see impact section) 4) Additional outcome - adapting the OWWL model and forecasting methodology to meet the needs of other beneficiaries (final reports still to come) ? Description: The core OWWL wave and water level model is now being used to drive a number of other applications around the SW and Welsh coastline including an extension of the OWWL model and forecast for South Wales, a bespoke aquaculture forecast in Lyme Bay for Offshore Shellfish, a hazards forecast at Crantock Beach for RNLI, a hydrodynamic forecast for the Isles of Scilly and a marine renewable energy forecast in Pembrokeshire, Wales, for Bombora Wave Energy. See 4A - 4E below for more details. 4A) Bespoke marine conditions forecast for Offshore Shellfish Ltd ? Description: Working with Offshore Shellfish Ltd (OS; https://offshoreshellfish.com/) in Lyme Bay (set to be the UK's largest offshore, rope cultured mussel farm), the SWEEP team have been using OWWL since January 2020 to deliver a daily forecast showing 3-day ahead sea conditions in Lyme Bay. ? Outcomes: This significantly improved upon existing available forecasts and is already supporting more effective 'go/no-go' decisions for the aquaculture operations team, and is now enabling them to decide in advance what at-sea operations will be possible on a given day. ? Expected outcomes: The aquaculture forecast will continue to operate until at least 2022. The pilot system is being used as a basis for a £20k funding proposal from Plymouth University's R+D innovation fund to develop a more widely applicable aquaculture forecast system to allow Offshore Shellfish and other aquaculture farms to improve the safety and efficacy of at-sea operations. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP001: Co-creating Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems to Reduce Economic and Societal Impacts of Coastal Hazards in SW England |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This activity will develop, in partnership with the Environment Agency, Met Office, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, National Trust and coastal councils (through the Coastal Advisory Groups), Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems of Coastal Hazards for the SW of England. These modelling systems represent practical tools for end-users that are based on inshore wave forecasts on a spatial resolution (1-km) currently not available on a UK-wide scale, and, collectively, will effect a step change in the management of the SW coastal resource system, saving money and potentially lives. Specific tools will be co-developed with the Environment Agency (coastal flood risk; also involvement of coastal councils), Royal National Lifeboat Institution (beach hazards) and National Trust (erosional hotspots), all of which will allow partners to more accurately predict the impact of coastal hazards and so enable significantly more effective targeting of resources. Development of other applications will be explored through engagement with other potential partners (e.g., Magic Seaweed, Network Rail, Natural England, partners from the insurance and marine renewable energy sector). Engagement with present and future partners will take place within the context of a Partner Engagement Plan (PEP), consisting of phased meetings and workshops with potential partners as the modelling systems are being developed. It is the intention that by the end of this current proposal (Phases 1 & 2), a number of subsequent impacts cases will commence resulting from these new engagements. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This activity will develop, in partnership with the Environment Agency, Met Office, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, National Trust and coastal councils (through the Coastal Advisory Groups), Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems of Coastal Hazards for the SW of England. These modelling systems represent practical tools for end-users that are based on inshore wave forecasts on a spatial resolution (1-km) currently not available on a UK-wide scale, and, collectively, will effect a step change in the management of the SW coastal resource system, saving money and potentially lives. Specific tools will be co-developed with the Environment Agency (coastal flood risk; also involvement of coastal councils), Royal National Lifeboat Institution (beach hazards) and National Trust (erosional hotspots), all of which will allow partners to more accurately predict the impact of coastal hazards and so enable significantly more effective targeting of resources. Development of other applications will be explored through engagement with other potential partners (e.g., Magic Seaweed, Network Rail, Natural England, partners from the insurance and marine renewable energy sector). Engagement with present and future partners will take place within the context of a Partner Engagement Plan (PEP), consisting of phased meetings and workshops with potential partners as the modelling systems are being developed. It is the intention that by the end of this current proposal (Phases 1 & 2), a number of subsequent impacts cases will commence resulting from these new engagements. |
| Impact | 1) Operational Wave and Water Level (OWWL) model ? Description: Development of a detailed (1-km resolution) operational (i.e. real-time) model of waves and water levels in SW England, using the Delft-3D hydrodynamic model, that can be run from a single desktop PC. Development of automation routines to download Met Office forcing data, set up the model, and generate outputs from the model results each day. The model was validated against wave buoy and tide gauge data around SW England, replicating observed hydrodynamics with a high level of accuracy. ? Outcomes: The model provides the core data required for the bespoke coastal hazards forecasts (see other outputs below). The forecasted wave and water level data are presented daily on the Channel Coastal Observatory website (http://www.channelcoast.org/ccoresources/sweep/), which is the primary portal used by coastal engineers and decision makers to access data. ? Expected outcomes: the model and forecasts will continue to operate until at least 2022. The EA are currently starting a 3-year project to develop a national scale overtopping forecast, largely based on OWWL (see impact statement from Nick Ely), and it is expected that after 2022 OWWL may already be superseded by this national forecast. The knowledge and impact are therefore expected to be embedded at the national scale by 2027. 2) Bespoke wave overtopping forecast for the EA ? Description: Automated generation of PDFs with details of where and when peak wave overtopping hazards will occur in the region. These are automatically emailed to subscribers in advance of a storm. Automated generation of social media output (twitter), showing regional-scale hazards. ? Outcomes: There are currently 70 email subscribers, including 19 EA flood warning officers, and 478 followers on Twitter. The forecast PDFs have been used by the EA in the SW since 2018 to inform their operations prior to and during storms. The twitter feed is re-tweeted to the wider public by the EA's national Coastal Modelling & Forecasting Manager, Nick Ely (1,289 Twitter followers), as well as 'CoastSafe' a regional emergency services partnership (2,789 Twitter followers). One video and real-time warning of overtopping hazard tweeted by the 001 team had over 19,000 views. ? Expected outcomes: The overtopping forecast will continue to operate until at least 2022. The EA are currently procuring a nation-wide coastal overtopping forecast system, using the OWWL forecast as the basis for their new system. 3) A 30 page technical note on the SWEEP OWWL model ? Description: detailing the methods used in the SWEEP-OWWL coastal flood forecast system (outputs 1&2) as well as forecasting recommendations, this was shared with the EA Coastal Modelling & Forecasting senior team, led by at Keith Nursey, to support better understanding and use of the forecasts. ? Outcomes: EA review of coastal modelling - in 2019 the EA undertook a review of coastal modelling methods, to inform their future modelling strategy. Upon their request, a technical report was provided in January 2019 describing the OWWL wave overtopping forecast system in detail, including the methods and formulae used to generate the warnings. Forecast data was also provided at a number of locations, and compared by the EA to a range of alternative modelling methods. ? Expected outcomes: The forecasting strategy document was used by them to 'identify future opportunities and projects to improve real-time coastal forecasting and potentially access a funding pot of 20 million pounds' from central government (Nick Ely, see impact section) 4) Additional outcome - adapting the OWWL model and forecasting methodology to meet the needs of other beneficiaries (final reports still to come) ? Description: The core OWWL wave and water level model is now being used to drive a number of other applications around the SW and Welsh coastline including an extension of the OWWL model and forecast for South Wales, a bespoke aquaculture forecast in Lyme Bay for Offshore Shellfish, a hazards forecast at Crantock Beach for RNLI, a hydrodynamic forecast for the Isles of Scilly and a marine renewable energy forecast in Pembrokeshire, Wales, for Bombora Wave Energy. See 4A - 4E below for more details. 4A) Bespoke marine conditions forecast for Offshore Shellfish Ltd ? Description: Working with Offshore Shellfish Ltd (OS; https://offshoreshellfish.com/) in Lyme Bay (set to be the UK's largest offshore, rope cultured mussel farm), the SWEEP team have been using OWWL since January 2020 to deliver a daily forecast showing 3-day ahead sea conditions in Lyme Bay. ? Outcomes: This significantly improved upon existing available forecasts and is already supporting more effective 'go/no-go' decisions for the aquaculture operations team, and is now enabling them to decide in advance what at-sea operations will be possible on a given day. ? Expected outcomes: The aquaculture forecast will continue to operate until at least 2022. The pilot system is being used as a basis for a £20k funding proposal from Plymouth University's R+D innovation fund to develop a more widely applicable aquaculture forecast system to allow Offshore Shellfish and other aquaculture farms to improve the safety and efficacy of at-sea operations. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP001: Co-creating Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems to Reduce Economic and Societal Impacts of Coastal Hazards in SW England |
| Organisation | National Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | This activity will develop, in partnership with the Environment Agency, Met Office, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, National Trust and coastal councils (through the Coastal Advisory Groups), Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems of Coastal Hazards for the SW of England. These modelling systems represent practical tools for end-users that are based on inshore wave forecasts on a spatial resolution (1-km) currently not available on a UK-wide scale, and, collectively, will effect a step change in the management of the SW coastal resource system, saving money and potentially lives. Specific tools will be co-developed with the Environment Agency (coastal flood risk; also involvement of coastal councils), Royal National Lifeboat Institution (beach hazards) and National Trust (erosional hotspots), all of which will allow partners to more accurately predict the impact of coastal hazards and so enable significantly more effective targeting of resources. Development of other applications will be explored through engagement with other potential partners (e.g., Magic Seaweed, Network Rail, Natural England, partners from the insurance and marine renewable energy sector). Engagement with present and future partners will take place within the context of a Partner Engagement Plan (PEP), consisting of phased meetings and workshops with potential partners as the modelling systems are being developed. It is the intention that by the end of this current proposal (Phases 1 & 2), a number of subsequent impacts cases will commence resulting from these new engagements. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This activity will develop, in partnership with the Environment Agency, Met Office, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, National Trust and coastal councils (through the Coastal Advisory Groups), Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems of Coastal Hazards for the SW of England. These modelling systems represent practical tools for end-users that are based on inshore wave forecasts on a spatial resolution (1-km) currently not available on a UK-wide scale, and, collectively, will effect a step change in the management of the SW coastal resource system, saving money and potentially lives. Specific tools will be co-developed with the Environment Agency (coastal flood risk; also involvement of coastal councils), Royal National Lifeboat Institution (beach hazards) and National Trust (erosional hotspots), all of which will allow partners to more accurately predict the impact of coastal hazards and so enable significantly more effective targeting of resources. Development of other applications will be explored through engagement with other potential partners (e.g., Magic Seaweed, Network Rail, Natural England, partners from the insurance and marine renewable energy sector). Engagement with present and future partners will take place within the context of a Partner Engagement Plan (PEP), consisting of phased meetings and workshops with potential partners as the modelling systems are being developed. It is the intention that by the end of this current proposal (Phases 1 & 2), a number of subsequent impacts cases will commence resulting from these new engagements. |
| Impact | 1) Operational Wave and Water Level (OWWL) model ? Description: Development of a detailed (1-km resolution) operational (i.e. real-time) model of waves and water levels in SW England, using the Delft-3D hydrodynamic model, that can be run from a single desktop PC. Development of automation routines to download Met Office forcing data, set up the model, and generate outputs from the model results each day. The model was validated against wave buoy and tide gauge data around SW England, replicating observed hydrodynamics with a high level of accuracy. ? Outcomes: The model provides the core data required for the bespoke coastal hazards forecasts (see other outputs below). The forecasted wave and water level data are presented daily on the Channel Coastal Observatory website (http://www.channelcoast.org/ccoresources/sweep/), which is the primary portal used by coastal engineers and decision makers to access data. ? Expected outcomes: the model and forecasts will continue to operate until at least 2022. The EA are currently starting a 3-year project to develop a national scale overtopping forecast, largely based on OWWL (see impact statement from Nick Ely), and it is expected that after 2022 OWWL may already be superseded by this national forecast. The knowledge and impact are therefore expected to be embedded at the national scale by 2027. 2) Bespoke wave overtopping forecast for the EA ? Description: Automated generation of PDFs with details of where and when peak wave overtopping hazards will occur in the region. These are automatically emailed to subscribers in advance of a storm. Automated generation of social media output (twitter), showing regional-scale hazards. ? Outcomes: There are currently 70 email subscribers, including 19 EA flood warning officers, and 478 followers on Twitter. The forecast PDFs have been used by the EA in the SW since 2018 to inform their operations prior to and during storms. The twitter feed is re-tweeted to the wider public by the EA's national Coastal Modelling & Forecasting Manager, Nick Ely (1,289 Twitter followers), as well as 'CoastSafe' a regional emergency services partnership (2,789 Twitter followers). One video and real-time warning of overtopping hazard tweeted by the 001 team had over 19,000 views. ? Expected outcomes: The overtopping forecast will continue to operate until at least 2022. The EA are currently procuring a nation-wide coastal overtopping forecast system, using the OWWL forecast as the basis for their new system. 3) A 30 page technical note on the SWEEP OWWL model ? Description: detailing the methods used in the SWEEP-OWWL coastal flood forecast system (outputs 1&2) as well as forecasting recommendations, this was shared with the EA Coastal Modelling & Forecasting senior team, led by at Keith Nursey, to support better understanding and use of the forecasts. ? Outcomes: EA review of coastal modelling - in 2019 the EA undertook a review of coastal modelling methods, to inform their future modelling strategy. Upon their request, a technical report was provided in January 2019 describing the OWWL wave overtopping forecast system in detail, including the methods and formulae used to generate the warnings. Forecast data was also provided at a number of locations, and compared by the EA to a range of alternative modelling methods. ? Expected outcomes: The forecasting strategy document was used by them to 'identify future opportunities and projects to improve real-time coastal forecasting and potentially access a funding pot of 20 million pounds' from central government (Nick Ely, see impact section) 4) Additional outcome - adapting the OWWL model and forecasting methodology to meet the needs of other beneficiaries (final reports still to come) ? Description: The core OWWL wave and water level model is now being used to drive a number of other applications around the SW and Welsh coastline including an extension of the OWWL model and forecast for South Wales, a bespoke aquaculture forecast in Lyme Bay for Offshore Shellfish, a hazards forecast at Crantock Beach for RNLI, a hydrodynamic forecast for the Isles of Scilly and a marine renewable energy forecast in Pembrokeshire, Wales, for Bombora Wave Energy. See 4A - 4E below for more details. 4A) Bespoke marine conditions forecast for Offshore Shellfish Ltd ? Description: Working with Offshore Shellfish Ltd (OS; https://offshoreshellfish.com/) in Lyme Bay (set to be the UK's largest offshore, rope cultured mussel farm), the SWEEP team have been using OWWL since January 2020 to deliver a daily forecast showing 3-day ahead sea conditions in Lyme Bay. ? Outcomes: This significantly improved upon existing available forecasts and is already supporting more effective 'go/no-go' decisions for the aquaculture operations team, and is now enabling them to decide in advance what at-sea operations will be possible on a given day. ? Expected outcomes: The aquaculture forecast will continue to operate until at least 2022. The pilot system is being used as a basis for a £20k funding proposal from Plymouth University's R+D innovation fund to develop a more widely applicable aquaculture forecast system to allow Offshore Shellfish and other aquaculture farms to improve the safety and efficacy of at-sea operations. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP001: Co-creating Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems to Reduce Economic and Societal Impacts of Coastal Hazards in SW England |
| Organisation | Natural England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | This activity will develop, in partnership with the Environment Agency, Met Office, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, National Trust and coastal councils (through the Coastal Advisory Groups), Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems of Coastal Hazards for the SW of England. These modelling systems represent practical tools for end-users that are based on inshore wave forecasts on a spatial resolution (1-km) currently not available on a UK-wide scale, and, collectively, will effect a step change in the management of the SW coastal resource system, saving money and potentially lives. Specific tools will be co-developed with the Environment Agency (coastal flood risk; also involvement of coastal councils), Royal National Lifeboat Institution (beach hazards) and National Trust (erosional hotspots), all of which will allow partners to more accurately predict the impact of coastal hazards and so enable significantly more effective targeting of resources. Development of other applications will be explored through engagement with other potential partners (e.g., Magic Seaweed, Network Rail, Natural England, partners from the insurance and marine renewable energy sector). Engagement with present and future partners will take place within the context of a Partner Engagement Plan (PEP), consisting of phased meetings and workshops with potential partners as the modelling systems are being developed. It is the intention that by the end of this current proposal (Phases 1 & 2), a number of subsequent impacts cases will commence resulting from these new engagements. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This activity will develop, in partnership with the Environment Agency, Met Office, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, National Trust and coastal councils (through the Coastal Advisory Groups), Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems of Coastal Hazards for the SW of England. These modelling systems represent practical tools for end-users that are based on inshore wave forecasts on a spatial resolution (1-km) currently not available on a UK-wide scale, and, collectively, will effect a step change in the management of the SW coastal resource system, saving money and potentially lives. Specific tools will be co-developed with the Environment Agency (coastal flood risk; also involvement of coastal councils), Royal National Lifeboat Institution (beach hazards) and National Trust (erosional hotspots), all of which will allow partners to more accurately predict the impact of coastal hazards and so enable significantly more effective targeting of resources. Development of other applications will be explored through engagement with other potential partners (e.g., Magic Seaweed, Network Rail, Natural England, partners from the insurance and marine renewable energy sector). Engagement with present and future partners will take place within the context of a Partner Engagement Plan (PEP), consisting of phased meetings and workshops with potential partners as the modelling systems are being developed. It is the intention that by the end of this current proposal (Phases 1 & 2), a number of subsequent impacts cases will commence resulting from these new engagements. |
| Impact | 1) Operational Wave and Water Level (OWWL) model ? Description: Development of a detailed (1-km resolution) operational (i.e. real-time) model of waves and water levels in SW England, using the Delft-3D hydrodynamic model, that can be run from a single desktop PC. Development of automation routines to download Met Office forcing data, set up the model, and generate outputs from the model results each day. The model was validated against wave buoy and tide gauge data around SW England, replicating observed hydrodynamics with a high level of accuracy. ? Outcomes: The model provides the core data required for the bespoke coastal hazards forecasts (see other outputs below). The forecasted wave and water level data are presented daily on the Channel Coastal Observatory website (http://www.channelcoast.org/ccoresources/sweep/), which is the primary portal used by coastal engineers and decision makers to access data. ? Expected outcomes: the model and forecasts will continue to operate until at least 2022. The EA are currently starting a 3-year project to develop a national scale overtopping forecast, largely based on OWWL (see impact statement from Nick Ely), and it is expected that after 2022 OWWL may already be superseded by this national forecast. The knowledge and impact are therefore expected to be embedded at the national scale by 2027. 2) Bespoke wave overtopping forecast for the EA ? Description: Automated generation of PDFs with details of where and when peak wave overtopping hazards will occur in the region. These are automatically emailed to subscribers in advance of a storm. Automated generation of social media output (twitter), showing regional-scale hazards. ? Outcomes: There are currently 70 email subscribers, including 19 EA flood warning officers, and 478 followers on Twitter. The forecast PDFs have been used by the EA in the SW since 2018 to inform their operations prior to and during storms. The twitter feed is re-tweeted to the wider public by the EA's national Coastal Modelling & Forecasting Manager, Nick Ely (1,289 Twitter followers), as well as 'CoastSafe' a regional emergency services partnership (2,789 Twitter followers). One video and real-time warning of overtopping hazard tweeted by the 001 team had over 19,000 views. ? Expected outcomes: The overtopping forecast will continue to operate until at least 2022. The EA are currently procuring a nation-wide coastal overtopping forecast system, using the OWWL forecast as the basis for their new system. 3) A 30 page technical note on the SWEEP OWWL model ? Description: detailing the methods used in the SWEEP-OWWL coastal flood forecast system (outputs 1&2) as well as forecasting recommendations, this was shared with the EA Coastal Modelling & Forecasting senior team, led by at Keith Nursey, to support better understanding and use of the forecasts. ? Outcomes: EA review of coastal modelling - in 2019 the EA undertook a review of coastal modelling methods, to inform their future modelling strategy. Upon their request, a technical report was provided in January 2019 describing the OWWL wave overtopping forecast system in detail, including the methods and formulae used to generate the warnings. Forecast data was also provided at a number of locations, and compared by the EA to a range of alternative modelling methods. ? Expected outcomes: The forecasting strategy document was used by them to 'identify future opportunities and projects to improve real-time coastal forecasting and potentially access a funding pot of 20 million pounds' from central government (Nick Ely, see impact section) 4) Additional outcome - adapting the OWWL model and forecasting methodology to meet the needs of other beneficiaries (final reports still to come) ? Description: The core OWWL wave and water level model is now being used to drive a number of other applications around the SW and Welsh coastline including an extension of the OWWL model and forecast for South Wales, a bespoke aquaculture forecast in Lyme Bay for Offshore Shellfish, a hazards forecast at Crantock Beach for RNLI, a hydrodynamic forecast for the Isles of Scilly and a marine renewable energy forecast in Pembrokeshire, Wales, for Bombora Wave Energy. See 4A - 4E below for more details. 4A) Bespoke marine conditions forecast for Offshore Shellfish Ltd ? Description: Working with Offshore Shellfish Ltd (OS; https://offshoreshellfish.com/) in Lyme Bay (set to be the UK's largest offshore, rope cultured mussel farm), the SWEEP team have been using OWWL since January 2020 to deliver a daily forecast showing 3-day ahead sea conditions in Lyme Bay. ? Outcomes: This significantly improved upon existing available forecasts and is already supporting more effective 'go/no-go' decisions for the aquaculture operations team, and is now enabling them to decide in advance what at-sea operations will be possible on a given day. ? Expected outcomes: The aquaculture forecast will continue to operate until at least 2022. The pilot system is being used as a basis for a £20k funding proposal from Plymouth University's R+D innovation fund to develop a more widely applicable aquaculture forecast system to allow Offshore Shellfish and other aquaculture farms to improve the safety and efficacy of at-sea operations. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP001: Co-creating Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems to Reduce Economic and Societal Impacts of Coastal Hazards in SW England |
| Organisation | Network Rail Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This activity will develop, in partnership with the Environment Agency, Met Office, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, National Trust and coastal councils (through the Coastal Advisory Groups), Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems of Coastal Hazards for the SW of England. These modelling systems represent practical tools for end-users that are based on inshore wave forecasts on a spatial resolution (1-km) currently not available on a UK-wide scale, and, collectively, will effect a step change in the management of the SW coastal resource system, saving money and potentially lives. Specific tools will be co-developed with the Environment Agency (coastal flood risk; also involvement of coastal councils), Royal National Lifeboat Institution (beach hazards) and National Trust (erosional hotspots), all of which will allow partners to more accurately predict the impact of coastal hazards and so enable significantly more effective targeting of resources. Development of other applications will be explored through engagement with other potential partners (e.g., Magic Seaweed, Network Rail, Natural England, partners from the insurance and marine renewable energy sector). Engagement with present and future partners will take place within the context of a Partner Engagement Plan (PEP), consisting of phased meetings and workshops with potential partners as the modelling systems are being developed. It is the intention that by the end of this current proposal (Phases 1 & 2), a number of subsequent impacts cases will commence resulting from these new engagements. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This activity will develop, in partnership with the Environment Agency, Met Office, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, National Trust and coastal councils (through the Coastal Advisory Groups), Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems of Coastal Hazards for the SW of England. These modelling systems represent practical tools for end-users that are based on inshore wave forecasts on a spatial resolution (1-km) currently not available on a UK-wide scale, and, collectively, will effect a step change in the management of the SW coastal resource system, saving money and potentially lives. Specific tools will be co-developed with the Environment Agency (coastal flood risk; also involvement of coastal councils), Royal National Lifeboat Institution (beach hazards) and National Trust (erosional hotspots), all of which will allow partners to more accurately predict the impact of coastal hazards and so enable significantly more effective targeting of resources. Development of other applications will be explored through engagement with other potential partners (e.g., Magic Seaweed, Network Rail, Natural England, partners from the insurance and marine renewable energy sector). Engagement with present and future partners will take place within the context of a Partner Engagement Plan (PEP), consisting of phased meetings and workshops with potential partners as the modelling systems are being developed. It is the intention that by the end of this current proposal (Phases 1 & 2), a number of subsequent impacts cases will commence resulting from these new engagements. |
| Impact | 1) Operational Wave and Water Level (OWWL) model ? Description: Development of a detailed (1-km resolution) operational (i.e. real-time) model of waves and water levels in SW England, using the Delft-3D hydrodynamic model, that can be run from a single desktop PC. Development of automation routines to download Met Office forcing data, set up the model, and generate outputs from the model results each day. The model was validated against wave buoy and tide gauge data around SW England, replicating observed hydrodynamics with a high level of accuracy. ? Outcomes: The model provides the core data required for the bespoke coastal hazards forecasts (see other outputs below). The forecasted wave and water level data are presented daily on the Channel Coastal Observatory website (http://www.channelcoast.org/ccoresources/sweep/), which is the primary portal used by coastal engineers and decision makers to access data. ? Expected outcomes: the model and forecasts will continue to operate until at least 2022. The EA are currently starting a 3-year project to develop a national scale overtopping forecast, largely based on OWWL (see impact statement from Nick Ely), and it is expected that after 2022 OWWL may already be superseded by this national forecast. The knowledge and impact are therefore expected to be embedded at the national scale by 2027. 2) Bespoke wave overtopping forecast for the EA ? Description: Automated generation of PDFs with details of where and when peak wave overtopping hazards will occur in the region. These are automatically emailed to subscribers in advance of a storm. Automated generation of social media output (twitter), showing regional-scale hazards. ? Outcomes: There are currently 70 email subscribers, including 19 EA flood warning officers, and 478 followers on Twitter. The forecast PDFs have been used by the EA in the SW since 2018 to inform their operations prior to and during storms. The twitter feed is re-tweeted to the wider public by the EA's national Coastal Modelling & Forecasting Manager, Nick Ely (1,289 Twitter followers), as well as 'CoastSafe' a regional emergency services partnership (2,789 Twitter followers). One video and real-time warning of overtopping hazard tweeted by the 001 team had over 19,000 views. ? Expected outcomes: The overtopping forecast will continue to operate until at least 2022. The EA are currently procuring a nation-wide coastal overtopping forecast system, using the OWWL forecast as the basis for their new system. 3) A 30 page technical note on the SWEEP OWWL model ? Description: detailing the methods used in the SWEEP-OWWL coastal flood forecast system (outputs 1&2) as well as forecasting recommendations, this was shared with the EA Coastal Modelling & Forecasting senior team, led by at Keith Nursey, to support better understanding and use of the forecasts. ? Outcomes: EA review of coastal modelling - in 2019 the EA undertook a review of coastal modelling methods, to inform their future modelling strategy. Upon their request, a technical report was provided in January 2019 describing the OWWL wave overtopping forecast system in detail, including the methods and formulae used to generate the warnings. Forecast data was also provided at a number of locations, and compared by the EA to a range of alternative modelling methods. ? Expected outcomes: The forecasting strategy document was used by them to 'identify future opportunities and projects to improve real-time coastal forecasting and potentially access a funding pot of 20 million pounds' from central government (Nick Ely, see impact section) 4) Additional outcome - adapting the OWWL model and forecasting methodology to meet the needs of other beneficiaries (final reports still to come) ? Description: The core OWWL wave and water level model is now being used to drive a number of other applications around the SW and Welsh coastline including an extension of the OWWL model and forecast for South Wales, a bespoke aquaculture forecast in Lyme Bay for Offshore Shellfish, a hazards forecast at Crantock Beach for RNLI, a hydrodynamic forecast for the Isles of Scilly and a marine renewable energy forecast in Pembrokeshire, Wales, for Bombora Wave Energy. See 4A - 4E below for more details. 4A) Bespoke marine conditions forecast for Offshore Shellfish Ltd ? Description: Working with Offshore Shellfish Ltd (OS; https://offshoreshellfish.com/) in Lyme Bay (set to be the UK's largest offshore, rope cultured mussel farm), the SWEEP team have been using OWWL since January 2020 to deliver a daily forecast showing 3-day ahead sea conditions in Lyme Bay. ? Outcomes: This significantly improved upon existing available forecasts and is already supporting more effective 'go/no-go' decisions for the aquaculture operations team, and is now enabling them to decide in advance what at-sea operations will be possible on a given day. ? Expected outcomes: The aquaculture forecast will continue to operate until at least 2022. The pilot system is being used as a basis for a £20k funding proposal from Plymouth University's R+D innovation fund to develop a more widely applicable aquaculture forecast system to allow Offshore Shellfish and other aquaculture farms to improve the safety and efficacy of at-sea operations. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP001: Co-creating Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems to Reduce Economic and Societal Impacts of Coastal Hazards in SW England |
| Organisation | North Devon Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This activity will develop, in partnership with the Environment Agency, Met Office, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, National Trust and coastal councils (through the Coastal Advisory Groups), Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems of Coastal Hazards for the SW of England. These modelling systems represent practical tools for end-users that are based on inshore wave forecasts on a spatial resolution (1-km) currently not available on a UK-wide scale, and, collectively, will effect a step change in the management of the SW coastal resource system, saving money and potentially lives. Specific tools will be co-developed with the Environment Agency (coastal flood risk; also involvement of coastal councils), Royal National Lifeboat Institution (beach hazards) and National Trust (erosional hotspots), all of which will allow partners to more accurately predict the impact of coastal hazards and so enable significantly more effective targeting of resources. Development of other applications will be explored through engagement with other potential partners (e.g., Magic Seaweed, Network Rail, Natural England, partners from the insurance and marine renewable energy sector). Engagement with present and future partners will take place within the context of a Partner Engagement Plan (PEP), consisting of phased meetings and workshops with potential partners as the modelling systems are being developed. It is the intention that by the end of this current proposal (Phases 1 & 2), a number of subsequent impacts cases will commence resulting from these new engagements. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This activity will develop, in partnership with the Environment Agency, Met Office, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, National Trust and coastal councils (through the Coastal Advisory Groups), Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems of Coastal Hazards for the SW of England. These modelling systems represent practical tools for end-users that are based on inshore wave forecasts on a spatial resolution (1-km) currently not available on a UK-wide scale, and, collectively, will effect a step change in the management of the SW coastal resource system, saving money and potentially lives. Specific tools will be co-developed with the Environment Agency (coastal flood risk; also involvement of coastal councils), Royal National Lifeboat Institution (beach hazards) and National Trust (erosional hotspots), all of which will allow partners to more accurately predict the impact of coastal hazards and so enable significantly more effective targeting of resources. Development of other applications will be explored through engagement with other potential partners (e.g., Magic Seaweed, Network Rail, Natural England, partners from the insurance and marine renewable energy sector). Engagement with present and future partners will take place within the context of a Partner Engagement Plan (PEP), consisting of phased meetings and workshops with potential partners as the modelling systems are being developed. It is the intention that by the end of this current proposal (Phases 1 & 2), a number of subsequent impacts cases will commence resulting from these new engagements. |
| Impact | 1) Operational Wave and Water Level (OWWL) model ? Description: Development of a detailed (1-km resolution) operational (i.e. real-time) model of waves and water levels in SW England, using the Delft-3D hydrodynamic model, that can be run from a single desktop PC. Development of automation routines to download Met Office forcing data, set up the model, and generate outputs from the model results each day. The model was validated against wave buoy and tide gauge data around SW England, replicating observed hydrodynamics with a high level of accuracy. ? Outcomes: The model provides the core data required for the bespoke coastal hazards forecasts (see other outputs below). The forecasted wave and water level data are presented daily on the Channel Coastal Observatory website (http://www.channelcoast.org/ccoresources/sweep/), which is the primary portal used by coastal engineers and decision makers to access data. ? Expected outcomes: the model and forecasts will continue to operate until at least 2022. The EA are currently starting a 3-year project to develop a national scale overtopping forecast, largely based on OWWL (see impact statement from Nick Ely), and it is expected that after 2022 OWWL may already be superseded by this national forecast. The knowledge and impact are therefore expected to be embedded at the national scale by 2027. 2) Bespoke wave overtopping forecast for the EA ? Description: Automated generation of PDFs with details of where and when peak wave overtopping hazards will occur in the region. These are automatically emailed to subscribers in advance of a storm. Automated generation of social media output (twitter), showing regional-scale hazards. ? Outcomes: There are currently 70 email subscribers, including 19 EA flood warning officers, and 478 followers on Twitter. The forecast PDFs have been used by the EA in the SW since 2018 to inform their operations prior to and during storms. The twitter feed is re-tweeted to the wider public by the EA's national Coastal Modelling & Forecasting Manager, Nick Ely (1,289 Twitter followers), as well as 'CoastSafe' a regional emergency services partnership (2,789 Twitter followers). One video and real-time warning of overtopping hazard tweeted by the 001 team had over 19,000 views. ? Expected outcomes: The overtopping forecast will continue to operate until at least 2022. The EA are currently procuring a nation-wide coastal overtopping forecast system, using the OWWL forecast as the basis for their new system. 3) A 30 page technical note on the SWEEP OWWL model ? Description: detailing the methods used in the SWEEP-OWWL coastal flood forecast system (outputs 1&2) as well as forecasting recommendations, this was shared with the EA Coastal Modelling & Forecasting senior team, led by at Keith Nursey, to support better understanding and use of the forecasts. ? Outcomes: EA review of coastal modelling - in 2019 the EA undertook a review of coastal modelling methods, to inform their future modelling strategy. Upon their request, a technical report was provided in January 2019 describing the OWWL wave overtopping forecast system in detail, including the methods and formulae used to generate the warnings. Forecast data was also provided at a number of locations, and compared by the EA to a range of alternative modelling methods. ? Expected outcomes: The forecasting strategy document was used by them to 'identify future opportunities and projects to improve real-time coastal forecasting and potentially access a funding pot of 20 million pounds' from central government (Nick Ely, see impact section) 4) Additional outcome - adapting the OWWL model and forecasting methodology to meet the needs of other beneficiaries (final reports still to come) ? Description: The core OWWL wave and water level model is now being used to drive a number of other applications around the SW and Welsh coastline including an extension of the OWWL model and forecast for South Wales, a bespoke aquaculture forecast in Lyme Bay for Offshore Shellfish, a hazards forecast at Crantock Beach for RNLI, a hydrodynamic forecast for the Isles of Scilly and a marine renewable energy forecast in Pembrokeshire, Wales, for Bombora Wave Energy. See 4A - 4E below for more details. 4A) Bespoke marine conditions forecast for Offshore Shellfish Ltd ? Description: Working with Offshore Shellfish Ltd (OS; https://offshoreshellfish.com/) in Lyme Bay (set to be the UK's largest offshore, rope cultured mussel farm), the SWEEP team have been using OWWL since January 2020 to deliver a daily forecast showing 3-day ahead sea conditions in Lyme Bay. ? Outcomes: This significantly improved upon existing available forecasts and is already supporting more effective 'go/no-go' decisions for the aquaculture operations team, and is now enabling them to decide in advance what at-sea operations will be possible on a given day. ? Expected outcomes: The aquaculture forecast will continue to operate until at least 2022. The pilot system is being used as a basis for a £20k funding proposal from Plymouth University's R+D innovation fund to develop a more widely applicable aquaculture forecast system to allow Offshore Shellfish and other aquaculture farms to improve the safety and efficacy of at-sea operations. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP001: Co-creating Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems to Reduce Economic and Societal Impacts of Coastal Hazards in SW England |
| Organisation | Plymouth Coastal Observatory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This activity will develop, in partnership with the Environment Agency, Met Office, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, National Trust and coastal councils (through the Coastal Advisory Groups), Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems of Coastal Hazards for the SW of England. These modelling systems represent practical tools for end-users that are based on inshore wave forecasts on a spatial resolution (1-km) currently not available on a UK-wide scale, and, collectively, will effect a step change in the management of the SW coastal resource system, saving money and potentially lives. Specific tools will be co-developed with the Environment Agency (coastal flood risk; also involvement of coastal councils), Royal National Lifeboat Institution (beach hazards) and National Trust (erosional hotspots), all of which will allow partners to more accurately predict the impact of coastal hazards and so enable significantly more effective targeting of resources. Development of other applications will be explored through engagement with other potential partners (e.g., Magic Seaweed, Network Rail, Natural England, partners from the insurance and marine renewable energy sector). Engagement with present and future partners will take place within the context of a Partner Engagement Plan (PEP), consisting of phased meetings and workshops with potential partners as the modelling systems are being developed. It is the intention that by the end of this current proposal (Phases 1 & 2), a number of subsequent impacts cases will commence resulting from these new engagements. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This activity will develop, in partnership with the Environment Agency, Met Office, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, National Trust and coastal councils (through the Coastal Advisory Groups), Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems of Coastal Hazards for the SW of England. These modelling systems represent practical tools for end-users that are based on inshore wave forecasts on a spatial resolution (1-km) currently not available on a UK-wide scale, and, collectively, will effect a step change in the management of the SW coastal resource system, saving money and potentially lives. Specific tools will be co-developed with the Environment Agency (coastal flood risk; also involvement of coastal councils), Royal National Lifeboat Institution (beach hazards) and National Trust (erosional hotspots), all of which will allow partners to more accurately predict the impact of coastal hazards and so enable significantly more effective targeting of resources. Development of other applications will be explored through engagement with other potential partners (e.g., Magic Seaweed, Network Rail, Natural England, partners from the insurance and marine renewable energy sector). Engagement with present and future partners will take place within the context of a Partner Engagement Plan (PEP), consisting of phased meetings and workshops with potential partners as the modelling systems are being developed. It is the intention that by the end of this current proposal (Phases 1 & 2), a number of subsequent impacts cases will commence resulting from these new engagements. |
| Impact | 1) Operational Wave and Water Level (OWWL) model ? Description: Development of a detailed (1-km resolution) operational (i.e. real-time) model of waves and water levels in SW England, using the Delft-3D hydrodynamic model, that can be run from a single desktop PC. Development of automation routines to download Met Office forcing data, set up the model, and generate outputs from the model results each day. The model was validated against wave buoy and tide gauge data around SW England, replicating observed hydrodynamics with a high level of accuracy. ? Outcomes: The model provides the core data required for the bespoke coastal hazards forecasts (see other outputs below). The forecasted wave and water level data are presented daily on the Channel Coastal Observatory website (http://www.channelcoast.org/ccoresources/sweep/), which is the primary portal used by coastal engineers and decision makers to access data. ? Expected outcomes: the model and forecasts will continue to operate until at least 2022. The EA are currently starting a 3-year project to develop a national scale overtopping forecast, largely based on OWWL (see impact statement from Nick Ely), and it is expected that after 2022 OWWL may already be superseded by this national forecast. The knowledge and impact are therefore expected to be embedded at the national scale by 2027. 2) Bespoke wave overtopping forecast for the EA ? Description: Automated generation of PDFs with details of where and when peak wave overtopping hazards will occur in the region. These are automatically emailed to subscribers in advance of a storm. Automated generation of social media output (twitter), showing regional-scale hazards. ? Outcomes: There are currently 70 email subscribers, including 19 EA flood warning officers, and 478 followers on Twitter. The forecast PDFs have been used by the EA in the SW since 2018 to inform their operations prior to and during storms. The twitter feed is re-tweeted to the wider public by the EA's national Coastal Modelling & Forecasting Manager, Nick Ely (1,289 Twitter followers), as well as 'CoastSafe' a regional emergency services partnership (2,789 Twitter followers). One video and real-time warning of overtopping hazard tweeted by the 001 team had over 19,000 views. ? Expected outcomes: The overtopping forecast will continue to operate until at least 2022. The EA are currently procuring a nation-wide coastal overtopping forecast system, using the OWWL forecast as the basis for their new system. 3) A 30 page technical note on the SWEEP OWWL model ? Description: detailing the methods used in the SWEEP-OWWL coastal flood forecast system (outputs 1&2) as well as forecasting recommendations, this was shared with the EA Coastal Modelling & Forecasting senior team, led by at Keith Nursey, to support better understanding and use of the forecasts. ? Outcomes: EA review of coastal modelling - in 2019 the EA undertook a review of coastal modelling methods, to inform their future modelling strategy. Upon their request, a technical report was provided in January 2019 describing the OWWL wave overtopping forecast system in detail, including the methods and formulae used to generate the warnings. Forecast data was also provided at a number of locations, and compared by the EA to a range of alternative modelling methods. ? Expected outcomes: The forecasting strategy document was used by them to 'identify future opportunities and projects to improve real-time coastal forecasting and potentially access a funding pot of 20 million pounds' from central government (Nick Ely, see impact section) 4) Additional outcome - adapting the OWWL model and forecasting methodology to meet the needs of other beneficiaries (final reports still to come) ? Description: The core OWWL wave and water level model is now being used to drive a number of other applications around the SW and Welsh coastline including an extension of the OWWL model and forecast for South Wales, a bespoke aquaculture forecast in Lyme Bay for Offshore Shellfish, a hazards forecast at Crantock Beach for RNLI, a hydrodynamic forecast for the Isles of Scilly and a marine renewable energy forecast in Pembrokeshire, Wales, for Bombora Wave Energy. See 4A - 4E below for more details. 4A) Bespoke marine conditions forecast for Offshore Shellfish Ltd ? Description: Working with Offshore Shellfish Ltd (OS; https://offshoreshellfish.com/) in Lyme Bay (set to be the UK's largest offshore, rope cultured mussel farm), the SWEEP team have been using OWWL since January 2020 to deliver a daily forecast showing 3-day ahead sea conditions in Lyme Bay. ? Outcomes: This significantly improved upon existing available forecasts and is already supporting more effective 'go/no-go' decisions for the aquaculture operations team, and is now enabling them to decide in advance what at-sea operations will be possible on a given day. ? Expected outcomes: The aquaculture forecast will continue to operate until at least 2022. The pilot system is being used as a basis for a £20k funding proposal from Plymouth University's R+D innovation fund to develop a more widely applicable aquaculture forecast system to allow Offshore Shellfish and other aquaculture farms to improve the safety and efficacy of at-sea operations. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP001: Co-creating Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems to Reduce Economic and Societal Impacts of Coastal Hazards in SW England |
| Organisation | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | This activity will develop, in partnership with the Environment Agency, Met Office, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, National Trust and coastal councils (through the Coastal Advisory Groups), Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems of Coastal Hazards for the SW of England. These modelling systems represent practical tools for end-users that are based on inshore wave forecasts on a spatial resolution (1-km) currently not available on a UK-wide scale, and, collectively, will effect a step change in the management of the SW coastal resource system, saving money and potentially lives. Specific tools will be co-developed with the Environment Agency (coastal flood risk; also involvement of coastal councils), Royal National Lifeboat Institution (beach hazards) and National Trust (erosional hotspots), all of which will allow partners to more accurately predict the impact of coastal hazards and so enable significantly more effective targeting of resources. Development of other applications will be explored through engagement with other potential partners (e.g., Magic Seaweed, Network Rail, Natural England, partners from the insurance and marine renewable energy sector). Engagement with present and future partners will take place within the context of a Partner Engagement Plan (PEP), consisting of phased meetings and workshops with potential partners as the modelling systems are being developed. It is the intention that by the end of this current proposal (Phases 1 & 2), a number of subsequent impacts cases will commence resulting from these new engagements. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This activity will develop, in partnership with the Environment Agency, Met Office, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, National Trust and coastal councils (through the Coastal Advisory Groups), Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems of Coastal Hazards for the SW of England. These modelling systems represent practical tools for end-users that are based on inshore wave forecasts on a spatial resolution (1-km) currently not available on a UK-wide scale, and, collectively, will effect a step change in the management of the SW coastal resource system, saving money and potentially lives. Specific tools will be co-developed with the Environment Agency (coastal flood risk; also involvement of coastal councils), Royal National Lifeboat Institution (beach hazards) and National Trust (erosional hotspots), all of which will allow partners to more accurately predict the impact of coastal hazards and so enable significantly more effective targeting of resources. Development of other applications will be explored through engagement with other potential partners (e.g., Magic Seaweed, Network Rail, Natural England, partners from the insurance and marine renewable energy sector). Engagement with present and future partners will take place within the context of a Partner Engagement Plan (PEP), consisting of phased meetings and workshops with potential partners as the modelling systems are being developed. It is the intention that by the end of this current proposal (Phases 1 & 2), a number of subsequent impacts cases will commence resulting from these new engagements. |
| Impact | 1) Operational Wave and Water Level (OWWL) model ? Description: Development of a detailed (1-km resolution) operational (i.e. real-time) model of waves and water levels in SW England, using the Delft-3D hydrodynamic model, that can be run from a single desktop PC. Development of automation routines to download Met Office forcing data, set up the model, and generate outputs from the model results each day. The model was validated against wave buoy and tide gauge data around SW England, replicating observed hydrodynamics with a high level of accuracy. ? Outcomes: The model provides the core data required for the bespoke coastal hazards forecasts (see other outputs below). The forecasted wave and water level data are presented daily on the Channel Coastal Observatory website (http://www.channelcoast.org/ccoresources/sweep/), which is the primary portal used by coastal engineers and decision makers to access data. ? Expected outcomes: the model and forecasts will continue to operate until at least 2022. The EA are currently starting a 3-year project to develop a national scale overtopping forecast, largely based on OWWL (see impact statement from Nick Ely), and it is expected that after 2022 OWWL may already be superseded by this national forecast. The knowledge and impact are therefore expected to be embedded at the national scale by 2027. 2) Bespoke wave overtopping forecast for the EA ? Description: Automated generation of PDFs with details of where and when peak wave overtopping hazards will occur in the region. These are automatically emailed to subscribers in advance of a storm. Automated generation of social media output (twitter), showing regional-scale hazards. ? Outcomes: There are currently 70 email subscribers, including 19 EA flood warning officers, and 478 followers on Twitter. The forecast PDFs have been used by the EA in the SW since 2018 to inform their operations prior to and during storms. The twitter feed is re-tweeted to the wider public by the EA's national Coastal Modelling & Forecasting Manager, Nick Ely (1,289 Twitter followers), as well as 'CoastSafe' a regional emergency services partnership (2,789 Twitter followers). One video and real-time warning of overtopping hazard tweeted by the 001 team had over 19,000 views. ? Expected outcomes: The overtopping forecast will continue to operate until at least 2022. The EA are currently procuring a nation-wide coastal overtopping forecast system, using the OWWL forecast as the basis for their new system. 3) A 30 page technical note on the SWEEP OWWL model ? Description: detailing the methods used in the SWEEP-OWWL coastal flood forecast system (outputs 1&2) as well as forecasting recommendations, this was shared with the EA Coastal Modelling & Forecasting senior team, led by at Keith Nursey, to support better understanding and use of the forecasts. ? Outcomes: EA review of coastal modelling - in 2019 the EA undertook a review of coastal modelling methods, to inform their future modelling strategy. Upon their request, a technical report was provided in January 2019 describing the OWWL wave overtopping forecast system in detail, including the methods and formulae used to generate the warnings. Forecast data was also provided at a number of locations, and compared by the EA to a range of alternative modelling methods. ? Expected outcomes: The forecasting strategy document was used by them to 'identify future opportunities and projects to improve real-time coastal forecasting and potentially access a funding pot of 20 million pounds' from central government (Nick Ely, see impact section) 4) Additional outcome - adapting the OWWL model and forecasting methodology to meet the needs of other beneficiaries (final reports still to come) ? Description: The core OWWL wave and water level model is now being used to drive a number of other applications around the SW and Welsh coastline including an extension of the OWWL model and forecast for South Wales, a bespoke aquaculture forecast in Lyme Bay for Offshore Shellfish, a hazards forecast at Crantock Beach for RNLI, a hydrodynamic forecast for the Isles of Scilly and a marine renewable energy forecast in Pembrokeshire, Wales, for Bombora Wave Energy. See 4A - 4E below for more details. 4A) Bespoke marine conditions forecast for Offshore Shellfish Ltd ? Description: Working with Offshore Shellfish Ltd (OS; https://offshoreshellfish.com/) in Lyme Bay (set to be the UK's largest offshore, rope cultured mussel farm), the SWEEP team have been using OWWL since January 2020 to deliver a daily forecast showing 3-day ahead sea conditions in Lyme Bay. ? Outcomes: This significantly improved upon existing available forecasts and is already supporting more effective 'go/no-go' decisions for the aquaculture operations team, and is now enabling them to decide in advance what at-sea operations will be possible on a given day. ? Expected outcomes: The aquaculture forecast will continue to operate until at least 2022. The pilot system is being used as a basis for a £20k funding proposal from Plymouth University's R+D innovation fund to develop a more widely applicable aquaculture forecast system to allow Offshore Shellfish and other aquaculture farms to improve the safety and efficacy of at-sea operations. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP001: Co-creating Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems to Reduce Economic and Societal Impacts of Coastal Hazards in SW England |
| Organisation | Torridge District Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This activity will develop, in partnership with the Environment Agency, Met Office, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, National Trust and coastal councils (through the Coastal Advisory Groups), Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems of Coastal Hazards for the SW of England. These modelling systems represent practical tools for end-users that are based on inshore wave forecasts on a spatial resolution (1-km) currently not available on a UK-wide scale, and, collectively, will effect a step change in the management of the SW coastal resource system, saving money and potentially lives. Specific tools will be co-developed with the Environment Agency (coastal flood risk; also involvement of coastal councils), Royal National Lifeboat Institution (beach hazards) and National Trust (erosional hotspots), all of which will allow partners to more accurately predict the impact of coastal hazards and so enable significantly more effective targeting of resources. Development of other applications will be explored through engagement with other potential partners (e.g., Magic Seaweed, Network Rail, Natural England, partners from the insurance and marine renewable energy sector). Engagement with present and future partners will take place within the context of a Partner Engagement Plan (PEP), consisting of phased meetings and workshops with potential partners as the modelling systems are being developed. It is the intention that by the end of this current proposal (Phases 1 & 2), a number of subsequent impacts cases will commence resulting from these new engagements. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This activity will develop, in partnership with the Environment Agency, Met Office, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, National Trust and coastal councils (through the Coastal Advisory Groups), Operational and Strategic Modelling Systems of Coastal Hazards for the SW of England. These modelling systems represent practical tools for end-users that are based on inshore wave forecasts on a spatial resolution (1-km) currently not available on a UK-wide scale, and, collectively, will effect a step change in the management of the SW coastal resource system, saving money and potentially lives. Specific tools will be co-developed with the Environment Agency (coastal flood risk; also involvement of coastal councils), Royal National Lifeboat Institution (beach hazards) and National Trust (erosional hotspots), all of which will allow partners to more accurately predict the impact of coastal hazards and so enable significantly more effective targeting of resources. Development of other applications will be explored through engagement with other potential partners (e.g., Magic Seaweed, Network Rail, Natural England, partners from the insurance and marine renewable energy sector). Engagement with present and future partners will take place within the context of a Partner Engagement Plan (PEP), consisting of phased meetings and workshops with potential partners as the modelling systems are being developed. It is the intention that by the end of this current proposal (Phases 1 & 2), a number of subsequent impacts cases will commence resulting from these new engagements. |
| Impact | 1) Operational Wave and Water Level (OWWL) model ? Description: Development of a detailed (1-km resolution) operational (i.e. real-time) model of waves and water levels in SW England, using the Delft-3D hydrodynamic model, that can be run from a single desktop PC. Development of automation routines to download Met Office forcing data, set up the model, and generate outputs from the model results each day. The model was validated against wave buoy and tide gauge data around SW England, replicating observed hydrodynamics with a high level of accuracy. ? Outcomes: The model provides the core data required for the bespoke coastal hazards forecasts (see other outputs below). The forecasted wave and water level data are presented daily on the Channel Coastal Observatory website (http://www.channelcoast.org/ccoresources/sweep/), which is the primary portal used by coastal engineers and decision makers to access data. ? Expected outcomes: the model and forecasts will continue to operate until at least 2022. The EA are currently starting a 3-year project to develop a national scale overtopping forecast, largely based on OWWL (see impact statement from Nick Ely), and it is expected that after 2022 OWWL may already be superseded by this national forecast. The knowledge and impact are therefore expected to be embedded at the national scale by 2027. 2) Bespoke wave overtopping forecast for the EA ? Description: Automated generation of PDFs with details of where and when peak wave overtopping hazards will occur in the region. These are automatically emailed to subscribers in advance of a storm. Automated generation of social media output (twitter), showing regional-scale hazards. ? Outcomes: There are currently 70 email subscribers, including 19 EA flood warning officers, and 478 followers on Twitter. The forecast PDFs have been used by the EA in the SW since 2018 to inform their operations prior to and during storms. The twitter feed is re-tweeted to the wider public by the EA's national Coastal Modelling & Forecasting Manager, Nick Ely (1,289 Twitter followers), as well as 'CoastSafe' a regional emergency services partnership (2,789 Twitter followers). One video and real-time warning of overtopping hazard tweeted by the 001 team had over 19,000 views. ? Expected outcomes: The overtopping forecast will continue to operate until at least 2022. The EA are currently procuring a nation-wide coastal overtopping forecast system, using the OWWL forecast as the basis for their new system. 3) A 30 page technical note on the SWEEP OWWL model ? Description: detailing the methods used in the SWEEP-OWWL coastal flood forecast system (outputs 1&2) as well as forecasting recommendations, this was shared with the EA Coastal Modelling & Forecasting senior team, led by at Keith Nursey, to support better understanding and use of the forecasts. ? Outcomes: EA review of coastal modelling - in 2019 the EA undertook a review of coastal modelling methods, to inform their future modelling strategy. Upon their request, a technical report was provided in January 2019 describing the OWWL wave overtopping forecast system in detail, including the methods and formulae used to generate the warnings. Forecast data was also provided at a number of locations, and compared by the EA to a range of alternative modelling methods. ? Expected outcomes: The forecasting strategy document was used by them to 'identify future opportunities and projects to improve real-time coastal forecasting and potentially access a funding pot of 20 million pounds' from central government (Nick Ely, see impact section) 4) Additional outcome - adapting the OWWL model and forecasting methodology to meet the needs of other beneficiaries (final reports still to come) ? Description: The core OWWL wave and water level model is now being used to drive a number of other applications around the SW and Welsh coastline including an extension of the OWWL model and forecast for South Wales, a bespoke aquaculture forecast in Lyme Bay for Offshore Shellfish, a hazards forecast at Crantock Beach for RNLI, a hydrodynamic forecast for the Isles of Scilly and a marine renewable energy forecast in Pembrokeshire, Wales, for Bombora Wave Energy. See 4A - 4E below for more details. 4A) Bespoke marine conditions forecast for Offshore Shellfish Ltd ? Description: Working with Offshore Shellfish Ltd (OS; https://offshoreshellfish.com/) in Lyme Bay (set to be the UK's largest offshore, rope cultured mussel farm), the SWEEP team have been using OWWL since January 2020 to deliver a daily forecast showing 3-day ahead sea conditions in Lyme Bay. ? Outcomes: This significantly improved upon existing available forecasts and is already supporting more effective 'go/no-go' decisions for the aquaculture operations team, and is now enabling them to decide in advance what at-sea operations will be possible on a given day. ? Expected outcomes: The aquaculture forecast will continue to operate until at least 2022. The pilot system is being used as a basis for a £20k funding proposal from Plymouth University's R+D innovation fund to develop a more widely applicable aquaculture forecast system to allow Offshore Shellfish and other aquaculture farms to improve the safety and efficacy of at-sea operations. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP001b: yme Bay shellfishery forecast |
| Organisation | Offshore Shellfish |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Provide a detailed forecast of sea conditions in Lyme Bay to allow Offshore Shellfish Ltd. to make informed operational decisions that may provide cost savings and help safeguard their crews while working at sea. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provide a detailed forecast of sea conditions in Lyme Bay to allow Offshore Shellfish Ltd. to make informed operational decisions that may provide cost savings and help safeguard their crews while working at sea. |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | SWEEP001c: Extending OWWL forecast to South Wales |
| Organisation | Wales Coastal Monitoring Centre (WCMC) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Provide wave, water level, and overtopping forecasts for the South Wales coastline, to inform management of coastal flooding and enhance coastal resilience |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provide wave, water level, and overtopping forecasts for the South Wales coastline, to inform management of coastal flooding and enhance coastal resilience |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | SWEEP002: Delivering natural capital assessment tools for the marine economy in the South West |
| Organisation | Cornwall Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan, and the wider requirements of statutory nature conservation bodies, regulators (such as the MMO's marine planning and licensing functions) and local authorities (e.g. implementation of Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy and the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan, and the wider requirements of statutory nature conservation bodies, regulators (such as the MMO's marine planning and licensing functions) and local authorities (e.g. implementation of Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy and the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park). |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP002: Delivering natural capital assessment tools for the marine economy in the South West |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Department | Marine Management Organisation (MMO) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan, and the wider requirements of statutory nature conservation bodies, regulators (such as the MMO's marine planning and licensing functions) and local authorities (e.g. implementation of Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy and the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan, and the wider requirements of statutory nature conservation bodies, regulators (such as the MMO's marine planning and licensing functions) and local authorities (e.g. implementation of Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy and the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park). |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP002: Delivering natural capital assessment tools for the marine economy in the South West |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan, and the wider requirements of statutory nature conservation bodies, regulators (such as the MMO's marine planning and licensing functions) and local authorities (e.g. implementation of Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy and the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan, and the wider requirements of statutory nature conservation bodies, regulators (such as the MMO's marine planning and licensing functions) and local authorities (e.g. implementation of Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy and the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park). |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP002: Delivering natural capital assessment tools for the marine economy in the South West |
| Organisation | Devon & Severn Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan, and the wider requirements of statutory nature conservation bodies, regulators (such as the MMO's marine planning and licensing functions) and local authorities (e.g. implementation of Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy and the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan, and the wider requirements of statutory nature conservation bodies, regulators (such as the MMO's marine planning and licensing functions) and local authorities (e.g. implementation of Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy and the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park). |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP002: Delivering natural capital assessment tools for the marine economy in the South West |
| Organisation | Natural England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan, and the wider requirements of statutory nature conservation bodies, regulators (such as the MMO's marine planning and licensing functions) and local authorities (e.g. implementation of Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy and the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan, and the wider requirements of statutory nature conservation bodies, regulators (such as the MMO's marine planning and licensing functions) and local authorities (e.g. implementation of Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy and the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park). |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP002: Delivering natural capital assessment tools for the marine economy in the South West |
| Organisation | North Devon Biosphere Foundation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan, and the wider requirements of statutory nature conservation bodies, regulators (such as the MMO's marine planning and licensing functions) and local authorities (e.g. implementation of Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy and the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan, and the wider requirements of statutory nature conservation bodies, regulators (such as the MMO's marine planning and licensing functions) and local authorities (e.g. implementation of Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy and the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park). |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP002: Delivering natural capital assessment tools for the marine economy in the South West |
| Organisation | Plymouth City Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan, and the wider requirements of statutory nature conservation bodies, regulators (such as the MMO's marine planning and licensing functions) and local authorities (e.g. implementation of Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy and the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan, and the wider requirements of statutory nature conservation bodies, regulators (such as the MMO's marine planning and licensing functions) and local authorities (e.g. implementation of Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy and the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park). |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP002: Delivering natural capital assessment tools for the marine economy in the South West |
| Organisation | World Wide Fund for Nature |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan, and the wider requirements of statutory nature conservation bodies, regulators (such as the MMO's marine planning and licensing functions) and local authorities (e.g. implementation of Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy and the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan, and the wider requirements of statutory nature conservation bodies, regulators (such as the MMO's marine planning and licensing functions) and local authorities (e.g. implementation of Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy and the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park). |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP002: Natural Capital Assessment Tools for the North Devon Marine Pioneer (Phase 1) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan. |
| Impact | Output 1. Hooper, T. 2017a. A Long Term Vision for the North Devon Marine Pioneer Programme. Workshop Report. March 2017 Output 2. Hooper, T. 2017b. Natural Capital and Local Decision Making. Workshop Report. November 2017. Output 3. SW Marine Natural Capital Conference 2017 - Post Conference Report Output 4. A Geodatabase for North Devon Output 5. Summary fact sheet for the Geodatabase Output 6. North Devon Watersports Survey Output 7. Ashley, M., S. E. Rees and A. Cameron (2018). North Devon Marine Pioneer Part 1: State of the art report of the links between the ecosystem and ecosystem services in the North Devon Marine Pioneer. A SWEEP/ WWF-UK report. Univeristy of Plymouth pp.103. Output 8. Factsheet - North Devon Ecosystem Services: what are the key benefits the marine environment provides to people and what are the risks and opportuntities Output 9. North Devon Biosphere Reserve - Communication materials (will be added tio impact store once finalised) Output 10. Rees 2019. A Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register Workshop. North Devon Marine Pioneer. Marine Working Group Meeting September 2018. Workshop report pp. 17 Output 11. Hooper et al 2018 - Building on the vision for the North Devon Marine Pioneer programme - Workshop Report Output 12. Rees, S. E., M. Ashley and A. Cameron (2019). North Devon Marine Pioneer Report 2: A Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register A SWEEP/WWF-UK report by research staff the Marine Institute at the University of Plymouth Output 13 Marine Pioneer Natural Capital Plan Workshop on the 7th March. Delivery of content for the workshop. Presentation and Barriers and Enablers workshop. Output 14. Hooper, T. and Austen, M. (2019) Application of the Natural Capital Approach to Sustainability Appraisal. Draft Discussion Document. March 2019. Output 15. Hooper, T., Ashley, M., Börger, T., Langmead, O., Marcone, O., Rees, S., Rendon, O., Beaumont, N., Attrill, M. and Austen, M. 2019. Application of the natural capital approach to the marine environment to aid decision-making. Phase 1 Final Report. Report prepared for the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (project code ME5115). Output 16. The Natural Capital Approach. What is it, and how does it fit into decision-making for coastal and marine areas? Non-technical summary of Defra Report, Output 15. Output 17. Perception of Natural Capital Approaches Report: Stakeholder Survey Analysis to Understand Changes in Perception and Engagement with Natural Capital Approaches for SWEEP Marine projects 002 and 014 Phase 1Output Descriptions The report of the first stakeholder workshop (Output 1) defined the assets, challenges and opportunities within North Devon's marine area, and the core values and goals that should be reflected in the management of it. North Devon's natural environment is highly valued and the fishing industry has a high cultural value. The need to maintain and improve sustainable fishing practices is also widely recognised. Understanding and managing the linkages between the land and sea was an important theme, particularly related to improving water quality and developing strategies for climate change mitigation. Challenges in communication, coordination and integration across activities were recognised, although existing partnerships, a long history of collaborative working, as well as the existing network of community groups and willingness of the local community to engage in voluntary activities, were considered to be significant assets. There was a strong desire amongst workshop participants to see more local decision making and the development of regional fisheries management plans. Repeated reference was also made to the world class research base, and the opportunities provided by research programmes that were developing around the Pioneer. The second stakeholder workshop report (Output 2) summarised priorities for incorporating natural capital into local decision making, which were primarily that the strategic (rather than project) scale was most appropriate, particularly in the context of Local Plans and through the Sustainability Appraisal process. The need for a clear statement about local natural capital priorities was noted, including the aspiration for this to be a net gain policy, and spatial maps of the extent, condition, and risks to natural capital assets and ecosystem services was considered an essential foundation. The first South West Marine Natural Capital Conference 2017 (Output 3) was organised and hosted by the Devon Maritime Forum with North Devon Marine Pioneer (North Devon Biosphere Reserve), the SWEEP project, and the UK SEAS project (WWF). The conference provided an opportunity for leading practitioners, businesses and interested stakeholders to learn more about natural capital, the Natural Capital Approach, and the region's marine and coastal assets, as well as finding out how they could get involved with the three partnership projects that are currently commencing in the region; the South West Partnership for Environment and Economic Prosperity (SWEEP), the North Devon Marine Pioneer, and WWF - UK SEAS project. SWEEP delivered two targeted workshops at this event. The North Devon Marine Pioneer Geodatabase funded by NE (Output 4) underpins the knowledge of the links between ecosystem and ecosystem services in the North Devon Marine Pioneer. The data within the geodatabase was used to develop the North Devon Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register. The data from the geodatabase has been used to provide visual support for communication with stakeholders at key events (see activities listed in previous section Marine Pioneer Stakeholder Engagement and Consultation and Output 5). The GIS analysist (Andy Cameron) provided a web-based workshop for interested stakeholders to build capacity in the use of and access to the geodatabase, seek feedback and identify potential additional data sources. The North Devon Biosphere reserve. As part of this work key data gaps were filled (Output 6). SWEEP developed the framework for the application of the Natural Capital approach in the marine environment that specifically supports the WWF led UK SEAS programme sustainable finance work stream and the delivery of the Pioneer programme in North Devon. Output 7 demonstates the pathways between ecology, ecosystem services and benefits that influence human wellbeing; How stakeholders are linked (directly or indirectly) to natural capital and; relevant indicators, data sources and potential means for valuing ecosystem service benefits (monetary and non-monetary). WWF have developed a further summary report (Output 8) to convey key messages from the report to stakeholders. The North Devon Biosphere Reserve have developed communications materials based on Output 9. SWEEP Impact Fellows co-designed and led a Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register Workshop to develop a local dimension of a natural capital asset risk register (Output 10) The main outcome of this workshop was that the participants of the North Devon MWG discussed the local risk to the asset-benefit relationship within the context of the North Devon Marine Pioneer. This provided a local perspective on risk for comparison with national policy targets. Output 12 represents a follow-on from Ashley, Rees et al (2018) (Output 7) to further test the framework for the application of the Natural Capital Approach in the Marine Pioneer. Included is a natural capital asset register that documents the extent and condition of the natural capital assets; the stocks and flows of ecosystem services in the North Devon Marine Pioneer; A risk register to identify threats to natural capital in the North Devon Marine Pioneer; and recommendations on key natural capital assets on which future management opportunities could be focused to achieve the greatest gains (Output 12). Output 13 - On the 7th March SWEEP Impact Fellows led a workshop for the marine Pioneer Steering Group to present the Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register and to identify the barriers and enablers to the delivery of the Marine Natural Capital Plan The Sustainability Appraisal Discussion Document (Output 14) provides suggestions for straightforward and practical ways in which the ongoing, statutory Sustainability Appraisal for the South West Marine Plan could adopt a natural capital approach. This is the first stage of a process that will continue into Phase 2, including follow-up with the MMO and consultants contracted to carry out the Sustainability Appraisal. Outcomes Achieved So Far Within the Marine Pioneer a range of 'Demonstration Projects' have been identified and are currently being progressed by the project partners and integrating SWEEP Phase 1ouputs. These are: • Completion of a natural capital decision support tool with values and risk register. Led by SWEEP. • Completion of geodatabase Led by SWEEP • Marine Natural Capital Plan - Led by North Devon Council/Biosphere Reserve and Funded by European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF). Using SWEEP Phase I outputs to develop a high level area integrated Marine Natural Capital Plan. • Better management of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Led by WWF-UK SEAS. WWF are using SWEEP Phase I outputs to develop management plans for Marine Protected Areas in North Devon that help nature and people to thrive. Includes the development of an innovative financing plan for MPAs. • Fisheries partnership projects. Led by the Blue Marine Foundation and the Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation (D&S IFCA) to establish fisheries, scientist and managers partnerships. A sustainable management and improvement plan for North Devon Fisheries including fisheries assessment, identification of new income sources, governance structure, and marketing plan. Opportunities for regional management, research and marketing identified. • Investment plan for coastal habitat and biodiversity restoration- - Led by North Devon Council/Biosphere Reserve to develop an investment plan for coastal habitat and biodiversity restoration, including innovative financing, feasibility studies • Joint work with the landscape pioneer on governance across the land - sea interface |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP002: Natural Capital Assessment Tools for the North Devon Marine Pioneer (Phase 1) |
| Organisation | Devon & Severn Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan. |
| Impact | Output 1. Hooper, T. 2017a. A Long Term Vision for the North Devon Marine Pioneer Programme. Workshop Report. March 2017 Output 2. Hooper, T. 2017b. Natural Capital and Local Decision Making. Workshop Report. November 2017. Output 3. SW Marine Natural Capital Conference 2017 - Post Conference Report Output 4. A Geodatabase for North Devon Output 5. Summary fact sheet for the Geodatabase Output 6. North Devon Watersports Survey Output 7. Ashley, M., S. E. Rees and A. Cameron (2018). North Devon Marine Pioneer Part 1: State of the art report of the links between the ecosystem and ecosystem services in the North Devon Marine Pioneer. A SWEEP/ WWF-UK report. Univeristy of Plymouth pp.103. Output 8. Factsheet - North Devon Ecosystem Services: what are the key benefits the marine environment provides to people and what are the risks and opportuntities Output 9. North Devon Biosphere Reserve - Communication materials (will be added tio impact store once finalised) Output 10. Rees 2019. A Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register Workshop. North Devon Marine Pioneer. Marine Working Group Meeting September 2018. Workshop report pp. 17 Output 11. Hooper et al 2018 - Building on the vision for the North Devon Marine Pioneer programme - Workshop Report Output 12. Rees, S. E., M. Ashley and A. Cameron (2019). North Devon Marine Pioneer Report 2: A Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register A SWEEP/WWF-UK report by research staff the Marine Institute at the University of Plymouth Output 13 Marine Pioneer Natural Capital Plan Workshop on the 7th March. Delivery of content for the workshop. Presentation and Barriers and Enablers workshop. Output 14. Hooper, T. and Austen, M. (2019) Application of the Natural Capital Approach to Sustainability Appraisal. Draft Discussion Document. March 2019. Output 15. Hooper, T., Ashley, M., Börger, T., Langmead, O., Marcone, O., Rees, S., Rendon, O., Beaumont, N., Attrill, M. and Austen, M. 2019. Application of the natural capital approach to the marine environment to aid decision-making. Phase 1 Final Report. Report prepared for the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (project code ME5115). Output 16. The Natural Capital Approach. What is it, and how does it fit into decision-making for coastal and marine areas? Non-technical summary of Defra Report, Output 15. Output 17. Perception of Natural Capital Approaches Report: Stakeholder Survey Analysis to Understand Changes in Perception and Engagement with Natural Capital Approaches for SWEEP Marine projects 002 and 014 Phase 1Output Descriptions The report of the first stakeholder workshop (Output 1) defined the assets, challenges and opportunities within North Devon's marine area, and the core values and goals that should be reflected in the management of it. North Devon's natural environment is highly valued and the fishing industry has a high cultural value. The need to maintain and improve sustainable fishing practices is also widely recognised. Understanding and managing the linkages between the land and sea was an important theme, particularly related to improving water quality and developing strategies for climate change mitigation. Challenges in communication, coordination and integration across activities were recognised, although existing partnerships, a long history of collaborative working, as well as the existing network of community groups and willingness of the local community to engage in voluntary activities, were considered to be significant assets. There was a strong desire amongst workshop participants to see more local decision making and the development of regional fisheries management plans. Repeated reference was also made to the world class research base, and the opportunities provided by research programmes that were developing around the Pioneer. The second stakeholder workshop report (Output 2) summarised priorities for incorporating natural capital into local decision making, which were primarily that the strategic (rather than project) scale was most appropriate, particularly in the context of Local Plans and through the Sustainability Appraisal process. The need for a clear statement about local natural capital priorities was noted, including the aspiration for this to be a net gain policy, and spatial maps of the extent, condition, and risks to natural capital assets and ecosystem services was considered an essential foundation. The first South West Marine Natural Capital Conference 2017 (Output 3) was organised and hosted by the Devon Maritime Forum with North Devon Marine Pioneer (North Devon Biosphere Reserve), the SWEEP project, and the UK SEAS project (WWF). The conference provided an opportunity for leading practitioners, businesses and interested stakeholders to learn more about natural capital, the Natural Capital Approach, and the region's marine and coastal assets, as well as finding out how they could get involved with the three partnership projects that are currently commencing in the region; the South West Partnership for Environment and Economic Prosperity (SWEEP), the North Devon Marine Pioneer, and WWF - UK SEAS project. SWEEP delivered two targeted workshops at this event. The North Devon Marine Pioneer Geodatabase funded by NE (Output 4) underpins the knowledge of the links between ecosystem and ecosystem services in the North Devon Marine Pioneer. The data within the geodatabase was used to develop the North Devon Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register. The data from the geodatabase has been used to provide visual support for communication with stakeholders at key events (see activities listed in previous section Marine Pioneer Stakeholder Engagement and Consultation and Output 5). The GIS analysist (Andy Cameron) provided a web-based workshop for interested stakeholders to build capacity in the use of and access to the geodatabase, seek feedback and identify potential additional data sources. The North Devon Biosphere reserve. As part of this work key data gaps were filled (Output 6). SWEEP developed the framework for the application of the Natural Capital approach in the marine environment that specifically supports the WWF led UK SEAS programme sustainable finance work stream and the delivery of the Pioneer programme in North Devon. Output 7 demonstates the pathways between ecology, ecosystem services and benefits that influence human wellbeing; How stakeholders are linked (directly or indirectly) to natural capital and; relevant indicators, data sources and potential means for valuing ecosystem service benefits (monetary and non-monetary). WWF have developed a further summary report (Output 8) to convey key messages from the report to stakeholders. The North Devon Biosphere Reserve have developed communications materials based on Output 9. SWEEP Impact Fellows co-designed and led a Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register Workshop to develop a local dimension of a natural capital asset risk register (Output 10) The main outcome of this workshop was that the participants of the North Devon MWG discussed the local risk to the asset-benefit relationship within the context of the North Devon Marine Pioneer. This provided a local perspective on risk for comparison with national policy targets. Output 12 represents a follow-on from Ashley, Rees et al (2018) (Output 7) to further test the framework for the application of the Natural Capital Approach in the Marine Pioneer. Included is a natural capital asset register that documents the extent and condition of the natural capital assets; the stocks and flows of ecosystem services in the North Devon Marine Pioneer; A risk register to identify threats to natural capital in the North Devon Marine Pioneer; and recommendations on key natural capital assets on which future management opportunities could be focused to achieve the greatest gains (Output 12). Output 13 - On the 7th March SWEEP Impact Fellows led a workshop for the marine Pioneer Steering Group to present the Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register and to identify the barriers and enablers to the delivery of the Marine Natural Capital Plan The Sustainability Appraisal Discussion Document (Output 14) provides suggestions for straightforward and practical ways in which the ongoing, statutory Sustainability Appraisal for the South West Marine Plan could adopt a natural capital approach. This is the first stage of a process that will continue into Phase 2, including follow-up with the MMO and consultants contracted to carry out the Sustainability Appraisal. Outcomes Achieved So Far Within the Marine Pioneer a range of 'Demonstration Projects' have been identified and are currently being progressed by the project partners and integrating SWEEP Phase 1ouputs. These are: • Completion of a natural capital decision support tool with values and risk register. Led by SWEEP. • Completion of geodatabase Led by SWEEP • Marine Natural Capital Plan - Led by North Devon Council/Biosphere Reserve and Funded by European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF). Using SWEEP Phase I outputs to develop a high level area integrated Marine Natural Capital Plan. • Better management of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Led by WWF-UK SEAS. WWF are using SWEEP Phase I outputs to develop management plans for Marine Protected Areas in North Devon that help nature and people to thrive. Includes the development of an innovative financing plan for MPAs. • Fisheries partnership projects. Led by the Blue Marine Foundation and the Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation (D&S IFCA) to establish fisheries, scientist and managers partnerships. A sustainable management and improvement plan for North Devon Fisheries including fisheries assessment, identification of new income sources, governance structure, and marketing plan. Opportunities for regional management, research and marketing identified. • Investment plan for coastal habitat and biodiversity restoration- - Led by North Devon Council/Biosphere Reserve to develop an investment plan for coastal habitat and biodiversity restoration, including innovative financing, feasibility studies • Joint work with the landscape pioneer on governance across the land - sea interface |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP002: Natural Capital Assessment Tools for the North Devon Marine Pioneer (Phase 1) |
| Organisation | Natural England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan. |
| Impact | Output 1. Hooper, T. 2017a. A Long Term Vision for the North Devon Marine Pioneer Programme. Workshop Report. March 2017 Output 2. Hooper, T. 2017b. Natural Capital and Local Decision Making. Workshop Report. November 2017. Output 3. SW Marine Natural Capital Conference 2017 - Post Conference Report Output 4. A Geodatabase for North Devon Output 5. Summary fact sheet for the Geodatabase Output 6. North Devon Watersports Survey Output 7. Ashley, M., S. E. Rees and A. Cameron (2018). North Devon Marine Pioneer Part 1: State of the art report of the links between the ecosystem and ecosystem services in the North Devon Marine Pioneer. A SWEEP/ WWF-UK report. Univeristy of Plymouth pp.103. Output 8. Factsheet - North Devon Ecosystem Services: what are the key benefits the marine environment provides to people and what are the risks and opportuntities Output 9. North Devon Biosphere Reserve - Communication materials (will be added tio impact store once finalised) Output 10. Rees 2019. A Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register Workshop. North Devon Marine Pioneer. Marine Working Group Meeting September 2018. Workshop report pp. 17 Output 11. Hooper et al 2018 - Building on the vision for the North Devon Marine Pioneer programme - Workshop Report Output 12. Rees, S. E., M. Ashley and A. Cameron (2019). North Devon Marine Pioneer Report 2: A Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register A SWEEP/WWF-UK report by research staff the Marine Institute at the University of Plymouth Output 13 Marine Pioneer Natural Capital Plan Workshop on the 7th March. Delivery of content for the workshop. Presentation and Barriers and Enablers workshop. Output 14. Hooper, T. and Austen, M. (2019) Application of the Natural Capital Approach to Sustainability Appraisal. Draft Discussion Document. March 2019. Output 15. Hooper, T., Ashley, M., Börger, T., Langmead, O., Marcone, O., Rees, S., Rendon, O., Beaumont, N., Attrill, M. and Austen, M. 2019. Application of the natural capital approach to the marine environment to aid decision-making. Phase 1 Final Report. Report prepared for the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (project code ME5115). Output 16. The Natural Capital Approach. What is it, and how does it fit into decision-making for coastal and marine areas? Non-technical summary of Defra Report, Output 15. Output 17. Perception of Natural Capital Approaches Report: Stakeholder Survey Analysis to Understand Changes in Perception and Engagement with Natural Capital Approaches for SWEEP Marine projects 002 and 014 Phase 1Output Descriptions The report of the first stakeholder workshop (Output 1) defined the assets, challenges and opportunities within North Devon's marine area, and the core values and goals that should be reflected in the management of it. North Devon's natural environment is highly valued and the fishing industry has a high cultural value. The need to maintain and improve sustainable fishing practices is also widely recognised. Understanding and managing the linkages between the land and sea was an important theme, particularly related to improving water quality and developing strategies for climate change mitigation. Challenges in communication, coordination and integration across activities were recognised, although existing partnerships, a long history of collaborative working, as well as the existing network of community groups and willingness of the local community to engage in voluntary activities, were considered to be significant assets. There was a strong desire amongst workshop participants to see more local decision making and the development of regional fisheries management plans. Repeated reference was also made to the world class research base, and the opportunities provided by research programmes that were developing around the Pioneer. The second stakeholder workshop report (Output 2) summarised priorities for incorporating natural capital into local decision making, which were primarily that the strategic (rather than project) scale was most appropriate, particularly in the context of Local Plans and through the Sustainability Appraisal process. The need for a clear statement about local natural capital priorities was noted, including the aspiration for this to be a net gain policy, and spatial maps of the extent, condition, and risks to natural capital assets and ecosystem services was considered an essential foundation. The first South West Marine Natural Capital Conference 2017 (Output 3) was organised and hosted by the Devon Maritime Forum with North Devon Marine Pioneer (North Devon Biosphere Reserve), the SWEEP project, and the UK SEAS project (WWF). The conference provided an opportunity for leading practitioners, businesses and interested stakeholders to learn more about natural capital, the Natural Capital Approach, and the region's marine and coastal assets, as well as finding out how they could get involved with the three partnership projects that are currently commencing in the region; the South West Partnership for Environment and Economic Prosperity (SWEEP), the North Devon Marine Pioneer, and WWF - UK SEAS project. SWEEP delivered two targeted workshops at this event. The North Devon Marine Pioneer Geodatabase funded by NE (Output 4) underpins the knowledge of the links between ecosystem and ecosystem services in the North Devon Marine Pioneer. The data within the geodatabase was used to develop the North Devon Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register. The data from the geodatabase has been used to provide visual support for communication with stakeholders at key events (see activities listed in previous section Marine Pioneer Stakeholder Engagement and Consultation and Output 5). The GIS analysist (Andy Cameron) provided a web-based workshop for interested stakeholders to build capacity in the use of and access to the geodatabase, seek feedback and identify potential additional data sources. The North Devon Biosphere reserve. As part of this work key data gaps were filled (Output 6). SWEEP developed the framework for the application of the Natural Capital approach in the marine environment that specifically supports the WWF led UK SEAS programme sustainable finance work stream and the delivery of the Pioneer programme in North Devon. Output 7 demonstates the pathways between ecology, ecosystem services and benefits that influence human wellbeing; How stakeholders are linked (directly or indirectly) to natural capital and; relevant indicators, data sources and potential means for valuing ecosystem service benefits (monetary and non-monetary). WWF have developed a further summary report (Output 8) to convey key messages from the report to stakeholders. The North Devon Biosphere Reserve have developed communications materials based on Output 9. SWEEP Impact Fellows co-designed and led a Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register Workshop to develop a local dimension of a natural capital asset risk register (Output 10) The main outcome of this workshop was that the participants of the North Devon MWG discussed the local risk to the asset-benefit relationship within the context of the North Devon Marine Pioneer. This provided a local perspective on risk for comparison with national policy targets. Output 12 represents a follow-on from Ashley, Rees et al (2018) (Output 7) to further test the framework for the application of the Natural Capital Approach in the Marine Pioneer. Included is a natural capital asset register that documents the extent and condition of the natural capital assets; the stocks and flows of ecosystem services in the North Devon Marine Pioneer; A risk register to identify threats to natural capital in the North Devon Marine Pioneer; and recommendations on key natural capital assets on which future management opportunities could be focused to achieve the greatest gains (Output 12). Output 13 - On the 7th March SWEEP Impact Fellows led a workshop for the marine Pioneer Steering Group to present the Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register and to identify the barriers and enablers to the delivery of the Marine Natural Capital Plan The Sustainability Appraisal Discussion Document (Output 14) provides suggestions for straightforward and practical ways in which the ongoing, statutory Sustainability Appraisal for the South West Marine Plan could adopt a natural capital approach. This is the first stage of a process that will continue into Phase 2, including follow-up with the MMO and consultants contracted to carry out the Sustainability Appraisal. Outcomes Achieved So Far Within the Marine Pioneer a range of 'Demonstration Projects' have been identified and are currently being progressed by the project partners and integrating SWEEP Phase 1ouputs. These are: • Completion of a natural capital decision support tool with values and risk register. Led by SWEEP. • Completion of geodatabase Led by SWEEP • Marine Natural Capital Plan - Led by North Devon Council/Biosphere Reserve and Funded by European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF). Using SWEEP Phase I outputs to develop a high level area integrated Marine Natural Capital Plan. • Better management of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Led by WWF-UK SEAS. WWF are using SWEEP Phase I outputs to develop management plans for Marine Protected Areas in North Devon that help nature and people to thrive. Includes the development of an innovative financing plan for MPAs. • Fisheries partnership projects. Led by the Blue Marine Foundation and the Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation (D&S IFCA) to establish fisheries, scientist and managers partnerships. A sustainable management and improvement plan for North Devon Fisheries including fisheries assessment, identification of new income sources, governance structure, and marketing plan. Opportunities for regional management, research and marketing identified. • Investment plan for coastal habitat and biodiversity restoration- - Led by North Devon Council/Biosphere Reserve to develop an investment plan for coastal habitat and biodiversity restoration, including innovative financing, feasibility studies • Joint work with the landscape pioneer on governance across the land - sea interface |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP002: Natural Capital Assessment Tools for the North Devon Marine Pioneer (Phase 1) |
| Organisation | North Devon Biosphere Foundation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan. |
| Impact | Output 1. Hooper, T. 2017a. A Long Term Vision for the North Devon Marine Pioneer Programme. Workshop Report. March 2017 Output 2. Hooper, T. 2017b. Natural Capital and Local Decision Making. Workshop Report. November 2017. Output 3. SW Marine Natural Capital Conference 2017 - Post Conference Report Output 4. A Geodatabase for North Devon Output 5. Summary fact sheet for the Geodatabase Output 6. North Devon Watersports Survey Output 7. Ashley, M., S. E. Rees and A. Cameron (2018). North Devon Marine Pioneer Part 1: State of the art report of the links between the ecosystem and ecosystem services in the North Devon Marine Pioneer. A SWEEP/ WWF-UK report. Univeristy of Plymouth pp.103. Output 8. Factsheet - North Devon Ecosystem Services: what are the key benefits the marine environment provides to people and what are the risks and opportuntities Output 9. North Devon Biosphere Reserve - Communication materials (will be added tio impact store once finalised) Output 10. Rees 2019. A Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register Workshop. North Devon Marine Pioneer. Marine Working Group Meeting September 2018. Workshop report pp. 17 Output 11. Hooper et al 2018 - Building on the vision for the North Devon Marine Pioneer programme - Workshop Report Output 12. Rees, S. E., M. Ashley and A. Cameron (2019). North Devon Marine Pioneer Report 2: A Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register A SWEEP/WWF-UK report by research staff the Marine Institute at the University of Plymouth Output 13 Marine Pioneer Natural Capital Plan Workshop on the 7th March. Delivery of content for the workshop. Presentation and Barriers and Enablers workshop. Output 14. Hooper, T. and Austen, M. (2019) Application of the Natural Capital Approach to Sustainability Appraisal. Draft Discussion Document. March 2019. Output 15. Hooper, T., Ashley, M., Börger, T., Langmead, O., Marcone, O., Rees, S., Rendon, O., Beaumont, N., Attrill, M. and Austen, M. 2019. Application of the natural capital approach to the marine environment to aid decision-making. Phase 1 Final Report. Report prepared for the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (project code ME5115). Output 16. The Natural Capital Approach. What is it, and how does it fit into decision-making for coastal and marine areas? Non-technical summary of Defra Report, Output 15. Output 17. Perception of Natural Capital Approaches Report: Stakeholder Survey Analysis to Understand Changes in Perception and Engagement with Natural Capital Approaches for SWEEP Marine projects 002 and 014 Phase 1Output Descriptions The report of the first stakeholder workshop (Output 1) defined the assets, challenges and opportunities within North Devon's marine area, and the core values and goals that should be reflected in the management of it. North Devon's natural environment is highly valued and the fishing industry has a high cultural value. The need to maintain and improve sustainable fishing practices is also widely recognised. Understanding and managing the linkages between the land and sea was an important theme, particularly related to improving water quality and developing strategies for climate change mitigation. Challenges in communication, coordination and integration across activities were recognised, although existing partnerships, a long history of collaborative working, as well as the existing network of community groups and willingness of the local community to engage in voluntary activities, were considered to be significant assets. There was a strong desire amongst workshop participants to see more local decision making and the development of regional fisheries management plans. Repeated reference was also made to the world class research base, and the opportunities provided by research programmes that were developing around the Pioneer. The second stakeholder workshop report (Output 2) summarised priorities for incorporating natural capital into local decision making, which were primarily that the strategic (rather than project) scale was most appropriate, particularly in the context of Local Plans and through the Sustainability Appraisal process. The need for a clear statement about local natural capital priorities was noted, including the aspiration for this to be a net gain policy, and spatial maps of the extent, condition, and risks to natural capital assets and ecosystem services was considered an essential foundation. The first South West Marine Natural Capital Conference 2017 (Output 3) was organised and hosted by the Devon Maritime Forum with North Devon Marine Pioneer (North Devon Biosphere Reserve), the SWEEP project, and the UK SEAS project (WWF). The conference provided an opportunity for leading practitioners, businesses and interested stakeholders to learn more about natural capital, the Natural Capital Approach, and the region's marine and coastal assets, as well as finding out how they could get involved with the three partnership projects that are currently commencing in the region; the South West Partnership for Environment and Economic Prosperity (SWEEP), the North Devon Marine Pioneer, and WWF - UK SEAS project. SWEEP delivered two targeted workshops at this event. The North Devon Marine Pioneer Geodatabase funded by NE (Output 4) underpins the knowledge of the links between ecosystem and ecosystem services in the North Devon Marine Pioneer. The data within the geodatabase was used to develop the North Devon Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register. The data from the geodatabase has been used to provide visual support for communication with stakeholders at key events (see activities listed in previous section Marine Pioneer Stakeholder Engagement and Consultation and Output 5). The GIS analysist (Andy Cameron) provided a web-based workshop for interested stakeholders to build capacity in the use of and access to the geodatabase, seek feedback and identify potential additional data sources. The North Devon Biosphere reserve. As part of this work key data gaps were filled (Output 6). SWEEP developed the framework for the application of the Natural Capital approach in the marine environment that specifically supports the WWF led UK SEAS programme sustainable finance work stream and the delivery of the Pioneer programme in North Devon. Output 7 demonstates the pathways between ecology, ecosystem services and benefits that influence human wellbeing; How stakeholders are linked (directly or indirectly) to natural capital and; relevant indicators, data sources and potential means for valuing ecosystem service benefits (monetary and non-monetary). WWF have developed a further summary report (Output 8) to convey key messages from the report to stakeholders. The North Devon Biosphere Reserve have developed communications materials based on Output 9. SWEEP Impact Fellows co-designed and led a Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register Workshop to develop a local dimension of a natural capital asset risk register (Output 10) The main outcome of this workshop was that the participants of the North Devon MWG discussed the local risk to the asset-benefit relationship within the context of the North Devon Marine Pioneer. This provided a local perspective on risk for comparison with national policy targets. Output 12 represents a follow-on from Ashley, Rees et al (2018) (Output 7) to further test the framework for the application of the Natural Capital Approach in the Marine Pioneer. Included is a natural capital asset register that documents the extent and condition of the natural capital assets; the stocks and flows of ecosystem services in the North Devon Marine Pioneer; A risk register to identify threats to natural capital in the North Devon Marine Pioneer; and recommendations on key natural capital assets on which future management opportunities could be focused to achieve the greatest gains (Output 12). Output 13 - On the 7th March SWEEP Impact Fellows led a workshop for the marine Pioneer Steering Group to present the Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register and to identify the barriers and enablers to the delivery of the Marine Natural Capital Plan The Sustainability Appraisal Discussion Document (Output 14) provides suggestions for straightforward and practical ways in which the ongoing, statutory Sustainability Appraisal for the South West Marine Plan could adopt a natural capital approach. This is the first stage of a process that will continue into Phase 2, including follow-up with the MMO and consultants contracted to carry out the Sustainability Appraisal. Outcomes Achieved So Far Within the Marine Pioneer a range of 'Demonstration Projects' have been identified and are currently being progressed by the project partners and integrating SWEEP Phase 1ouputs. These are: • Completion of a natural capital decision support tool with values and risk register. Led by SWEEP. • Completion of geodatabase Led by SWEEP • Marine Natural Capital Plan - Led by North Devon Council/Biosphere Reserve and Funded by European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF). Using SWEEP Phase I outputs to develop a high level area integrated Marine Natural Capital Plan. • Better management of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Led by WWF-UK SEAS. WWF are using SWEEP Phase I outputs to develop management plans for Marine Protected Areas in North Devon that help nature and people to thrive. Includes the development of an innovative financing plan for MPAs. • Fisheries partnership projects. Led by the Blue Marine Foundation and the Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation (D&S IFCA) to establish fisheries, scientist and managers partnerships. A sustainable management and improvement plan for North Devon Fisheries including fisheries assessment, identification of new income sources, governance structure, and marketing plan. Opportunities for regional management, research and marketing identified. • Investment plan for coastal habitat and biodiversity restoration- - Led by North Devon Council/Biosphere Reserve to develop an investment plan for coastal habitat and biodiversity restoration, including innovative financing, feasibility studies • Joint work with the landscape pioneer on governance across the land - sea interface |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP002: Natural Capital Assessment Tools for the North Devon Marine Pioneer (Phase 1) |
| Organisation | World Wide Fund for Nature |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The aim of the activity is to develop natural capital assessment tools and approaches (including financing and the design of incentives) for integrated decision-making and environmental progress assessments that will support DEFRA's Marine Pioneer programme and its 25 Year Environment Plan. |
| Impact | Output 1. Hooper, T. 2017a. A Long Term Vision for the North Devon Marine Pioneer Programme. Workshop Report. March 2017 Output 2. Hooper, T. 2017b. Natural Capital and Local Decision Making. Workshop Report. November 2017. Output 3. SW Marine Natural Capital Conference 2017 - Post Conference Report Output 4. A Geodatabase for North Devon Output 5. Summary fact sheet for the Geodatabase Output 6. North Devon Watersports Survey Output 7. Ashley, M., S. E. Rees and A. Cameron (2018). North Devon Marine Pioneer Part 1: State of the art report of the links between the ecosystem and ecosystem services in the North Devon Marine Pioneer. A SWEEP/ WWF-UK report. Univeristy of Plymouth pp.103. Output 8. Factsheet - North Devon Ecosystem Services: what are the key benefits the marine environment provides to people and what are the risks and opportuntities Output 9. North Devon Biosphere Reserve - Communication materials (will be added tio impact store once finalised) Output 10. Rees 2019. A Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register Workshop. North Devon Marine Pioneer. Marine Working Group Meeting September 2018. Workshop report pp. 17 Output 11. Hooper et al 2018 - Building on the vision for the North Devon Marine Pioneer programme - Workshop Report Output 12. Rees, S. E., M. Ashley and A. Cameron (2019). North Devon Marine Pioneer Report 2: A Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register A SWEEP/WWF-UK report by research staff the Marine Institute at the University of Plymouth Output 13 Marine Pioneer Natural Capital Plan Workshop on the 7th March. Delivery of content for the workshop. Presentation and Barriers and Enablers workshop. Output 14. Hooper, T. and Austen, M. (2019) Application of the Natural Capital Approach to Sustainability Appraisal. Draft Discussion Document. March 2019. Output 15. Hooper, T., Ashley, M., Börger, T., Langmead, O., Marcone, O., Rees, S., Rendon, O., Beaumont, N., Attrill, M. and Austen, M. 2019. Application of the natural capital approach to the marine environment to aid decision-making. Phase 1 Final Report. Report prepared for the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (project code ME5115). Output 16. The Natural Capital Approach. What is it, and how does it fit into decision-making for coastal and marine areas? Non-technical summary of Defra Report, Output 15. Output 17. Perception of Natural Capital Approaches Report: Stakeholder Survey Analysis to Understand Changes in Perception and Engagement with Natural Capital Approaches for SWEEP Marine projects 002 and 014 Phase 1Output Descriptions The report of the first stakeholder workshop (Output 1) defined the assets, challenges and opportunities within North Devon's marine area, and the core values and goals that should be reflected in the management of it. North Devon's natural environment is highly valued and the fishing industry has a high cultural value. The need to maintain and improve sustainable fishing practices is also widely recognised. Understanding and managing the linkages between the land and sea was an important theme, particularly related to improving water quality and developing strategies for climate change mitigation. Challenges in communication, coordination and integration across activities were recognised, although existing partnerships, a long history of collaborative working, as well as the existing network of community groups and willingness of the local community to engage in voluntary activities, were considered to be significant assets. There was a strong desire amongst workshop participants to see more local decision making and the development of regional fisheries management plans. Repeated reference was also made to the world class research base, and the opportunities provided by research programmes that were developing around the Pioneer. The second stakeholder workshop report (Output 2) summarised priorities for incorporating natural capital into local decision making, which were primarily that the strategic (rather than project) scale was most appropriate, particularly in the context of Local Plans and through the Sustainability Appraisal process. The need for a clear statement about local natural capital priorities was noted, including the aspiration for this to be a net gain policy, and spatial maps of the extent, condition, and risks to natural capital assets and ecosystem services was considered an essential foundation. The first South West Marine Natural Capital Conference 2017 (Output 3) was organised and hosted by the Devon Maritime Forum with North Devon Marine Pioneer (North Devon Biosphere Reserve), the SWEEP project, and the UK SEAS project (WWF). The conference provided an opportunity for leading practitioners, businesses and interested stakeholders to learn more about natural capital, the Natural Capital Approach, and the region's marine and coastal assets, as well as finding out how they could get involved with the three partnership projects that are currently commencing in the region; the South West Partnership for Environment and Economic Prosperity (SWEEP), the North Devon Marine Pioneer, and WWF - UK SEAS project. SWEEP delivered two targeted workshops at this event. The North Devon Marine Pioneer Geodatabase funded by NE (Output 4) underpins the knowledge of the links between ecosystem and ecosystem services in the North Devon Marine Pioneer. The data within the geodatabase was used to develop the North Devon Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register. The data from the geodatabase has been used to provide visual support for communication with stakeholders at key events (see activities listed in previous section Marine Pioneer Stakeholder Engagement and Consultation and Output 5). The GIS analysist (Andy Cameron) provided a web-based workshop for interested stakeholders to build capacity in the use of and access to the geodatabase, seek feedback and identify potential additional data sources. The North Devon Biosphere reserve. As part of this work key data gaps were filled (Output 6). SWEEP developed the framework for the application of the Natural Capital approach in the marine environment that specifically supports the WWF led UK SEAS programme sustainable finance work stream and the delivery of the Pioneer programme in North Devon. Output 7 demonstates the pathways between ecology, ecosystem services and benefits that influence human wellbeing; How stakeholders are linked (directly or indirectly) to natural capital and; relevant indicators, data sources and potential means for valuing ecosystem service benefits (monetary and non-monetary). WWF have developed a further summary report (Output 8) to convey key messages from the report to stakeholders. The North Devon Biosphere Reserve have developed communications materials based on Output 9. SWEEP Impact Fellows co-designed and led a Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register Workshop to develop a local dimension of a natural capital asset risk register (Output 10) The main outcome of this workshop was that the participants of the North Devon MWG discussed the local risk to the asset-benefit relationship within the context of the North Devon Marine Pioneer. This provided a local perspective on risk for comparison with national policy targets. Output 12 represents a follow-on from Ashley, Rees et al (2018) (Output 7) to further test the framework for the application of the Natural Capital Approach in the Marine Pioneer. Included is a natural capital asset register that documents the extent and condition of the natural capital assets; the stocks and flows of ecosystem services in the North Devon Marine Pioneer; A risk register to identify threats to natural capital in the North Devon Marine Pioneer; and recommendations on key natural capital assets on which future management opportunities could be focused to achieve the greatest gains (Output 12). Output 13 - On the 7th March SWEEP Impact Fellows led a workshop for the marine Pioneer Steering Group to present the Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register and to identify the barriers and enablers to the delivery of the Marine Natural Capital Plan The Sustainability Appraisal Discussion Document (Output 14) provides suggestions for straightforward and practical ways in which the ongoing, statutory Sustainability Appraisal for the South West Marine Plan could adopt a natural capital approach. This is the first stage of a process that will continue into Phase 2, including follow-up with the MMO and consultants contracted to carry out the Sustainability Appraisal. Outcomes Achieved So Far Within the Marine Pioneer a range of 'Demonstration Projects' have been identified and are currently being progressed by the project partners and integrating SWEEP Phase 1ouputs. These are: • Completion of a natural capital decision support tool with values and risk register. Led by SWEEP. • Completion of geodatabase Led by SWEEP • Marine Natural Capital Plan - Led by North Devon Council/Biosphere Reserve and Funded by European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF). Using SWEEP Phase I outputs to develop a high level area integrated Marine Natural Capital Plan. • Better management of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Led by WWF-UK SEAS. WWF are using SWEEP Phase I outputs to develop management plans for Marine Protected Areas in North Devon that help nature and people to thrive. Includes the development of an innovative financing plan for MPAs. • Fisheries partnership projects. Led by the Blue Marine Foundation and the Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation (D&S IFCA) to establish fisheries, scientist and managers partnerships. A sustainable management and improvement plan for North Devon Fisheries including fisheries assessment, identification of new income sources, governance structure, and marketing plan. Opportunities for regional management, research and marketing identified. • Investment plan for coastal habitat and biodiversity restoration- - Led by North Devon Council/Biosphere Reserve to develop an investment plan for coastal habitat and biodiversity restoration, including innovative financing, feasibility studies • Joint work with the landscape pioneer on governance across the land - sea interface |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP003: Realising the potential for operational leak detection using landscape modelling and drone thermal imaging |
| Organisation | South West Water Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | To develop intelligent geospatial approaches to optimise the detection of leaks from submerged aqueducts and water mains pipes. Working in collaboration with colleagues in South-West water, we will pioneer a new research-led operational approach for targeting drone-based thermal imaging surveys in areas where leak detection has a high success rate, as determined by geospatial modelling using NERC Tellus LiDAR and other remote sensing data from operational satellite missions. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff time, technical expertise, data and licensing. |
| Impact | this project has produced several discrete outputs, which are described in this section. Firstly, the analysis undertaken has derived over 20 candidate anomalies (areas where leakage from water supply network is likely) supplied to SWW in March 2019 (figure 2). These locations are identified from the targeting methodology employed over specific parts of the network of concern to SWW. The results illustrate that using a combination of remote sensing tools we can locate and investigate surface anomalies that may be significant leaks from the mains water infrastructure. These techniques also allow the identification of features that are not clearly visible on the ground or able to be hydrologically understood in isolation from the surrounding landscape. In future work, further detailed analysis of the available remote sensing datasets in this way, should improve the targeting of future thermal imaging surveys and result in the detection of similar anomalies across larger extents. Figure 2 Secondly, we have produced a case study and report detailing the investigation of a specific anomaly near the village of Tregony in Cornwall. This case study forms the key output from the numerous drone flights undertaken and an example of the output data from this investigation is included in figure 3. These data describe the output from the spatial filtering and thresholding described in figure 1. The anomaly identified in this case study is now under ground investigation and more information is available in the separate case study document. Figure 3, A: close up of NDVI data covering the identified anomaly at the Tregony site. B: thermal image of the same extent. C: processed data including blue highlights of the wettest locations. The red arrow shows the location of the surface water subsequently confirmed at this location. Specific limitations of this technology. This project has also identified limitations to this workflow, which constitute an important output for the future implementation of these technologies by SWW or other water companies. These limitations or considerations are listed below and split between the targeting aspects of the project, and the operational drone flights component. Targeting of leak detection activities. • This method requires frequent updating of broadscale aerial photography, or targeted flights of higher resolution aerial photography. • Users need sufficient experience to understand the principles of water flow at the surface and subsurface through complex natural and anthropogenically dominated landscape systems. • Related factors such as the season and antecedent rainfall will affect the usefulness of any data collected. Drone flight surveys of detected anomalies • Operator knowledge and experience is critical to the successful collection of data using drone technologies. • Restricted areas in which flight is permissible affect the areas available for survey. • There are specific and restricted conditions (weather and soil conditions) under which thermal imaging may prove useful. • Significantly varying ground cover in space (i.e. field to field) and in time (i.e. seasonally) limit the application of the technology and/or may require expert interpretation. • Requirements for detailed data post-processing are likely to vary based on the above. Therefore, a user experienced enough to adjust parametrisation specific to the site, ground cover and conditions would be required. • Requirement for any further data interpretation to be undertaken by an individual trained in thermal imaging science. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP004: Natural Capital Approaches in Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks (DNPA and ENPA) |
| Organisation | Dartmoor National Park Authority |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | To deliver environmental, economic and social benefits in Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks through the use of natural capital approaches |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice, commentary, and recommendations for data and model development. |
| Impact | Recreation Futures Outputs - Projections of housing developments and population growth around Dartmoor (written evidence) - Spatial and temporal projections of future changes in visitation and footfall across the National park (model results, GIS maps and written evidence) - Evidence on the wellbeing benefits (willingness to pay) and health benefits obtained by local population from recreation on Dartmoor - Written advice on the potential impacts of (increased) recreation on key wildlife and footpath erosion - GIS maps on the areas at risk of footpath erosion, areas of key wildlife, areas of future recreation hotspots, and areas of conflict between wildlife and recreation - Recommendations on mitigating the impacts of increased recreation on wildlife - Extensive final report on all the above Outcomes - Outputs above used within DNPA to inform thinking and decision/policy-making around recreation futures, benefits of recreation, impacts on the National Park and potential mitigation measures (achieved) - Outputs used by DNPA to support negotiations with Local Authorities and Housing Developers to leverage future funding to the Park in support of the supply of recreational facilities to residents of newly constructed housing in the region (on-going) - Wider use of these findings by other organisations: to date (by 06/08/19), the full report has been downloaded from the SWEEP website 59 times, and the extended summary 27 times (not available online elsewhere). (achieved/ongoing) - Recommendations provided to Dartmoor Access Forum through results presentation are informing discussions regarding access strategies (achieved) - Wider education on welfare valuation and impacts of increased footfall; through presentations to various audiences (achieved) Natural Capital Accounting Outputs - A review of existing Natural Capital Accounting methodologies by environmentally-facing organisations - An Excel framework for producing National Park Natural Capital Accounts - Natural Capital Accounts for Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks - Case studies testing account sensitivities and limitations, as well as potential improvements on the standard practice - Recommendations for producing improved Natural Capital Accounts at an organisational scale - A comprehensive report containing information on the Natural Capital Approach, the developed accounting methodology, results and case studies, including a detailed discussion on the aims and ambitions and usefulness of the delivered Natural Capital Accounts. Outcomes - Project findings used to test Natural Capital Accounting as a management tool for NPAs (achieved) - Project findings used to inform improved reporting for State of the Park reports (anticipated by end of SWEEP) - Project findings used to inform future needs regarding management decision-making tools (achieved) - Project used to feed back to government regarding usefulness and limitations of Natural Capital Accounting for NPAs and other environmental organisations (anticipated by end of SWEEP) |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP004: Natural Capital Approaches in Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks (DNPA and ENPA) |
| Organisation | Exmoor National Park Authority |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | To deliver environmental, economic and social benefits in Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks through the use of natural capital approaches |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice, commentary, and recommendations for data and model development. |
| Impact | Recreation Futures Outputs - Projections of housing developments and population growth around Dartmoor (written evidence) - Spatial and temporal projections of future changes in visitation and footfall across the National park (model results, GIS maps and written evidence) - Evidence on the wellbeing benefits (willingness to pay) and health benefits obtained by local population from recreation on Dartmoor - Written advice on the potential impacts of (increased) recreation on key wildlife and footpath erosion - GIS maps on the areas at risk of footpath erosion, areas of key wildlife, areas of future recreation hotspots, and areas of conflict between wildlife and recreation - Recommendations on mitigating the impacts of increased recreation on wildlife - Extensive final report on all the above Outcomes - Outputs above used within DNPA to inform thinking and decision/policy-making around recreation futures, benefits of recreation, impacts on the National Park and potential mitigation measures (achieved) - Outputs used by DNPA to support negotiations with Local Authorities and Housing Developers to leverage future funding to the Park in support of the supply of recreational facilities to residents of newly constructed housing in the region (on-going) - Wider use of these findings by other organisations: to date (by 06/08/19), the full report has been downloaded from the SWEEP website 59 times, and the extended summary 27 times (not available online elsewhere). (achieved/ongoing) - Recommendations provided to Dartmoor Access Forum through results presentation are informing discussions regarding access strategies (achieved) - Wider education on welfare valuation and impacts of increased footfall; through presentations to various audiences (achieved) Natural Capital Accounting Outputs - A review of existing Natural Capital Accounting methodologies by environmentally-facing organisations - An Excel framework for producing National Park Natural Capital Accounts - Natural Capital Accounts for Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks - Case studies testing account sensitivities and limitations, as well as potential improvements on the standard practice - Recommendations for producing improved Natural Capital Accounts at an organisational scale - A comprehensive report containing information on the Natural Capital Approach, the developed accounting methodology, results and case studies, including a detailed discussion on the aims and ambitions and usefulness of the delivered Natural Capital Accounts. Outcomes - Project findings used to test Natural Capital Accounting as a management tool for NPAs (achieved) - Project findings used to inform improved reporting for State of the Park reports (anticipated by end of SWEEP) - Project findings used to inform future needs regarding management decision-making tools (achieved) - Project used to feed back to government regarding usefulness and limitations of Natural Capital Accounting for NPAs and other environmental organisations (anticipated by end of SWEEP) |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP005a: Farming Futures |
| Organisation | National Farmers Union |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The overarching aim of this project is to find which groups of farmers are more or less likely to apply for future environmental schemes and how they perceive issues around them. The project will engage with farmers in the North Devon Biosphere to discuss the potential future NELMS schemes, their willingness to be involved, barriers, and how they think 'public money for public goods' could be achieved. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice; steering; identification of resources, data and other partners. Priority setting and work planning. |
| Impact | Outputs 1. A North Devon farmer typology database was created to help inform the Proposal for North Devon Landscape Pioneer 'Land Management Trial'. The Defra-funded trial is due to run for 15 months from Oct 2019 to Dec 2020. 2. A report was prepared for Natural England detailing the results of the discussions with farmers, summarising key findings and advice for the Pioneer. The report includes guidance on how to approach farmers, their understanding of Natural Capital, how likely they are to diversify, how interested they are in new schemes, who they would want advice from, etc. 3. A more accessible report was produced for farmers summarising the key findings. Outcomes 1. The farm typology developed during the engagement work was used by Natural England to develop the the North Devon Landscape Pioneer 'Land Management Trial'. It enabled them to better understand and work with farmers within the Biosphere. 2. Natural England was advised to adjust the trial design and farm-approach in the following ways, as a result of the farmer survey findings: e.g. (1) use established partners on the ground to develop trial; (2) stop running workshops during the summer months (when farmers were busy harvesting); (3) change the language used with farmers to minimise barriers (e.g. not use the term 'Natural Capital'). 3. The engaged (i.e. 'warmed-up') farmers are being targeted by Natural England to take part in the trial. 4. Farmers who engaged with the SWEEP 'process' became better informed and knowledgeable about their natural capital resources and felt more empowered as a result of their engagement with the ideas around the North Devon Landscape Pioneer trial process. 5. In the longer-term, it is anticipated that the results of the North Devon Landscape Pioneer 'Land Management Trial' will help shape development of the national NELMS. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP005a: Farming Futures |
| Organisation | Natural England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The overarching aim of this project is to find which groups of farmers are more or less likely to apply for future environmental schemes and how they perceive issues around them. The project will engage with farmers in the North Devon Biosphere to discuss the potential future NELMS schemes, their willingness to be involved, barriers, and how they think 'public money for public goods' could be achieved. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice; steering; identification of resources, data and other partners. Priority setting and work planning. |
| Impact | Outputs 1. A North Devon farmer typology database was created to help inform the Proposal for North Devon Landscape Pioneer 'Land Management Trial'. The Defra-funded trial is due to run for 15 months from Oct 2019 to Dec 2020. 2. A report was prepared for Natural England detailing the results of the discussions with farmers, summarising key findings and advice for the Pioneer. The report includes guidance on how to approach farmers, their understanding of Natural Capital, how likely they are to diversify, how interested they are in new schemes, who they would want advice from, etc. 3. A more accessible report was produced for farmers summarising the key findings. Outcomes 1. The farm typology developed during the engagement work was used by Natural England to develop the the North Devon Landscape Pioneer 'Land Management Trial'. It enabled them to better understand and work with farmers within the Biosphere. 2. Natural England was advised to adjust the trial design and farm-approach in the following ways, as a result of the farmer survey findings: e.g. (1) use established partners on the ground to develop trial; (2) stop running workshops during the summer months (when farmers were busy harvesting); (3) change the language used with farmers to minimise barriers (e.g. not use the term 'Natural Capital'). 3. The engaged (i.e. 'warmed-up') farmers are being targeted by Natural England to take part in the trial. 4. Farmers who engaged with the SWEEP 'process' became better informed and knowledgeable about their natural capital resources and felt more empowered as a result of their engagement with the ideas around the North Devon Landscape Pioneer trial process. 5. In the longer-term, it is anticipated that the results of the North Devon Landscape Pioneer 'Land Management Trial' will help shape development of the national NELMS. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP005a: Farming Futures |
| Organisation | North Devon Biosphere Service |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The overarching aim of this project is to find which groups of farmers are more or less likely to apply for future environmental schemes and how they perceive issues around them. The project will engage with farmers in the North Devon Biosphere to discuss the potential future NELMS schemes, their willingness to be involved, barriers, and how they think 'public money for public goods' could be achieved. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice; steering; identification of resources, data and other partners. Priority setting and work planning. |
| Impact | Outputs 1. A North Devon farmer typology database was created to help inform the Proposal for North Devon Landscape Pioneer 'Land Management Trial'. The Defra-funded trial is due to run for 15 months from Oct 2019 to Dec 2020. 2. A report was prepared for Natural England detailing the results of the discussions with farmers, summarising key findings and advice for the Pioneer. The report includes guidance on how to approach farmers, their understanding of Natural Capital, how likely they are to diversify, how interested they are in new schemes, who they would want advice from, etc. 3. A more accessible report was produced for farmers summarising the key findings. Outcomes 1. The farm typology developed during the engagement work was used by Natural England to develop the the North Devon Landscape Pioneer 'Land Management Trial'. It enabled them to better understand and work with farmers within the Biosphere. 2. Natural England was advised to adjust the trial design and farm-approach in the following ways, as a result of the farmer survey findings: e.g. (1) use established partners on the ground to develop trial; (2) stop running workshops during the summer months (when farmers were busy harvesting); (3) change the language used with farmers to minimise barriers (e.g. not use the term 'Natural Capital'). 3. The engaged (i.e. 'warmed-up') farmers are being targeted by Natural England to take part in the trial. 4. Farmers who engaged with the SWEEP 'process' became better informed and knowledgeable about their natural capital resources and felt more empowered as a result of their engagement with the ideas around the North Devon Landscape Pioneer trial process. 5. In the longer-term, it is anticipated that the results of the North Devon Landscape Pioneer 'Land Management Trial' will help shape development of the national NELMS. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP005b: Estuarine Resilience |
| Organisation | Natural England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The overarching aim of this project was to generate environmental enhancements, economic benefits and social wellbeing improvements for the North Devon Biosphere and to inform the 25 Year Environment Plan Landscape Pioneer - a Defra initiative to identify innovation and test the natural capital approach within the North Devon Biosphere. The specific aim of this project was to quantify and improve understanding of how to value and fund coastal ecosystem services by using natural capital approaches to assess the nature and value of the ecosystem services generated by saltmarsh re-alignment. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The overarching aim of this project was to generate environmental enhancements, economic benefits and social wellbeing improvements for the North Devon Biosphere and to inform the 25 Year Environment Plan Landscape Pioneer - a Defra initiative to identify innovation and test the natural capital approach within the North Devon Biosphere. The specific aim of this project was to quantify and improve understanding of how to value and fund coastal ecosystem services by using natural capital approaches to assess the nature and value of the ecosystem services generated by saltmarsh re-alignment. |
| Impact | Output 1. Identification of a set of candidate managed re-alignment sites, which are high priorities for re-alignment. A number of steps were required to produce this outcome. First, it required collating and or generating data describing the ecosystem services generated by candidate managed re-alignment areas in the North Devon Biosphere Reserve. This data describes: carbon sequestration benefits; recreational benefits; direct property damage costs; direct re-alignment costs; and potential agricultural production losses. Second, a model was developed to calculate site specific benefits and costs that would be generate by candidate areas in the Biosphere. The model results were analysed to evaluate priority areas for managed re-alignment based on different assumptions regarding flood damage costs to buildings. The final outputs are available as a dataframe describing candidate re-alignment sites, their location, and the streams of economic costs and benefits that would be generated by the ecosystem services provided by the sites if they were converted to saltmarsh. Outcomes: This information provides a suite of management recommendations to inform the future prioritization of managed re-alignment in the North Devon Biosphere Reserve. This figure shows the results of prioritisation of sites in the North Devon Biosphere Reserve for managed re-alignment of saltmarsh across three scenarios varying in their treatment of property damage: 1) ignoring damages, 2) excluding sites with properties from the analysis, and 3) incorporating a basic assessment of property damages. Prioritisation is based on an assessment of candidate sites' costs: opportunity costs to agriculture, property damages and direct costs (scenario 3), and benefits: recreational and carbon sequestration. The site with the highest annual net present value is circled in red and annual net present value reported. Output 2. SWEEP/LEEP working paper A working paper was developed to describe the results of the Output 1. This was a collaborative effort with Andy Bell, Jo Traill-Thomson (although she was not an author, Jo provided input into the analysis), Sian Rees, Timothy Poate, Christopher Stokes, Brett Day, Greg Smith and Ian Bateman. The working paper is available on the LEEP website: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/leep/publications/workingpapers/ Reference: Davis, K. J., A. Binner, A. Bell, B. Day, T. Poate, S. Rees, G. Smith, K. Wilson, and I. Bateman. A Generalizable Integrated Natural Capital Methodology for Targeting Investment in Coastal Defence. LEEP Working Paper. Outcomes: This output provides a fully open access and accessible description of the work undertaken as part of this project. Output 3. Peer-reviewed manuscript A peer-reviewed manuscript: A Generalizable Integrated Natural Capital Methodology for Targeting Investment in Coastal Defence, was developed based on Output 2. This is available: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21606544.2018.1537197 Reference: Davis, KJ, A Binner, A Bell, B Day, T Poate, S Rees, G Smith, K Wilson & I Bateman. 2018. A generalisable integrated natural capital methodology for targeting investment in coastal defence. Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, 1-18. DOI 10.1080/21606544.2018.1537197. Outcomes: This paper has been viewed 869 times (05/06/2019). This publication is fully open access and provides a complete description of the work undertaken for this project. It is also easily shareable and can be used to replicate the analysis of the economic costs and benefits provided by the ecosystem services generated by saltmarsh. As such, it provides a blueprint for the application of the Natural Capital Approach. Output 4. Public engagement During the "Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register Workshop", which was one of the Marine Working Group Meetings in September 2018 as part of the North Devon Marine Pioneer, contact details and copies of the working paper were exchanged with organisations interested in replicating the analysis. Interested parties included Chris Wood, who was interested in developing an evidence base for saltmarsh development in Porlock; and Rebecca MacDonald from Somerset Wildlife. Outcome: This provided an opportunity for the study approach and results to generate leveraged or affiliated projects. Outcome 5: Presentations The approach and outcomes of this project were communicated at the following seminars and academic conferences: 1. EnvEcon, 9th March, London, United Kingdom. 2. Twitter Conference for Environmental Decisions, 22nd May 2018. 3. BIOECON XX, 12-14th September, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 4. A Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register Workshop. North Devon Marine Pioneer. Marine Working Group Meeting September 2018. 5. University of Western Australia, Xth October, Australia. 6. University of Queensland, Xth October, Australia. Outcome: These presentations provided an opporutnity to disseminate the methodology and preliminary results of the project. They led to an invitation to participate in a special feature on Natural Capital in the Journal of Environmental Economics & Policy (Output 3). References: • Davis, K. J., A. Binner, A. Bell, B. Day, T. Poate, S. Rees, G. Smith, K. Wilson, and I. Bateman. 2018. A generalisable integrated natural capital methodology for investments in saltmarsh. Envecon 2018. • Davis, K. J., A. Binner, A. Bell, B. Day, T. Poate, S. Rees, G. Smith, K. Wilson, and I. Bateman. 2018. A generalizable integrated natural capital methodology to prioritise investment in saltmarsh enhancement. XX Annual Bioecon Conference, King's College, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Output 6: News and radio report The research methods and results were reported in a number of media outlets in January 2019. These included: • 23 January 2019 - BBC Spotlight • 23 January 2019 - BBC News • 28 January 2019 - Farming Today • 28 January 2019 - BBC Radio 4 Outcome: This output led to the dissemination of information regarding the ecosystem services provided by saltmarsh. Figure 1. Screen shot of BBC Spotlight press coverage of project. Output 7: Tidal gauges and salinity sensors Tidal gauges and salinity sensors were installed at six sites in the North Devon Biosphere Reserve to provide data that could be used to predict whether saltmarsh would form in potential managed re-alignments sites, and the quality of the potential saltmarsh that would form. Outcomes: Data has now been collected and is being processed by A Bell to determine whether the tidal regime would facilitate development of saltmarsh in candidate re-alignment areas. Figure 2. K Hind and C Stokes setting up equipment to geolocate tidal sensors in North Devon. Outcomes expected by the end of SWEEP • Potential for a new managed re-alignment site in the North Devon Biosphere incorporating the recommendations of the project. Long term outcomes • Enhanced provision of ecosystem services from new managed re-alignment of saltmarsh areas in the North Devon Biosphere, relative to managed re-alignment that would be undertaken without this analysis. Additional benefits could be in the following categories: carbon sequestration, recreation, lower costs to agricultural production, and lower property damages caused by re-alignment. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP005b: Estuarine Resilience |
| Organisation | North Devon Biosphere Foundation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The overarching aim of this project was to generate environmental enhancements, economic benefits and social wellbeing improvements for the North Devon Biosphere and to inform the 25 Year Environment Plan Landscape Pioneer - a Defra initiative to identify innovation and test the natural capital approach within the North Devon Biosphere. The specific aim of this project was to quantify and improve understanding of how to value and fund coastal ecosystem services by using natural capital approaches to assess the nature and value of the ecosystem services generated by saltmarsh re-alignment. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The overarching aim of this project was to generate environmental enhancements, economic benefits and social wellbeing improvements for the North Devon Biosphere and to inform the 25 Year Environment Plan Landscape Pioneer - a Defra initiative to identify innovation and test the natural capital approach within the North Devon Biosphere. The specific aim of this project was to quantify and improve understanding of how to value and fund coastal ecosystem services by using natural capital approaches to assess the nature and value of the ecosystem services generated by saltmarsh re-alignment. |
| Impact | Output 1. Identification of a set of candidate managed re-alignment sites, which are high priorities for re-alignment. A number of steps were required to produce this outcome. First, it required collating and or generating data describing the ecosystem services generated by candidate managed re-alignment areas in the North Devon Biosphere Reserve. This data describes: carbon sequestration benefits; recreational benefits; direct property damage costs; direct re-alignment costs; and potential agricultural production losses. Second, a model was developed to calculate site specific benefits and costs that would be generate by candidate areas in the Biosphere. The model results were analysed to evaluate priority areas for managed re-alignment based on different assumptions regarding flood damage costs to buildings. The final outputs are available as a dataframe describing candidate re-alignment sites, their location, and the streams of economic costs and benefits that would be generated by the ecosystem services provided by the sites if they were converted to saltmarsh. Outcomes: This information provides a suite of management recommendations to inform the future prioritization of managed re-alignment in the North Devon Biosphere Reserve. This figure shows the results of prioritisation of sites in the North Devon Biosphere Reserve for managed re-alignment of saltmarsh across three scenarios varying in their treatment of property damage: 1) ignoring damages, 2) excluding sites with properties from the analysis, and 3) incorporating a basic assessment of property damages. Prioritisation is based on an assessment of candidate sites' costs: opportunity costs to agriculture, property damages and direct costs (scenario 3), and benefits: recreational and carbon sequestration. The site with the highest annual net present value is circled in red and annual net present value reported. Output 2. SWEEP/LEEP working paper A working paper was developed to describe the results of the Output 1. This was a collaborative effort with Andy Bell, Jo Traill-Thomson (although she was not an author, Jo provided input into the analysis), Sian Rees, Timothy Poate, Christopher Stokes, Brett Day, Greg Smith and Ian Bateman. The working paper is available on the LEEP website: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/leep/publications/workingpapers/ Reference: Davis, K. J., A. Binner, A. Bell, B. Day, T. Poate, S. Rees, G. Smith, K. Wilson, and I. Bateman. A Generalizable Integrated Natural Capital Methodology for Targeting Investment in Coastal Defence. LEEP Working Paper. Outcomes: This output provides a fully open access and accessible description of the work undertaken as part of this project. Output 3. Peer-reviewed manuscript A peer-reviewed manuscript: A Generalizable Integrated Natural Capital Methodology for Targeting Investment in Coastal Defence, was developed based on Output 2. This is available: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21606544.2018.1537197 Reference: Davis, KJ, A Binner, A Bell, B Day, T Poate, S Rees, G Smith, K Wilson & I Bateman. 2018. A generalisable integrated natural capital methodology for targeting investment in coastal defence. Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, 1-18. DOI 10.1080/21606544.2018.1537197. Outcomes: This paper has been viewed 869 times (05/06/2019). This publication is fully open access and provides a complete description of the work undertaken for this project. It is also easily shareable and can be used to replicate the analysis of the economic costs and benefits provided by the ecosystem services generated by saltmarsh. As such, it provides a blueprint for the application of the Natural Capital Approach. Output 4. Public engagement During the "Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register Workshop", which was one of the Marine Working Group Meetings in September 2018 as part of the North Devon Marine Pioneer, contact details and copies of the working paper were exchanged with organisations interested in replicating the analysis. Interested parties included Chris Wood, who was interested in developing an evidence base for saltmarsh development in Porlock; and Rebecca MacDonald from Somerset Wildlife. Outcome: This provided an opportunity for the study approach and results to generate leveraged or affiliated projects. Outcome 5: Presentations The approach and outcomes of this project were communicated at the following seminars and academic conferences: 1. EnvEcon, 9th March, London, United Kingdom. 2. Twitter Conference for Environmental Decisions, 22nd May 2018. 3. BIOECON XX, 12-14th September, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 4. A Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register Workshop. North Devon Marine Pioneer. Marine Working Group Meeting September 2018. 5. University of Western Australia, Xth October, Australia. 6. University of Queensland, Xth October, Australia. Outcome: These presentations provided an opporutnity to disseminate the methodology and preliminary results of the project. They led to an invitation to participate in a special feature on Natural Capital in the Journal of Environmental Economics & Policy (Output 3). References: • Davis, K. J., A. Binner, A. Bell, B. Day, T. Poate, S. Rees, G. Smith, K. Wilson, and I. Bateman. 2018. A generalisable integrated natural capital methodology for investments in saltmarsh. Envecon 2018. • Davis, K. J., A. Binner, A. Bell, B. Day, T. Poate, S. Rees, G. Smith, K. Wilson, and I. Bateman. 2018. A generalizable integrated natural capital methodology to prioritise investment in saltmarsh enhancement. XX Annual Bioecon Conference, King's College, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Output 6: News and radio report The research methods and results were reported in a number of media outlets in January 2019. These included: • 23 January 2019 - BBC Spotlight • 23 January 2019 - BBC News • 28 January 2019 - Farming Today • 28 January 2019 - BBC Radio 4 Outcome: This output led to the dissemination of information regarding the ecosystem services provided by saltmarsh. Figure 1. Screen shot of BBC Spotlight press coverage of project. Output 7: Tidal gauges and salinity sensors Tidal gauges and salinity sensors were installed at six sites in the North Devon Biosphere Reserve to provide data that could be used to predict whether saltmarsh would form in potential managed re-alignments sites, and the quality of the potential saltmarsh that would form. Outcomes: Data has now been collected and is being processed by A Bell to determine whether the tidal regime would facilitate development of saltmarsh in candidate re-alignment areas. Figure 2. K Hind and C Stokes setting up equipment to geolocate tidal sensors in North Devon. Outcomes expected by the end of SWEEP • Potential for a new managed re-alignment site in the North Devon Biosphere incorporating the recommendations of the project. Long term outcomes • Enhanced provision of ecosystem services from new managed re-alignment of saltmarsh areas in the North Devon Biosphere, relative to managed re-alignment that would be undertaken without this analysis. Additional benefits could be in the following categories: carbon sequestration, recreation, lower costs to agricultural production, and lower property damages caused by re-alignment. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP006: Sustainable Drainage |
| Organisation | Devon County Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Develop an innovative methodology and tools that can be used to inform strategic level planning decisions in South West England |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice, project steering, provision of data and model refinement expertise. |
| Impact | 1) South West England surface water catchment dataset and guidance This output includes GIS mapping representing surface water (overland exceedance) flow paths and catchments for South West England and associated technical guidance. The outputs are used to identify the hydro-dynamics and surface water connectivity of landscapes during catchment screening, as such they are intended as an exploratory tool, to direct and form subsequent steps of surface water management. Outputs are high level and only suitable for application by experienced professional, caution should be made when applying outputs at a local scale or without knowledge of their strengths, limitations and contexts. So far these outputs have been adopted and applied by several project partners, including: WRT, PF, South West Water and Fjordr. WRT and PF have applied them on several projects and case studies (detailed in Activity 4), although, so far, it is unclear whether other partners have applied them on projects. As the outputs are a screening tool, they may be used within organisations for quick screening/ preparing bidding/ collecting appropriate data/ contacting appropriate stakeholders, rather than making their way into published outputs. By the end of SWEEP we anticipate that this output will be embedded in WRT and PF's capabilities and applied on a range of other projects, including Kingsbridge (PF), Burrator Reservoir (WRT) and Connecting the Culm (WRT/ Fjordr). We anticipate that our partners will continue to use the data set beyond this date. Following the Expo, a range of other stakeholders have contacted us to apply these catchments. We will endeavor to continue to make the data available where we are contacted and report this to the SWEEP Impact Officer, as appropriate. 2) Devon SUDS opportunity mapping This output is currently in progress, awaiting final analysis from colleagues at Eawag University. Upon completion the mapping will show SUDS opportunity mapping across the entirety of Devon, highlighting the range and scale of measures which can be applied in the region. The output will work in tandem with Output 1, though providing additional data to support partners preliminary strategic hazard and opportunity screening. Up to the end and beyond SWEEP, we anticipate that this will form a useful component for our SWEEP partners to inform, explore and evidence the decisions they make when considering surface water management decisions. We anticipate that this will translate to consideration and application of a wider range of surface water management measures (which are not always included in 'business as usual' design, as well as supporting partners winning and delivering work. 3) Flood modelling training and embedding research led resources with partners This output has delivered training for our two key partners, WRT and PF. Training has included application of catchment datasets (Output 1), guidance on flood modelling and deployment of research tools and frameworks, including Rapid Scenario Screening, CADDIES-2D and flood damage assessment using the CORFU tool. We delivered this training through hosting several full day workshops, regular in person and virtual meetings and ongoing technical support (detailed in impact store). We were also able to leverage licensing from the CADDIES flood modelling team. Effective training has led to applying skills and knowledge in support of flood management projects around South West England during the SWEEP project, and we anticipate that the positive legacy of this upskilling and embedding new practices will continue up to and beyond the end of SWEEP. It is likely that the partnerships and mentoring established in SWEEP will continue beyond the end of the project. We envisage that these outputs will have the following outcomes: • New approach trialed by project partners to enhance surface water management in SW England • New tools and methods are adopted to support stakeholder analysis of surface water hazards in SW England • New opportunities for surface water management are identified by tool users. • Understand value of SuDS for surface water management in South West England and disseminate potentially leading to further outcomes and impacts. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP006: Sustainable Drainage |
| Organisation | Devon County Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Develop an innovative methodology and tools that can be used to inform strategic level planning decisions in South West England |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice, project steering, provision of data and model refinement expertise. |
| Impact | 1) South West England surface water catchment dataset and guidance This output includes GIS mapping representing surface water (overland exceedance) flow paths and catchments for South West England and associated technical guidance. The outputs are used to identify the hydro-dynamics and surface water connectivity of landscapes during catchment screening, as such they are intended as an exploratory tool, to direct and form subsequent steps of surface water management. Outputs are high level and only suitable for application by experienced professional, caution should be made when applying outputs at a local scale or without knowledge of their strengths, limitations and contexts. So far these outputs have been adopted and applied by several project partners, including: WRT, PF, South West Water and Fjordr. WRT and PF have applied them on several projects and case studies (detailed in Activity 4), although, so far, it is unclear whether other partners have applied them on projects. As the outputs are a screening tool, they may be used within organisations for quick screening/ preparing bidding/ collecting appropriate data/ contacting appropriate stakeholders, rather than making their way into published outputs. By the end of SWEEP we anticipate that this output will be embedded in WRT and PF's capabilities and applied on a range of other projects, including Kingsbridge (PF), Burrator Reservoir (WRT) and Connecting the Culm (WRT/ Fjordr). We anticipate that our partners will continue to use the data set beyond this date. Following the Expo, a range of other stakeholders have contacted us to apply these catchments. We will endeavor to continue to make the data available where we are contacted and report this to the SWEEP Impact Officer, as appropriate. 2) Devon SUDS opportunity mapping This output is currently in progress, awaiting final analysis from colleagues at Eawag University. Upon completion the mapping will show SUDS opportunity mapping across the entirety of Devon, highlighting the range and scale of measures which can be applied in the region. The output will work in tandem with Output 1, though providing additional data to support partners preliminary strategic hazard and opportunity screening. Up to the end and beyond SWEEP, we anticipate that this will form a useful component for our SWEEP partners to inform, explore and evidence the decisions they make when considering surface water management decisions. We anticipate that this will translate to consideration and application of a wider range of surface water management measures (which are not always included in 'business as usual' design, as well as supporting partners winning and delivering work. 3) Flood modelling training and embedding research led resources with partners This output has delivered training for our two key partners, WRT and PF. Training has included application of catchment datasets (Output 1), guidance on flood modelling and deployment of research tools and frameworks, including Rapid Scenario Screening, CADDIES-2D and flood damage assessment using the CORFU tool. We delivered this training through hosting several full day workshops, regular in person and virtual meetings and ongoing technical support (detailed in impact store). We were also able to leverage licensing from the CADDIES flood modelling team. Effective training has led to applying skills and knowledge in support of flood management projects around South West England during the SWEEP project, and we anticipate that the positive legacy of this upskilling and embedding new practices will continue up to and beyond the end of SWEEP. It is likely that the partnerships and mentoring established in SWEEP will continue beyond the end of the project. We envisage that these outputs will have the following outcomes: • New approach trialed by project partners to enhance surface water management in SW England • New tools and methods are adopted to support stakeholder analysis of surface water hazards in SW England • New opportunities for surface water management are identified by tool users. • Understand value of SuDS for surface water management in South West England and disseminate potentially leading to further outcomes and impacts. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP006: Sustainable Drainage |
| Organisation | Jacobs Engineering Group |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Develop an innovative methodology and tools that can be used to inform strategic level planning decisions in South West England |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice, project steering, provision of data and model refinement expertise. |
| Impact | 1) South West England surface water catchment dataset and guidance This output includes GIS mapping representing surface water (overland exceedance) flow paths and catchments for South West England and associated technical guidance. The outputs are used to identify the hydro-dynamics and surface water connectivity of landscapes during catchment screening, as such they are intended as an exploratory tool, to direct and form subsequent steps of surface water management. Outputs are high level and only suitable for application by experienced professional, caution should be made when applying outputs at a local scale or without knowledge of their strengths, limitations and contexts. So far these outputs have been adopted and applied by several project partners, including: WRT, PF, South West Water and Fjordr. WRT and PF have applied them on several projects and case studies (detailed in Activity 4), although, so far, it is unclear whether other partners have applied them on projects. As the outputs are a screening tool, they may be used within organisations for quick screening/ preparing bidding/ collecting appropriate data/ contacting appropriate stakeholders, rather than making their way into published outputs. By the end of SWEEP we anticipate that this output will be embedded in WRT and PF's capabilities and applied on a range of other projects, including Kingsbridge (PF), Burrator Reservoir (WRT) and Connecting the Culm (WRT/ Fjordr). We anticipate that our partners will continue to use the data set beyond this date. Following the Expo, a range of other stakeholders have contacted us to apply these catchments. We will endeavor to continue to make the data available where we are contacted and report this to the SWEEP Impact Officer, as appropriate. 2) Devon SUDS opportunity mapping This output is currently in progress, awaiting final analysis from colleagues at Eawag University. Upon completion the mapping will show SUDS opportunity mapping across the entirety of Devon, highlighting the range and scale of measures which can be applied in the region. The output will work in tandem with Output 1, though providing additional data to support partners preliminary strategic hazard and opportunity screening. Up to the end and beyond SWEEP, we anticipate that this will form a useful component for our SWEEP partners to inform, explore and evidence the decisions they make when considering surface water management decisions. We anticipate that this will translate to consideration and application of a wider range of surface water management measures (which are not always included in 'business as usual' design, as well as supporting partners winning and delivering work. 3) Flood modelling training and embedding research led resources with partners This output has delivered training for our two key partners, WRT and PF. Training has included application of catchment datasets (Output 1), guidance on flood modelling and deployment of research tools and frameworks, including Rapid Scenario Screening, CADDIES-2D and flood damage assessment using the CORFU tool. We delivered this training through hosting several full day workshops, regular in person and virtual meetings and ongoing technical support (detailed in impact store). We were also able to leverage licensing from the CADDIES flood modelling team. Effective training has led to applying skills and knowledge in support of flood management projects around South West England during the SWEEP project, and we anticipate that the positive legacy of this upskilling and embedding new practices will continue up to and beyond the end of SWEEP. It is likely that the partnerships and mentoring established in SWEEP will continue beyond the end of the project. We envisage that these outputs will have the following outcomes: • New approach trialed by project partners to enhance surface water management in SW England • New tools and methods are adopted to support stakeholder analysis of surface water hazards in SW England • New opportunities for surface water management are identified by tool users. • Understand value of SuDS for surface water management in South West England and disseminate potentially leading to further outcomes and impacts. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP006: Sustainable Drainage |
| Organisation | Pell Frischmann |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Develop an innovative methodology and tools that can be used to inform strategic level planning decisions in South West England |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice, project steering, provision of data and model refinement expertise. |
| Impact | 1) South West England surface water catchment dataset and guidance This output includes GIS mapping representing surface water (overland exceedance) flow paths and catchments for South West England and associated technical guidance. The outputs are used to identify the hydro-dynamics and surface water connectivity of landscapes during catchment screening, as such they are intended as an exploratory tool, to direct and form subsequent steps of surface water management. Outputs are high level and only suitable for application by experienced professional, caution should be made when applying outputs at a local scale or without knowledge of their strengths, limitations and contexts. So far these outputs have been adopted and applied by several project partners, including: WRT, PF, South West Water and Fjordr. WRT and PF have applied them on several projects and case studies (detailed in Activity 4), although, so far, it is unclear whether other partners have applied them on projects. As the outputs are a screening tool, they may be used within organisations for quick screening/ preparing bidding/ collecting appropriate data/ contacting appropriate stakeholders, rather than making their way into published outputs. By the end of SWEEP we anticipate that this output will be embedded in WRT and PF's capabilities and applied on a range of other projects, including Kingsbridge (PF), Burrator Reservoir (WRT) and Connecting the Culm (WRT/ Fjordr). We anticipate that our partners will continue to use the data set beyond this date. Following the Expo, a range of other stakeholders have contacted us to apply these catchments. We will endeavor to continue to make the data available where we are contacted and report this to the SWEEP Impact Officer, as appropriate. 2) Devon SUDS opportunity mapping This output is currently in progress, awaiting final analysis from colleagues at Eawag University. Upon completion the mapping will show SUDS opportunity mapping across the entirety of Devon, highlighting the range and scale of measures which can be applied in the region. The output will work in tandem with Output 1, though providing additional data to support partners preliminary strategic hazard and opportunity screening. Up to the end and beyond SWEEP, we anticipate that this will form a useful component for our SWEEP partners to inform, explore and evidence the decisions they make when considering surface water management decisions. We anticipate that this will translate to consideration and application of a wider range of surface water management measures (which are not always included in 'business as usual' design, as well as supporting partners winning and delivering work. 3) Flood modelling training and embedding research led resources with partners This output has delivered training for our two key partners, WRT and PF. Training has included application of catchment datasets (Output 1), guidance on flood modelling and deployment of research tools and frameworks, including Rapid Scenario Screening, CADDIES-2D and flood damage assessment using the CORFU tool. We delivered this training through hosting several full day workshops, regular in person and virtual meetings and ongoing technical support (detailed in impact store). We were also able to leverage licensing from the CADDIES flood modelling team. Effective training has led to applying skills and knowledge in support of flood management projects around South West England during the SWEEP project, and we anticipate that the positive legacy of this upskilling and embedding new practices will continue up to and beyond the end of SWEEP. It is likely that the partnerships and mentoring established in SWEEP will continue beyond the end of the project. We envisage that these outputs will have the following outcomes: • New approach trialed by project partners to enhance surface water management in SW England • New tools and methods are adopted to support stakeholder analysis of surface water hazards in SW England • New opportunities for surface water management are identified by tool users. • Understand value of SuDS for surface water management in South West England and disseminate potentially leading to further outcomes and impacts. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP006: Sustainable Drainage |
| Organisation | Welsh Water |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Develop an innovative methodology and tools that can be used to inform strategic level planning decisions in South West England |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice, project steering, provision of data and model refinement expertise. |
| Impact | 1) South West England surface water catchment dataset and guidance This output includes GIS mapping representing surface water (overland exceedance) flow paths and catchments for South West England and associated technical guidance. The outputs are used to identify the hydro-dynamics and surface water connectivity of landscapes during catchment screening, as such they are intended as an exploratory tool, to direct and form subsequent steps of surface water management. Outputs are high level and only suitable for application by experienced professional, caution should be made when applying outputs at a local scale or without knowledge of their strengths, limitations and contexts. So far these outputs have been adopted and applied by several project partners, including: WRT, PF, South West Water and Fjordr. WRT and PF have applied them on several projects and case studies (detailed in Activity 4), although, so far, it is unclear whether other partners have applied them on projects. As the outputs are a screening tool, they may be used within organisations for quick screening/ preparing bidding/ collecting appropriate data/ contacting appropriate stakeholders, rather than making their way into published outputs. By the end of SWEEP we anticipate that this output will be embedded in WRT and PF's capabilities and applied on a range of other projects, including Kingsbridge (PF), Burrator Reservoir (WRT) and Connecting the Culm (WRT/ Fjordr). We anticipate that our partners will continue to use the data set beyond this date. Following the Expo, a range of other stakeholders have contacted us to apply these catchments. We will endeavor to continue to make the data available where we are contacted and report this to the SWEEP Impact Officer, as appropriate. 2) Devon SUDS opportunity mapping This output is currently in progress, awaiting final analysis from colleagues at Eawag University. Upon completion the mapping will show SUDS opportunity mapping across the entirety of Devon, highlighting the range and scale of measures which can be applied in the region. The output will work in tandem with Output 1, though providing additional data to support partners preliminary strategic hazard and opportunity screening. Up to the end and beyond SWEEP, we anticipate that this will form a useful component for our SWEEP partners to inform, explore and evidence the decisions they make when considering surface water management decisions. We anticipate that this will translate to consideration and application of a wider range of surface water management measures (which are not always included in 'business as usual' design, as well as supporting partners winning and delivering work. 3) Flood modelling training and embedding research led resources with partners This output has delivered training for our two key partners, WRT and PF. Training has included application of catchment datasets (Output 1), guidance on flood modelling and deployment of research tools and frameworks, including Rapid Scenario Screening, CADDIES-2D and flood damage assessment using the CORFU tool. We delivered this training through hosting several full day workshops, regular in person and virtual meetings and ongoing technical support (detailed in impact store). We were also able to leverage licensing from the CADDIES flood modelling team. Effective training has led to applying skills and knowledge in support of flood management projects around South West England during the SWEEP project, and we anticipate that the positive legacy of this upskilling and embedding new practices will continue up to and beyond the end of SWEEP. It is likely that the partnerships and mentoring established in SWEEP will continue beyond the end of the project. We envisage that these outputs will have the following outcomes: • New approach trialed by project partners to enhance surface water management in SW England • New tools and methods are adopted to support stakeholder analysis of surface water hazards in SW England • New opportunities for surface water management are identified by tool users. • Understand value of SuDS for surface water management in South West England and disseminate potentially leading to further outcomes and impacts. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP006: Sustainable Drainage |
| Organisation | Westcountry Rivers Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Develop an innovative methodology and tools that can be used to inform strategic level planning decisions in South West England |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice, project steering, provision of data and model refinement expertise. |
| Impact | 1) South West England surface water catchment dataset and guidance This output includes GIS mapping representing surface water (overland exceedance) flow paths and catchments for South West England and associated technical guidance. The outputs are used to identify the hydro-dynamics and surface water connectivity of landscapes during catchment screening, as such they are intended as an exploratory tool, to direct and form subsequent steps of surface water management. Outputs are high level and only suitable for application by experienced professional, caution should be made when applying outputs at a local scale or without knowledge of their strengths, limitations and contexts. So far these outputs have been adopted and applied by several project partners, including: WRT, PF, South West Water and Fjordr. WRT and PF have applied them on several projects and case studies (detailed in Activity 4), although, so far, it is unclear whether other partners have applied them on projects. As the outputs are a screening tool, they may be used within organisations for quick screening/ preparing bidding/ collecting appropriate data/ contacting appropriate stakeholders, rather than making their way into published outputs. By the end of SWEEP we anticipate that this output will be embedded in WRT and PF's capabilities and applied on a range of other projects, including Kingsbridge (PF), Burrator Reservoir (WRT) and Connecting the Culm (WRT/ Fjordr). We anticipate that our partners will continue to use the data set beyond this date. Following the Expo, a range of other stakeholders have contacted us to apply these catchments. We will endeavor to continue to make the data available where we are contacted and report this to the SWEEP Impact Officer, as appropriate. 2) Devon SUDS opportunity mapping This output is currently in progress, awaiting final analysis from colleagues at Eawag University. Upon completion the mapping will show SUDS opportunity mapping across the entirety of Devon, highlighting the range and scale of measures which can be applied in the region. The output will work in tandem with Output 1, though providing additional data to support partners preliminary strategic hazard and opportunity screening. Up to the end and beyond SWEEP, we anticipate that this will form a useful component for our SWEEP partners to inform, explore and evidence the decisions they make when considering surface water management decisions. We anticipate that this will translate to consideration and application of a wider range of surface water management measures (which are not always included in 'business as usual' design, as well as supporting partners winning and delivering work. 3) Flood modelling training and embedding research led resources with partners This output has delivered training for our two key partners, WRT and PF. Training has included application of catchment datasets (Output 1), guidance on flood modelling and deployment of research tools and frameworks, including Rapid Scenario Screening, CADDIES-2D and flood damage assessment using the CORFU tool. We delivered this training through hosting several full day workshops, regular in person and virtual meetings and ongoing technical support (detailed in impact store). We were also able to leverage licensing from the CADDIES flood modelling team. Effective training has led to applying skills and knowledge in support of flood management projects around South West England during the SWEEP project, and we anticipate that the positive legacy of this upskilling and embedding new practices will continue up to and beyond the end of SWEEP. It is likely that the partnerships and mentoring established in SWEEP will continue beyond the end of the project. We envisage that these outputs will have the following outcomes: • New approach trialed by project partners to enhance surface water management in SW England • New tools and methods are adopted to support stakeholder analysis of surface water hazards in SW England • New opportunities for surface water management are identified by tool users. • Understand value of SuDS for surface water management in South West England and disseminate potentially leading to further outcomes and impacts. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP007/008: Managing Green Space and Horticulture for Pollinators and People |
| Organisation | Buglife |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To implement a co-ordinated approach to grassland management across Cornwall to increase natural capital and ecosystem service provision for the benefit of people, crops and wildlife with associated reductions in cost. |
| Collaborator Contribution | To implement a co-ordinated approach to grassland management across Cornwall to increase natural capital and ecosystem service provision for the benefit of people, crops and wildlife with associated reductions in cost. |
| Impact | Audit of pollinator projects across Cornwall- Used to best target Country wide B-Lines in collaboration with Buglife- these are 3km wide corridors across a large region linking key habitats up and a tool for engaging land owners and communities in creating more habitats. The Audit is a PDF designed for a general audience so then anyone could use this to gather more information on what projects are happening in Cornwall so then they can get involved. A priority focus areas for pollinators map was created a published in collaboration with Kernow Ecology- www.kernowecology.co.uk/bee%20mapping.html.Outcomes by the end of sweep would be a variety of projects and initiatives in the County with the aim of creating habitat across these B-Lines, this is likely to increase 5 years after SWEEP. The Workshop that we ran with stakeholders to draft these b-lines included representatives from Buglife, Natural England, Duchy of Cornwall Estates, Cornwall Council, Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group, Kernow Ecology (private Business). 19 Bespoke bee-steward pollinator management reports created for a variety of landowners based on their land and interests in pollinator management, included information on economic costs and benefits. At the end of SWEEP the area of land and actions pledged to pollinators would have been allocated and new habitats would have matured.5years after sweep more habitat and actions may have been implemented. 1 Social Survey conducted online with >1000 participants in collaboration with ben Phillips PhD project. Outcomes likely a paper from Ben Phillips on the results and implications of this survey by the end of SWEEP. 2 New Bee-steward model versions for Grassland management and Horticulture. By the end of SWEEP usage of the models is likely to increase. 32 stakeholders were involved in this 1 year project with 25 of these new to the project and not including all the individual private farmers. 67 different individuals were engaged through meetings and workshops accumulating in 235 hours. £4055 worth of other engagement in the form of data and desk space. By the end of SWEEP tan outcome may be that these stakeholders continue to engage in SWEEP and the time they spend in meetings and workshop increase as well as potentially being part of other SWEEP or aligned projects. Additionally in-kind time and 'other' engagement is likely to increase. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | SWEEP007/008: Managing Green Space and Horticulture for Pollinators and People |
| Organisation | Cornwall AONB |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To implement a co-ordinated approach to grassland management across Cornwall to increase natural capital and ecosystem service provision for the benefit of people, crops and wildlife with associated reductions in cost. |
| Collaborator Contribution | To implement a co-ordinated approach to grassland management across Cornwall to increase natural capital and ecosystem service provision for the benefit of people, crops and wildlife with associated reductions in cost. |
| Impact | Audit of pollinator projects across Cornwall- Used to best target Country wide B-Lines in collaboration with Buglife- these are 3km wide corridors across a large region linking key habitats up and a tool for engaging land owners and communities in creating more habitats. The Audit is a PDF designed for a general audience so then anyone could use this to gather more information on what projects are happening in Cornwall so then they can get involved. A priority focus areas for pollinators map was created a published in collaboration with Kernow Ecology- www.kernowecology.co.uk/bee%20mapping.html.Outcomes by the end of sweep would be a variety of projects and initiatives in the County with the aim of creating habitat across these B-Lines, this is likely to increase 5 years after SWEEP. The Workshop that we ran with stakeholders to draft these b-lines included representatives from Buglife, Natural England, Duchy of Cornwall Estates, Cornwall Council, Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group, Kernow Ecology (private Business). 19 Bespoke bee-steward pollinator management reports created for a variety of landowners based on their land and interests in pollinator management, included information on economic costs and benefits. At the end of SWEEP the area of land and actions pledged to pollinators would have been allocated and new habitats would have matured.5years after sweep more habitat and actions may have been implemented. 1 Social Survey conducted online with >1000 participants in collaboration with ben Phillips PhD project. Outcomes likely a paper from Ben Phillips on the results and implications of this survey by the end of SWEEP. 2 New Bee-steward model versions for Grassland management and Horticulture. By the end of SWEEP usage of the models is likely to increase. 32 stakeholders were involved in this 1 year project with 25 of these new to the project and not including all the individual private farmers. 67 different individuals were engaged through meetings and workshops accumulating in 235 hours. £4055 worth of other engagement in the form of data and desk space. By the end of SWEEP tan outcome may be that these stakeholders continue to engage in SWEEP and the time they spend in meetings and workshop increase as well as potentially being part of other SWEEP or aligned projects. Additionally in-kind time and 'other' engagement is likely to increase. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | SWEEP007/008: Managing Green Space and Horticulture for Pollinators and People |
| Organisation | Cornwall Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | To implement a co-ordinated approach to grassland management across Cornwall to increase natural capital and ecosystem service provision for the benefit of people, crops and wildlife with associated reductions in cost. |
| Collaborator Contribution | To implement a co-ordinated approach to grassland management across Cornwall to increase natural capital and ecosystem service provision for the benefit of people, crops and wildlife with associated reductions in cost. |
| Impact | Audit of pollinator projects across Cornwall- Used to best target Country wide B-Lines in collaboration with Buglife- these are 3km wide corridors across a large region linking key habitats up and a tool for engaging land owners and communities in creating more habitats. The Audit is a PDF designed for a general audience so then anyone could use this to gather more information on what projects are happening in Cornwall so then they can get involved. A priority focus areas for pollinators map was created a published in collaboration with Kernow Ecology- www.kernowecology.co.uk/bee%20mapping.html.Outcomes by the end of sweep would be a variety of projects and initiatives in the County with the aim of creating habitat across these B-Lines, this is likely to increase 5 years after SWEEP. The Workshop that we ran with stakeholders to draft these b-lines included representatives from Buglife, Natural England, Duchy of Cornwall Estates, Cornwall Council, Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group, Kernow Ecology (private Business). 19 Bespoke bee-steward pollinator management reports created for a variety of landowners based on their land and interests in pollinator management, included information on economic costs and benefits. At the end of SWEEP the area of land and actions pledged to pollinators would have been allocated and new habitats would have matured.5years after sweep more habitat and actions may have been implemented. 1 Social Survey conducted online with >1000 participants in collaboration with ben Phillips PhD project. Outcomes likely a paper from Ben Phillips on the results and implications of this survey by the end of SWEEP. 2 New Bee-steward model versions for Grassland management and Horticulture. By the end of SWEEP usage of the models is likely to increase. 32 stakeholders were involved in this 1 year project with 25 of these new to the project and not including all the individual private farmers. 67 different individuals were engaged through meetings and workshops accumulating in 235 hours. £4055 worth of other engagement in the form of data and desk space. By the end of SWEEP tan outcome may be that these stakeholders continue to engage in SWEEP and the time they spend in meetings and workshop increase as well as potentially being part of other SWEEP or aligned projects. Additionally in-kind time and 'other' engagement is likely to increase. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | SWEEP007/008: Managing Green Space and Horticulture for Pollinators and People |
| Organisation | Natural England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To implement a co-ordinated approach to grassland management across Cornwall to increase natural capital and ecosystem service provision for the benefit of people, crops and wildlife with associated reductions in cost. |
| Collaborator Contribution | To implement a co-ordinated approach to grassland management across Cornwall to increase natural capital and ecosystem service provision for the benefit of people, crops and wildlife with associated reductions in cost. |
| Impact | Audit of pollinator projects across Cornwall- Used to best target Country wide B-Lines in collaboration with Buglife- these are 3km wide corridors across a large region linking key habitats up and a tool for engaging land owners and communities in creating more habitats. The Audit is a PDF designed for a general audience so then anyone could use this to gather more information on what projects are happening in Cornwall so then they can get involved. A priority focus areas for pollinators map was created a published in collaboration with Kernow Ecology- www.kernowecology.co.uk/bee%20mapping.html.Outcomes by the end of sweep would be a variety of projects and initiatives in the County with the aim of creating habitat across these B-Lines, this is likely to increase 5 years after SWEEP. The Workshop that we ran with stakeholders to draft these b-lines included representatives from Buglife, Natural England, Duchy of Cornwall Estates, Cornwall Council, Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group, Kernow Ecology (private Business). 19 Bespoke bee-steward pollinator management reports created for a variety of landowners based on their land and interests in pollinator management, included information on economic costs and benefits. At the end of SWEEP the area of land and actions pledged to pollinators would have been allocated and new habitats would have matured.5years after sweep more habitat and actions may have been implemented. 1 Social Survey conducted online with >1000 participants in collaboration with ben Phillips PhD project. Outcomes likely a paper from Ben Phillips on the results and implications of this survey by the end of SWEEP. 2 New Bee-steward model versions for Grassland management and Horticulture. By the end of SWEEP usage of the models is likely to increase. 32 stakeholders were involved in this 1 year project with 25 of these new to the project and not including all the individual private farmers. 67 different individuals were engaged through meetings and workshops accumulating in 235 hours. £4055 worth of other engagement in the form of data and desk space. By the end of SWEEP tan outcome may be that these stakeholders continue to engage in SWEEP and the time they spend in meetings and workshop increase as well as potentially being part of other SWEEP or aligned projects. Additionally in-kind time and 'other' engagement is likely to increase. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | SWEEP009: A regional based approach for whole catchment management (Phase II) - Developing a geospatial decision support system to characterise change, assess success of interventions for water quality (and quantity) in SW catchments and build evidence for future catchment /environmental land management impact. |
| Organisation | Cornwall Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Collaborator Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP009: A regional based approach for whole catchment management (Phase II) - Developing a geospatial decision support system to characterise change, assess success of interventions for water quality (and quantity) in SW catchments and build evidence for future catchment /environmental land management impact. |
| Organisation | Dartmoor National Park Authority |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Collaborator Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP009: A regional based approach for whole catchment management (Phase II) - Developing a geospatial decision support system to characterise change, assess success of interventions for water quality (and quantity) in SW catchments and build evidence for future catchment /environmental land management impact. |
| Organisation | Devon Wildlife Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Collaborator Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP009: A regional based approach for whole catchment management (Phase II) - Developing a geospatial decision support system to characterise change, assess success of interventions for water quality (and quantity) in SW catchments and build evidence for future catchment /environmental land management impact. |
| Organisation | Environment Agency |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Collaborator Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP009: A regional based approach for whole catchment management (Phase II) - Developing a geospatial decision support system to characterise change, assess success of interventions for water quality (and quantity) in SW catchments and build evidence for future catchment /environmental land management impact. |
| Organisation | Exmoor National Park Authority |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Collaborator Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP009: A regional based approach for whole catchment management (Phase II) - Developing a geospatial decision support system to characterise change, assess success of interventions for water quality (and quantity) in SW catchments and build evidence for future catchment /environmental land management impact. |
| Organisation | Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Collaborator Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP009: A regional based approach for whole catchment management (Phase II) - Developing a geospatial decision support system to characterise change, assess success of interventions for water quality (and quantity) in SW catchments and build evidence for future catchment /environmental land management impact. |
| Organisation | Forestry Commission |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Collaborator Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP009: A regional based approach for whole catchment management (Phase II) - Developing a geospatial decision support system to characterise change, assess success of interventions for water quality (and quantity) in SW catchments and build evidence for future catchment /environmental land management impact. |
| Organisation | National Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Collaborator Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP009: A regional based approach for whole catchment management (Phase II) - Developing a geospatial decision support system to characterise change, assess success of interventions for water quality (and quantity) in SW catchments and build evidence for future catchment /environmental land management impact. |
| Organisation | Natural England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Collaborator Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP009: A regional based approach for whole catchment management (Phase II) - Developing a geospatial decision support system to characterise change, assess success of interventions for water quality (and quantity) in SW catchments and build evidence for future catchment /environmental land management impact. |
| Organisation | South West Lakes Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Collaborator Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP009: A regional based approach for whole catchment management (Phase II) - Developing a geospatial decision support system to characterise change, assess success of interventions for water quality (and quantity) in SW catchments and build evidence for future catchment /environmental land management impact. |
| Organisation | South West Water Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Collaborator Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP009: A regional based approach for whole catchment management (Phase II) - Developing a geospatial decision support system to characterise change, assess success of interventions for water quality (and quantity) in SW catchments and build evidence for future catchment /environmental land management impact. |
| Organisation | Westcountry Rivers Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Collaborator Contribution | To build and manage a geospatial decision support tool formalising knowledge of catchment management in the South West. The GISbased tool will be regularly updateable and provide a dynamic way to record and visualise delivery of catchment management activities that are delivered in the south west with the aim of improving water quality (and quantity), including measures delivered through Upstream Thinking (UST) and other grant support schemes such as the new Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Land Management schemes. The tool will, in the first instance, collate, organize and process data and information on catchment measures (what, when, where and cost of interventions). A participatory approach will engage multiple stakeholders and through interviews and workshops we will develop a common language for delivery partners to record and report their activities in a transparent and collaborative way. Integration and spatial analysis of these data with water quality monitoring data (continuous and spot samples) and specific biophysical data (e.g. soil condition, WFD ecological and chemical parameters etc.) within the tool will allow characterisation and evaluation of change happening due to interventions and assist partners to measure the effectiveness of the numerous water quality and water quantity mitigation measures being delivered. Longer term, this project aims to develop an on-line user interface allowing partners to interact with the system and both record data and complete simple spatial analysis. Impact Fellows will provide training to project partners in the use of the tool so that they can use it for the identification of management priorities and meaningful opportunities for change. This will also facilitate integration of local and expert knowledge and foster further collaboration between partners allowing efficient targeting of resources. Furthermore, this work will provide evidence for wider project partners to address the question of what levels of cost savings might SWW or other water companies achieve from pursuing increased investment in catchment management. Other challenges faced by catchments in the south west (such as soil degradation, flooding etc.) and a suite of possible solutions to those challenges could also be identified through use of the tool for risk and opportunity mapping. |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP009: Building evidence for a regional (whole catchment) based approach for water management (Phase 1) |
| Organisation | Devon Wildlife Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The primary aims of the project were to develop an integrated and spatially-explicit understanding of catchment scale processes that impact water-based natural capital, economic development and health/wellbeing in the South West. A key objective was to collate and translate existing research and monitoring evidence into a coherent argument from SWW and associated delivery partners to Ofwat for catchment management under PR19. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have engaged with many of our partners. We have been liaising frequently with SWW to discuss the business plans and obtain feedback/guidance on how to develop these. We have attended other meetings to assist with PR19. For example: Meeting on 20th Dec with South West Water, Westcountry Rivers Trust, Cornwall Wildlife Trust and WRc to formulate a plan for the modelling work to be undertaken by WRc. Meeting on 18th Jan at which many partners were represented (SWW, WRT, DWT, CWT). Outcome: as a group, we devised a plan for how to assist WRc in the modelling they will undertake.SWEEP attended to discuss natural capital accounting (for PR19). Outcome: partners will be supplying information to assist in this. Meeting on 23rd Jan with SWEEP and SWW to discuss how we can provide further case studies to support PR19. Outcome: following this, we created a template to be used by our group to summarise their case studies. |
| Impact | Our key outputs were the Catchment Summary Reports. The ten written reports related to new Drinking Water Catchment Schemes or Investigations and the eleven Business as Usual cases informed and provided evidence for SWW's business case. SWEEP 009 produced a suite of GIS maps and spatial analysis outputs. Examples include: maps of catchment location, designations such as SSSI and priority habitats, SWW assets, in particular with analysis to identify those within designated sites and analysis of current UST coverage. We also completed mapping and analysis of pollution incidents and biodiversity enhancement opportunities. Another important output was the Natural Capital Accounting Ecosystem Services Valuation Tool (Excel spreadsheet) and the associated summary documents of the planned interventions and expected impacts, all of which were provided to SWW. An outcome from this is that SWW integrated a Natural Capital assessment approach into their business planning and, hence, into decision-making for future investments in the South West. This helped them to meet Ofwat's requirements and enhanced the case for planned investments in catchment management. A further outcome of our work is that SWW developed a better understanding of their assets, business challenges and potential catchment-based solutions, and used this knowledge to inform their business planning, prioritisation of investments and management decisions. The mapping, evidence and information that we collated and produced fed directly into the preparation of SWW's business plan. The work drew together research from UoE and other institutions, partner organisations, the EA and NE, to inform and target schemes and interventions. Our work explored the multiple benefits of catchment management and guided the catchment management plans. We also facilitated the transfer of knowledge between SWW and other partner organisations. Our support of UST partners specifically facilitated the preparation of their individual PR19 business case submissions to SWW. A key outcome achieved by the end of this phase is therefore, that our outputs (reports, maps, information) have informed and influenced SWW's catchment management business planning and their PR19 submission to Ofwat. We believe our work helped SWW meet deadlines set by the EA and Ofwat throughout the process and helped them to achieve a detailed and innovative business plan. The business plan that we contributed to demonstrates the business case for catchment-based schemes and adopts a natural capital based approach and as such received approval from Ofwat in 2019. We have therefore supported the case for continued funding of the UST Programme into the next 5 year funding cycle (AMP 7). In addition, we believe that our work contributed to SWW's business plan being given fast-track status by Ofwat. Through the provision of evidence of changes in catchments and developing an understanding of the challenges, SWEEP 009 has assisted with the spatial targeting of future drinking water catchment schemes and has helped to influence natural environment-focused investment in the South West in the order of £24 million. As evidenced through the Natural Capital valuation work, these schemes have the objective of improving natural capital conditions in the South West and increasing the delivery of ecosystem services and goods that are valuable to society. By the end of SWEEP in 2022, the planned investments and interventions will be underway and so an outcome will be that our work supported and directly contributed to these interventions taking place. Finally, following our attendance at a meeting initiating the procurement process for UST projects in AMP7 with SWW and delivery partners, it was requested that SWEEP facilitate a workshop to agree and define reporting definitions for the coming AMP period and in consultation with all partners, develop a new recording method - this forms the basis of the Phase 2 project. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP009: Building evidence for a regional (whole catchment) based approach for water management (Phase 1) |
| Organisation | Environment Agency |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The primary aims of the project were to develop an integrated and spatially-explicit understanding of catchment scale processes that impact water-based natural capital, economic development and health/wellbeing in the South West. A key objective was to collate and translate existing research and monitoring evidence into a coherent argument from SWW and associated delivery partners to Ofwat for catchment management under PR19. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have engaged with many of our partners. We have been liaising frequently with SWW to discuss the business plans and obtain feedback/guidance on how to develop these. We have attended other meetings to assist with PR19. For example: Meeting on 20th Dec with South West Water, Westcountry Rivers Trust, Cornwall Wildlife Trust and WRc to formulate a plan for the modelling work to be undertaken by WRc. Meeting on 18th Jan at which many partners were represented (SWW, WRT, DWT, CWT). Outcome: as a group, we devised a plan for how to assist WRc in the modelling they will undertake.SWEEP attended to discuss natural capital accounting (for PR19). Outcome: partners will be supplying information to assist in this. Meeting on 23rd Jan with SWEEP and SWW to discuss how we can provide further case studies to support PR19. Outcome: following this, we created a template to be used by our group to summarise their case studies. |
| Impact | Our key outputs were the Catchment Summary Reports. The ten written reports related to new Drinking Water Catchment Schemes or Investigations and the eleven Business as Usual cases informed and provided evidence for SWW's business case. SWEEP 009 produced a suite of GIS maps and spatial analysis outputs. Examples include: maps of catchment location, designations such as SSSI and priority habitats, SWW assets, in particular with analysis to identify those within designated sites and analysis of current UST coverage. We also completed mapping and analysis of pollution incidents and biodiversity enhancement opportunities. Another important output was the Natural Capital Accounting Ecosystem Services Valuation Tool (Excel spreadsheet) and the associated summary documents of the planned interventions and expected impacts, all of which were provided to SWW. An outcome from this is that SWW integrated a Natural Capital assessment approach into their business planning and, hence, into decision-making for future investments in the South West. This helped them to meet Ofwat's requirements and enhanced the case for planned investments in catchment management. A further outcome of our work is that SWW developed a better understanding of their assets, business challenges and potential catchment-based solutions, and used this knowledge to inform their business planning, prioritisation of investments and management decisions. The mapping, evidence and information that we collated and produced fed directly into the preparation of SWW's business plan. The work drew together research from UoE and other institutions, partner organisations, the EA and NE, to inform and target schemes and interventions. Our work explored the multiple benefits of catchment management and guided the catchment management plans. We also facilitated the transfer of knowledge between SWW and other partner organisations. Our support of UST partners specifically facilitated the preparation of their individual PR19 business case submissions to SWW. A key outcome achieved by the end of this phase is therefore, that our outputs (reports, maps, information) have informed and influenced SWW's catchment management business planning and their PR19 submission to Ofwat. We believe our work helped SWW meet deadlines set by the EA and Ofwat throughout the process and helped them to achieve a detailed and innovative business plan. The business plan that we contributed to demonstrates the business case for catchment-based schemes and adopts a natural capital based approach and as such received approval from Ofwat in 2019. We have therefore supported the case for continued funding of the UST Programme into the next 5 year funding cycle (AMP 7). In addition, we believe that our work contributed to SWW's business plan being given fast-track status by Ofwat. Through the provision of evidence of changes in catchments and developing an understanding of the challenges, SWEEP 009 has assisted with the spatial targeting of future drinking water catchment schemes and has helped to influence natural environment-focused investment in the South West in the order of £24 million. As evidenced through the Natural Capital valuation work, these schemes have the objective of improving natural capital conditions in the South West and increasing the delivery of ecosystem services and goods that are valuable to society. By the end of SWEEP in 2022, the planned investments and interventions will be underway and so an outcome will be that our work supported and directly contributed to these interventions taking place. Finally, following our attendance at a meeting initiating the procurement process for UST projects in AMP7 with SWW and delivery partners, it was requested that SWEEP facilitate a workshop to agree and define reporting definitions for the coming AMP period and in consultation with all partners, develop a new recording method - this forms the basis of the Phase 2 project. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP009: Building evidence for a regional (whole catchment) based approach for water management (Phase 1) |
| Organisation | Exmoor National Park Authority |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The primary aims of the project were to develop an integrated and spatially-explicit understanding of catchment scale processes that impact water-based natural capital, economic development and health/wellbeing in the South West. A key objective was to collate and translate existing research and monitoring evidence into a coherent argument from SWW and associated delivery partners to Ofwat for catchment management under PR19. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have engaged with many of our partners. We have been liaising frequently with SWW to discuss the business plans and obtain feedback/guidance on how to develop these. We have attended other meetings to assist with PR19. For example: Meeting on 20th Dec with South West Water, Westcountry Rivers Trust, Cornwall Wildlife Trust and WRc to formulate a plan for the modelling work to be undertaken by WRc. Meeting on 18th Jan at which many partners were represented (SWW, WRT, DWT, CWT). Outcome: as a group, we devised a plan for how to assist WRc in the modelling they will undertake.SWEEP attended to discuss natural capital accounting (for PR19). Outcome: partners will be supplying information to assist in this. Meeting on 23rd Jan with SWEEP and SWW to discuss how we can provide further case studies to support PR19. Outcome: following this, we created a template to be used by our group to summarise their case studies. |
| Impact | Our key outputs were the Catchment Summary Reports. The ten written reports related to new Drinking Water Catchment Schemes or Investigations and the eleven Business as Usual cases informed and provided evidence for SWW's business case. SWEEP 009 produced a suite of GIS maps and spatial analysis outputs. Examples include: maps of catchment location, designations such as SSSI and priority habitats, SWW assets, in particular with analysis to identify those within designated sites and analysis of current UST coverage. We also completed mapping and analysis of pollution incidents and biodiversity enhancement opportunities. Another important output was the Natural Capital Accounting Ecosystem Services Valuation Tool (Excel spreadsheet) and the associated summary documents of the planned interventions and expected impacts, all of which were provided to SWW. An outcome from this is that SWW integrated a Natural Capital assessment approach into their business planning and, hence, into decision-making for future investments in the South West. This helped them to meet Ofwat's requirements and enhanced the case for planned investments in catchment management. A further outcome of our work is that SWW developed a better understanding of their assets, business challenges and potential catchment-based solutions, and used this knowledge to inform their business planning, prioritisation of investments and management decisions. The mapping, evidence and information that we collated and produced fed directly into the preparation of SWW's business plan. The work drew together research from UoE and other institutions, partner organisations, the EA and NE, to inform and target schemes and interventions. Our work explored the multiple benefits of catchment management and guided the catchment management plans. We also facilitated the transfer of knowledge between SWW and other partner organisations. Our support of UST partners specifically facilitated the preparation of their individual PR19 business case submissions to SWW. A key outcome achieved by the end of this phase is therefore, that our outputs (reports, maps, information) have informed and influenced SWW's catchment management business planning and their PR19 submission to Ofwat. We believe our work helped SWW meet deadlines set by the EA and Ofwat throughout the process and helped them to achieve a detailed and innovative business plan. The business plan that we contributed to demonstrates the business case for catchment-based schemes and adopts a natural capital based approach and as such received approval from Ofwat in 2019. We have therefore supported the case for continued funding of the UST Programme into the next 5 year funding cycle (AMP 7). In addition, we believe that our work contributed to SWW's business plan being given fast-track status by Ofwat. Through the provision of evidence of changes in catchments and developing an understanding of the challenges, SWEEP 009 has assisted with the spatial targeting of future drinking water catchment schemes and has helped to influence natural environment-focused investment in the South West in the order of £24 million. As evidenced through the Natural Capital valuation work, these schemes have the objective of improving natural capital conditions in the South West and increasing the delivery of ecosystem services and goods that are valuable to society. By the end of SWEEP in 2022, the planned investments and interventions will be underway and so an outcome will be that our work supported and directly contributed to these interventions taking place. Finally, following our attendance at a meeting initiating the procurement process for UST projects in AMP7 with SWW and delivery partners, it was requested that SWEEP facilitate a workshop to agree and define reporting definitions for the coming AMP period and in consultation with all partners, develop a new recording method - this forms the basis of the Phase 2 project. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP009: Building evidence for a regional (whole catchment) based approach for water management (Phase 1) |
| Organisation | Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The primary aims of the project were to develop an integrated and spatially-explicit understanding of catchment scale processes that impact water-based natural capital, economic development and health/wellbeing in the South West. A key objective was to collate and translate existing research and monitoring evidence into a coherent argument from SWW and associated delivery partners to Ofwat for catchment management under PR19. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have engaged with many of our partners. We have been liaising frequently with SWW to discuss the business plans and obtain feedback/guidance on how to develop these. We have attended other meetings to assist with PR19. For example: Meeting on 20th Dec with South West Water, Westcountry Rivers Trust, Cornwall Wildlife Trust and WRc to formulate a plan for the modelling work to be undertaken by WRc. Meeting on 18th Jan at which many partners were represented (SWW, WRT, DWT, CWT). Outcome: as a group, we devised a plan for how to assist WRc in the modelling they will undertake.SWEEP attended to discuss natural capital accounting (for PR19). Outcome: partners will be supplying information to assist in this. Meeting on 23rd Jan with SWEEP and SWW to discuss how we can provide further case studies to support PR19. Outcome: following this, we created a template to be used by our group to summarise their case studies. |
| Impact | Our key outputs were the Catchment Summary Reports. The ten written reports related to new Drinking Water Catchment Schemes or Investigations and the eleven Business as Usual cases informed and provided evidence for SWW's business case. SWEEP 009 produced a suite of GIS maps and spatial analysis outputs. Examples include: maps of catchment location, designations such as SSSI and priority habitats, SWW assets, in particular with analysis to identify those within designated sites and analysis of current UST coverage. We also completed mapping and analysis of pollution incidents and biodiversity enhancement opportunities. Another important output was the Natural Capital Accounting Ecosystem Services Valuation Tool (Excel spreadsheet) and the associated summary documents of the planned interventions and expected impacts, all of which were provided to SWW. An outcome from this is that SWW integrated a Natural Capital assessment approach into their business planning and, hence, into decision-making for future investments in the South West. This helped them to meet Ofwat's requirements and enhanced the case for planned investments in catchment management. A further outcome of our work is that SWW developed a better understanding of their assets, business challenges and potential catchment-based solutions, and used this knowledge to inform their business planning, prioritisation of investments and management decisions. The mapping, evidence and information that we collated and produced fed directly into the preparation of SWW's business plan. The work drew together research from UoE and other institutions, partner organisations, the EA and NE, to inform and target schemes and interventions. Our work explored the multiple benefits of catchment management and guided the catchment management plans. We also facilitated the transfer of knowledge between SWW and other partner organisations. Our support of UST partners specifically facilitated the preparation of their individual PR19 business case submissions to SWW. A key outcome achieved by the end of this phase is therefore, that our outputs (reports, maps, information) have informed and influenced SWW's catchment management business planning and their PR19 submission to Ofwat. We believe our work helped SWW meet deadlines set by the EA and Ofwat throughout the process and helped them to achieve a detailed and innovative business plan. The business plan that we contributed to demonstrates the business case for catchment-based schemes and adopts a natural capital based approach and as such received approval from Ofwat in 2019. We have therefore supported the case for continued funding of the UST Programme into the next 5 year funding cycle (AMP 7). In addition, we believe that our work contributed to SWW's business plan being given fast-track status by Ofwat. Through the provision of evidence of changes in catchments and developing an understanding of the challenges, SWEEP 009 has assisted with the spatial targeting of future drinking water catchment schemes and has helped to influence natural environment-focused investment in the South West in the order of £24 million. As evidenced through the Natural Capital valuation work, these schemes have the objective of improving natural capital conditions in the South West and increasing the delivery of ecosystem services and goods that are valuable to society. By the end of SWEEP in 2022, the planned investments and interventions will be underway and so an outcome will be that our work supported and directly contributed to these interventions taking place. Finally, following our attendance at a meeting initiating the procurement process for UST projects in AMP7 with SWW and delivery partners, it was requested that SWEEP facilitate a workshop to agree and define reporting definitions for the coming AMP period and in consultation with all partners, develop a new recording method - this forms the basis of the Phase 2 project. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP009: Building evidence for a regional (whole catchment) based approach for water management (Phase 1) |
| Organisation | National Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The primary aims of the project were to develop an integrated and spatially-explicit understanding of catchment scale processes that impact water-based natural capital, economic development and health/wellbeing in the South West. A key objective was to collate and translate existing research and monitoring evidence into a coherent argument from SWW and associated delivery partners to Ofwat for catchment management under PR19. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have engaged with many of our partners. We have been liaising frequently with SWW to discuss the business plans and obtain feedback/guidance on how to develop these. We have attended other meetings to assist with PR19. For example: Meeting on 20th Dec with South West Water, Westcountry Rivers Trust, Cornwall Wildlife Trust and WRc to formulate a plan for the modelling work to be undertaken by WRc. Meeting on 18th Jan at which many partners were represented (SWW, WRT, DWT, CWT). Outcome: as a group, we devised a plan for how to assist WRc in the modelling they will undertake.SWEEP attended to discuss natural capital accounting (for PR19). Outcome: partners will be supplying information to assist in this. Meeting on 23rd Jan with SWEEP and SWW to discuss how we can provide further case studies to support PR19. Outcome: following this, we created a template to be used by our group to summarise their case studies. |
| Impact | Our key outputs were the Catchment Summary Reports. The ten written reports related to new Drinking Water Catchment Schemes or Investigations and the eleven Business as Usual cases informed and provided evidence for SWW's business case. SWEEP 009 produced a suite of GIS maps and spatial analysis outputs. Examples include: maps of catchment location, designations such as SSSI and priority habitats, SWW assets, in particular with analysis to identify those within designated sites and analysis of current UST coverage. We also completed mapping and analysis of pollution incidents and biodiversity enhancement opportunities. Another important output was the Natural Capital Accounting Ecosystem Services Valuation Tool (Excel spreadsheet) and the associated summary documents of the planned interventions and expected impacts, all of which were provided to SWW. An outcome from this is that SWW integrated a Natural Capital assessment approach into their business planning and, hence, into decision-making for future investments in the South West. This helped them to meet Ofwat's requirements and enhanced the case for planned investments in catchment management. A further outcome of our work is that SWW developed a better understanding of their assets, business challenges and potential catchment-based solutions, and used this knowledge to inform their business planning, prioritisation of investments and management decisions. The mapping, evidence and information that we collated and produced fed directly into the preparation of SWW's business plan. The work drew together research from UoE and other institutions, partner organisations, the EA and NE, to inform and target schemes and interventions. Our work explored the multiple benefits of catchment management and guided the catchment management plans. We also facilitated the transfer of knowledge between SWW and other partner organisations. Our support of UST partners specifically facilitated the preparation of their individual PR19 business case submissions to SWW. A key outcome achieved by the end of this phase is therefore, that our outputs (reports, maps, information) have informed and influenced SWW's catchment management business planning and their PR19 submission to Ofwat. We believe our work helped SWW meet deadlines set by the EA and Ofwat throughout the process and helped them to achieve a detailed and innovative business plan. The business plan that we contributed to demonstrates the business case for catchment-based schemes and adopts a natural capital based approach and as such received approval from Ofwat in 2019. We have therefore supported the case for continued funding of the UST Programme into the next 5 year funding cycle (AMP 7). In addition, we believe that our work contributed to SWW's business plan being given fast-track status by Ofwat. Through the provision of evidence of changes in catchments and developing an understanding of the challenges, SWEEP 009 has assisted with the spatial targeting of future drinking water catchment schemes and has helped to influence natural environment-focused investment in the South West in the order of £24 million. As evidenced through the Natural Capital valuation work, these schemes have the objective of improving natural capital conditions in the South West and increasing the delivery of ecosystem services and goods that are valuable to society. By the end of SWEEP in 2022, the planned investments and interventions will be underway and so an outcome will be that our work supported and directly contributed to these interventions taking place. Finally, following our attendance at a meeting initiating the procurement process for UST projects in AMP7 with SWW and delivery partners, it was requested that SWEEP facilitate a workshop to agree and define reporting definitions for the coming AMP period and in consultation with all partners, develop a new recording method - this forms the basis of the Phase 2 project. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP009: Building evidence for a regional (whole catchment) based approach for water management (Phase 1) |
| Organisation | South West Water Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The primary aims of the project were to develop an integrated and spatially-explicit understanding of catchment scale processes that impact water-based natural capital, economic development and health/wellbeing in the South West. A key objective was to collate and translate existing research and monitoring evidence into a coherent argument from SWW and associated delivery partners to Ofwat for catchment management under PR19. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have engaged with many of our partners. We have been liaising frequently with SWW to discuss the business plans and obtain feedback/guidance on how to develop these. We have attended other meetings to assist with PR19. For example: Meeting on 20th Dec with South West Water, Westcountry Rivers Trust, Cornwall Wildlife Trust and WRc to formulate a plan for the modelling work to be undertaken by WRc. Meeting on 18th Jan at which many partners were represented (SWW, WRT, DWT, CWT). Outcome: as a group, we devised a plan for how to assist WRc in the modelling they will undertake.SWEEP attended to discuss natural capital accounting (for PR19). Outcome: partners will be supplying information to assist in this. Meeting on 23rd Jan with SWEEP and SWW to discuss how we can provide further case studies to support PR19. Outcome: following this, we created a template to be used by our group to summarise their case studies. |
| Impact | Our key outputs were the Catchment Summary Reports. The ten written reports related to new Drinking Water Catchment Schemes or Investigations and the eleven Business as Usual cases informed and provided evidence for SWW's business case. SWEEP 009 produced a suite of GIS maps and spatial analysis outputs. Examples include: maps of catchment location, designations such as SSSI and priority habitats, SWW assets, in particular with analysis to identify those within designated sites and analysis of current UST coverage. We also completed mapping and analysis of pollution incidents and biodiversity enhancement opportunities. Another important output was the Natural Capital Accounting Ecosystem Services Valuation Tool (Excel spreadsheet) and the associated summary documents of the planned interventions and expected impacts, all of which were provided to SWW. An outcome from this is that SWW integrated a Natural Capital assessment approach into their business planning and, hence, into decision-making for future investments in the South West. This helped them to meet Ofwat's requirements and enhanced the case for planned investments in catchment management. A further outcome of our work is that SWW developed a better understanding of their assets, business challenges and potential catchment-based solutions, and used this knowledge to inform their business planning, prioritisation of investments and management decisions. The mapping, evidence and information that we collated and produced fed directly into the preparation of SWW's business plan. The work drew together research from UoE and other institutions, partner organisations, the EA and NE, to inform and target schemes and interventions. Our work explored the multiple benefits of catchment management and guided the catchment management plans. We also facilitated the transfer of knowledge between SWW and other partner organisations. Our support of UST partners specifically facilitated the preparation of their individual PR19 business case submissions to SWW. A key outcome achieved by the end of this phase is therefore, that our outputs (reports, maps, information) have informed and influenced SWW's catchment management business planning and their PR19 submission to Ofwat. We believe our work helped SWW meet deadlines set by the EA and Ofwat throughout the process and helped them to achieve a detailed and innovative business plan. The business plan that we contributed to demonstrates the business case for catchment-based schemes and adopts a natural capital based approach and as such received approval from Ofwat in 2019. We have therefore supported the case for continued funding of the UST Programme into the next 5 year funding cycle (AMP 7). In addition, we believe that our work contributed to SWW's business plan being given fast-track status by Ofwat. Through the provision of evidence of changes in catchments and developing an understanding of the challenges, SWEEP 009 has assisted with the spatial targeting of future drinking water catchment schemes and has helped to influence natural environment-focused investment in the South West in the order of £24 million. As evidenced through the Natural Capital valuation work, these schemes have the objective of improving natural capital conditions in the South West and increasing the delivery of ecosystem services and goods that are valuable to society. By the end of SWEEP in 2022, the planned investments and interventions will be underway and so an outcome will be that our work supported and directly contributed to these interventions taking place. Finally, following our attendance at a meeting initiating the procurement process for UST projects in AMP7 with SWW and delivery partners, it was requested that SWEEP facilitate a workshop to agree and define reporting definitions for the coming AMP period and in consultation with all partners, develop a new recording method - this forms the basis of the Phase 2 project. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP009: Building evidence for a regional (whole catchment) based approach for water management (Phase 1) |
| Organisation | The Wildlife Trusts |
| Department | Cornwall Wildlife Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The primary aims of the project were to develop an integrated and spatially-explicit understanding of catchment scale processes that impact water-based natural capital, economic development and health/wellbeing in the South West. A key objective was to collate and translate existing research and monitoring evidence into a coherent argument from SWW and associated delivery partners to Ofwat for catchment management under PR19. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have engaged with many of our partners. We have been liaising frequently with SWW to discuss the business plans and obtain feedback/guidance on how to develop these. We have attended other meetings to assist with PR19. For example: Meeting on 20th Dec with South West Water, Westcountry Rivers Trust, Cornwall Wildlife Trust and WRc to formulate a plan for the modelling work to be undertaken by WRc. Meeting on 18th Jan at which many partners were represented (SWW, WRT, DWT, CWT). Outcome: as a group, we devised a plan for how to assist WRc in the modelling they will undertake.SWEEP attended to discuss natural capital accounting (for PR19). Outcome: partners will be supplying information to assist in this. Meeting on 23rd Jan with SWEEP and SWW to discuss how we can provide further case studies to support PR19. Outcome: following this, we created a template to be used by our group to summarise their case studies. |
| Impact | Our key outputs were the Catchment Summary Reports. The ten written reports related to new Drinking Water Catchment Schemes or Investigations and the eleven Business as Usual cases informed and provided evidence for SWW's business case. SWEEP 009 produced a suite of GIS maps and spatial analysis outputs. Examples include: maps of catchment location, designations such as SSSI and priority habitats, SWW assets, in particular with analysis to identify those within designated sites and analysis of current UST coverage. We also completed mapping and analysis of pollution incidents and biodiversity enhancement opportunities. Another important output was the Natural Capital Accounting Ecosystem Services Valuation Tool (Excel spreadsheet) and the associated summary documents of the planned interventions and expected impacts, all of which were provided to SWW. An outcome from this is that SWW integrated a Natural Capital assessment approach into their business planning and, hence, into decision-making for future investments in the South West. This helped them to meet Ofwat's requirements and enhanced the case for planned investments in catchment management. A further outcome of our work is that SWW developed a better understanding of their assets, business challenges and potential catchment-based solutions, and used this knowledge to inform their business planning, prioritisation of investments and management decisions. The mapping, evidence and information that we collated and produced fed directly into the preparation of SWW's business plan. The work drew together research from UoE and other institutions, partner organisations, the EA and NE, to inform and target schemes and interventions. Our work explored the multiple benefits of catchment management and guided the catchment management plans. We also facilitated the transfer of knowledge between SWW and other partner organisations. Our support of UST partners specifically facilitated the preparation of their individual PR19 business case submissions to SWW. A key outcome achieved by the end of this phase is therefore, that our outputs (reports, maps, information) have informed and influenced SWW's catchment management business planning and their PR19 submission to Ofwat. We believe our work helped SWW meet deadlines set by the EA and Ofwat throughout the process and helped them to achieve a detailed and innovative business plan. The business plan that we contributed to demonstrates the business case for catchment-based schemes and adopts a natural capital based approach and as such received approval from Ofwat in 2019. We have therefore supported the case for continued funding of the UST Programme into the next 5 year funding cycle (AMP 7). In addition, we believe that our work contributed to SWW's business plan being given fast-track status by Ofwat. Through the provision of evidence of changes in catchments and developing an understanding of the challenges, SWEEP 009 has assisted with the spatial targeting of future drinking water catchment schemes and has helped to influence natural environment-focused investment in the South West in the order of £24 million. As evidenced through the Natural Capital valuation work, these schemes have the objective of improving natural capital conditions in the South West and increasing the delivery of ecosystem services and goods that are valuable to society. By the end of SWEEP in 2022, the planned investments and interventions will be underway and so an outcome will be that our work supported and directly contributed to these interventions taking place. Finally, following our attendance at a meeting initiating the procurement process for UST projects in AMP7 with SWW and delivery partners, it was requested that SWEEP facilitate a workshop to agree and define reporting definitions for the coming AMP period and in consultation with all partners, develop a new recording method - this forms the basis of the Phase 2 project. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP009: Building evidence for a regional (whole catchment) based approach for water management (Phase 1) |
| Organisation | Westcountry Rivers Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The primary aims of the project were to develop an integrated and spatially-explicit understanding of catchment scale processes that impact water-based natural capital, economic development and health/wellbeing in the South West. A key objective was to collate and translate existing research and monitoring evidence into a coherent argument from SWW and associated delivery partners to Ofwat for catchment management under PR19. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have engaged with many of our partners. We have been liaising frequently with SWW to discuss the business plans and obtain feedback/guidance on how to develop these. We have attended other meetings to assist with PR19. For example: Meeting on 20th Dec with South West Water, Westcountry Rivers Trust, Cornwall Wildlife Trust and WRc to formulate a plan for the modelling work to be undertaken by WRc. Meeting on 18th Jan at which many partners were represented (SWW, WRT, DWT, CWT). Outcome: as a group, we devised a plan for how to assist WRc in the modelling they will undertake.SWEEP attended to discuss natural capital accounting (for PR19). Outcome: partners will be supplying information to assist in this. Meeting on 23rd Jan with SWEEP and SWW to discuss how we can provide further case studies to support PR19. Outcome: following this, we created a template to be used by our group to summarise their case studies. |
| Impact | Our key outputs were the Catchment Summary Reports. The ten written reports related to new Drinking Water Catchment Schemes or Investigations and the eleven Business as Usual cases informed and provided evidence for SWW's business case. SWEEP 009 produced a suite of GIS maps and spatial analysis outputs. Examples include: maps of catchment location, designations such as SSSI and priority habitats, SWW assets, in particular with analysis to identify those within designated sites and analysis of current UST coverage. We also completed mapping and analysis of pollution incidents and biodiversity enhancement opportunities. Another important output was the Natural Capital Accounting Ecosystem Services Valuation Tool (Excel spreadsheet) and the associated summary documents of the planned interventions and expected impacts, all of which were provided to SWW. An outcome from this is that SWW integrated a Natural Capital assessment approach into their business planning and, hence, into decision-making for future investments in the South West. This helped them to meet Ofwat's requirements and enhanced the case for planned investments in catchment management. A further outcome of our work is that SWW developed a better understanding of their assets, business challenges and potential catchment-based solutions, and used this knowledge to inform their business planning, prioritisation of investments and management decisions. The mapping, evidence and information that we collated and produced fed directly into the preparation of SWW's business plan. The work drew together research from UoE and other institutions, partner organisations, the EA and NE, to inform and target schemes and interventions. Our work explored the multiple benefits of catchment management and guided the catchment management plans. We also facilitated the transfer of knowledge between SWW and other partner organisations. Our support of UST partners specifically facilitated the preparation of their individual PR19 business case submissions to SWW. A key outcome achieved by the end of this phase is therefore, that our outputs (reports, maps, information) have informed and influenced SWW's catchment management business planning and their PR19 submission to Ofwat. We believe our work helped SWW meet deadlines set by the EA and Ofwat throughout the process and helped them to achieve a detailed and innovative business plan. The business plan that we contributed to demonstrates the business case for catchment-based schemes and adopts a natural capital based approach and as such received approval from Ofwat in 2019. We have therefore supported the case for continued funding of the UST Programme into the next 5 year funding cycle (AMP 7). In addition, we believe that our work contributed to SWW's business plan being given fast-track status by Ofwat. Through the provision of evidence of changes in catchments and developing an understanding of the challenges, SWEEP 009 has assisted with the spatial targeting of future drinking water catchment schemes and has helped to influence natural environment-focused investment in the South West in the order of £24 million. As evidenced through the Natural Capital valuation work, these schemes have the objective of improving natural capital conditions in the South West and increasing the delivery of ecosystem services and goods that are valuable to society. By the end of SWEEP in 2022, the planned investments and interventions will be underway and so an outcome will be that our work supported and directly contributed to these interventions taking place. Finally, following our attendance at a meeting initiating the procurement process for UST projects in AMP7 with SWW and delivery partners, it was requested that SWEEP facilitate a workshop to agree and define reporting definitions for the coming AMP period and in consultation with all partners, develop a new recording method - this forms the basis of the Phase 2 project. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP010: One Coast: Developing a South West Coastal Corridor for People and Nature |
| Organisation | National Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The overarching aim of the SWEEP 010 One Coast Project was to support project partners in the development of a South West Coastal Corridor for Nature and People Project (hereafter the One Coast project), by enhancing their understanding of the environmental and economic significance of the coastal corridor and identifying possible financial mechanisms to facilitate investment in the project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The overarching aim of the SWEEP 010 One Coast Project was to support project partners in the development of a South West Coastal Corridor for Nature and People Project (hereafter the One Coast project), by enhancing their understanding of the environmental and economic significance of the coastal corridor and identifying possible financial mechanisms to facilitate investment in the project. |
| Impact | OUTPUT 1: ONE COAST ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC EVIDENCE BASE The One Coast Environmental and Economic Evidence base provides a catalogue of information for project partners on a range of environmental, socio-demographic and economic aspects of the coastal corridor. OUTPUT 2: FINANCING ONE COAST REVIEW The Financing One Coast Review builds on the main findings from the One Coast Evidence Base to highlight the range of possible relevant finance mechanisms which could be used to help fund the One Coast project. A series of recommended or priority investments for project partners are provided. OUTPUT 3: SUITE OF GIS MAPS As part of the development of the One Coast Evidence Base, national and local spatial economic, social and environmental datasets and ecosystem services maps were clipped or adjusted via best-fit methods to the area of the coastal corridor, resulting in a suite of GIS maps linked to the One Coast project. For the purpose of the project, the coastal corridor was defined as the continuous strip of land stretching 1km inland from mean high water for Cornwall. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | SWEEP010: One Coast: Developing a South West Coastal Corridor for People and Nature |
| Organisation | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The overarching aim of the SWEEP 010 One Coast Project was to support project partners in the development of a South West Coastal Corridor for Nature and People Project (hereafter the One Coast project), by enhancing their understanding of the environmental and economic significance of the coastal corridor and identifying possible financial mechanisms to facilitate investment in the project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The overarching aim of the SWEEP 010 One Coast Project was to support project partners in the development of a South West Coastal Corridor for Nature and People Project (hereafter the One Coast project), by enhancing their understanding of the environmental and economic significance of the coastal corridor and identifying possible financial mechanisms to facilitate investment in the project. |
| Impact | OUTPUT 1: ONE COAST ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC EVIDENCE BASE The One Coast Environmental and Economic Evidence base provides a catalogue of information for project partners on a range of environmental, socio-demographic and economic aspects of the coastal corridor. OUTPUT 2: FINANCING ONE COAST REVIEW The Financing One Coast Review builds on the main findings from the One Coast Evidence Base to highlight the range of possible relevant finance mechanisms which could be used to help fund the One Coast project. A series of recommended or priority investments for project partners are provided. OUTPUT 3: SUITE OF GIS MAPS As part of the development of the One Coast Evidence Base, national and local spatial economic, social and environmental datasets and ecosystem services maps were clipped or adjusted via best-fit methods to the area of the coastal corridor, resulting in a suite of GIS maps linked to the One Coast project. For the purpose of the project, the coastal corridor was defined as the continuous strip of land stretching 1km inland from mean high water for Cornwall. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | SWEEP011: Mainstreaming Environmental Growth |
| Organisation | Cornwall AONB |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To evaluate and provide tools for the delivery of Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice, steering, identification of data and resources, partner and business assist identification. |
| Impact | 1 Development of tools to assist Tevi programme business engagements Key Outputs: • Tevi 'toolkit' providing a guided interview template and scoring system to inform Tevi business assists. • Maps of Tevi assists, Cornwall business sustainability activities and awards. The toolkit seeks to capture the dependency and impact on natural capital of small and medium-sized enterprises, and the opportunities to implement circular economy business practices. The toolkit scoped out the key issues and approaches prior to the start of the Tevi programme. Since development, the toolkit has evolved in response to the changing needs of the multi-year Tevi programme and experiences of delivering business assists. Outputs have helped the highly acclaimed Tevi programme engage with over 350 small and medium-sized enterprises across Cornwall and provide direct support to 255 businesses, helping to drive progress across the five opportunities identified in the Local Industrial Strategy (LIS) for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (CIoS). Direct support delivers expert consultation, opportunities for recognition and certification, and realizing 52 sustainable Business projects through £338K of grant funding. Maps of business activities and winners of various sustainability awards are publicly available on the Lagas application. The maps highlight both the distribution of Tevi assists to SMEs and also identify businesses that are actively seeking to improve their use of natural capital and sustainability. 2 Landcover mapping Key outputs: • Methodology to integrate and improve existing landcover maps; • Enhanced landcover map for Cornwall; • Map of changes to vegetated / non-vegetated landcover in Cornwall over the past 40 years using Landsat data. There is no single or authoritative landcover map for Cornwall. Existing landcover maps and data vary in terms of their availability, date of generation, resolution, classifications, reliability and format. MEG developed a method to integrate existing landcover resources (e.g. CEH, NE, FC, Ordnance Survey and others) and enhance these sources with the use of remote sensing data from Sentinel 1 & 2. The resulting high resolution landcover map enabled the delivery of all other MEG mapping outputs. The maps and methodology also formed a key part of the report and GIS package delivered to Cornwall AONB forming part of the evidence base for review of the AONB management plan. Data licensing restrictions prevent the public delivery of the landcover map via Lagas, but the maps have been made via the Lagas account system on request. The landcover map is also expected to inform the development of the 'Local Habitat Map' that forms part of the Local Nature Recovery Strategy for which Cornwall has been selected as a Defra pilot. Its use and/or future development will be subject to clarification of the MOA and the nature of the "national habitat map" that is to be provided by Government. Cornwall Wildlife Trust has the intention to update their existing 2005 landcover map, and in so doing will consider the methods developed by MEG, including the use of Sentinel remote sensing data. It is likely that these methods may be further developed as part of on-going Cornwall Wildlife Trust contract work resulting from the MEG project. More generally, the outputs highlight the potential of freely-available remote sensing data for monitoring land cover and change as well as the central importance of reliable and suitable landcover maps to any strategic mapping of existing natural resources, services or opportunities. 3 Ecosystem service maps Key outputs: • Ecosystem service provision maps, related landscape risk contribution maps and methodologies. Mapping the landscape contribution to different ecosystem services is highly challenging and no definitive methods or approach exists. MEG built on and further developed existing methods to estimate and map relative landscape contributions to: • Flood risk and mitigation; • Soil erosion; • Soil / runoff pollution risk and mitigation to drinking water, aquaculture and bathing water; • Carbon stock and assimilation; • Pollination services. The outputs enabled the inclusion of ecosystem service information as part of the MEG strategic prioritization and opportunity mapping, while also forming part of the evidence base for review of the AONB management plan and the content of the Lagas website. In doing so, MEG has demonstrated the value of ecosystem service mapping to inform the spatial prioritization of existing natural capital resources and habitat creation opportunities. 4 Strategic prioritisation of natural assets and opportunities outputs Key outputs: • Existing assets prioritisation and linking corridor opportunities map; • Habitat opportunity maps for woodland, wetland and heathland opportunities; • Combined habitat creation opportunities map; • Zoning map for use with CC net-gain planning tool; • Draft Nature Recovery Network map. Key outcomes of the mapping outputs, and current or future impacts, include: i. Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy was launched in 2016, and seeks to ensure natural capital and services are more effectively embedded within Cornwall's Council's activities. MEG has helped deliver the strategy's aim of not only protecting existing natural capital, but also of growing these assets, by identifying areas of Cornwall where habitat restoration or creation is most likely to deliver the greatest strategic benefit in terms of key ecosystem services and improved connectivity. ii. Cornwall Nature Recovery Network -MEG maps have been adopted by Cornwall Local Nature Partnership to form a draft NRN map providing a spatial prioritization of existing natural assets, services and key opportunities for service improvement and habitat (re)creation. Cornwall has been selected to be a national Defra pilot for the production of Local Nature Recovery Strategies, which will be a new requirement for public authorities under the Environment Bill. The map and methods are expected to form the basis of the mapping work to be included in this strategy, due for completion in March 2021 and for which the MOA are currently being finalised. iii. Inclusion as part of Cornwall Council net-gain planning tool - All major developments since March 2020 are required to deliver a demonstrable 10% net gain in biodiversity. By defining the strategic areas used in Cornwall Council's biodiversity net gain tool, MEG is helping deliver this net biodiversity gain and also guiding the allocation of off-site compensation where on-site measures are insufficient to deliver. The planning tool will deliver on the Cornwall 2010-2030 local plan which sets out the scale and distribution of new development across Cornwall and includes commitments for a minimum of 52,500 homes, at an average rate of about 2,625 per year, and 704,000 sq. metre of employment floorspace. The MEG outputs as part of the net-gain tool will therefore help assess / allocate c. £6.5billion of housing stock and targeting investment of biodiversity offsetting from developments to areas of greatest strategic benefit. iv. Helping deliver Cornwall's Climate Change Action Plan - this action plan was approved in July 2019 following the Cornwall Climate Emergency declaration in January 2019 by Cornwall Council. The plan identifies the Forest for Cornwall as a flagship natural climate solution project. The project is a ten-year tree planting scheme to increase canopy cover by approximately 8,000 hectares (2% of Cornwall's land area). It will identify potential sites "by using the best available local information currently being developed by Cornwall Council, the University of Exeter and Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly". MEG woodland opportunity mapping forms the central aspect of this information while the historic woodland and orchard mapping is also informing the initiative. MEG outputs have already been presented and used at several Forest for Cornwall publicity, workshops and events. The delivery of Forest for Cornwall will cost c. £25-30m when all costs are factored in. Additionally bids to Government supported national tree planting schemes are being prepared and the Council is also considering development of 'a voluntary carbon offset scheme' for Cornwall. Other Council activities that have been identified as likely benefitting from MEG opportunity maps include: • Management of the Cornwall County farm estate - consisting of 4,525 hectares split into 104 holding. Cornwall's Climate Change Action Plan (6.25) states an intention to make "Council Farms exemplars in low carbon and regenerative agriculture. Delivered through the new Council Farms Strategy - work is being commissioned to explore the potential for our Farms Estate to contribute to Cornwall's goal of becoming carbon neutral and delivering environmental growth". The action plan highlights how natural climate solutions such as tree planting, hedgerow and wetland management and creation can contribute to carbon sequestration. MEG opportunity maps form a key evidence base for informing the development of this change in management. • Informing Cornwall flood mitigation strategy - MEG outputs can be used as an initial 'screening tool' to help identify catchments and areas where habitat creation, as part of a natural flood mitigation strategy, is most likely to deliver the greatest and most wide-ranging strategic benefit. Such catchments where natural flood mitigation schemes can be made to deliver multiple benefits are most likely to present a good financial case through more detailed economic appraisal. The Carbon Action Plan (6.35) also identifies the importance of natural flood management approaches can be used to increase carbon sequestration and deliver improved catchment management, stating that this 'will be initiated by an opportunity mapping exercise'. v. Improved evidence base for Cornwall Council strategy development and delivery - MEG outputs have demonstrated to senior policy makers how spatial environmental information can inform strategy development and delivery. Key documents of the Local Plan 2010-2030, including the Cornwall Local Plan: Strategic Policies 2010-2030 are complete, but supporting guidance, tools and Neighbourhood Plans continue to be developed and there is the potential for MEG outputs to inform additional supporting information and guidance for the delivery of the plan, including development of neighbourhood plans. MEG outputs also enrich the evidence base available for development of Cornwall's 2030-50 local plan strategy that is likely to be responsible for defining the priorities for the allocation of land for developments of c. £19billion in housing value. 5 Delivery of on-line mapping application - lagas.co.uk/app Key outputs: • On-line demo sites presenting different mapping products • Lagas mapping application (https://lagas.co.uk/app) On-line demo sites were used to demonstrate MEG outputs to project partners and others during project activity. Development of the demo sites also proved invaluable in the drawing up of technical specifications and administrative requirements of the Lagas mapping application that was successfully delivered by Vitamin Cornwall after a competitive bidding process managed by MEG and Tevi. The website has received several industry design awards (cssdesignawards.com and awwwards.com). The Lagas webite brings together geospatial information on the relative value of natural assets and services across Cornwall with additional information including microclimate surfaces and potential crop yields under present and future climate conditions. The site provides a single hub of environmental information for a wide range of business sectors, interests and policies. Use of the application will be monitored by the collection of site statistics as part of the Tevi programme. The site is intended as an evolving resource to make the outputs of the research community more readily available to policy makers, business, and to the general public. Website data and statistics will allow us to continue to monitor use and access. Publicity and training events, introducing Lagas to Cornwall Council staff and other audiences, have included: • Cornwall Council event (28 Sep 2020) with 53 attendees; • Cornwall Council event (29 Sep 2020) we had 74 attendees; • Cornwall Wildlife Trust event (5 October 2020) we had 9 attendees. Public access to spatial information about natural capital and services has often been limited. The technical complexity of many natural capital tools has often restricted their wider use and uptake. Lagas provides an accessible resource to allow the communication and administration of natural capital mapping and related research outputs. It is expected that the cross-organisation Environmental Evidence Group will help inform future development of Lagas and identify additional applications or developments of MEG outputs. As mentioned under 4 (above), Lagas is a key evidence base to inform development of Cornwall's pilot Local Nature Recovery Strategies and is expected to have wider influence on the development and delivery of policy by Cornwall Council: "The Lagas natural capital tool provides invaluable new information that will be used by Cornwall Council staff when making decisions on planning, nature protection and recovery. The work of the Tevi team in delivering this environmental Intelligence platform will positively impact nature protection and regeneration and will encourage environmental growth for years to come". Philippa Hoskin - Partnerships & Policy Lead, Environmental Growth Team, Cornwall Council 6 Historic woodland mapping Key outputs: • Report describing the image and geo-analysis methodology and a supporting GIS package of results. Outputs provided a proof of concept for applying advanced image analysis techniques to generate GIS layers for the whole of Cornwall of historic canopy cover from 1st edition Ordnance Survey maps. The mapping informs about the historic extent and location, of woodland cover and highlight how this has increased in the past 150 years, while orchard cover has dramatically declined. Outputs will inform further activities and work of Cornwall Council's Historic environment team and the Forest for Cornwall initiative. An additional field layer output of the work may also be used to inform development of a digitised tithe map (project led by Kresen Kernow) and may also support mapping of historic hedgerows. There has been much interest from within the council to make the map publicly available. After receipt of the outputs, Historic Environment expressed confidence that: "analysis of the data set will lead to significant improvements in the way we assess and understand how landscape has changed over the last hundred years or so." Francis Shepherd, Historic Environment Record Officer, Cornwall Council. The methodology opens the possibility of applying a similar or derived method to extract additional historic habitat layers including, for example, wetlands, heathland, rough pasture, built-up areas, and hedgerows/field boundaries. 7 Evidence for AONB management plan review Key outputs: • Report to AONB and supporting GIS package The outputs form part of the evidence base used for the review of Cornwall AONB 2016-2021 management plan, by identifying strategic opportunities (within and without the AONB area) for habitat restoration/creation and the relative importance of AONB areas in terms of ecosystem service delivery. The AONB Management Plan is a statutory document and a material consideration in relation to planning. The plan sets out policies through which the landscape quality of the AONB can be conserved and enhanced and how sustainable development can take place. The current plan highlights the need to: • Identify the natural capital within the Cornwall AONB; • Connect habitats at a landscape scale; • Take a strategic, landscape based approach to the management, restoration and re-creation of habitats within and beyond the AONB area. A stated aim is to develop a "Natural Capital Investment Plan" for the AONB, which identifies investment opportunities for the enhancement of ecosystem goods and services, highlights geographic opportunities and demonstrates the value of the protected landscape to inform decision-making. Outputs are also informing work on the Environment Land Management Scheme trial on the Lizard. The maps have been used with landscape character assessment areas to inform discussions with farmers and what their local priorities are and what could be achieved at a landscape scale. The Cornwall AONB Partnership is leading a 'trial' on behalf of Defra that makes use of forward thinking work already carried out by the Partnership to map and describe natural capital and ecosystem services. 8 Fostering wider understanding and debate on the use of natural capital spatial information MEG has contributed to an evolution in strategic decision making among partners and other organisations, particularly in terms of their use of spatial environmental information. Outputs have been presented and discussed at various workshops and cross-agency meetings including at the Cornwall Biodiversity Initiative Nature Recovery Network Mapping and Next Steps (27/11/2019) and at a meeting on ELMs Tests and Trials in Cornwall & discussion about the future (24/07/2020) with Defra officials in attendance. Presentations have generated interest outside of the project's immediate partners, including: • Environment agency expressed interest in the opportunity mapping (and underlying mapping work), as it ties in neatly with their focus on Working with Natural Processes for flood risk reduction. • As part of their contribution to the Tevi programme, Cornwall Wildlife Trust have contracted 7 months work to develop the opportunity mapping method so they can be readily applied to identify opportunities at finer resolutions and for different geographical areas (for example to individual catchments) with all supporting documentation to enhance understanding of the maps and methodology. • Expressions of interest in the maps and methods have been received from several other organisations including Dartmoor National Trust, Devon County Council, Devon and Somerset Wildlife Trusts. • Activities, outputs and lessons learnt from MEG have informed the establishment of the Environmental Growth Evidence Group for Cornwall that seeks to ensure evidence about the environment informs policy development and business activity. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP011: Mainstreaming Environmental Growth |
| Organisation | Cornwall Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | To evaluate and provide tools for the delivery of Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice, steering, identification of data and resources, partner and business assist identification. |
| Impact | 1 Development of tools to assist Tevi programme business engagements Key Outputs: • Tevi 'toolkit' providing a guided interview template and scoring system to inform Tevi business assists. • Maps of Tevi assists, Cornwall business sustainability activities and awards. The toolkit seeks to capture the dependency and impact on natural capital of small and medium-sized enterprises, and the opportunities to implement circular economy business practices. The toolkit scoped out the key issues and approaches prior to the start of the Tevi programme. Since development, the toolkit has evolved in response to the changing needs of the multi-year Tevi programme and experiences of delivering business assists. Outputs have helped the highly acclaimed Tevi programme engage with over 350 small and medium-sized enterprises across Cornwall and provide direct support to 255 businesses, helping to drive progress across the five opportunities identified in the Local Industrial Strategy (LIS) for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (CIoS). Direct support delivers expert consultation, opportunities for recognition and certification, and realizing 52 sustainable Business projects through £338K of grant funding. Maps of business activities and winners of various sustainability awards are publicly available on the Lagas application. The maps highlight both the distribution of Tevi assists to SMEs and also identify businesses that are actively seeking to improve their use of natural capital and sustainability. 2 Landcover mapping Key outputs: • Methodology to integrate and improve existing landcover maps; • Enhanced landcover map for Cornwall; • Map of changes to vegetated / non-vegetated landcover in Cornwall over the past 40 years using Landsat data. There is no single or authoritative landcover map for Cornwall. Existing landcover maps and data vary in terms of their availability, date of generation, resolution, classifications, reliability and format. MEG developed a method to integrate existing landcover resources (e.g. CEH, NE, FC, Ordnance Survey and others) and enhance these sources with the use of remote sensing data from Sentinel 1 & 2. The resulting high resolution landcover map enabled the delivery of all other MEG mapping outputs. The maps and methodology also formed a key part of the report and GIS package delivered to Cornwall AONB forming part of the evidence base for review of the AONB management plan. Data licensing restrictions prevent the public delivery of the landcover map via Lagas, but the maps have been made via the Lagas account system on request. The landcover map is also expected to inform the development of the 'Local Habitat Map' that forms part of the Local Nature Recovery Strategy for which Cornwall has been selected as a Defra pilot. Its use and/or future development will be subject to clarification of the MOA and the nature of the "national habitat map" that is to be provided by Government. Cornwall Wildlife Trust has the intention to update their existing 2005 landcover map, and in so doing will consider the methods developed by MEG, including the use of Sentinel remote sensing data. It is likely that these methods may be further developed as part of on-going Cornwall Wildlife Trust contract work resulting from the MEG project. More generally, the outputs highlight the potential of freely-available remote sensing data for monitoring land cover and change as well as the central importance of reliable and suitable landcover maps to any strategic mapping of existing natural resources, services or opportunities. 3 Ecosystem service maps Key outputs: • Ecosystem service provision maps, related landscape risk contribution maps and methodologies. Mapping the landscape contribution to different ecosystem services is highly challenging and no definitive methods or approach exists. MEG built on and further developed existing methods to estimate and map relative landscape contributions to: • Flood risk and mitigation; • Soil erosion; • Soil / runoff pollution risk and mitigation to drinking water, aquaculture and bathing water; • Carbon stock and assimilation; • Pollination services. The outputs enabled the inclusion of ecosystem service information as part of the MEG strategic prioritization and opportunity mapping, while also forming part of the evidence base for review of the AONB management plan and the content of the Lagas website. In doing so, MEG has demonstrated the value of ecosystem service mapping to inform the spatial prioritization of existing natural capital resources and habitat creation opportunities. 4 Strategic prioritisation of natural assets and opportunities outputs Key outputs: • Existing assets prioritisation and linking corridor opportunities map; • Habitat opportunity maps for woodland, wetland and heathland opportunities; • Combined habitat creation opportunities map; • Zoning map for use with CC net-gain planning tool; • Draft Nature Recovery Network map. Key outcomes of the mapping outputs, and current or future impacts, include: i. Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy was launched in 2016, and seeks to ensure natural capital and services are more effectively embedded within Cornwall's Council's activities. MEG has helped deliver the strategy's aim of not only protecting existing natural capital, but also of growing these assets, by identifying areas of Cornwall where habitat restoration or creation is most likely to deliver the greatest strategic benefit in terms of key ecosystem services and improved connectivity. ii. Cornwall Nature Recovery Network -MEG maps have been adopted by Cornwall Local Nature Partnership to form a draft NRN map providing a spatial prioritization of existing natural assets, services and key opportunities for service improvement and habitat (re)creation. Cornwall has been selected to be a national Defra pilot for the production of Local Nature Recovery Strategies, which will be a new requirement for public authorities under the Environment Bill. The map and methods are expected to form the basis of the mapping work to be included in this strategy, due for completion in March 2021 and for which the MOA are currently being finalised. iii. Inclusion as part of Cornwall Council net-gain planning tool - All major developments since March 2020 are required to deliver a demonstrable 10% net gain in biodiversity. By defining the strategic areas used in Cornwall Council's biodiversity net gain tool, MEG is helping deliver this net biodiversity gain and also guiding the allocation of off-site compensation where on-site measures are insufficient to deliver. The planning tool will deliver on the Cornwall 2010-2030 local plan which sets out the scale and distribution of new development across Cornwall and includes commitments for a minimum of 52,500 homes, at an average rate of about 2,625 per year, and 704,000 sq. metre of employment floorspace. The MEG outputs as part of the net-gain tool will therefore help assess / allocate c. £6.5billion of housing stock and targeting investment of biodiversity offsetting from developments to areas of greatest strategic benefit. iv. Helping deliver Cornwall's Climate Change Action Plan - this action plan was approved in July 2019 following the Cornwall Climate Emergency declaration in January 2019 by Cornwall Council. The plan identifies the Forest for Cornwall as a flagship natural climate solution project. The project is a ten-year tree planting scheme to increase canopy cover by approximately 8,000 hectares (2% of Cornwall's land area). It will identify potential sites "by using the best available local information currently being developed by Cornwall Council, the University of Exeter and Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly". MEG woodland opportunity mapping forms the central aspect of this information while the historic woodland and orchard mapping is also informing the initiative. MEG outputs have already been presented and used at several Forest for Cornwall publicity, workshops and events. The delivery of Forest for Cornwall will cost c. £25-30m when all costs are factored in. Additionally bids to Government supported national tree planting schemes are being prepared and the Council is also considering development of 'a voluntary carbon offset scheme' for Cornwall. Other Council activities that have been identified as likely benefitting from MEG opportunity maps include: • Management of the Cornwall County farm estate - consisting of 4,525 hectares split into 104 holding. Cornwall's Climate Change Action Plan (6.25) states an intention to make "Council Farms exemplars in low carbon and regenerative agriculture. Delivered through the new Council Farms Strategy - work is being commissioned to explore the potential for our Farms Estate to contribute to Cornwall's goal of becoming carbon neutral and delivering environmental growth". The action plan highlights how natural climate solutions such as tree planting, hedgerow and wetland management and creation can contribute to carbon sequestration. MEG opportunity maps form a key evidence base for informing the development of this change in management. • Informing Cornwall flood mitigation strategy - MEG outputs can be used as an initial 'screening tool' to help identify catchments and areas where habitat creation, as part of a natural flood mitigation strategy, is most likely to deliver the greatest and most wide-ranging strategic benefit. Such catchments where natural flood mitigation schemes can be made to deliver multiple benefits are most likely to present a good financial case through more detailed economic appraisal. The Carbon Action Plan (6.35) also identifies the importance of natural flood management approaches can be used to increase carbon sequestration and deliver improved catchment management, stating that this 'will be initiated by an opportunity mapping exercise'. v. Improved evidence base for Cornwall Council strategy development and delivery - MEG outputs have demonstrated to senior policy makers how spatial environmental information can inform strategy development and delivery. Key documents of the Local Plan 2010-2030, including the Cornwall Local Plan: Strategic Policies 2010-2030 are complete, but supporting guidance, tools and Neighbourhood Plans continue to be developed and there is the potential for MEG outputs to inform additional supporting information and guidance for the delivery of the plan, including development of neighbourhood plans. MEG outputs also enrich the evidence base available for development of Cornwall's 2030-50 local plan strategy that is likely to be responsible for defining the priorities for the allocation of land for developments of c. £19billion in housing value. 5 Delivery of on-line mapping application - lagas.co.uk/app Key outputs: • On-line demo sites presenting different mapping products • Lagas mapping application (https://lagas.co.uk/app) On-line demo sites were used to demonstrate MEG outputs to project partners and others during project activity. Development of the demo sites also proved invaluable in the drawing up of technical specifications and administrative requirements of the Lagas mapping application that was successfully delivered by Vitamin Cornwall after a competitive bidding process managed by MEG and Tevi. The website has received several industry design awards (cssdesignawards.com and awwwards.com). The Lagas webite brings together geospatial information on the relative value of natural assets and services across Cornwall with additional information including microclimate surfaces and potential crop yields under present and future climate conditions. The site provides a single hub of environmental information for a wide range of business sectors, interests and policies. Use of the application will be monitored by the collection of site statistics as part of the Tevi programme. The site is intended as an evolving resource to make the outputs of the research community more readily available to policy makers, business, and to the general public. Website data and statistics will allow us to continue to monitor use and access. Publicity and training events, introducing Lagas to Cornwall Council staff and other audiences, have included: • Cornwall Council event (28 Sep 2020) with 53 attendees; • Cornwall Council event (29 Sep 2020) we had 74 attendees; • Cornwall Wildlife Trust event (5 October 2020) we had 9 attendees. Public access to spatial information about natural capital and services has often been limited. The technical complexity of many natural capital tools has often restricted their wider use and uptake. Lagas provides an accessible resource to allow the communication and administration of natural capital mapping and related research outputs. It is expected that the cross-organisation Environmental Evidence Group will help inform future development of Lagas and identify additional applications or developments of MEG outputs. As mentioned under 4 (above), Lagas is a key evidence base to inform development of Cornwall's pilot Local Nature Recovery Strategies and is expected to have wider influence on the development and delivery of policy by Cornwall Council: "The Lagas natural capital tool provides invaluable new information that will be used by Cornwall Council staff when making decisions on planning, nature protection and recovery. The work of the Tevi team in delivering this environmental Intelligence platform will positively impact nature protection and regeneration and will encourage environmental growth for years to come". Philippa Hoskin - Partnerships & Policy Lead, Environmental Growth Team, Cornwall Council 6 Historic woodland mapping Key outputs: • Report describing the image and geo-analysis methodology and a supporting GIS package of results. Outputs provided a proof of concept for applying advanced image analysis techniques to generate GIS layers for the whole of Cornwall of historic canopy cover from 1st edition Ordnance Survey maps. The mapping informs about the historic extent and location, of woodland cover and highlight how this has increased in the past 150 years, while orchard cover has dramatically declined. Outputs will inform further activities and work of Cornwall Council's Historic environment team and the Forest for Cornwall initiative. An additional field layer output of the work may also be used to inform development of a digitised tithe map (project led by Kresen Kernow) and may also support mapping of historic hedgerows. There has been much interest from within the council to make the map publicly available. After receipt of the outputs, Historic Environment expressed confidence that: "analysis of the data set will lead to significant improvements in the way we assess and understand how landscape has changed over the last hundred years or so." Francis Shepherd, Historic Environment Record Officer, Cornwall Council. The methodology opens the possibility of applying a similar or derived method to extract additional historic habitat layers including, for example, wetlands, heathland, rough pasture, built-up areas, and hedgerows/field boundaries. 7 Evidence for AONB management plan review Key outputs: • Report to AONB and supporting GIS package The outputs form part of the evidence base used for the review of Cornwall AONB 2016-2021 management plan, by identifying strategic opportunities (within and without the AONB area) for habitat restoration/creation and the relative importance of AONB areas in terms of ecosystem service delivery. The AONB Management Plan is a statutory document and a material consideration in relation to planning. The plan sets out policies through which the landscape quality of the AONB can be conserved and enhanced and how sustainable development can take place. The current plan highlights the need to: • Identify the natural capital within the Cornwall AONB; • Connect habitats at a landscape scale; • Take a strategic, landscape based approach to the management, restoration and re-creation of habitats within and beyond the AONB area. A stated aim is to develop a "Natural Capital Investment Plan" for the AONB, which identifies investment opportunities for the enhancement of ecosystem goods and services, highlights geographic opportunities and demonstrates the value of the protected landscape to inform decision-making. Outputs are also informing work on the Environment Land Management Scheme trial on the Lizard. The maps have been used with landscape character assessment areas to inform discussions with farmers and what their local priorities are and what could be achieved at a landscape scale. The Cornwall AONB Partnership is leading a 'trial' on behalf of Defra that makes use of forward thinking work already carried out by the Partnership to map and describe natural capital and ecosystem services. 8 Fostering wider understanding and debate on the use of natural capital spatial information MEG has contributed to an evolution in strategic decision making among partners and other organisations, particularly in terms of their use of spatial environmental information. Outputs have been presented and discussed at various workshops and cross-agency meetings including at the Cornwall Biodiversity Initiative Nature Recovery Network Mapping and Next Steps (27/11/2019) and at a meeting on ELMs Tests and Trials in Cornwall & discussion about the future (24/07/2020) with Defra officials in attendance. Presentations have generated interest outside of the project's immediate partners, including: • Environment agency expressed interest in the opportunity mapping (and underlying mapping work), as it ties in neatly with their focus on Working with Natural Processes for flood risk reduction. • As part of their contribution to the Tevi programme, Cornwall Wildlife Trust have contracted 7 months work to develop the opportunity mapping method so they can be readily applied to identify opportunities at finer resolutions and for different geographical areas (for example to individual catchments) with all supporting documentation to enhance understanding of the maps and methodology. • Expressions of interest in the maps and methods have been received from several other organisations including Dartmoor National Trust, Devon County Council, Devon and Somerset Wildlife Trusts. • Activities, outputs and lessons learnt from MEG have informed the establishment of the Environmental Growth Evidence Group for Cornwall that seeks to ensure evidence about the environment informs policy development and business activity. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP011: Mainstreaming Environmental Growth |
| Organisation | Cornwall Development Company |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | To evaluate and provide tools for the delivery of Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice, steering, identification of data and resources, partner and business assist identification. |
| Impact | 1 Development of tools to assist Tevi programme business engagements Key Outputs: • Tevi 'toolkit' providing a guided interview template and scoring system to inform Tevi business assists. • Maps of Tevi assists, Cornwall business sustainability activities and awards. The toolkit seeks to capture the dependency and impact on natural capital of small and medium-sized enterprises, and the opportunities to implement circular economy business practices. The toolkit scoped out the key issues and approaches prior to the start of the Tevi programme. Since development, the toolkit has evolved in response to the changing needs of the multi-year Tevi programme and experiences of delivering business assists. Outputs have helped the highly acclaimed Tevi programme engage with over 350 small and medium-sized enterprises across Cornwall and provide direct support to 255 businesses, helping to drive progress across the five opportunities identified in the Local Industrial Strategy (LIS) for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (CIoS). Direct support delivers expert consultation, opportunities for recognition and certification, and realizing 52 sustainable Business projects through £338K of grant funding. Maps of business activities and winners of various sustainability awards are publicly available on the Lagas application. The maps highlight both the distribution of Tevi assists to SMEs and also identify businesses that are actively seeking to improve their use of natural capital and sustainability. 2 Landcover mapping Key outputs: • Methodology to integrate and improve existing landcover maps; • Enhanced landcover map for Cornwall; • Map of changes to vegetated / non-vegetated landcover in Cornwall over the past 40 years using Landsat data. There is no single or authoritative landcover map for Cornwall. Existing landcover maps and data vary in terms of their availability, date of generation, resolution, classifications, reliability and format. MEG developed a method to integrate existing landcover resources (e.g. CEH, NE, FC, Ordnance Survey and others) and enhance these sources with the use of remote sensing data from Sentinel 1 & 2. The resulting high resolution landcover map enabled the delivery of all other MEG mapping outputs. The maps and methodology also formed a key part of the report and GIS package delivered to Cornwall AONB forming part of the evidence base for review of the AONB management plan. Data licensing restrictions prevent the public delivery of the landcover map via Lagas, but the maps have been made via the Lagas account system on request. The landcover map is also expected to inform the development of the 'Local Habitat Map' that forms part of the Local Nature Recovery Strategy for which Cornwall has been selected as a Defra pilot. Its use and/or future development will be subject to clarification of the MOA and the nature of the "national habitat map" that is to be provided by Government. Cornwall Wildlife Trust has the intention to update their existing 2005 landcover map, and in so doing will consider the methods developed by MEG, including the use of Sentinel remote sensing data. It is likely that these methods may be further developed as part of on-going Cornwall Wildlife Trust contract work resulting from the MEG project. More generally, the outputs highlight the potential of freely-available remote sensing data for monitoring land cover and change as well as the central importance of reliable and suitable landcover maps to any strategic mapping of existing natural resources, services or opportunities. 3 Ecosystem service maps Key outputs: • Ecosystem service provision maps, related landscape risk contribution maps and methodologies. Mapping the landscape contribution to different ecosystem services is highly challenging and no definitive methods or approach exists. MEG built on and further developed existing methods to estimate and map relative landscape contributions to: • Flood risk and mitigation; • Soil erosion; • Soil / runoff pollution risk and mitigation to drinking water, aquaculture and bathing water; • Carbon stock and assimilation; • Pollination services. The outputs enabled the inclusion of ecosystem service information as part of the MEG strategic prioritization and opportunity mapping, while also forming part of the evidence base for review of the AONB management plan and the content of the Lagas website. In doing so, MEG has demonstrated the value of ecosystem service mapping to inform the spatial prioritization of existing natural capital resources and habitat creation opportunities. 4 Strategic prioritisation of natural assets and opportunities outputs Key outputs: • Existing assets prioritisation and linking corridor opportunities map; • Habitat opportunity maps for woodland, wetland and heathland opportunities; • Combined habitat creation opportunities map; • Zoning map for use with CC net-gain planning tool; • Draft Nature Recovery Network map. Key outcomes of the mapping outputs, and current or future impacts, include: i. Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy was launched in 2016, and seeks to ensure natural capital and services are more effectively embedded within Cornwall's Council's activities. MEG has helped deliver the strategy's aim of not only protecting existing natural capital, but also of growing these assets, by identifying areas of Cornwall where habitat restoration or creation is most likely to deliver the greatest strategic benefit in terms of key ecosystem services and improved connectivity. ii. Cornwall Nature Recovery Network -MEG maps have been adopted by Cornwall Local Nature Partnership to form a draft NRN map providing a spatial prioritization of existing natural assets, services and key opportunities for service improvement and habitat (re)creation. Cornwall has been selected to be a national Defra pilot for the production of Local Nature Recovery Strategies, which will be a new requirement for public authorities under the Environment Bill. The map and methods are expected to form the basis of the mapping work to be included in this strategy, due for completion in March 2021 and for which the MOA are currently being finalised. iii. Inclusion as part of Cornwall Council net-gain planning tool - All major developments since March 2020 are required to deliver a demonstrable 10% net gain in biodiversity. By defining the strategic areas used in Cornwall Council's biodiversity net gain tool, MEG is helping deliver this net biodiversity gain and also guiding the allocation of off-site compensation where on-site measures are insufficient to deliver. The planning tool will deliver on the Cornwall 2010-2030 local plan which sets out the scale and distribution of new development across Cornwall and includes commitments for a minimum of 52,500 homes, at an average rate of about 2,625 per year, and 704,000 sq. metre of employment floorspace. The MEG outputs as part of the net-gain tool will therefore help assess / allocate c. £6.5billion of housing stock and targeting investment of biodiversity offsetting from developments to areas of greatest strategic benefit. iv. Helping deliver Cornwall's Climate Change Action Plan - this action plan was approved in July 2019 following the Cornwall Climate Emergency declaration in January 2019 by Cornwall Council. The plan identifies the Forest for Cornwall as a flagship natural climate solution project. The project is a ten-year tree planting scheme to increase canopy cover by approximately 8,000 hectares (2% of Cornwall's land area). It will identify potential sites "by using the best available local information currently being developed by Cornwall Council, the University of Exeter and Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly". MEG woodland opportunity mapping forms the central aspect of this information while the historic woodland and orchard mapping is also informing the initiative. MEG outputs have already been presented and used at several Forest for Cornwall publicity, workshops and events. The delivery of Forest for Cornwall will cost c. £25-30m when all costs are factored in. Additionally bids to Government supported national tree planting schemes are being prepared and the Council is also considering development of 'a voluntary carbon offset scheme' for Cornwall. Other Council activities that have been identified as likely benefitting from MEG opportunity maps include: • Management of the Cornwall County farm estate - consisting of 4,525 hectares split into 104 holding. Cornwall's Climate Change Action Plan (6.25) states an intention to make "Council Farms exemplars in low carbon and regenerative agriculture. Delivered through the new Council Farms Strategy - work is being commissioned to explore the potential for our Farms Estate to contribute to Cornwall's goal of becoming carbon neutral and delivering environmental growth". The action plan highlights how natural climate solutions such as tree planting, hedgerow and wetland management and creation can contribute to carbon sequestration. MEG opportunity maps form a key evidence base for informing the development of this change in management. • Informing Cornwall flood mitigation strategy - MEG outputs can be used as an initial 'screening tool' to help identify catchments and areas where habitat creation, as part of a natural flood mitigation strategy, is most likely to deliver the greatest and most wide-ranging strategic benefit. Such catchments where natural flood mitigation schemes can be made to deliver multiple benefits are most likely to present a good financial case through more detailed economic appraisal. The Carbon Action Plan (6.35) also identifies the importance of natural flood management approaches can be used to increase carbon sequestration and deliver improved catchment management, stating that this 'will be initiated by an opportunity mapping exercise'. v. Improved evidence base for Cornwall Council strategy development and delivery - MEG outputs have demonstrated to senior policy makers how spatial environmental information can inform strategy development and delivery. Key documents of the Local Plan 2010-2030, including the Cornwall Local Plan: Strategic Policies 2010-2030 are complete, but supporting guidance, tools and Neighbourhood Plans continue to be developed and there is the potential for MEG outputs to inform additional supporting information and guidance for the delivery of the plan, including development of neighbourhood plans. MEG outputs also enrich the evidence base available for development of Cornwall's 2030-50 local plan strategy that is likely to be responsible for defining the priorities for the allocation of land for developments of c. £19billion in housing value. 5 Delivery of on-line mapping application - lagas.co.uk/app Key outputs: • On-line demo sites presenting different mapping products • Lagas mapping application (https://lagas.co.uk/app) On-line demo sites were used to demonstrate MEG outputs to project partners and others during project activity. Development of the demo sites also proved invaluable in the drawing up of technical specifications and administrative requirements of the Lagas mapping application that was successfully delivered by Vitamin Cornwall after a competitive bidding process managed by MEG and Tevi. The website has received several industry design awards (cssdesignawards.com and awwwards.com). The Lagas webite brings together geospatial information on the relative value of natural assets and services across Cornwall with additional information including microclimate surfaces and potential crop yields under present and future climate conditions. The site provides a single hub of environmental information for a wide range of business sectors, interests and policies. Use of the application will be monitored by the collection of site statistics as part of the Tevi programme. The site is intended as an evolving resource to make the outputs of the research community more readily available to policy makers, business, and to the general public. Website data and statistics will allow us to continue to monitor use and access. Publicity and training events, introducing Lagas to Cornwall Council staff and other audiences, have included: • Cornwall Council event (28 Sep 2020) with 53 attendees; • Cornwall Council event (29 Sep 2020) we had 74 attendees; • Cornwall Wildlife Trust event (5 October 2020) we had 9 attendees. Public access to spatial information about natural capital and services has often been limited. The technical complexity of many natural capital tools has often restricted their wider use and uptake. Lagas provides an accessible resource to allow the communication and administration of natural capital mapping and related research outputs. It is expected that the cross-organisation Environmental Evidence Group will help inform future development of Lagas and identify additional applications or developments of MEG outputs. As mentioned under 4 (above), Lagas is a key evidence base to inform development of Cornwall's pilot Local Nature Recovery Strategies and is expected to have wider influence on the development and delivery of policy by Cornwall Council: "The Lagas natural capital tool provides invaluable new information that will be used by Cornwall Council staff when making decisions on planning, nature protection and recovery. The work of the Tevi team in delivering this environmental Intelligence platform will positively impact nature protection and regeneration and will encourage environmental growth for years to come". Philippa Hoskin - Partnerships & Policy Lead, Environmental Growth Team, Cornwall Council 6 Historic woodland mapping Key outputs: • Report describing the image and geo-analysis methodology and a supporting GIS package of results. Outputs provided a proof of concept for applying advanced image analysis techniques to generate GIS layers for the whole of Cornwall of historic canopy cover from 1st edition Ordnance Survey maps. The mapping informs about the historic extent and location, of woodland cover and highlight how this has increased in the past 150 years, while orchard cover has dramatically declined. Outputs will inform further activities and work of Cornwall Council's Historic environment team and the Forest for Cornwall initiative. An additional field layer output of the work may also be used to inform development of a digitised tithe map (project led by Kresen Kernow) and may also support mapping of historic hedgerows. There has been much interest from within the council to make the map publicly available. After receipt of the outputs, Historic Environment expressed confidence that: "analysis of the data set will lead to significant improvements in the way we assess and understand how landscape has changed over the last hundred years or so." Francis Shepherd, Historic Environment Record Officer, Cornwall Council. The methodology opens the possibility of applying a similar or derived method to extract additional historic habitat layers including, for example, wetlands, heathland, rough pasture, built-up areas, and hedgerows/field boundaries. 7 Evidence for AONB management plan review Key outputs: • Report to AONB and supporting GIS package The outputs form part of the evidence base used for the review of Cornwall AONB 2016-2021 management plan, by identifying strategic opportunities (within and without the AONB area) for habitat restoration/creation and the relative importance of AONB areas in terms of ecosystem service delivery. The AONB Management Plan is a statutory document and a material consideration in relation to planning. The plan sets out policies through which the landscape quality of the AONB can be conserved and enhanced and how sustainable development can take place. The current plan highlights the need to: • Identify the natural capital within the Cornwall AONB; • Connect habitats at a landscape scale; • Take a strategic, landscape based approach to the management, restoration and re-creation of habitats within and beyond the AONB area. A stated aim is to develop a "Natural Capital Investment Plan" for the AONB, which identifies investment opportunities for the enhancement of ecosystem goods and services, highlights geographic opportunities and demonstrates the value of the protected landscape to inform decision-making. Outputs are also informing work on the Environment Land Management Scheme trial on the Lizard. The maps have been used with landscape character assessment areas to inform discussions with farmers and what their local priorities are and what could be achieved at a landscape scale. The Cornwall AONB Partnership is leading a 'trial' on behalf of Defra that makes use of forward thinking work already carried out by the Partnership to map and describe natural capital and ecosystem services. 8 Fostering wider understanding and debate on the use of natural capital spatial information MEG has contributed to an evolution in strategic decision making among partners and other organisations, particularly in terms of their use of spatial environmental information. Outputs have been presented and discussed at various workshops and cross-agency meetings including at the Cornwall Biodiversity Initiative Nature Recovery Network Mapping and Next Steps (27/11/2019) and at a meeting on ELMs Tests and Trials in Cornwall & discussion about the future (24/07/2020) with Defra officials in attendance. Presentations have generated interest outside of the project's immediate partners, including: • Environment agency expressed interest in the opportunity mapping (and underlying mapping work), as it ties in neatly with their focus on Working with Natural Processes for flood risk reduction. • As part of their contribution to the Tevi programme, Cornwall Wildlife Trust have contracted 7 months work to develop the opportunity mapping method so they can be readily applied to identify opportunities at finer resolutions and for different geographical areas (for example to individual catchments) with all supporting documentation to enhance understanding of the maps and methodology. • Expressions of interest in the maps and methods have been received from several other organisations including Dartmoor National Trust, Devon County Council, Devon and Somerset Wildlife Trusts. • Activities, outputs and lessons learnt from MEG have informed the establishment of the Environmental Growth Evidence Group for Cornwall that seeks to ensure evidence about the environment informs policy development and business activity. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP011: Mainstreaming Environmental Growth |
| Organisation | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | To evaluate and provide tools for the delivery of Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice, steering, identification of data and resources, partner and business assist identification. |
| Impact | 1 Development of tools to assist Tevi programme business engagements Key Outputs: • Tevi 'toolkit' providing a guided interview template and scoring system to inform Tevi business assists. • Maps of Tevi assists, Cornwall business sustainability activities and awards. The toolkit seeks to capture the dependency and impact on natural capital of small and medium-sized enterprises, and the opportunities to implement circular economy business practices. The toolkit scoped out the key issues and approaches prior to the start of the Tevi programme. Since development, the toolkit has evolved in response to the changing needs of the multi-year Tevi programme and experiences of delivering business assists. Outputs have helped the highly acclaimed Tevi programme engage with over 350 small and medium-sized enterprises across Cornwall and provide direct support to 255 businesses, helping to drive progress across the five opportunities identified in the Local Industrial Strategy (LIS) for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (CIoS). Direct support delivers expert consultation, opportunities for recognition and certification, and realizing 52 sustainable Business projects through £338K of grant funding. Maps of business activities and winners of various sustainability awards are publicly available on the Lagas application. The maps highlight both the distribution of Tevi assists to SMEs and also identify businesses that are actively seeking to improve their use of natural capital and sustainability. 2 Landcover mapping Key outputs: • Methodology to integrate and improve existing landcover maps; • Enhanced landcover map for Cornwall; • Map of changes to vegetated / non-vegetated landcover in Cornwall over the past 40 years using Landsat data. There is no single or authoritative landcover map for Cornwall. Existing landcover maps and data vary in terms of their availability, date of generation, resolution, classifications, reliability and format. MEG developed a method to integrate existing landcover resources (e.g. CEH, NE, FC, Ordnance Survey and others) and enhance these sources with the use of remote sensing data from Sentinel 1 & 2. The resulting high resolution landcover map enabled the delivery of all other MEG mapping outputs. The maps and methodology also formed a key part of the report and GIS package delivered to Cornwall AONB forming part of the evidence base for review of the AONB management plan. Data licensing restrictions prevent the public delivery of the landcover map via Lagas, but the maps have been made via the Lagas account system on request. The landcover map is also expected to inform the development of the 'Local Habitat Map' that forms part of the Local Nature Recovery Strategy for which Cornwall has been selected as a Defra pilot. Its use and/or future development will be subject to clarification of the MOA and the nature of the "national habitat map" that is to be provided by Government. Cornwall Wildlife Trust has the intention to update their existing 2005 landcover map, and in so doing will consider the methods developed by MEG, including the use of Sentinel remote sensing data. It is likely that these methods may be further developed as part of on-going Cornwall Wildlife Trust contract work resulting from the MEG project. More generally, the outputs highlight the potential of freely-available remote sensing data for monitoring land cover and change as well as the central importance of reliable and suitable landcover maps to any strategic mapping of existing natural resources, services or opportunities. 3 Ecosystem service maps Key outputs: • Ecosystem service provision maps, related landscape risk contribution maps and methodologies. Mapping the landscape contribution to different ecosystem services is highly challenging and no definitive methods or approach exists. MEG built on and further developed existing methods to estimate and map relative landscape contributions to: • Flood risk and mitigation; • Soil erosion; • Soil / runoff pollution risk and mitigation to drinking water, aquaculture and bathing water; • Carbon stock and assimilation; • Pollination services. The outputs enabled the inclusion of ecosystem service information as part of the MEG strategic prioritization and opportunity mapping, while also forming part of the evidence base for review of the AONB management plan and the content of the Lagas website. In doing so, MEG has demonstrated the value of ecosystem service mapping to inform the spatial prioritization of existing natural capital resources and habitat creation opportunities. 4 Strategic prioritisation of natural assets and opportunities outputs Key outputs: • Existing assets prioritisation and linking corridor opportunities map; • Habitat opportunity maps for woodland, wetland and heathland opportunities; • Combined habitat creation opportunities map; • Zoning map for use with CC net-gain planning tool; • Draft Nature Recovery Network map. Key outcomes of the mapping outputs, and current or future impacts, include: i. Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy was launched in 2016, and seeks to ensure natural capital and services are more effectively embedded within Cornwall's Council's activities. MEG has helped deliver the strategy's aim of not only protecting existing natural capital, but also of growing these assets, by identifying areas of Cornwall where habitat restoration or creation is most likely to deliver the greatest strategic benefit in terms of key ecosystem services and improved connectivity. ii. Cornwall Nature Recovery Network -MEG maps have been adopted by Cornwall Local Nature Partnership to form a draft NRN map providing a spatial prioritization of existing natural assets, services and key opportunities for service improvement and habitat (re)creation. Cornwall has been selected to be a national Defra pilot for the production of Local Nature Recovery Strategies, which will be a new requirement for public authorities under the Environment Bill. The map and methods are expected to form the basis of the mapping work to be included in this strategy, due for completion in March 2021 and for which the MOA are currently being finalised. iii. Inclusion as part of Cornwall Council net-gain planning tool - All major developments since March 2020 are required to deliver a demonstrable 10% net gain in biodiversity. By defining the strategic areas used in Cornwall Council's biodiversity net gain tool, MEG is helping deliver this net biodiversity gain and also guiding the allocation of off-site compensation where on-site measures are insufficient to deliver. The planning tool will deliver on the Cornwall 2010-2030 local plan which sets out the scale and distribution of new development across Cornwall and includes commitments for a minimum of 52,500 homes, at an average rate of about 2,625 per year, and 704,000 sq. metre of employment floorspace. The MEG outputs as part of the net-gain tool will therefore help assess / allocate c. £6.5billion of housing stock and targeting investment of biodiversity offsetting from developments to areas of greatest strategic benefit. iv. Helping deliver Cornwall's Climate Change Action Plan - this action plan was approved in July 2019 following the Cornwall Climate Emergency declaration in January 2019 by Cornwall Council. The plan identifies the Forest for Cornwall as a flagship natural climate solution project. The project is a ten-year tree planting scheme to increase canopy cover by approximately 8,000 hectares (2% of Cornwall's land area). It will identify potential sites "by using the best available local information currently being developed by Cornwall Council, the University of Exeter and Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly". MEG woodland opportunity mapping forms the central aspect of this information while the historic woodland and orchard mapping is also informing the initiative. MEG outputs have already been presented and used at several Forest for Cornwall publicity, workshops and events. The delivery of Forest for Cornwall will cost c. £25-30m when all costs are factored in. Additionally bids to Government supported national tree planting schemes are being prepared and the Council is also considering development of 'a voluntary carbon offset scheme' for Cornwall. Other Council activities that have been identified as likely benefitting from MEG opportunity maps include: • Management of the Cornwall County farm estate - consisting of 4,525 hectares split into 104 holding. Cornwall's Climate Change Action Plan (6.25) states an intention to make "Council Farms exemplars in low carbon and regenerative agriculture. Delivered through the new Council Farms Strategy - work is being commissioned to explore the potential for our Farms Estate to contribute to Cornwall's goal of becoming carbon neutral and delivering environmental growth". The action plan highlights how natural climate solutions such as tree planting, hedgerow and wetland management and creation can contribute to carbon sequestration. MEG opportunity maps form a key evidence base for informing the development of this change in management. • Informing Cornwall flood mitigation strategy - MEG outputs can be used as an initial 'screening tool' to help identify catchments and areas where habitat creation, as part of a natural flood mitigation strategy, is most likely to deliver the greatest and most wide-ranging strategic benefit. Such catchments where natural flood mitigation schemes can be made to deliver multiple benefits are most likely to present a good financial case through more detailed economic appraisal. The Carbon Action Plan (6.35) also identifies the importance of natural flood management approaches can be used to increase carbon sequestration and deliver improved catchment management, stating that this 'will be initiated by an opportunity mapping exercise'. v. Improved evidence base for Cornwall Council strategy development and delivery - MEG outputs have demonstrated to senior policy makers how spatial environmental information can inform strategy development and delivery. Key documents of the Local Plan 2010-2030, including the Cornwall Local Plan: Strategic Policies 2010-2030 are complete, but supporting guidance, tools and Neighbourhood Plans continue to be developed and there is the potential for MEG outputs to inform additional supporting information and guidance for the delivery of the plan, including development of neighbourhood plans. MEG outputs also enrich the evidence base available for development of Cornwall's 2030-50 local plan strategy that is likely to be responsible for defining the priorities for the allocation of land for developments of c. £19billion in housing value. 5 Delivery of on-line mapping application - lagas.co.uk/app Key outputs: • On-line demo sites presenting different mapping products • Lagas mapping application (https://lagas.co.uk/app) On-line demo sites were used to demonstrate MEG outputs to project partners and others during project activity. Development of the demo sites also proved invaluable in the drawing up of technical specifications and administrative requirements of the Lagas mapping application that was successfully delivered by Vitamin Cornwall after a competitive bidding process managed by MEG and Tevi. The website has received several industry design awards (cssdesignawards.com and awwwards.com). The Lagas webite brings together geospatial information on the relative value of natural assets and services across Cornwall with additional information including microclimate surfaces and potential crop yields under present and future climate conditions. The site provides a single hub of environmental information for a wide range of business sectors, interests and policies. Use of the application will be monitored by the collection of site statistics as part of the Tevi programme. The site is intended as an evolving resource to make the outputs of the research community more readily available to policy makers, business, and to the general public. Website data and statistics will allow us to continue to monitor use and access. Publicity and training events, introducing Lagas to Cornwall Council staff and other audiences, have included: • Cornwall Council event (28 Sep 2020) with 53 attendees; • Cornwall Council event (29 Sep 2020) we had 74 attendees; • Cornwall Wildlife Trust event (5 October 2020) we had 9 attendees. Public access to spatial information about natural capital and services has often been limited. The technical complexity of many natural capital tools has often restricted their wider use and uptake. Lagas provides an accessible resource to allow the communication and administration of natural capital mapping and related research outputs. It is expected that the cross-organisation Environmental Evidence Group will help inform future development of Lagas and identify additional applications or developments of MEG outputs. As mentioned under 4 (above), Lagas is a key evidence base to inform development of Cornwall's pilot Local Nature Recovery Strategies and is expected to have wider influence on the development and delivery of policy by Cornwall Council: "The Lagas natural capital tool provides invaluable new information that will be used by Cornwall Council staff when making decisions on planning, nature protection and recovery. The work of the Tevi team in delivering this environmental Intelligence platform will positively impact nature protection and regeneration and will encourage environmental growth for years to come". Philippa Hoskin - Partnerships & Policy Lead, Environmental Growth Team, Cornwall Council 6 Historic woodland mapping Key outputs: • Report describing the image and geo-analysis methodology and a supporting GIS package of results. Outputs provided a proof of concept for applying advanced image analysis techniques to generate GIS layers for the whole of Cornwall of historic canopy cover from 1st edition Ordnance Survey maps. The mapping informs about the historic extent and location, of woodland cover and highlight how this has increased in the past 150 years, while orchard cover has dramatically declined. Outputs will inform further activities and work of Cornwall Council's Historic environment team and the Forest for Cornwall initiative. An additional field layer output of the work may also be used to inform development of a digitised tithe map (project led by Kresen Kernow) and may also support mapping of historic hedgerows. There has been much interest from within the council to make the map publicly available. After receipt of the outputs, Historic Environment expressed confidence that: "analysis of the data set will lead to significant improvements in the way we assess and understand how landscape has changed over the last hundred years or so." Francis Shepherd, Historic Environment Record Officer, Cornwall Council. The methodology opens the possibility of applying a similar or derived method to extract additional historic habitat layers including, for example, wetlands, heathland, rough pasture, built-up areas, and hedgerows/field boundaries. 7 Evidence for AONB management plan review Key outputs: • Report to AONB and supporting GIS package The outputs form part of the evidence base used for the review of Cornwall AONB 2016-2021 management plan, by identifying strategic opportunities (within and without the AONB area) for habitat restoration/creation and the relative importance of AONB areas in terms of ecosystem service delivery. The AONB Management Plan is a statutory document and a material consideration in relation to planning. The plan sets out policies through which the landscape quality of the AONB can be conserved and enhanced and how sustainable development can take place. The current plan highlights the need to: • Identify the natural capital within the Cornwall AONB; • Connect habitats at a landscape scale; • Take a strategic, landscape based approach to the management, restoration and re-creation of habitats within and beyond the AONB area. A stated aim is to develop a "Natural Capital Investment Plan" for the AONB, which identifies investment opportunities for the enhancement of ecosystem goods and services, highlights geographic opportunities and demonstrates the value of the protected landscape to inform decision-making. Outputs are also informing work on the Environment Land Management Scheme trial on the Lizard. The maps have been used with landscape character assessment areas to inform discussions with farmers and what their local priorities are and what could be achieved at a landscape scale. The Cornwall AONB Partnership is leading a 'trial' on behalf of Defra that makes use of forward thinking work already carried out by the Partnership to map and describe natural capital and ecosystem services. 8 Fostering wider understanding and debate on the use of natural capital spatial information MEG has contributed to an evolution in strategic decision making among partners and other organisations, particularly in terms of their use of spatial environmental information. Outputs have been presented and discussed at various workshops and cross-agency meetings including at the Cornwall Biodiversity Initiative Nature Recovery Network Mapping and Next Steps (27/11/2019) and at a meeting on ELMs Tests and Trials in Cornwall & discussion about the future (24/07/2020) with Defra officials in attendance. Presentations have generated interest outside of the project's immediate partners, including: • Environment agency expressed interest in the opportunity mapping (and underlying mapping work), as it ties in neatly with their focus on Working with Natural Processes for flood risk reduction. • As part of their contribution to the Tevi programme, Cornwall Wildlife Trust have contracted 7 months work to develop the opportunity mapping method so they can be readily applied to identify opportunities at finer resolutions and for different geographical areas (for example to individual catchments) with all supporting documentation to enhance understanding of the maps and methodology. • Expressions of interest in the maps and methods have been received from several other organisations including Dartmoor National Trust, Devon County Council, Devon and Somerset Wildlife Trusts. • Activities, outputs and lessons learnt from MEG have informed the establishment of the Environmental Growth Evidence Group for Cornwall that seeks to ensure evidence about the environment informs policy development and business activity. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP011: Mainstreaming Environmental Growth |
| Organisation | Natural England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To evaluate and provide tools for the delivery of Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice, steering, identification of data and resources, partner and business assist identification. |
| Impact | 1 Development of tools to assist Tevi programme business engagements Key Outputs: • Tevi 'toolkit' providing a guided interview template and scoring system to inform Tevi business assists. • Maps of Tevi assists, Cornwall business sustainability activities and awards. The toolkit seeks to capture the dependency and impact on natural capital of small and medium-sized enterprises, and the opportunities to implement circular economy business practices. The toolkit scoped out the key issues and approaches prior to the start of the Tevi programme. Since development, the toolkit has evolved in response to the changing needs of the multi-year Tevi programme and experiences of delivering business assists. Outputs have helped the highly acclaimed Tevi programme engage with over 350 small and medium-sized enterprises across Cornwall and provide direct support to 255 businesses, helping to drive progress across the five opportunities identified in the Local Industrial Strategy (LIS) for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (CIoS). Direct support delivers expert consultation, opportunities for recognition and certification, and realizing 52 sustainable Business projects through £338K of grant funding. Maps of business activities and winners of various sustainability awards are publicly available on the Lagas application. The maps highlight both the distribution of Tevi assists to SMEs and also identify businesses that are actively seeking to improve their use of natural capital and sustainability. 2 Landcover mapping Key outputs: • Methodology to integrate and improve existing landcover maps; • Enhanced landcover map for Cornwall; • Map of changes to vegetated / non-vegetated landcover in Cornwall over the past 40 years using Landsat data. There is no single or authoritative landcover map for Cornwall. Existing landcover maps and data vary in terms of their availability, date of generation, resolution, classifications, reliability and format. MEG developed a method to integrate existing landcover resources (e.g. CEH, NE, FC, Ordnance Survey and others) and enhance these sources with the use of remote sensing data from Sentinel 1 & 2. The resulting high resolution landcover map enabled the delivery of all other MEG mapping outputs. The maps and methodology also formed a key part of the report and GIS package delivered to Cornwall AONB forming part of the evidence base for review of the AONB management plan. Data licensing restrictions prevent the public delivery of the landcover map via Lagas, but the maps have been made via the Lagas account system on request. The landcover map is also expected to inform the development of the 'Local Habitat Map' that forms part of the Local Nature Recovery Strategy for which Cornwall has been selected as a Defra pilot. Its use and/or future development will be subject to clarification of the MOA and the nature of the "national habitat map" that is to be provided by Government. Cornwall Wildlife Trust has the intention to update their existing 2005 landcover map, and in so doing will consider the methods developed by MEG, including the use of Sentinel remote sensing data. It is likely that these methods may be further developed as part of on-going Cornwall Wildlife Trust contract work resulting from the MEG project. More generally, the outputs highlight the potential of freely-available remote sensing data for monitoring land cover and change as well as the central importance of reliable and suitable landcover maps to any strategic mapping of existing natural resources, services or opportunities. 3 Ecosystem service maps Key outputs: • Ecosystem service provision maps, related landscape risk contribution maps and methodologies. Mapping the landscape contribution to different ecosystem services is highly challenging and no definitive methods or approach exists. MEG built on and further developed existing methods to estimate and map relative landscape contributions to: • Flood risk and mitigation; • Soil erosion; • Soil / runoff pollution risk and mitigation to drinking water, aquaculture and bathing water; • Carbon stock and assimilation; • Pollination services. The outputs enabled the inclusion of ecosystem service information as part of the MEG strategic prioritization and opportunity mapping, while also forming part of the evidence base for review of the AONB management plan and the content of the Lagas website. In doing so, MEG has demonstrated the value of ecosystem service mapping to inform the spatial prioritization of existing natural capital resources and habitat creation opportunities. 4 Strategic prioritisation of natural assets and opportunities outputs Key outputs: • Existing assets prioritisation and linking corridor opportunities map; • Habitat opportunity maps for woodland, wetland and heathland opportunities; • Combined habitat creation opportunities map; • Zoning map for use with CC net-gain planning tool; • Draft Nature Recovery Network map. Key outcomes of the mapping outputs, and current or future impacts, include: i. Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy was launched in 2016, and seeks to ensure natural capital and services are more effectively embedded within Cornwall's Council's activities. MEG has helped deliver the strategy's aim of not only protecting existing natural capital, but also of growing these assets, by identifying areas of Cornwall where habitat restoration or creation is most likely to deliver the greatest strategic benefit in terms of key ecosystem services and improved connectivity. ii. Cornwall Nature Recovery Network -MEG maps have been adopted by Cornwall Local Nature Partnership to form a draft NRN map providing a spatial prioritization of existing natural assets, services and key opportunities for service improvement and habitat (re)creation. Cornwall has been selected to be a national Defra pilot for the production of Local Nature Recovery Strategies, which will be a new requirement for public authorities under the Environment Bill. The map and methods are expected to form the basis of the mapping work to be included in this strategy, due for completion in March 2021 and for which the MOA are currently being finalised. iii. Inclusion as part of Cornwall Council net-gain planning tool - All major developments since March 2020 are required to deliver a demonstrable 10% net gain in biodiversity. By defining the strategic areas used in Cornwall Council's biodiversity net gain tool, MEG is helping deliver this net biodiversity gain and also guiding the allocation of off-site compensation where on-site measures are insufficient to deliver. The planning tool will deliver on the Cornwall 2010-2030 local plan which sets out the scale and distribution of new development across Cornwall and includes commitments for a minimum of 52,500 homes, at an average rate of about 2,625 per year, and 704,000 sq. metre of employment floorspace. The MEG outputs as part of the net-gain tool will therefore help assess / allocate c. £6.5billion of housing stock and targeting investment of biodiversity offsetting from developments to areas of greatest strategic benefit. iv. Helping deliver Cornwall's Climate Change Action Plan - this action plan was approved in July 2019 following the Cornwall Climate Emergency declaration in January 2019 by Cornwall Council. The plan identifies the Forest for Cornwall as a flagship natural climate solution project. The project is a ten-year tree planting scheme to increase canopy cover by approximately 8,000 hectares (2% of Cornwall's land area). It will identify potential sites "by using the best available local information currently being developed by Cornwall Council, the University of Exeter and Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly". MEG woodland opportunity mapping forms the central aspect of this information while the historic woodland and orchard mapping is also informing the initiative. MEG outputs have already been presented and used at several Forest for Cornwall publicity, workshops and events. The delivery of Forest for Cornwall will cost c. £25-30m when all costs are factored in. Additionally bids to Government supported national tree planting schemes are being prepared and the Council is also considering development of 'a voluntary carbon offset scheme' for Cornwall. Other Council activities that have been identified as likely benefitting from MEG opportunity maps include: • Management of the Cornwall County farm estate - consisting of 4,525 hectares split into 104 holding. Cornwall's Climate Change Action Plan (6.25) states an intention to make "Council Farms exemplars in low carbon and regenerative agriculture. Delivered through the new Council Farms Strategy - work is being commissioned to explore the potential for our Farms Estate to contribute to Cornwall's goal of becoming carbon neutral and delivering environmental growth". The action plan highlights how natural climate solutions such as tree planting, hedgerow and wetland management and creation can contribute to carbon sequestration. MEG opportunity maps form a key evidence base for informing the development of this change in management. • Informing Cornwall flood mitigation strategy - MEG outputs can be used as an initial 'screening tool' to help identify catchments and areas where habitat creation, as part of a natural flood mitigation strategy, is most likely to deliver the greatest and most wide-ranging strategic benefit. Such catchments where natural flood mitigation schemes can be made to deliver multiple benefits are most likely to present a good financial case through more detailed economic appraisal. The Carbon Action Plan (6.35) also identifies the importance of natural flood management approaches can be used to increase carbon sequestration and deliver improved catchment management, stating that this 'will be initiated by an opportunity mapping exercise'. v. Improved evidence base for Cornwall Council strategy development and delivery - MEG outputs have demonstrated to senior policy makers how spatial environmental information can inform strategy development and delivery. Key documents of the Local Plan 2010-2030, including the Cornwall Local Plan: Strategic Policies 2010-2030 are complete, but supporting guidance, tools and Neighbourhood Plans continue to be developed and there is the potential for MEG outputs to inform additional supporting information and guidance for the delivery of the plan, including development of neighbourhood plans. MEG outputs also enrich the evidence base available for development of Cornwall's 2030-50 local plan strategy that is likely to be responsible for defining the priorities for the allocation of land for developments of c. £19billion in housing value. 5 Delivery of on-line mapping application - lagas.co.uk/app Key outputs: • On-line demo sites presenting different mapping products • Lagas mapping application (https://lagas.co.uk/app) On-line demo sites were used to demonstrate MEG outputs to project partners and others during project activity. Development of the demo sites also proved invaluable in the drawing up of technical specifications and administrative requirements of the Lagas mapping application that was successfully delivered by Vitamin Cornwall after a competitive bidding process managed by MEG and Tevi. The website has received several industry design awards (cssdesignawards.com and awwwards.com). The Lagas webite brings together geospatial information on the relative value of natural assets and services across Cornwall with additional information including microclimate surfaces and potential crop yields under present and future climate conditions. The site provides a single hub of environmental information for a wide range of business sectors, interests and policies. Use of the application will be monitored by the collection of site statistics as part of the Tevi programme. The site is intended as an evolving resource to make the outputs of the research community more readily available to policy makers, business, and to the general public. Website data and statistics will allow us to continue to monitor use and access. Publicity and training events, introducing Lagas to Cornwall Council staff and other audiences, have included: • Cornwall Council event (28 Sep 2020) with 53 attendees; • Cornwall Council event (29 Sep 2020) we had 74 attendees; • Cornwall Wildlife Trust event (5 October 2020) we had 9 attendees. Public access to spatial information about natural capital and services has often been limited. The technical complexity of many natural capital tools has often restricted their wider use and uptake. Lagas provides an accessible resource to allow the communication and administration of natural capital mapping and related research outputs. It is expected that the cross-organisation Environmental Evidence Group will help inform future development of Lagas and identify additional applications or developments of MEG outputs. As mentioned under 4 (above), Lagas is a key evidence base to inform development of Cornwall's pilot Local Nature Recovery Strategies and is expected to have wider influence on the development and delivery of policy by Cornwall Council: "The Lagas natural capital tool provides invaluable new information that will be used by Cornwall Council staff when making decisions on planning, nature protection and recovery. The work of the Tevi team in delivering this environmental Intelligence platform will positively impact nature protection and regeneration and will encourage environmental growth for years to come". Philippa Hoskin - Partnerships & Policy Lead, Environmental Growth Team, Cornwall Council 6 Historic woodland mapping Key outputs: • Report describing the image and geo-analysis methodology and a supporting GIS package of results. Outputs provided a proof of concept for applying advanced image analysis techniques to generate GIS layers for the whole of Cornwall of historic canopy cover from 1st edition Ordnance Survey maps. The mapping informs about the historic extent and location, of woodland cover and highlight how this has increased in the past 150 years, while orchard cover has dramatically declined. Outputs will inform further activities and work of Cornwall Council's Historic environment team and the Forest for Cornwall initiative. An additional field layer output of the work may also be used to inform development of a digitised tithe map (project led by Kresen Kernow) and may also support mapping of historic hedgerows. There has been much interest from within the council to make the map publicly available. After receipt of the outputs, Historic Environment expressed confidence that: "analysis of the data set will lead to significant improvements in the way we assess and understand how landscape has changed over the last hundred years or so." Francis Shepherd, Historic Environment Record Officer, Cornwall Council. The methodology opens the possibility of applying a similar or derived method to extract additional historic habitat layers including, for example, wetlands, heathland, rough pasture, built-up areas, and hedgerows/field boundaries. 7 Evidence for AONB management plan review Key outputs: • Report to AONB and supporting GIS package The outputs form part of the evidence base used for the review of Cornwall AONB 2016-2021 management plan, by identifying strategic opportunities (within and without the AONB area) for habitat restoration/creation and the relative importance of AONB areas in terms of ecosystem service delivery. The AONB Management Plan is a statutory document and a material consideration in relation to planning. The plan sets out policies through which the landscape quality of the AONB can be conserved and enhanced and how sustainable development can take place. The current plan highlights the need to: • Identify the natural capital within the Cornwall AONB; • Connect habitats at a landscape scale; • Take a strategic, landscape based approach to the management, restoration and re-creation of habitats within and beyond the AONB area. A stated aim is to develop a "Natural Capital Investment Plan" for the AONB, which identifies investment opportunities for the enhancement of ecosystem goods and services, highlights geographic opportunities and demonstrates the value of the protected landscape to inform decision-making. Outputs are also informing work on the Environment Land Management Scheme trial on the Lizard. The maps have been used with landscape character assessment areas to inform discussions with farmers and what their local priorities are and what could be achieved at a landscape scale. The Cornwall AONB Partnership is leading a 'trial' on behalf of Defra that makes use of forward thinking work already carried out by the Partnership to map and describe natural capital and ecosystem services. 8 Fostering wider understanding and debate on the use of natural capital spatial information MEG has contributed to an evolution in strategic decision making among partners and other organisations, particularly in terms of their use of spatial environmental information. Outputs have been presented and discussed at various workshops and cross-agency meetings including at the Cornwall Biodiversity Initiative Nature Recovery Network Mapping and Next Steps (27/11/2019) and at a meeting on ELMs Tests and Trials in Cornwall & discussion about the future (24/07/2020) with Defra officials in attendance. Presentations have generated interest outside of the project's immediate partners, including: • Environment agency expressed interest in the opportunity mapping (and underlying mapping work), as it ties in neatly with their focus on Working with Natural Processes for flood risk reduction. • As part of their contribution to the Tevi programme, Cornwall Wildlife Trust have contracted 7 months work to develop the opportunity mapping method so they can be readily applied to identify opportunities at finer resolutions and for different geographical areas (for example to individual catchments) with all supporting documentation to enhance understanding of the maps and methodology. • Expressions of interest in the maps and methods have been received from several other organisations including Dartmoor National Trust, Devon County Council, Devon and Somerset Wildlife Trusts. • Activities, outputs and lessons learnt from MEG have informed the establishment of the Environmental Growth Evidence Group for Cornwall that seeks to ensure evidence about the environment informs policy development and business activity. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP011: Mainstreaming Environmental Growth |
| Organisation | Tevi - Environmental Growth for Business Project |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | To evaluate and provide tools for the delivery of Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice, steering, identification of data and resources, partner and business assist identification. |
| Impact | 1 Development of tools to assist Tevi programme business engagements Key Outputs: • Tevi 'toolkit' providing a guided interview template and scoring system to inform Tevi business assists. • Maps of Tevi assists, Cornwall business sustainability activities and awards. The toolkit seeks to capture the dependency and impact on natural capital of small and medium-sized enterprises, and the opportunities to implement circular economy business practices. The toolkit scoped out the key issues and approaches prior to the start of the Tevi programme. Since development, the toolkit has evolved in response to the changing needs of the multi-year Tevi programme and experiences of delivering business assists. Outputs have helped the highly acclaimed Tevi programme engage with over 350 small and medium-sized enterprises across Cornwall and provide direct support to 255 businesses, helping to drive progress across the five opportunities identified in the Local Industrial Strategy (LIS) for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (CIoS). Direct support delivers expert consultation, opportunities for recognition and certification, and realizing 52 sustainable Business projects through £338K of grant funding. Maps of business activities and winners of various sustainability awards are publicly available on the Lagas application. The maps highlight both the distribution of Tevi assists to SMEs and also identify businesses that are actively seeking to improve their use of natural capital and sustainability. 2 Landcover mapping Key outputs: • Methodology to integrate and improve existing landcover maps; • Enhanced landcover map for Cornwall; • Map of changes to vegetated / non-vegetated landcover in Cornwall over the past 40 years using Landsat data. There is no single or authoritative landcover map for Cornwall. Existing landcover maps and data vary in terms of their availability, date of generation, resolution, classifications, reliability and format. MEG developed a method to integrate existing landcover resources (e.g. CEH, NE, FC, Ordnance Survey and others) and enhance these sources with the use of remote sensing data from Sentinel 1 & 2. The resulting high resolution landcover map enabled the delivery of all other MEG mapping outputs. The maps and methodology also formed a key part of the report and GIS package delivered to Cornwall AONB forming part of the evidence base for review of the AONB management plan. Data licensing restrictions prevent the public delivery of the landcover map via Lagas, but the maps have been made via the Lagas account system on request. The landcover map is also expected to inform the development of the 'Local Habitat Map' that forms part of the Local Nature Recovery Strategy for which Cornwall has been selected as a Defra pilot. Its use and/or future development will be subject to clarification of the MOA and the nature of the "national habitat map" that is to be provided by Government. Cornwall Wildlife Trust has the intention to update their existing 2005 landcover map, and in so doing will consider the methods developed by MEG, including the use of Sentinel remote sensing data. It is likely that these methods may be further developed as part of on-going Cornwall Wildlife Trust contract work resulting from the MEG project. More generally, the outputs highlight the potential of freely-available remote sensing data for monitoring land cover and change as well as the central importance of reliable and suitable landcover maps to any strategic mapping of existing natural resources, services or opportunities. 3 Ecosystem service maps Key outputs: • Ecosystem service provision maps, related landscape risk contribution maps and methodologies. Mapping the landscape contribution to different ecosystem services is highly challenging and no definitive methods or approach exists. MEG built on and further developed existing methods to estimate and map relative landscape contributions to: • Flood risk and mitigation; • Soil erosion; • Soil / runoff pollution risk and mitigation to drinking water, aquaculture and bathing water; • Carbon stock and assimilation; • Pollination services. The outputs enabled the inclusion of ecosystem service information as part of the MEG strategic prioritization and opportunity mapping, while also forming part of the evidence base for review of the AONB management plan and the content of the Lagas website. In doing so, MEG has demonstrated the value of ecosystem service mapping to inform the spatial prioritization of existing natural capital resources and habitat creation opportunities. 4 Strategic prioritisation of natural assets and opportunities outputs Key outputs: • Existing assets prioritisation and linking corridor opportunities map; • Habitat opportunity maps for woodland, wetland and heathland opportunities; • Combined habitat creation opportunities map; • Zoning map for use with CC net-gain planning tool; • Draft Nature Recovery Network map. Key outcomes of the mapping outputs, and current or future impacts, include: i. Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy was launched in 2016, and seeks to ensure natural capital and services are more effectively embedded within Cornwall's Council's activities. MEG has helped deliver the strategy's aim of not only protecting existing natural capital, but also of growing these assets, by identifying areas of Cornwall where habitat restoration or creation is most likely to deliver the greatest strategic benefit in terms of key ecosystem services and improved connectivity. ii. Cornwall Nature Recovery Network -MEG maps have been adopted by Cornwall Local Nature Partnership to form a draft NRN map providing a spatial prioritization of existing natural assets, services and key opportunities for service improvement and habitat (re)creation. Cornwall has been selected to be a national Defra pilot for the production of Local Nature Recovery Strategies, which will be a new requirement for public authorities under the Environment Bill. The map and methods are expected to form the basis of the mapping work to be included in this strategy, due for completion in March 2021 and for which the MOA are currently being finalised. iii. Inclusion as part of Cornwall Council net-gain planning tool - All major developments since March 2020 are required to deliver a demonstrable 10% net gain in biodiversity. By defining the strategic areas used in Cornwall Council's biodiversity net gain tool, MEG is helping deliver this net biodiversity gain and also guiding the allocation of off-site compensation where on-site measures are insufficient to deliver. The planning tool will deliver on the Cornwall 2010-2030 local plan which sets out the scale and distribution of new development across Cornwall and includes commitments for a minimum of 52,500 homes, at an average rate of about 2,625 per year, and 704,000 sq. metre of employment floorspace. The MEG outputs as part of the net-gain tool will therefore help assess / allocate c. £6.5billion of housing stock and targeting investment of biodiversity offsetting from developments to areas of greatest strategic benefit. iv. Helping deliver Cornwall's Climate Change Action Plan - this action plan was approved in July 2019 following the Cornwall Climate Emergency declaration in January 2019 by Cornwall Council. The plan identifies the Forest for Cornwall as a flagship natural climate solution project. The project is a ten-year tree planting scheme to increase canopy cover by approximately 8,000 hectares (2% of Cornwall's land area). It will identify potential sites "by using the best available local information currently being developed by Cornwall Council, the University of Exeter and Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly". MEG woodland opportunity mapping forms the central aspect of this information while the historic woodland and orchard mapping is also informing the initiative. MEG outputs have already been presented and used at several Forest for Cornwall publicity, workshops and events. The delivery of Forest for Cornwall will cost c. £25-30m when all costs are factored in. Additionally bids to Government supported national tree planting schemes are being prepared and the Council is also considering development of 'a voluntary carbon offset scheme' for Cornwall. Other Council activities that have been identified as likely benefitting from MEG opportunity maps include: • Management of the Cornwall County farm estate - consisting of 4,525 hectares split into 104 holding. Cornwall's Climate Change Action Plan (6.25) states an intention to make "Council Farms exemplars in low carbon and regenerative agriculture. Delivered through the new Council Farms Strategy - work is being commissioned to explore the potential for our Farms Estate to contribute to Cornwall's goal of becoming carbon neutral and delivering environmental growth". The action plan highlights how natural climate solutions such as tree planting, hedgerow and wetland management and creation can contribute to carbon sequestration. MEG opportunity maps form a key evidence base for informing the development of this change in management. • Informing Cornwall flood mitigation strategy - MEG outputs can be used as an initial 'screening tool' to help identify catchments and areas where habitat creation, as part of a natural flood mitigation strategy, is most likely to deliver the greatest and most wide-ranging strategic benefit. Such catchments where natural flood mitigation schemes can be made to deliver multiple benefits are most likely to present a good financial case through more detailed economic appraisal. The Carbon Action Plan (6.35) also identifies the importance of natural flood management approaches can be used to increase carbon sequestration and deliver improved catchment management, stating that this 'will be initiated by an opportunity mapping exercise'. v. Improved evidence base for Cornwall Council strategy development and delivery - MEG outputs have demonstrated to senior policy makers how spatial environmental information can inform strategy development and delivery. Key documents of the Local Plan 2010-2030, including the Cornwall Local Plan: Strategic Policies 2010-2030 are complete, but supporting guidance, tools and Neighbourhood Plans continue to be developed and there is the potential for MEG outputs to inform additional supporting information and guidance for the delivery of the plan, including development of neighbourhood plans. MEG outputs also enrich the evidence base available for development of Cornwall's 2030-50 local plan strategy that is likely to be responsible for defining the priorities for the allocation of land for developments of c. £19billion in housing value. 5 Delivery of on-line mapping application - lagas.co.uk/app Key outputs: • On-line demo sites presenting different mapping products • Lagas mapping application (https://lagas.co.uk/app) On-line demo sites were used to demonstrate MEG outputs to project partners and others during project activity. Development of the demo sites also proved invaluable in the drawing up of technical specifications and administrative requirements of the Lagas mapping application that was successfully delivered by Vitamin Cornwall after a competitive bidding process managed by MEG and Tevi. The website has received several industry design awards (cssdesignawards.com and awwwards.com). The Lagas webite brings together geospatial information on the relative value of natural assets and services across Cornwall with additional information including microclimate surfaces and potential crop yields under present and future climate conditions. The site provides a single hub of environmental information for a wide range of business sectors, interests and policies. Use of the application will be monitored by the collection of site statistics as part of the Tevi programme. The site is intended as an evolving resource to make the outputs of the research community more readily available to policy makers, business, and to the general public. Website data and statistics will allow us to continue to monitor use and access. Publicity and training events, introducing Lagas to Cornwall Council staff and other audiences, have included: • Cornwall Council event (28 Sep 2020) with 53 attendees; • Cornwall Council event (29 Sep 2020) we had 74 attendees; • Cornwall Wildlife Trust event (5 October 2020) we had 9 attendees. Public access to spatial information about natural capital and services has often been limited. The technical complexity of many natural capital tools has often restricted their wider use and uptake. Lagas provides an accessible resource to allow the communication and administration of natural capital mapping and related research outputs. It is expected that the cross-organisation Environmental Evidence Group will help inform future development of Lagas and identify additional applications or developments of MEG outputs. As mentioned under 4 (above), Lagas is a key evidence base to inform development of Cornwall's pilot Local Nature Recovery Strategies and is expected to have wider influence on the development and delivery of policy by Cornwall Council: "The Lagas natural capital tool provides invaluable new information that will be used by Cornwall Council staff when making decisions on planning, nature protection and recovery. The work of the Tevi team in delivering this environmental Intelligence platform will positively impact nature protection and regeneration and will encourage environmental growth for years to come". Philippa Hoskin - Partnerships & Policy Lead, Environmental Growth Team, Cornwall Council 6 Historic woodland mapping Key outputs: • Report describing the image and geo-analysis methodology and a supporting GIS package of results. Outputs provided a proof of concept for applying advanced image analysis techniques to generate GIS layers for the whole of Cornwall of historic canopy cover from 1st edition Ordnance Survey maps. The mapping informs about the historic extent and location, of woodland cover and highlight how this has increased in the past 150 years, while orchard cover has dramatically declined. Outputs will inform further activities and work of Cornwall Council's Historic environment team and the Forest for Cornwall initiative. An additional field layer output of the work may also be used to inform development of a digitised tithe map (project led by Kresen Kernow) and may also support mapping of historic hedgerows. There has been much interest from within the council to make the map publicly available. After receipt of the outputs, Historic Environment expressed confidence that: "analysis of the data set will lead to significant improvements in the way we assess and understand how landscape has changed over the last hundred years or so." Francis Shepherd, Historic Environment Record Officer, Cornwall Council. The methodology opens the possibility of applying a similar or derived method to extract additional historic habitat layers including, for example, wetlands, heathland, rough pasture, built-up areas, and hedgerows/field boundaries. 7 Evidence for AONB management plan review Key outputs: • Report to AONB and supporting GIS package The outputs form part of the evidence base used for the review of Cornwall AONB 2016-2021 management plan, by identifying strategic opportunities (within and without the AONB area) for habitat restoration/creation and the relative importance of AONB areas in terms of ecosystem service delivery. The AONB Management Plan is a statutory document and a material consideration in relation to planning. The plan sets out policies through which the landscape quality of the AONB can be conserved and enhanced and how sustainable development can take place. The current plan highlights the need to: • Identify the natural capital within the Cornwall AONB; • Connect habitats at a landscape scale; • Take a strategic, landscape based approach to the management, restoration and re-creation of habitats within and beyond the AONB area. A stated aim is to develop a "Natural Capital Investment Plan" for the AONB, which identifies investment opportunities for the enhancement of ecosystem goods and services, highlights geographic opportunities and demonstrates the value of the protected landscape to inform decision-making. Outputs are also informing work on the Environment Land Management Scheme trial on the Lizard. The maps have been used with landscape character assessment areas to inform discussions with farmers and what their local priorities are and what could be achieved at a landscape scale. The Cornwall AONB Partnership is leading a 'trial' on behalf of Defra that makes use of forward thinking work already carried out by the Partnership to map and describe natural capital and ecosystem services. 8 Fostering wider understanding and debate on the use of natural capital spatial information MEG has contributed to an evolution in strategic decision making among partners and other organisations, particularly in terms of their use of spatial environmental information. Outputs have been presented and discussed at various workshops and cross-agency meetings including at the Cornwall Biodiversity Initiative Nature Recovery Network Mapping and Next Steps (27/11/2019) and at a meeting on ELMs Tests and Trials in Cornwall & discussion about the future (24/07/2020) with Defra officials in attendance. Presentations have generated interest outside of the project's immediate partners, including: • Environment agency expressed interest in the opportunity mapping (and underlying mapping work), as it ties in neatly with their focus on Working with Natural Processes for flood risk reduction. • As part of their contribution to the Tevi programme, Cornwall Wildlife Trust have contracted 7 months work to develop the opportunity mapping method so they can be readily applied to identify opportunities at finer resolutions and for different geographical areas (for example to individual catchments) with all supporting documentation to enhance understanding of the maps and methodology. • Expressions of interest in the maps and methods have been received from several other organisations including Dartmoor National Trust, Devon County Council, Devon and Somerset Wildlife Trusts. • Activities, outputs and lessons learnt from MEG have informed the establishment of the Environmental Growth Evidence Group for Cornwall that seeks to ensure evidence about the environment informs policy development and business activity. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP011: Mainstreaming Environmental Growth |
| Organisation | The Wildlife Trusts |
| Department | Cornwall Wildlife Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To evaluate and provide tools for the delivery of Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice, steering, identification of data and resources, partner and business assist identification. |
| Impact | 1 Development of tools to assist Tevi programme business engagements Key Outputs: • Tevi 'toolkit' providing a guided interview template and scoring system to inform Tevi business assists. • Maps of Tevi assists, Cornwall business sustainability activities and awards. The toolkit seeks to capture the dependency and impact on natural capital of small and medium-sized enterprises, and the opportunities to implement circular economy business practices. The toolkit scoped out the key issues and approaches prior to the start of the Tevi programme. Since development, the toolkit has evolved in response to the changing needs of the multi-year Tevi programme and experiences of delivering business assists. Outputs have helped the highly acclaimed Tevi programme engage with over 350 small and medium-sized enterprises across Cornwall and provide direct support to 255 businesses, helping to drive progress across the five opportunities identified in the Local Industrial Strategy (LIS) for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (CIoS). Direct support delivers expert consultation, opportunities for recognition and certification, and realizing 52 sustainable Business projects through £338K of grant funding. Maps of business activities and winners of various sustainability awards are publicly available on the Lagas application. The maps highlight both the distribution of Tevi assists to SMEs and also identify businesses that are actively seeking to improve their use of natural capital and sustainability. 2 Landcover mapping Key outputs: • Methodology to integrate and improve existing landcover maps; • Enhanced landcover map for Cornwall; • Map of changes to vegetated / non-vegetated landcover in Cornwall over the past 40 years using Landsat data. There is no single or authoritative landcover map for Cornwall. Existing landcover maps and data vary in terms of their availability, date of generation, resolution, classifications, reliability and format. MEG developed a method to integrate existing landcover resources (e.g. CEH, NE, FC, Ordnance Survey and others) and enhance these sources with the use of remote sensing data from Sentinel 1 & 2. The resulting high resolution landcover map enabled the delivery of all other MEG mapping outputs. The maps and methodology also formed a key part of the report and GIS package delivered to Cornwall AONB forming part of the evidence base for review of the AONB management plan. Data licensing restrictions prevent the public delivery of the landcover map via Lagas, but the maps have been made via the Lagas account system on request. The landcover map is also expected to inform the development of the 'Local Habitat Map' that forms part of the Local Nature Recovery Strategy for which Cornwall has been selected as a Defra pilot. Its use and/or future development will be subject to clarification of the MOA and the nature of the "national habitat map" that is to be provided by Government. Cornwall Wildlife Trust has the intention to update their existing 2005 landcover map, and in so doing will consider the methods developed by MEG, including the use of Sentinel remote sensing data. It is likely that these methods may be further developed as part of on-going Cornwall Wildlife Trust contract work resulting from the MEG project. More generally, the outputs highlight the potential of freely-available remote sensing data for monitoring land cover and change as well as the central importance of reliable and suitable landcover maps to any strategic mapping of existing natural resources, services or opportunities. 3 Ecosystem service maps Key outputs: • Ecosystem service provision maps, related landscape risk contribution maps and methodologies. Mapping the landscape contribution to different ecosystem services is highly challenging and no definitive methods or approach exists. MEG built on and further developed existing methods to estimate and map relative landscape contributions to: • Flood risk and mitigation; • Soil erosion; • Soil / runoff pollution risk and mitigation to drinking water, aquaculture and bathing water; • Carbon stock and assimilation; • Pollination services. The outputs enabled the inclusion of ecosystem service information as part of the MEG strategic prioritization and opportunity mapping, while also forming part of the evidence base for review of the AONB management plan and the content of the Lagas website. In doing so, MEG has demonstrated the value of ecosystem service mapping to inform the spatial prioritization of existing natural capital resources and habitat creation opportunities. 4 Strategic prioritisation of natural assets and opportunities outputs Key outputs: • Existing assets prioritisation and linking corridor opportunities map; • Habitat opportunity maps for woodland, wetland and heathland opportunities; • Combined habitat creation opportunities map; • Zoning map for use with CC net-gain planning tool; • Draft Nature Recovery Network map. Key outcomes of the mapping outputs, and current or future impacts, include: i. Cornwall's Environmental Growth Strategy was launched in 2016, and seeks to ensure natural capital and services are more effectively embedded within Cornwall's Council's activities. MEG has helped deliver the strategy's aim of not only protecting existing natural capital, but also of growing these assets, by identifying areas of Cornwall where habitat restoration or creation is most likely to deliver the greatest strategic benefit in terms of key ecosystem services and improved connectivity. ii. Cornwall Nature Recovery Network -MEG maps have been adopted by Cornwall Local Nature Partnership to form a draft NRN map providing a spatial prioritization of existing natural assets, services and key opportunities for service improvement and habitat (re)creation. Cornwall has been selected to be a national Defra pilot for the production of Local Nature Recovery Strategies, which will be a new requirement for public authorities under the Environment Bill. The map and methods are expected to form the basis of the mapping work to be included in this strategy, due for completion in March 2021 and for which the MOA are currently being finalised. iii. Inclusion as part of Cornwall Council net-gain planning tool - All major developments since March 2020 are required to deliver a demonstrable 10% net gain in biodiversity. By defining the strategic areas used in Cornwall Council's biodiversity net gain tool, MEG is helping deliver this net biodiversity gain and also guiding the allocation of off-site compensation where on-site measures are insufficient to deliver. The planning tool will deliver on the Cornwall 2010-2030 local plan which sets out the scale and distribution of new development across Cornwall and includes commitments for a minimum of 52,500 homes, at an average rate of about 2,625 per year, and 704,000 sq. metre of employment floorspace. The MEG outputs as part of the net-gain tool will therefore help assess / allocate c. £6.5billion of housing stock and targeting investment of biodiversity offsetting from developments to areas of greatest strategic benefit. iv. Helping deliver Cornwall's Climate Change Action Plan - this action plan was approved in July 2019 following the Cornwall Climate Emergency declaration in January 2019 by Cornwall Council. The plan identifies the Forest for Cornwall as a flagship natural climate solution project. The project is a ten-year tree planting scheme to increase canopy cover by approximately 8,000 hectares (2% of Cornwall's land area). It will identify potential sites "by using the best available local information currently being developed by Cornwall Council, the University of Exeter and Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly". MEG woodland opportunity mapping forms the central aspect of this information while the historic woodland and orchard mapping is also informing the initiative. MEG outputs have already been presented and used at several Forest for Cornwall publicity, workshops and events. The delivery of Forest for Cornwall will cost c. £25-30m when all costs are factored in. Additionally bids to Government supported national tree planting schemes are being prepared and the Council is also considering development of 'a voluntary carbon offset scheme' for Cornwall. Other Council activities that have been identified as likely benefitting from MEG opportunity maps include: • Management of the Cornwall County farm estate - consisting of 4,525 hectares split into 104 holding. Cornwall's Climate Change Action Plan (6.25) states an intention to make "Council Farms exemplars in low carbon and regenerative agriculture. Delivered through the new Council Farms Strategy - work is being commissioned to explore the potential for our Farms Estate to contribute to Cornwall's goal of becoming carbon neutral and delivering environmental growth". The action plan highlights how natural climate solutions such as tree planting, hedgerow and wetland management and creation can contribute to carbon sequestration. MEG opportunity maps form a key evidence base for informing the development of this change in management. • Informing Cornwall flood mitigation strategy - MEG outputs can be used as an initial 'screening tool' to help identify catchments and areas where habitat creation, as part of a natural flood mitigation strategy, is most likely to deliver the greatest and most wide-ranging strategic benefit. Such catchments where natural flood mitigation schemes can be made to deliver multiple benefits are most likely to present a good financial case through more detailed economic appraisal. The Carbon Action Plan (6.35) also identifies the importance of natural flood management approaches can be used to increase carbon sequestration and deliver improved catchment management, stating that this 'will be initiated by an opportunity mapping exercise'. v. Improved evidence base for Cornwall Council strategy development and delivery - MEG outputs have demonstrated to senior policy makers how spatial environmental information can inform strategy development and delivery. Key documents of the Local Plan 2010-2030, including the Cornwall Local Plan: Strategic Policies 2010-2030 are complete, but supporting guidance, tools and Neighbourhood Plans continue to be developed and there is the potential for MEG outputs to inform additional supporting information and guidance for the delivery of the plan, including development of neighbourhood plans. MEG outputs also enrich the evidence base available for development of Cornwall's 2030-50 local plan strategy that is likely to be responsible for defining the priorities for the allocation of land for developments of c. £19billion in housing value. 5 Delivery of on-line mapping application - lagas.co.uk/app Key outputs: • On-line demo sites presenting different mapping products • Lagas mapping application (https://lagas.co.uk/app) On-line demo sites were used to demonstrate MEG outputs to project partners and others during project activity. Development of the demo sites also proved invaluable in the drawing up of technical specifications and administrative requirements of the Lagas mapping application that was successfully delivered by Vitamin Cornwall after a competitive bidding process managed by MEG and Tevi. The website has received several industry design awards (cssdesignawards.com and awwwards.com). The Lagas webite brings together geospatial information on the relative value of natural assets and services across Cornwall with additional information including microclimate surfaces and potential crop yields under present and future climate conditions. The site provides a single hub of environmental information for a wide range of business sectors, interests and policies. Use of the application will be monitored by the collection of site statistics as part of the Tevi programme. The site is intended as an evolving resource to make the outputs of the research community more readily available to policy makers, business, and to the general public. Website data and statistics will allow us to continue to monitor use and access. Publicity and training events, introducing Lagas to Cornwall Council staff and other audiences, have included: • Cornwall Council event (28 Sep 2020) with 53 attendees; • Cornwall Council event (29 Sep 2020) we had 74 attendees; • Cornwall Wildlife Trust event (5 October 2020) we had 9 attendees. Public access to spatial information about natural capital and services has often been limited. The technical complexity of many natural capital tools has often restricted their wider use and uptake. Lagas provides an accessible resource to allow the communication and administration of natural capital mapping and related research outputs. It is expected that the cross-organisation Environmental Evidence Group will help inform future development of Lagas and identify additional applications or developments of MEG outputs. As mentioned under 4 (above), Lagas is a key evidence base to inform development of Cornwall's pilot Local Nature Recovery Strategies and is expected to have wider influence on the development and delivery of policy by Cornwall Council: "The Lagas natural capital tool provides invaluable new information that will be used by Cornwall Council staff when making decisions on planning, nature protection and recovery. The work of the Tevi team in delivering this environmental Intelligence platform will positively impact nature protection and regeneration and will encourage environmental growth for years to come". Philippa Hoskin - Partnerships & Policy Lead, Environmental Growth Team, Cornwall Council 6 Historic woodland mapping Key outputs: • Report describing the image and geo-analysis methodology and a supporting GIS package of results. Outputs provided a proof of concept for applying advanced image analysis techniques to generate GIS layers for the whole of Cornwall of historic canopy cover from 1st edition Ordnance Survey maps. The mapping informs about the historic extent and location, of woodland cover and highlight how this has increased in the past 150 years, while orchard cover has dramatically declined. Outputs will inform further activities and work of Cornwall Council's Historic environment team and the Forest for Cornwall initiative. An additional field layer output of the work may also be used to inform development of a digitised tithe map (project led by Kresen Kernow) and may also support mapping of historic hedgerows. There has been much interest from within the council to make the map publicly available. After receipt of the outputs, Historic Environment expressed confidence that: "analysis of the data set will lead to significant improvements in the way we assess and understand how landscape has changed over the last hundred years or so." Francis Shepherd, Historic Environment Record Officer, Cornwall Council. The methodology opens the possibility of applying a similar or derived method to extract additional historic habitat layers including, for example, wetlands, heathland, rough pasture, built-up areas, and hedgerows/field boundaries. 7 Evidence for AONB management plan review Key outputs: • Report to AONB and supporting GIS package The outputs form part of the evidence base used for the review of Cornwall AONB 2016-2021 management plan, by identifying strategic opportunities (within and without the AONB area) for habitat restoration/creation and the relative importance of AONB areas in terms of ecosystem service delivery. The AONB Management Plan is a statutory document and a material consideration in relation to planning. The plan sets out policies through which the landscape quality of the AONB can be conserved and enhanced and how sustainable development can take place. The current plan highlights the need to: • Identify the natural capital within the Cornwall AONB; • Connect habitats at a landscape scale; • Take a strategic, landscape based approach to the management, restoration and re-creation of habitats within and beyond the AONB area. A stated aim is to develop a "Natural Capital Investment Plan" for the AONB, which identifies investment opportunities for the enhancement of ecosystem goods and services, highlights geographic opportunities and demonstrates the value of the protected landscape to inform decision-making. Outputs are also informing work on the Environment Land Management Scheme trial on the Lizard. The maps have been used with landscape character assessment areas to inform discussions with farmers and what their local priorities are and what could be achieved at a landscape scale. The Cornwall AONB Partnership is leading a 'trial' on behalf of Defra that makes use of forward thinking work already carried out by the Partnership to map and describe natural capital and ecosystem services. 8 Fostering wider understanding and debate on the use of natural capital spatial information MEG has contributed to an evolution in strategic decision making among partners and other organisations, particularly in terms of their use of spatial environmental information. Outputs have been presented and discussed at various workshops and cross-agency meetings including at the Cornwall Biodiversity Initiative Nature Recovery Network Mapping and Next Steps (27/11/2019) and at a meeting on ELMs Tests and Trials in Cornwall & discussion about the future (24/07/2020) with Defra officials in attendance. Presentations have generated interest outside of the project's immediate partners, including: • Environment agency expressed interest in the opportunity mapping (and underlying mapping work), as it ties in neatly with their focus on Working with Natural Processes for flood risk reduction. • As part of their contribution to the Tevi programme, Cornwall Wildlife Trust have contracted 7 months work to develop the opportunity mapping method so they can be readily applied to identify opportunities at finer resolutions and for different geographical areas (for example to individual catchments) with all supporting documentation to enhance understanding of the maps and methodology. • Expressions of interest in the maps and methods have been received from several other organisations including Dartmoor National Trust, Devon County Council, Devon and Somerset Wildlife Trusts. • Activities, outputs and lessons learnt from MEG have informed the establishment of the Environmental Growth Evidence Group for Cornwall that seeks to ensure evidence about the environment informs policy development and business activity. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP014: Marine Planning |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Department | Marine Management Organisation (MMO) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | To identify science needs of the South West marine Plans and match available science to them including mapping of existing information, development and implementation of natural capital assessment (using a natural capital accounting tool) and modelling of scenarios under future Plan options. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Identification of priorities for collaboration: Review of MMO evidence requirements and alignment with PML resources (update: this has been done and forwarded to the MMO Jan 2018). A meeting at the MMO Plymouth office took place in February 2018 to discuss areas for development. A series of subsequent focused meetings around specific themes suggested (e.g. evidence for climate change impacts/eutrophication/changes in water quality) in addition to a workshop (to be hosted by PML). |
| Impact | There were two key outputs from this project, delivered in two stages. Together, these submissions represent a contribution to the MMO evidence requirement 'R009: Impacts of climate change at scales applicable to marine planning'. The first was model projection data that indicates how conditions within the marine environment may diverge from those of the present day in response to climate change for the South West Marine Plan area. The second was an associated report: 'Model projections of marine environmental variables' response to climate change within England's South West Marine Plan Areas (MMO 1169).' The report describes how selected physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the south west's marine environment may change within the time frame of the South West Marine Plan, as indicated by the sophisticated modelling techniques applied by PML. Crucially, the report highlights where changes are projected to be significant, and how these changes may impact upon sectors and receptors (e.g. tourism, aquaculture, the incidence of potentially harmful (invasive) species). The report is likely to influence conservation strategies, planning and licencing activities and decision making, and will contribute more broadly to policy formation related to the South West's marine environment and the economic prosperity of coastal communities. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SWEEP017: Use of NEVO to support the development of England's new Environmental Land Management scheme |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This project will see SWEEP working alongside the Environmental Land Management and Future Farming teams in DEFRA in order to provide the methodology and evidence base to help inform the design of a future Environmental Land Management system for England, a system of payments based on the principle that public money should pay for public goods. In addition, the project provides a vehicle whereby outputs from a number of other SWEEP projects can directly influence that design process. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This project will see SWEEP working alongside the Environmental Land Management and Future Farming teams in DEFRA in order to provide the methodology and evidence base to help inform the design of a future Environmental Land Management system for England, a system of payments based on the principle that public money should pay for public goods. In addition, the project provides a vehicle whereby outputs from a number of other SWEEP projects can directly influence that design process. |
| Impact | on-going |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP019: Water quality management underpinning sustainable aquaculture and its expansion in SW England |
| Organisation | Centre For Environment, Fisheries And Aquaculture Science |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Support the sustainable expansion of aquaculture in SW England through integrated understanding and management of water quality issues. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Support the sustainable expansion of aquaculture in SW England through integrated understanding and management of water quality issues. |
| Impact | Not to date |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP019: Water quality management underpinning sustainable aquaculture and its expansion in SW England |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Department | Marine Management Organisation (MMO) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Support the sustainable expansion of aquaculture in SW England through integrated understanding and management of water quality issues. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Support the sustainable expansion of aquaculture in SW England through integrated understanding and management of water quality issues. |
| Impact | Not to date |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP019: Water quality management underpinning sustainable aquaculture and its expansion in SW England |
| Organisation | Environment Agency |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Support the sustainable expansion of aquaculture in SW England through integrated understanding and management of water quality issues. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Support the sustainable expansion of aquaculture in SW England through integrated understanding and management of water quality issues. |
| Impact | Not to date |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP019: Water quality management underpinning sustainable aquaculture and its expansion in SW England |
| Organisation | North Devon Biosphere Foundation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Support the sustainable expansion of aquaculture in SW England through integrated understanding and management of water quality issues. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Support the sustainable expansion of aquaculture in SW England through integrated understanding and management of water quality issues. |
| Impact | Not to date |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP019: Water quality management underpinning sustainable aquaculture and its expansion in SW England |
| Organisation | Offshore Shellfish |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Support the sustainable expansion of aquaculture in SW England through integrated understanding and management of water quality issues. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Support the sustainable expansion of aquaculture in SW England through integrated understanding and management of water quality issues. |
| Impact | Not to date |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP019: Water quality management underpinning sustainable aquaculture and its expansion in SW England |
| Organisation | Seafish |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Support the sustainable expansion of aquaculture in SW England through integrated understanding and management of water quality issues. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Support the sustainable expansion of aquaculture in SW England through integrated understanding and management of water quality issues. |
| Impact | Not to date |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP019: Water quality management underpinning sustainable aquaculture and its expansion in SW England |
| Organisation | South West Water Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Support the sustainable expansion of aquaculture in SW England through integrated understanding and management of water quality issues. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Support the sustainable expansion of aquaculture in SW England through integrated understanding and management of water quality issues. |
| Impact | Not to date |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP019: Water quality management underpinning sustainable aquaculture and its expansion in SW England |
| Organisation | Westcountry Rivers Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Support the sustainable expansion of aquaculture in SW England through integrated understanding and management of water quality issues. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Support the sustainable expansion of aquaculture in SW England through integrated understanding and management of water quality issues. |
| Impact | Not to date |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP020: Informing environmental investment for health and wellbeing |
| Organisation | Environment Agency |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The aim of this project is to work with partners to translate evidence on interconnections between natural environments and health in order to inform decision making on environmental investment and management for health outcomes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The aim of this project is to work with partners to translate evidence on interconnections between natural environments and health in order to inform decision making on environmental investment and management for health outcomes. |
| Impact | not yet |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP020: Informing environmental investment for health and wellbeing |
| Organisation | North Devon Biosphere Foundation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The aim of this project is to work with partners to translate evidence on interconnections between natural environments and health in order to inform decision making on environmental investment and management for health outcomes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The aim of this project is to work with partners to translate evidence on interconnections between natural environments and health in order to inform decision making on environmental investment and management for health outcomes. |
| Impact | not yet |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP020: Informing environmental investment for health and wellbeing |
| Organisation | Plymouth City Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The aim of this project is to work with partners to translate evidence on interconnections between natural environments and health in order to inform decision making on environmental investment and management for health outcomes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The aim of this project is to work with partners to translate evidence on interconnections between natural environments and health in order to inform decision making on environmental investment and management for health outcomes. |
| Impact | not yet |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP020: Informing environmental investment for health and wellbeing |
| Organisation | Public Health Dorset |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The aim of this project is to work with partners to translate evidence on interconnections between natural environments and health in order to inform decision making on environmental investment and management for health outcomes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The aim of this project is to work with partners to translate evidence on interconnections between natural environments and health in order to inform decision making on environmental investment and management for health outcomes. |
| Impact | not yet |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP020: Informing environmental investment for health and wellbeing |
| Organisation | World Wide Fund for Nature |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The aim of this project is to work with partners to translate evidence on interconnections between natural environments and health in order to inform decision making on environmental investment and management for health outcomes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The aim of this project is to work with partners to translate evidence on interconnections between natural environments and health in order to inform decision making on environmental investment and management for health outcomes. |
| Impact | not yet |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP022: Building policy and legacy opportunities for pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Organisation | Cornwall AONB |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To collectively build policy and legacy opportunities for Natural Capital based pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Collaborator Contribution | To collectively build policy and legacy opportunities for Natural Capital based pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP022: Building policy and legacy opportunities for pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Organisation | Cornwall Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | To collectively build policy and legacy opportunities for Natural Capital based pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Collaborator Contribution | To collectively build policy and legacy opportunities for Natural Capital based pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP022: Building policy and legacy opportunities for pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Organisation | Duchy of Cornwall |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To collectively build policy and legacy opportunities for Natural Capital based pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Collaborator Contribution | To collectively build policy and legacy opportunities for Natural Capital based pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP022: Building policy and legacy opportunities for pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Organisation | Farm and Wildlife Advisory Group South West |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To collectively build policy and legacy opportunities for Natural Capital based pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Collaborator Contribution | To collectively build policy and legacy opportunities for Natural Capital based pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP022: Building policy and legacy opportunities for pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Organisation | Lost Gardens of Heligan |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | To collectively build policy and legacy opportunities for Natural Capital based pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Collaborator Contribution | To collectively build policy and legacy opportunities for Natural Capital based pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP022: Building policy and legacy opportunities for pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Organisation | National Farmers Union |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | To collectively build policy and legacy opportunities for Natural Capital based pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Collaborator Contribution | To collectively build policy and legacy opportunities for Natural Capital based pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP022: Building policy and legacy opportunities for pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Organisation | National Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To collectively build policy and legacy opportunities for Natural Capital based pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Collaborator Contribution | To collectively build policy and legacy opportunities for Natural Capital based pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP022: Building policy and legacy opportunities for pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Organisation | National Wildflower Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To collectively build policy and legacy opportunities for Natural Capital based pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Collaborator Contribution | To collectively build policy and legacy opportunities for Natural Capital based pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP022: Building policy and legacy opportunities for pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Organisation | Natural England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To collectively build policy and legacy opportunities for Natural Capital based pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Collaborator Contribution | To collectively build policy and legacy opportunities for Natural Capital based pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP022: Building policy and legacy opportunities for pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Organisation | South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | To collectively build policy and legacy opportunities for Natural Capital based pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Collaborator Contribution | To collectively build policy and legacy opportunities for Natural Capital based pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP022: Building policy and legacy opportunities for pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Organisation | St Aubyn Estates |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | To collectively build policy and legacy opportunities for Natural Capital based pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Collaborator Contribution | To collectively build policy and legacy opportunities for Natural Capital based pollinator management in the SW and beyond |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP023: Woodlands to Moorlands: Quantitative Habitat Mapping for the South West |
| Organisation | Dartmoor National Park Authority |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Developing and embedding novel remote-sensing methods for routinely mapping the extent and condition of woodland, moorlands and key habitats in support of more profitable and sustainable landscape management. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Developing and embedding novel remote-sensing methods for routinely mapping the extent and condition of woodland, moorlands and key habitats in support of more profitable and sustainable landscape management. |
| Impact | NA |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP023: Woodlands to Moorlands: Quantitative Habitat Mapping for the South West |
| Organisation | Exmoor National Park Authority |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Developing and embedding novel remote-sensing methods for routinely mapping the extent and condition of woodland, moorlands and key habitats in support of more profitable and sustainable landscape management. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Developing and embedding novel remote-sensing methods for routinely mapping the extent and condition of woodland, moorlands and key habitats in support of more profitable and sustainable landscape management. |
| Impact | NA |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP023: Woodlands to Moorlands: Quantitative Habitat Mapping for the South West |
| Organisation | Forestry Commission |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Developing and embedding novel remote-sensing methods for routinely mapping the extent and condition of woodland, moorlands and key habitats in support of more profitable and sustainable landscape management. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Developing and embedding novel remote-sensing methods for routinely mapping the extent and condition of woodland, moorlands and key habitats in support of more profitable and sustainable landscape management. |
| Impact | NA |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP023: Woodlands to Moorlands: Quantitative Habitat Mapping for the South West |
| Organisation | North Devon Biosphere Foundation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Developing and embedding novel remote-sensing methods for routinely mapping the extent and condition of woodland, moorlands and key habitats in support of more profitable and sustainable landscape management. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Developing and embedding novel remote-sensing methods for routinely mapping the extent and condition of woodland, moorlands and key habitats in support of more profitable and sustainable landscape management. |
| Impact | NA |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP024: Coastal Change Management Areas (CCMAs) - Methodology and Adoption |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Department | Marine Management Organisation (MMO) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | With the aim of supporting Local Planning Authorities in making sustainable development decisions along the south west's coastline, this project worked with two local authorities on the Devon coastline. It aimed to help develop clear repeatable methodologies that can be employed to identify suitable CCMAs for a range of coastline areas e.g. estuarine, cliffs, towns and beaches. As part of the process, two CCMAs will be delivered for the partner local authorities; Taw Torridge Estuary and East Devon coastline. |
| Collaborator Contribution | With the aim of supporting Local Planning Authorities in making sustainable development decisions along the south west's coastline, this project worked with two local authorities on the Devon coastline. It aimed to help develop clear repeatable methodologies that can be employed to identify suitable CCMAs for a range of coastline areas e.g. estuarine, cliffs, towns and beaches. As part of the process, two CCMAs will be delivered for the partner local authorities; Taw Torridge Estuary and East Devon coastline. |
| Impact | 1) WP1: Report on CCMA review ? Description: a comprehensive review of existing CCMA uptake in the UK and internationally, with analysis of the approach and methods adopted to achieve the designations. The report is available via the SWEEP website and pending upload onto to the Natural England website. ? Outcome: this has provided our partners, and others involved in CCMA work, with a comprehensive baseline resource and, as such, has contributed to a better, and wider, understanding of the gaps in current CCMA approaches and uptake. ? Expected outcomes: this provides a valuable baseline and reference to all those working to designate CCMAs and undertaking further CCMA studies, thus enhancing the robustness of their work. Alex Curd, MMO Marine Planning Officer (full testimony in SWEEP Store) '[myself and] my counterparts now have a greater knowledge of the coastal change management in those areas, in other areas, especially from your paper in WP1 that evaluated CCMAs'. 2) WP2: Report on CCMA best practice and approach methodology ? Description: a detailed summary report on the methods developed to define a CCMA area; from raw data to final mapping. Two case studies were used (in the Taw Torridge Estuary and East Devon) as examples to explore the types of data available and the role they play in developing a CCMA. ? Outcome: the report provides a workflow, and straightforward methodology, for defining a CCMA region for a range of coastal types and can be used in the future as datasets are updated. The report, and process of developing it, have enhanced stakeholder's knowledge and understanding about CCMAs. The report is available via SWEEP website and pending upload onto to the Natural England website. ? Expected outcomes: this new, easy to understand and scientifically robust methodology, once officially adopted, will be used further, both by the case study local planning authorities to extend their CCMA mapping work and other authorities around the region, and beyond. Corine Dyke, NE Lead Advisor - (full testimony in Impact Store) [the SWEEP methodology] .. 'will be useful and easy to follow by local planning authorities'. [This will be ] really useful as a toolkit for other local planning authorities it's going to make our job in the future easier if everybody is using a similar approach based on the toolkit - it's going to be easier for us to comment and to be involved in local planning work' 3) WP3: Report on provision of CCMAs to two LPAs in the South West (E Devon / Taw Torridge) ? Description: the report presents a summary on the application of WP2 methodology to the two selected case study areas in Devon. Included are mapped lines that represent current cliff positon and predicted retreat lines over 20, 50 and 100 years, and GIS files for the mapped region. The report it available on the SWEEP website and the GIS files have been provided to the LPAs. The report is also pending upload onto to the Natural England website. ? Outcome: the report provides a clear, concise methodology for designating a CCMA area, The GIS files will enable the LPAs to use the data within any future planning applications. ? Expected outcome: in time, it is anticipated they will be adopted formally through the Local Plans. To date East Devon LPA have formally submitted the CCMA areas to their Strategic Planning Committee for consideration whilst the local plan process is at an earlier stage in Taw Torridge and is yet to be considered. This is discussed more in section 6. Ian Rowland, Torridge District Council (full testimony in SWEEP Impact Store). 'I think certainly the work package two methodology documents are going to be essential - that's the type of information that adds to the credibility of the projects and allows us to really robustly defend those and justify them. I think the maps alone are great but you can't use them without being able to back them up with the methodology work'. 4) Training for the Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) ? Description: in February 2020 and May 2020 the SWEEP team presented and discussed the findings at two partners meetings with East Devon and Taw Torridge LPAs; both of which were attended by Natural England and the Environment Agency. During these sessions, a level of training was delivered to ensure the sufficient transfer of knowledge and skills to local partners. ? Outcome: this has enabled partners to fully understand the SWEEP methodology and mapping lines, communicating confidently about them, both with work colleagues and other external stakeholders. ? Expected outcome: this will help secure commitment to further CCMA work - both in extending the Taw Torridge and East Devon case study lines delivered by this SWEEP project and pushing for wider use and uptake in other regional LPAs, and beyond. Two articles have been/ are being delivered regarding the SWEEP CCMA project to help promote the work on a national level and inform future policy change. 5) Article on CCMAs published in 'The Planner' magazine (January 2021) ? Description: This article was co-written by Dr Tim Poate and Andrew Austen - Lead Officer, Planning Policy at North Devon Council. It tackles the question of how planners can 'hold the line' at a time when climate change is having a corrosive impact on coastlines and the people that live by them, introducing CCMAs as a tool to help with this. ? Outcome: as the official magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute, this has disseminated the SWEEP work to the planning profession, increasing awareness, knowledge and engagement in the process. 6) Article on CCMAs in preparation for submission to Geography Review (due April 2021) ? Description: Geography Review is an educational geography publication aimed at A-level students. It provides topical articles and case studies on all areas relevant to A-level programs. The article was co-written by Dr Tim Poate, Dr Christopher Stokes, Prof. Gerd Masselink and Josie-Alice Kirby. It provides a succinct overview of CCMAs, why they are needed and how they are developed. ? Outcome: this will help to increase the awareness of coastal erosion issues more generally, and CCMAs specifically, with 16-19 year old geography students - potentially the coastal managers and planners of tomorrow. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP024: Coastal Change Management Areas (CCMAs) - Methodology and Adoption |
| Organisation | Devon County Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | With the aim of supporting Local Planning Authorities in making sustainable development decisions along the south west's coastline, this project worked with two local authorities on the Devon coastline. It aimed to help develop clear repeatable methodologies that can be employed to identify suitable CCMAs for a range of coastline areas e.g. estuarine, cliffs, towns and beaches. As part of the process, two CCMAs will be delivered for the partner local authorities; Taw Torridge Estuary and East Devon coastline. |
| Collaborator Contribution | With the aim of supporting Local Planning Authorities in making sustainable development decisions along the south west's coastline, this project worked with two local authorities on the Devon coastline. It aimed to help develop clear repeatable methodologies that can be employed to identify suitable CCMAs for a range of coastline areas e.g. estuarine, cliffs, towns and beaches. As part of the process, two CCMAs will be delivered for the partner local authorities; Taw Torridge Estuary and East Devon coastline. |
| Impact | 1) WP1: Report on CCMA review ? Description: a comprehensive review of existing CCMA uptake in the UK and internationally, with analysis of the approach and methods adopted to achieve the designations. The report is available via the SWEEP website and pending upload onto to the Natural England website. ? Outcome: this has provided our partners, and others involved in CCMA work, with a comprehensive baseline resource and, as such, has contributed to a better, and wider, understanding of the gaps in current CCMA approaches and uptake. ? Expected outcomes: this provides a valuable baseline and reference to all those working to designate CCMAs and undertaking further CCMA studies, thus enhancing the robustness of their work. Alex Curd, MMO Marine Planning Officer (full testimony in SWEEP Store) '[myself and] my counterparts now have a greater knowledge of the coastal change management in those areas, in other areas, especially from your paper in WP1 that evaluated CCMAs'. 2) WP2: Report on CCMA best practice and approach methodology ? Description: a detailed summary report on the methods developed to define a CCMA area; from raw data to final mapping. Two case studies were used (in the Taw Torridge Estuary and East Devon) as examples to explore the types of data available and the role they play in developing a CCMA. ? Outcome: the report provides a workflow, and straightforward methodology, for defining a CCMA region for a range of coastal types and can be used in the future as datasets are updated. The report, and process of developing it, have enhanced stakeholder's knowledge and understanding about CCMAs. The report is available via SWEEP website and pending upload onto to the Natural England website. ? Expected outcomes: this new, easy to understand and scientifically robust methodology, once officially adopted, will be used further, both by the case study local planning authorities to extend their CCMA mapping work and other authorities around the region, and beyond. Corine Dyke, NE Lead Advisor - (full testimony in Impact Store) [the SWEEP methodology] .. 'will be useful and easy to follow by local planning authorities'. [This will be ] really useful as a toolkit for other local planning authorities it's going to make our job in the future easier if everybody is using a similar approach based on the toolkit - it's going to be easier for us to comment and to be involved in local planning work' 3) WP3: Report on provision of CCMAs to two LPAs in the South West (E Devon / Taw Torridge) ? Description: the report presents a summary on the application of WP2 methodology to the two selected case study areas in Devon. Included are mapped lines that represent current cliff positon and predicted retreat lines over 20, 50 and 100 years, and GIS files for the mapped region. The report it available on the SWEEP website and the GIS files have been provided to the LPAs. The report is also pending upload onto to the Natural England website. ? Outcome: the report provides a clear, concise methodology for designating a CCMA area, The GIS files will enable the LPAs to use the data within any future planning applications. ? Expected outcome: in time, it is anticipated they will be adopted formally through the Local Plans. To date East Devon LPA have formally submitted the CCMA areas to their Strategic Planning Committee for consideration whilst the local plan process is at an earlier stage in Taw Torridge and is yet to be considered. This is discussed more in section 6. Ian Rowland, Torridge District Council (full testimony in SWEEP Impact Store). 'I think certainly the work package two methodology documents are going to be essential - that's the type of information that adds to the credibility of the projects and allows us to really robustly defend those and justify them. I think the maps alone are great but you can't use them without being able to back them up with the methodology work'. 4) Training for the Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) ? Description: in February 2020 and May 2020 the SWEEP team presented and discussed the findings at two partners meetings with East Devon and Taw Torridge LPAs; both of which were attended by Natural England and the Environment Agency. During these sessions, a level of training was delivered to ensure the sufficient transfer of knowledge and skills to local partners. ? Outcome: this has enabled partners to fully understand the SWEEP methodology and mapping lines, communicating confidently about them, both with work colleagues and other external stakeholders. ? Expected outcome: this will help secure commitment to further CCMA work - both in extending the Taw Torridge and East Devon case study lines delivered by this SWEEP project and pushing for wider use and uptake in other regional LPAs, and beyond. Two articles have been/ are being delivered regarding the SWEEP CCMA project to help promote the work on a national level and inform future policy change. 5) Article on CCMAs published in 'The Planner' magazine (January 2021) ? Description: This article was co-written by Dr Tim Poate and Andrew Austen - Lead Officer, Planning Policy at North Devon Council. It tackles the question of how planners can 'hold the line' at a time when climate change is having a corrosive impact on coastlines and the people that live by them, introducing CCMAs as a tool to help with this. ? Outcome: as the official magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute, this has disseminated the SWEEP work to the planning profession, increasing awareness, knowledge and engagement in the process. 6) Article on CCMAs in preparation for submission to Geography Review (due April 2021) ? Description: Geography Review is an educational geography publication aimed at A-level students. It provides topical articles and case studies on all areas relevant to A-level programs. The article was co-written by Dr Tim Poate, Dr Christopher Stokes, Prof. Gerd Masselink and Josie-Alice Kirby. It provides a succinct overview of CCMAs, why they are needed and how they are developed. ? Outcome: this will help to increase the awareness of coastal erosion issues more generally, and CCMAs specifically, with 16-19 year old geography students - potentially the coastal managers and planners of tomorrow. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP024: Coastal Change Management Areas (CCMAs) - Methodology and Adoption |
| Organisation | Environment Agency |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | With the aim of supporting Local Planning Authorities in making sustainable development decisions along the south west's coastline, this project worked with two local authorities on the Devon coastline. It aimed to help develop clear repeatable methodologies that can be employed to identify suitable CCMAs for a range of coastline areas e.g. estuarine, cliffs, towns and beaches. As part of the process, two CCMAs will be delivered for the partner local authorities; Taw Torridge Estuary and East Devon coastline. |
| Collaborator Contribution | With the aim of supporting Local Planning Authorities in making sustainable development decisions along the south west's coastline, this project worked with two local authorities on the Devon coastline. It aimed to help develop clear repeatable methodologies that can be employed to identify suitable CCMAs for a range of coastline areas e.g. estuarine, cliffs, towns and beaches. As part of the process, two CCMAs will be delivered for the partner local authorities; Taw Torridge Estuary and East Devon coastline. |
| Impact | 1) WP1: Report on CCMA review ? Description: a comprehensive review of existing CCMA uptake in the UK and internationally, with analysis of the approach and methods adopted to achieve the designations. The report is available via the SWEEP website and pending upload onto to the Natural England website. ? Outcome: this has provided our partners, and others involved in CCMA work, with a comprehensive baseline resource and, as such, has contributed to a better, and wider, understanding of the gaps in current CCMA approaches and uptake. ? Expected outcomes: this provides a valuable baseline and reference to all those working to designate CCMAs and undertaking further CCMA studies, thus enhancing the robustness of their work. Alex Curd, MMO Marine Planning Officer (full testimony in SWEEP Store) '[myself and] my counterparts now have a greater knowledge of the coastal change management in those areas, in other areas, especially from your paper in WP1 that evaluated CCMAs'. 2) WP2: Report on CCMA best practice and approach methodology ? Description: a detailed summary report on the methods developed to define a CCMA area; from raw data to final mapping. Two case studies were used (in the Taw Torridge Estuary and East Devon) as examples to explore the types of data available and the role they play in developing a CCMA. ? Outcome: the report provides a workflow, and straightforward methodology, for defining a CCMA region for a range of coastal types and can be used in the future as datasets are updated. The report, and process of developing it, have enhanced stakeholder's knowledge and understanding about CCMAs. The report is available via SWEEP website and pending upload onto to the Natural England website. ? Expected outcomes: this new, easy to understand and scientifically robust methodology, once officially adopted, will be used further, both by the case study local planning authorities to extend their CCMA mapping work and other authorities around the region, and beyond. Corine Dyke, NE Lead Advisor - (full testimony in Impact Store) [the SWEEP methodology] .. 'will be useful and easy to follow by local planning authorities'. [This will be ] really useful as a toolkit for other local planning authorities it's going to make our job in the future easier if everybody is using a similar approach based on the toolkit - it's going to be easier for us to comment and to be involved in local planning work' 3) WP3: Report on provision of CCMAs to two LPAs in the South West (E Devon / Taw Torridge) ? Description: the report presents a summary on the application of WP2 methodology to the two selected case study areas in Devon. Included are mapped lines that represent current cliff positon and predicted retreat lines over 20, 50 and 100 years, and GIS files for the mapped region. The report it available on the SWEEP website and the GIS files have been provided to the LPAs. The report is also pending upload onto to the Natural England website. ? Outcome: the report provides a clear, concise methodology for designating a CCMA area, The GIS files will enable the LPAs to use the data within any future planning applications. ? Expected outcome: in time, it is anticipated they will be adopted formally through the Local Plans. To date East Devon LPA have formally submitted the CCMA areas to their Strategic Planning Committee for consideration whilst the local plan process is at an earlier stage in Taw Torridge and is yet to be considered. This is discussed more in section 6. Ian Rowland, Torridge District Council (full testimony in SWEEP Impact Store). 'I think certainly the work package two methodology documents are going to be essential - that's the type of information that adds to the credibility of the projects and allows us to really robustly defend those and justify them. I think the maps alone are great but you can't use them without being able to back them up with the methodology work'. 4) Training for the Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) ? Description: in February 2020 and May 2020 the SWEEP team presented and discussed the findings at two partners meetings with East Devon and Taw Torridge LPAs; both of which were attended by Natural England and the Environment Agency. During these sessions, a level of training was delivered to ensure the sufficient transfer of knowledge and skills to local partners. ? Outcome: this has enabled partners to fully understand the SWEEP methodology and mapping lines, communicating confidently about them, both with work colleagues and other external stakeholders. ? Expected outcome: this will help secure commitment to further CCMA work - both in extending the Taw Torridge and East Devon case study lines delivered by this SWEEP project and pushing for wider use and uptake in other regional LPAs, and beyond. Two articles have been/ are being delivered regarding the SWEEP CCMA project to help promote the work on a national level and inform future policy change. 5) Article on CCMAs published in 'The Planner' magazine (January 2021) ? Description: This article was co-written by Dr Tim Poate and Andrew Austen - Lead Officer, Planning Policy at North Devon Council. It tackles the question of how planners can 'hold the line' at a time when climate change is having a corrosive impact on coastlines and the people that live by them, introducing CCMAs as a tool to help with this. ? Outcome: as the official magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute, this has disseminated the SWEEP work to the planning profession, increasing awareness, knowledge and engagement in the process. 6) Article on CCMAs in preparation for submission to Geography Review (due April 2021) ? Description: Geography Review is an educational geography publication aimed at A-level students. It provides topical articles and case studies on all areas relevant to A-level programs. The article was co-written by Dr Tim Poate, Dr Christopher Stokes, Prof. Gerd Masselink and Josie-Alice Kirby. It provides a succinct overview of CCMAs, why they are needed and how they are developed. ? Outcome: this will help to increase the awareness of coastal erosion issues more generally, and CCMAs specifically, with 16-19 year old geography students - potentially the coastal managers and planners of tomorrow. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP024: Coastal Change Management Areas (CCMAs) - Methodology and Adoption |
| Organisation | Natural England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | With the aim of supporting Local Planning Authorities in making sustainable development decisions along the south west's coastline, this project worked with two local authorities on the Devon coastline. It aimed to help develop clear repeatable methodologies that can be employed to identify suitable CCMAs for a range of coastline areas e.g. estuarine, cliffs, towns and beaches. As part of the process, two CCMAs will be delivered for the partner local authorities; Taw Torridge Estuary and East Devon coastline. |
| Collaborator Contribution | With the aim of supporting Local Planning Authorities in making sustainable development decisions along the south west's coastline, this project worked with two local authorities on the Devon coastline. It aimed to help develop clear repeatable methodologies that can be employed to identify suitable CCMAs for a range of coastline areas e.g. estuarine, cliffs, towns and beaches. As part of the process, two CCMAs will be delivered for the partner local authorities; Taw Torridge Estuary and East Devon coastline. |
| Impact | 1) WP1: Report on CCMA review ? Description: a comprehensive review of existing CCMA uptake in the UK and internationally, with analysis of the approach and methods adopted to achieve the designations. The report is available via the SWEEP website and pending upload onto to the Natural England website. ? Outcome: this has provided our partners, and others involved in CCMA work, with a comprehensive baseline resource and, as such, has contributed to a better, and wider, understanding of the gaps in current CCMA approaches and uptake. ? Expected outcomes: this provides a valuable baseline and reference to all those working to designate CCMAs and undertaking further CCMA studies, thus enhancing the robustness of their work. Alex Curd, MMO Marine Planning Officer (full testimony in SWEEP Store) '[myself and] my counterparts now have a greater knowledge of the coastal change management in those areas, in other areas, especially from your paper in WP1 that evaluated CCMAs'. 2) WP2: Report on CCMA best practice and approach methodology ? Description: a detailed summary report on the methods developed to define a CCMA area; from raw data to final mapping. Two case studies were used (in the Taw Torridge Estuary and East Devon) as examples to explore the types of data available and the role they play in developing a CCMA. ? Outcome: the report provides a workflow, and straightforward methodology, for defining a CCMA region for a range of coastal types and can be used in the future as datasets are updated. The report, and process of developing it, have enhanced stakeholder's knowledge and understanding about CCMAs. The report is available via SWEEP website and pending upload onto to the Natural England website. ? Expected outcomes: this new, easy to understand and scientifically robust methodology, once officially adopted, will be used further, both by the case study local planning authorities to extend their CCMA mapping work and other authorities around the region, and beyond. Corine Dyke, NE Lead Advisor - (full testimony in Impact Store) [the SWEEP methodology] .. 'will be useful and easy to follow by local planning authorities'. [This will be ] really useful as a toolkit for other local planning authorities it's going to make our job in the future easier if everybody is using a similar approach based on the toolkit - it's going to be easier for us to comment and to be involved in local planning work' 3) WP3: Report on provision of CCMAs to two LPAs in the South West (E Devon / Taw Torridge) ? Description: the report presents a summary on the application of WP2 methodology to the two selected case study areas in Devon. Included are mapped lines that represent current cliff positon and predicted retreat lines over 20, 50 and 100 years, and GIS files for the mapped region. The report it available on the SWEEP website and the GIS files have been provided to the LPAs. The report is also pending upload onto to the Natural England website. ? Outcome: the report provides a clear, concise methodology for designating a CCMA area, The GIS files will enable the LPAs to use the data within any future planning applications. ? Expected outcome: in time, it is anticipated they will be adopted formally through the Local Plans. To date East Devon LPA have formally submitted the CCMA areas to their Strategic Planning Committee for consideration whilst the local plan process is at an earlier stage in Taw Torridge and is yet to be considered. This is discussed more in section 6. Ian Rowland, Torridge District Council (full testimony in SWEEP Impact Store). 'I think certainly the work package two methodology documents are going to be essential - that's the type of information that adds to the credibility of the projects and allows us to really robustly defend those and justify them. I think the maps alone are great but you can't use them without being able to back them up with the methodology work'. 4) Training for the Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) ? Description: in February 2020 and May 2020 the SWEEP team presented and discussed the findings at two partners meetings with East Devon and Taw Torridge LPAs; both of which were attended by Natural England and the Environment Agency. During these sessions, a level of training was delivered to ensure the sufficient transfer of knowledge and skills to local partners. ? Outcome: this has enabled partners to fully understand the SWEEP methodology and mapping lines, communicating confidently about them, both with work colleagues and other external stakeholders. ? Expected outcome: this will help secure commitment to further CCMA work - both in extending the Taw Torridge and East Devon case study lines delivered by this SWEEP project and pushing for wider use and uptake in other regional LPAs, and beyond. Two articles have been/ are being delivered regarding the SWEEP CCMA project to help promote the work on a national level and inform future policy change. 5) Article on CCMAs published in 'The Planner' magazine (January 2021) ? Description: This article was co-written by Dr Tim Poate and Andrew Austen - Lead Officer, Planning Policy at North Devon Council. It tackles the question of how planners can 'hold the line' at a time when climate change is having a corrosive impact on coastlines and the people that live by them, introducing CCMAs as a tool to help with this. ? Outcome: as the official magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute, this has disseminated the SWEEP work to the planning profession, increasing awareness, knowledge and engagement in the process. 6) Article on CCMAs in preparation for submission to Geography Review (due April 2021) ? Description: Geography Review is an educational geography publication aimed at A-level students. It provides topical articles and case studies on all areas relevant to A-level programs. The article was co-written by Dr Tim Poate, Dr Christopher Stokes, Prof. Gerd Masselink and Josie-Alice Kirby. It provides a succinct overview of CCMAs, why they are needed and how they are developed. ? Outcome: this will help to increase the awareness of coastal erosion issues more generally, and CCMAs specifically, with 16-19 year old geography students - potentially the coastal managers and planners of tomorrow. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP024: Coastal Change Management Areas (CCMAs) - Methodology and Adoption |
| Organisation | North Devon Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | With the aim of supporting Local Planning Authorities in making sustainable development decisions along the south west's coastline, this project worked with two local authorities on the Devon coastline. It aimed to help develop clear repeatable methodologies that can be employed to identify suitable CCMAs for a range of coastline areas e.g. estuarine, cliffs, towns and beaches. As part of the process, two CCMAs will be delivered for the partner local authorities; Taw Torridge Estuary and East Devon coastline. |
| Collaborator Contribution | With the aim of supporting Local Planning Authorities in making sustainable development decisions along the south west's coastline, this project worked with two local authorities on the Devon coastline. It aimed to help develop clear repeatable methodologies that can be employed to identify suitable CCMAs for a range of coastline areas e.g. estuarine, cliffs, towns and beaches. As part of the process, two CCMAs will be delivered for the partner local authorities; Taw Torridge Estuary and East Devon coastline. |
| Impact | 1) WP1: Report on CCMA review ? Description: a comprehensive review of existing CCMA uptake in the UK and internationally, with analysis of the approach and methods adopted to achieve the designations. The report is available via the SWEEP website and pending upload onto to the Natural England website. ? Outcome: this has provided our partners, and others involved in CCMA work, with a comprehensive baseline resource and, as such, has contributed to a better, and wider, understanding of the gaps in current CCMA approaches and uptake. ? Expected outcomes: this provides a valuable baseline and reference to all those working to designate CCMAs and undertaking further CCMA studies, thus enhancing the robustness of their work. Alex Curd, MMO Marine Planning Officer (full testimony in SWEEP Store) '[myself and] my counterparts now have a greater knowledge of the coastal change management in those areas, in other areas, especially from your paper in WP1 that evaluated CCMAs'. 2) WP2: Report on CCMA best practice and approach methodology ? Description: a detailed summary report on the methods developed to define a CCMA area; from raw data to final mapping. Two case studies were used (in the Taw Torridge Estuary and East Devon) as examples to explore the types of data available and the role they play in developing a CCMA. ? Outcome: the report provides a workflow, and straightforward methodology, for defining a CCMA region for a range of coastal types and can be used in the future as datasets are updated. The report, and process of developing it, have enhanced stakeholder's knowledge and understanding about CCMAs. The report is available via SWEEP website and pending upload onto to the Natural England website. ? Expected outcomes: this new, easy to understand and scientifically robust methodology, once officially adopted, will be used further, both by the case study local planning authorities to extend their CCMA mapping work and other authorities around the region, and beyond. Corine Dyke, NE Lead Advisor - (full testimony in Impact Store) [the SWEEP methodology] .. 'will be useful and easy to follow by local planning authorities'. [This will be ] really useful as a toolkit for other local planning authorities it's going to make our job in the future easier if everybody is using a similar approach based on the toolkit - it's going to be easier for us to comment and to be involved in local planning work' 3) WP3: Report on provision of CCMAs to two LPAs in the South West (E Devon / Taw Torridge) ? Description: the report presents a summary on the application of WP2 methodology to the two selected case study areas in Devon. Included are mapped lines that represent current cliff positon and predicted retreat lines over 20, 50 and 100 years, and GIS files for the mapped region. The report it available on the SWEEP website and the GIS files have been provided to the LPAs. The report is also pending upload onto to the Natural England website. ? Outcome: the report provides a clear, concise methodology for designating a CCMA area, The GIS files will enable the LPAs to use the data within any future planning applications. ? Expected outcome: in time, it is anticipated they will be adopted formally through the Local Plans. To date East Devon LPA have formally submitted the CCMA areas to their Strategic Planning Committee for consideration whilst the local plan process is at an earlier stage in Taw Torridge and is yet to be considered. This is discussed more in section 6. Ian Rowland, Torridge District Council (full testimony in SWEEP Impact Store). 'I think certainly the work package two methodology documents are going to be essential - that's the type of information that adds to the credibility of the projects and allows us to really robustly defend those and justify them. I think the maps alone are great but you can't use them without being able to back them up with the methodology work'. 4) Training for the Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) ? Description: in February 2020 and May 2020 the SWEEP team presented and discussed the findings at two partners meetings with East Devon and Taw Torridge LPAs; both of which were attended by Natural England and the Environment Agency. During these sessions, a level of training was delivered to ensure the sufficient transfer of knowledge and skills to local partners. ? Outcome: this has enabled partners to fully understand the SWEEP methodology and mapping lines, communicating confidently about them, both with work colleagues and other external stakeholders. ? Expected outcome: this will help secure commitment to further CCMA work - both in extending the Taw Torridge and East Devon case study lines delivered by this SWEEP project and pushing for wider use and uptake in other regional LPAs, and beyond. Two articles have been/ are being delivered regarding the SWEEP CCMA project to help promote the work on a national level and inform future policy change. 5) Article on CCMAs published in 'The Planner' magazine (January 2021) ? Description: This article was co-written by Dr Tim Poate and Andrew Austen - Lead Officer, Planning Policy at North Devon Council. It tackles the question of how planners can 'hold the line' at a time when climate change is having a corrosive impact on coastlines and the people that live by them, introducing CCMAs as a tool to help with this. ? Outcome: as the official magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute, this has disseminated the SWEEP work to the planning profession, increasing awareness, knowledge and engagement in the process. 6) Article on CCMAs in preparation for submission to Geography Review (due April 2021) ? Description: Geography Review is an educational geography publication aimed at A-level students. It provides topical articles and case studies on all areas relevant to A-level programs. The article was co-written by Dr Tim Poate, Dr Christopher Stokes, Prof. Gerd Masselink and Josie-Alice Kirby. It provides a succinct overview of CCMAs, why they are needed and how they are developed. ? Outcome: this will help to increase the awareness of coastal erosion issues more generally, and CCMAs specifically, with 16-19 year old geography students - potentially the coastal managers and planners of tomorrow. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP024: Coastal Change Management Areas (CCMAs) - Methodology and Adoption |
| Organisation | Torridge District Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | With the aim of supporting Local Planning Authorities in making sustainable development decisions along the south west's coastline, this project worked with two local authorities on the Devon coastline. It aimed to help develop clear repeatable methodologies that can be employed to identify suitable CCMAs for a range of coastline areas e.g. estuarine, cliffs, towns and beaches. As part of the process, two CCMAs will be delivered for the partner local authorities; Taw Torridge Estuary and East Devon coastline. |
| Collaborator Contribution | With the aim of supporting Local Planning Authorities in making sustainable development decisions along the south west's coastline, this project worked with two local authorities on the Devon coastline. It aimed to help develop clear repeatable methodologies that can be employed to identify suitable CCMAs for a range of coastline areas e.g. estuarine, cliffs, towns and beaches. As part of the process, two CCMAs will be delivered for the partner local authorities; Taw Torridge Estuary and East Devon coastline. |
| Impact | 1) WP1: Report on CCMA review ? Description: a comprehensive review of existing CCMA uptake in the UK and internationally, with analysis of the approach and methods adopted to achieve the designations. The report is available via the SWEEP website and pending upload onto to the Natural England website. ? Outcome: this has provided our partners, and others involved in CCMA work, with a comprehensive baseline resource and, as such, has contributed to a better, and wider, understanding of the gaps in current CCMA approaches and uptake. ? Expected outcomes: this provides a valuable baseline and reference to all those working to designate CCMAs and undertaking further CCMA studies, thus enhancing the robustness of their work. Alex Curd, MMO Marine Planning Officer (full testimony in SWEEP Store) '[myself and] my counterparts now have a greater knowledge of the coastal change management in those areas, in other areas, especially from your paper in WP1 that evaluated CCMAs'. 2) WP2: Report on CCMA best practice and approach methodology ? Description: a detailed summary report on the methods developed to define a CCMA area; from raw data to final mapping. Two case studies were used (in the Taw Torridge Estuary and East Devon) as examples to explore the types of data available and the role they play in developing a CCMA. ? Outcome: the report provides a workflow, and straightforward methodology, for defining a CCMA region for a range of coastal types and can be used in the future as datasets are updated. The report, and process of developing it, have enhanced stakeholder's knowledge and understanding about CCMAs. The report is available via SWEEP website and pending upload onto to the Natural England website. ? Expected outcomes: this new, easy to understand and scientifically robust methodology, once officially adopted, will be used further, both by the case study local planning authorities to extend their CCMA mapping work and other authorities around the region, and beyond. Corine Dyke, NE Lead Advisor - (full testimony in Impact Store) [the SWEEP methodology] .. 'will be useful and easy to follow by local planning authorities'. [This will be ] really useful as a toolkit for other local planning authorities it's going to make our job in the future easier if everybody is using a similar approach based on the toolkit - it's going to be easier for us to comment and to be involved in local planning work' 3) WP3: Report on provision of CCMAs to two LPAs in the South West (E Devon / Taw Torridge) ? Description: the report presents a summary on the application of WP2 methodology to the two selected case study areas in Devon. Included are mapped lines that represent current cliff positon and predicted retreat lines over 20, 50 and 100 years, and GIS files for the mapped region. The report it available on the SWEEP website and the GIS files have been provided to the LPAs. The report is also pending upload onto to the Natural England website. ? Outcome: the report provides a clear, concise methodology for designating a CCMA area, The GIS files will enable the LPAs to use the data within any future planning applications. ? Expected outcome: in time, it is anticipated they will be adopted formally through the Local Plans. To date East Devon LPA have formally submitted the CCMA areas to their Strategic Planning Committee for consideration whilst the local plan process is at an earlier stage in Taw Torridge and is yet to be considered. This is discussed more in section 6. Ian Rowland, Torridge District Council (full testimony in SWEEP Impact Store). 'I think certainly the work package two methodology documents are going to be essential - that's the type of information that adds to the credibility of the projects and allows us to really robustly defend those and justify them. I think the maps alone are great but you can't use them without being able to back them up with the methodology work'. 4) Training for the Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) ? Description: in February 2020 and May 2020 the SWEEP team presented and discussed the findings at two partners meetings with East Devon and Taw Torridge LPAs; both of which were attended by Natural England and the Environment Agency. During these sessions, a level of training was delivered to ensure the sufficient transfer of knowledge and skills to local partners. ? Outcome: this has enabled partners to fully understand the SWEEP methodology and mapping lines, communicating confidently about them, both with work colleagues and other external stakeholders. ? Expected outcome: this will help secure commitment to further CCMA work - both in extending the Taw Torridge and East Devon case study lines delivered by this SWEEP project and pushing for wider use and uptake in other regional LPAs, and beyond. Two articles have been/ are being delivered regarding the SWEEP CCMA project to help promote the work on a national level and inform future policy change. 5) Article on CCMAs published in 'The Planner' magazine (January 2021) ? Description: This article was co-written by Dr Tim Poate and Andrew Austen - Lead Officer, Planning Policy at North Devon Council. It tackles the question of how planners can 'hold the line' at a time when climate change is having a corrosive impact on coastlines and the people that live by them, introducing CCMAs as a tool to help with this. ? Outcome: as the official magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute, this has disseminated the SWEEP work to the planning profession, increasing awareness, knowledge and engagement in the process. 6) Article on CCMAs in preparation for submission to Geography Review (due April 2021) ? Description: Geography Review is an educational geography publication aimed at A-level students. It provides topical articles and case studies on all areas relevant to A-level programs. The article was co-written by Dr Tim Poate, Dr Christopher Stokes, Prof. Gerd Masselink and Josie-Alice Kirby. It provides a succinct overview of CCMAs, why they are needed and how they are developed. ? Outcome: this will help to increase the awareness of coastal erosion issues more generally, and CCMAs specifically, with 16-19 year old geography students - potentially the coastal managers and planners of tomorrow. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SWEEP025: Forecasting bathing hazards at Crantock Beach |
| Organisation | Crantock Life Saving Club |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To inform beach safety decision making at Crantock Beach, Cornwall, using real-time forecasting of nearshore hydrodynamics |
| Collaborator Contribution | To inform beach safety decision making at Crantock Beach, Cornwall, using real-time forecasting of nearshore hydrodynamics |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | SWEEP025: Forecasting bathing hazards at Crantock Beach |
| Organisation | Duchy of Cornwall |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To inform beach safety decision making at Crantock Beach, Cornwall, using real-time forecasting of nearshore hydrodynamics |
| Collaborator Contribution | To inform beach safety decision making at Crantock Beach, Cornwall, using real-time forecasting of nearshore hydrodynamics |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | SWEEP025: Forecasting bathing hazards at Crantock Beach |
| Organisation | National Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To inform beach safety decision making at Crantock Beach, Cornwall, using real-time forecasting of nearshore hydrodynamics |
| Collaborator Contribution | To inform beach safety decision making at Crantock Beach, Cornwall, using real-time forecasting of nearshore hydrodynamics |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | SWEEP025: Forecasting bathing hazards at Crantock Beach |
| Organisation | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To inform beach safety decision making at Crantock Beach, Cornwall, using real-time forecasting of nearshore hydrodynamics |
| Collaborator Contribution | To inform beach safety decision making at Crantock Beach, Cornwall, using real-time forecasting of nearshore hydrodynamics |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | SWEEP027: Delivering 'Environmental Net Gain': addressing knowledge gaps, understanding social preference trade-offs and exploring delivery mechanisms |
| Organisation | Cornwall Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Delivering 'Environmental Net Gain (ENG)': ? Review ongoing initiatives and proposals regarding the design and implementation of NEG in the UK and identify relevant knowledge gaps and improvement options. ? Address these knowledge gaps by investigating the social preferences for and trade-offs between different options for designing and implementing ENG schemes. These could refer to e.g. understanding the most socially desirable locations and scales of offsetting sites, as well as their ecological configuration, or recreational access opportunities. ? Contribute to policies, strategies & debate around the practical implementation of ENG. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivering 'Environmental Net Gain (ENG)': ? Review ongoing initiatives and proposals regarding the design and implementation of NEG in the UK and identify relevant knowledge gaps and improvement options. ? Address these knowledge gaps by investigating the social preferences for and trade-offs between different options for designing and implementing ENG schemes. These could refer to e.g. understanding the most socially desirable locations and scales of offsetting sites, as well as their ecological configuration, or recreational access opportunities. ? Contribute to policies, strategies & debate around the practical implementation of ENG. |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | SWEEP027: Delivering 'Environmental Net Gain': addressing knowledge gaps, understanding social preference trade-offs and exploring delivery mechanisms |
| Organisation | Devon Wildlife Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Delivering 'Environmental Net Gain (ENG)': ? Review ongoing initiatives and proposals regarding the design and implementation of NEG in the UK and identify relevant knowledge gaps and improvement options. ? Address these knowledge gaps by investigating the social preferences for and trade-offs between different options for designing and implementing ENG schemes. These could refer to e.g. understanding the most socially desirable locations and scales of offsetting sites, as well as their ecological configuration, or recreational access opportunities. ? Contribute to policies, strategies & debate around the practical implementation of ENG. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivering 'Environmental Net Gain (ENG)': ? Review ongoing initiatives and proposals regarding the design and implementation of NEG in the UK and identify relevant knowledge gaps and improvement options. ? Address these knowledge gaps by investigating the social preferences for and trade-offs between different options for designing and implementing ENG schemes. These could refer to e.g. understanding the most socially desirable locations and scales of offsetting sites, as well as their ecological configuration, or recreational access opportunities. ? Contribute to policies, strategies & debate around the practical implementation of ENG. |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | SWEEP027: Delivering 'Environmental Net Gain': addressing knowledge gaps, understanding social preference trade-offs and exploring delivery mechanisms |
| Organisation | Environment Bank Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Delivering 'Environmental Net Gain (ENG)': ? Review ongoing initiatives and proposals regarding the design and implementation of NEG in the UK and identify relevant knowledge gaps and improvement options. ? Address these knowledge gaps by investigating the social preferences for and trade-offs between different options for designing and implementing ENG schemes. These could refer to e.g. understanding the most socially desirable locations and scales of offsetting sites, as well as their ecological configuration, or recreational access opportunities. ? Contribute to policies, strategies & debate around the practical implementation of ENG. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivering 'Environmental Net Gain (ENG)': ? Review ongoing initiatives and proposals regarding the design and implementation of NEG in the UK and identify relevant knowledge gaps and improvement options. ? Address these knowledge gaps by investigating the social preferences for and trade-offs between different options for designing and implementing ENG schemes. These could refer to e.g. understanding the most socially desirable locations and scales of offsetting sites, as well as their ecological configuration, or recreational access opportunities. ? Contribute to policies, strategies & debate around the practical implementation of ENG. |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | SWEEP027: Delivering 'Environmental Net Gain': addressing knowledge gaps, understanding social preference trade-offs and exploring delivery mechanisms |
| Organisation | North Devon Biosphere Foundation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Delivering 'Environmental Net Gain (ENG)': ? Review ongoing initiatives and proposals regarding the design and implementation of NEG in the UK and identify relevant knowledge gaps and improvement options. ? Address these knowledge gaps by investigating the social preferences for and trade-offs between different options for designing and implementing ENG schemes. These could refer to e.g. understanding the most socially desirable locations and scales of offsetting sites, as well as their ecological configuration, or recreational access opportunities. ? Contribute to policies, strategies & debate around the practical implementation of ENG. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivering 'Environmental Net Gain (ENG)': ? Review ongoing initiatives and proposals regarding the design and implementation of NEG in the UK and identify relevant knowledge gaps and improvement options. ? Address these knowledge gaps by investigating the social preferences for and trade-offs between different options for designing and implementing ENG schemes. These could refer to e.g. understanding the most socially desirable locations and scales of offsetting sites, as well as their ecological configuration, or recreational access opportunities. ? Contribute to policies, strategies & debate around the practical implementation of ENG. |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | SWEEP027: Delivering 'Environmental Net Gain': addressing knowledge gaps, understanding social preference trade-offs and exploring delivery mechanisms |
| Organisation | North Devon Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Delivering 'Environmental Net Gain (ENG)': ? Review ongoing initiatives and proposals regarding the design and implementation of NEG in the UK and identify relevant knowledge gaps and improvement options. ? Address these knowledge gaps by investigating the social preferences for and trade-offs between different options for designing and implementing ENG schemes. These could refer to e.g. understanding the most socially desirable locations and scales of offsetting sites, as well as their ecological configuration, or recreational access opportunities. ? Contribute to policies, strategies & debate around the practical implementation of ENG. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivering 'Environmental Net Gain (ENG)': ? Review ongoing initiatives and proposals regarding the design and implementation of NEG in the UK and identify relevant knowledge gaps and improvement options. ? Address these knowledge gaps by investigating the social preferences for and trade-offs between different options for designing and implementing ENG schemes. These could refer to e.g. understanding the most socially desirable locations and scales of offsetting sites, as well as their ecological configuration, or recreational access opportunities. ? Contribute to policies, strategies & debate around the practical implementation of ENG. |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | SWEEP027: Delivering 'Environmental Net Gain': addressing knowledge gaps, understanding social preference trade-offs and exploring delivery mechanisms |
| Organisation | South West Water Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Delivering 'Environmental Net Gain (ENG)': ? Review ongoing initiatives and proposals regarding the design and implementation of NEG in the UK and identify relevant knowledge gaps and improvement options. ? Address these knowledge gaps by investigating the social preferences for and trade-offs between different options for designing and implementing ENG schemes. These could refer to e.g. understanding the most socially desirable locations and scales of offsetting sites, as well as their ecological configuration, or recreational access opportunities. ? Contribute to policies, strategies & debate around the practical implementation of ENG. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivering 'Environmental Net Gain (ENG)': ? Review ongoing initiatives and proposals regarding the design and implementation of NEG in the UK and identify relevant knowledge gaps and improvement options. ? Address these knowledge gaps by investigating the social preferences for and trade-offs between different options for designing and implementing ENG schemes. These could refer to e.g. understanding the most socially desirable locations and scales of offsetting sites, as well as their ecological configuration, or recreational access opportunities. ? Contribute to policies, strategies & debate around the practical implementation of ENG. |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | SWEEP027: Delivering 'Environmental Net Gain': addressing knowledge gaps, understanding social preference trade-offs and exploring delivery mechanisms |
| Organisation | Westward Housing |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Delivering 'Environmental Net Gain (ENG)': ? Review ongoing initiatives and proposals regarding the design and implementation of NEG in the UK and identify relevant knowledge gaps and improvement options. ? Address these knowledge gaps by investigating the social preferences for and trade-offs between different options for designing and implementing ENG schemes. These could refer to e.g. understanding the most socially desirable locations and scales of offsetting sites, as well as their ecological configuration, or recreational access opportunities. ? Contribute to policies, strategies & debate around the practical implementation of ENG. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivering 'Environmental Net Gain (ENG)': ? Review ongoing initiatives and proposals regarding the design and implementation of NEG in the UK and identify relevant knowledge gaps and improvement options. ? Address these knowledge gaps by investigating the social preferences for and trade-offs between different options for designing and implementing ENG schemes. These could refer to e.g. understanding the most socially desirable locations and scales of offsetting sites, as well as their ecological configuration, or recreational access opportunities. ? Contribute to policies, strategies & debate around the practical implementation of ENG. |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | SWEEP: Investing in Nature for Health |
| Organisation | University of Exeter |
| Department | European Centre for Environment and Human Health |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The PML research team consisted, at the start of the partnership, of 4 people. Two subsequently left PML to work for University of Plymouth (1 still engaged with SWEEP) and 1 colleague withdrew from the project after reducing work hours. PML is the lead on an activity to present a business case for investing in nature for health. For this i have been conducting a scoping review to obtain evidence on UK studies that involve investments which connect human health and nature (natural capital). I have participated in regular project team meetings to discuss and monitor activity progress, and since Dec 2020 i have coordinated fortnightly activity progress meetings with UoE partners. In late 2020 the project team agreed to change tact away from completing a systematic review, instead deciding to work with selected stakeholders to develop custom business cases. As a result i have engaged with 4 stakeholders - Devon Wildlife Trust, Dartmoor National Park Authority, SylvaWood Seeds, and Nature's Tonic, meeting with each representative virtually and liaising with them and UoE partners to develop clear understanding of their evidence needs. |
| Collaborator Contribution | UoE partners initially provided an advisory role on the PML led activity due to greater previous experience of systematic literature reviews. As the PML capacity reduced due to staff departures and withdrawals, UoE provided additional time for activity management and, particularly with the greater involvement of a SWEEP Impact Officer, acted as a liaison point between the team and the case study stakeholders, providing input to discussions, summarising discussion points and clarifying priorities for the case study foci with the stakeholders. |
| Impact | Stakeholder workshop 22/10/2020 held as part of a 3 day SWEEP Expo event. This was jointly convened by myself, representing the Investing in Nature for Health project, and SWEEP Impact Fellow Grace Twiston-Davies, University of Exeter, representing another SWEEP project, Policy for Pollinators. This workshop attracted registrants from multiple sectors. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Stakeholder workshop - natural capital decision support tool |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Department | Marine Management Organisation (MMO) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Seven workshops and meeting between 20th November and 7th December exploring options for incorporating natural capital approaches into decision making, as the foundation ofor co-development of the natural capital support tool. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice and recommendations for example the best tools and outputs for maximising impact (e.g. North Devon Local Plan) |
| Impact | Ongoing process. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Stakeholder workshop - natural capital decision support tool |
| Organisation | Devon & Severn Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Seven workshops and meeting between 20th November and 7th December exploring options for incorporating natural capital approaches into decision making, as the foundation ofor co-development of the natural capital support tool. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice and recommendations for example the best tools and outputs for maximising impact (e.g. North Devon Local Plan) |
| Impact | Ongoing process. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Stakeholder workshop - natural capital decision support tool |
| Organisation | Natural England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Seven workshops and meeting between 20th November and 7th December exploring options for incorporating natural capital approaches into decision making, as the foundation ofor co-development of the natural capital support tool. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice and recommendations for example the best tools and outputs for maximising impact (e.g. North Devon Local Plan) |
| Impact | Ongoing process. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Stakeholder workshop - natural capital decision support tool |
| Organisation | North Devon Biosphere Service |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Seven workshops and meeting between 20th November and 7th December exploring options for incorporating natural capital approaches into decision making, as the foundation ofor co-development of the natural capital support tool. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice and recommendations for example the best tools and outputs for maximising impact (e.g. North Devon Local Plan) |
| Impact | Ongoing process. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Title | Lagas - Natural Capital Information & Management Hub |
| Description | Designed to support land-use planning and decision making, particularly in relation to developing natural capital, e.g. woodland creation and included in the new Cornwall AONB Management Plan. Also feeds into Cornwall Council Net Environmental Gain. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | Key outputs: • On-line demo sites presenting different mapping products • Lagas mapping application (https://lagas.co.uk/app) On-line demo sites were used to demonstrate MEG outputs to project partners and others during project activity. Development of the demo sites also proved invaluable in the drawing up of technical specifications and administrative requirements of the Lagas mapping application that was successfully delivered by Vitamin Cornwall after a competitive bidding process managed by MEG and Tevi. The website has received several industry design awards (cssdesignawards.com and awwwards.com). The Lagas webite brings together geospatial information on the relative value of natural assets and services across Cornwall with additional information including microclimate surfaces and potential crop yields under present and future climate conditions. The site provides a single hub of environmental information for a wide range of business sectors, interests and policies. Use of the application will be monitored by the collection of site statistics as part of the Tevi programme. The site is intended as an evolving resource to make the outputs of the research community more readily available to policy makers, business, and to the general public. Website data and statistics will allow us to continue to monitor use and access. Publicity and training events, introducing Lagas to Cornwall Council staff and other audiences, have included: • Cornwall Council event (28 Sep 2020) with 53 attendees; • Cornwall Council event (29 Sep 2020) we had 74 attendees; • Cornwall Wildlife Trust event (5 October 2020) we had 9 attendees. Public access to spatial information about natural capital and services has often been limited. The technical complexity of many natural capital tools has often restricted their wider use and uptake. Lagas provides an accessible resource to allow the communication and administration of natural capital mapping and related research outputs. It is expected that the cross-organisation Environmental Evidence Group will help inform future development of Lagas and identify additional applications or developments of MEG outputs. As mentioned under 4 (above), Lagas is a key evidence base to inform development of Cornwall's pilot Local Nature Recovery Strategies and is expected to have wider influence on the development and delivery of policy by Cornwall Council: |
| URL | https://lagas.co.uk/ |
| Title | SWEEP OWWL | Operational Wave and Water Level model |
| Description | OWWL is a 1-km resolution hydrodynamic model developed in Delft3D for the southwest of the UK. The model is forced along four boundaries by UK Met Office 2D spectral wave data, water levels, and currents, and the entire domain is forced with gridded wind and pressure data at 7-km resolution. The model is updated once a day. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | -Reduce damage from storm events and prevention of loss of life through better informed EA responses to potential flood events - Cost savings to the Environment Agency through better resource management. -Financial savings by negating the need for the EA to develop of other models for individual areas (typically £100k per region) - Contributing to best-practice forecasting and evidence base informing revision of National Flood Management Forecasting Strategy, -Attitudinal and perception development within (and beyond) the EA towards developing and potentially adopting improved overtopping forecasting |
| Title | Up-Stream Thinking Portal |
| Description | Private, non-sharing data capture tool designed to capture Upstream Thinking quarterly reporting requirements for South West Water. Platform from which deicsion-support tool can be developed to aid evalaution of success of UST programme re: environmental outcomes. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | (1) Increased delivery partner and regulator buy-in to new UST reporting processes Catchment management delivery partners are engaged in the process of recording and reporting to investors and regulators, rather than it being dictated to them. Better understanding (by investors/regulators, including EA) of challenges faced by delivery partners in terms of resources/capacity to record and complete monitoring and evaluation of activities. Improved feeling of engagement, collaboration and transparency by all partners within CM programmes in SW. (2) Concensus on UST3 catchment boundaries, with delivery partners engaged in the proess. Inform spatial planning of UST3 catchment management activities (3) Overview of online GIS tools and better understanding of their potential will focus activities for development of new system. (4) Partners work more collaboratively and with shared methodology and goals. It was recognised that communication between project partners could be improved and this agreement aimed to facilitate that. |
| URL | https://sweep.ac.uk/ust-portal/ |
| Description | A new deal for the UK countryside: Recommendations for a post-Brexit agricultural policy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation to the Conservative Party Conference 2017, Bright Blue event "Green and pleasant land: the countryside after Brexit", Central Convention Complex, Manchester, 1st October 2017 (alongside presentations from: Thérèse Coffey MP, Minister for the Environment and Rural Life Opportunities; Ross Murray, President of the Countryside Landowners Association (CLA); and Rebecca Speight, CEO of the Woodland Trust). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Beyond ramps and handrails: designing with and for the senses |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In this seminar, we welcomed Dr Sarah Bell, from the European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter. This webinar is particularly relevant for environmental and health and social care professionals with an interest in designing inclusive natural environments. Sarah will be sharing learning from three recent projects - Sensing Nature, Nature Narratives and Re-Storying Landscapes - designed to explore opportunities to develop and promote socially inclusive multisensory nature experiences in collaboration with people with sight impairment. Nature access is often considered in terms of adjustments to the physical fabric of a setting. While such adjustments are important, inclusive nature access needs to look beyond measures that allow physical presence in a space, to those that enable a rich quality of experience, including sensory, intellectual and social access and meaningful participation in shaping and sharing the stories of these settings. Through sharing examples and case studies, Sarah will highlight opportunities to dismantle disabling barriers to experiencing nature, to nurture feelings of freedom, relatedness, pleasure and exploration. The talk is followed by a Q&A session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Building on the vision for the North Devon Marine Pioneer programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Stakeholder engagement workshop for the North Devon Marine Pioneer community |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | COP26 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The new SWEEP film was presented at COP26 in Glasgow on the 6 Nov 2021, as part of a workshop 'When science meets economics' co-hosted by Ian Bateman. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Can Economics Save the Environment? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | Global Conversation, Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia, 29th May 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Civil Service Live |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Civil Service Live is our annual, cross department event for all civil servants helping us to become A Brilliant Civil Service. CS Live is your opportunity to engage with other civil servants, listen to thought-provoking sessions and meet inspiring people sharing their experiences, knowledge and expertise. With a variety of sessions, exhibitors, the opportunity to connect with other civil servants and meet Senior Civil Servants, CS Live aims to educate, engage and inspire you. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |