Catchment Planning and Management Knowledge Exchange Fellowship (open call)
Lead Research Organisation:
Imperial College London
Department Name: Centre for Environmental Policy
Abstract
Healthy water bodies provide a multitude of services that we as humans are dependent on. However, ensuring the sustainable management of these presents numerous challenges. This is because water bodies are affected by all the activities that occur on the land that drains into them, as well as by actions in abstracting, using and returning water. As a result numerous studies have identified that only coordinated action at the catchment level and involving all stakeholders responsible can ensure the protection and improvement of the water environment.
In reflection of the need for more locally focused decision making at the catchment level the Government introduced the Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) to water management in 2013. This led to 100 Catchment Partnerships of stakeholders being established across the country. These partnerships provide an opportunity to engage local communities, charities and business in environmental planning. However, they will require access to information about the current and future risks to their catchments if they are to make well informed and sustainable decisions. They also require support in developing the tools and methods that can be used to plan at the catchment level. NERC's extensive research portfolio in the areas of water and land management presents an opportunity to provide this, demonstrating the impact that research can have not only in assisting with the delivery of public policy but also in improving public discourse and awareness of environmental problems.
The Catchment Planning and Management Knowledge Exchange Fellowship will investigate where there are data sets, monitoring results and information from NERC funded research programmes related to catchment management and translate these making them available and accessible for use in local decision making. The Fellow will also work with the Catchment Partnerships, support groups and national decision makers to investigate how to make data available and to demonstrate how they can be used to aid local understanding and planning.
Ensuring that local decision makers have awareness of the services that the ecosystems within their catchments deliver will be essential if these are to be considered in planning that enables multiple benefits to be achieved. Therefore, the KE fellow will work to ensure that outputs from NERC's research programmes investigating ecosystem services, such as the Valuing Nature Programme and the Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services Sustainability Programme, inform the development of the use of ecosystem services within catchment planning. This will improve understanding of how different ecosystem services can be valued and compared as well as understanding where the trade-offs between different ecosystem services may occur in order to facilitate planning.
The KE Fellow will also work across NERC's research programmes and innovation programmes to provide Catchment Partnerships with access to outputs that communicate the importance of sustainable water management. This will help to ensure that a diverse range of individuals, groups and sectors are engaged in catchment planning. This will include NERC research into the links between the environment and human health and well-being as well as natural hazards, risks and infrastructure. This will assist with ensuring the involvement of a diverse range of individuals, groups and sectors such as health care professionals, social services, community groups, local authorities, spatial planners, transport providers, businesses etc. in order to support local environmental improvements.
Following on from demonstrating the importance of engagement with catchment planning the KE fellowship will work to identify how NERC research can support the attraction of funding for environmental improvements identified at the local level, thus helping to ensure long term financial support for catchment management.
In reflection of the need for more locally focused decision making at the catchment level the Government introduced the Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) to water management in 2013. This led to 100 Catchment Partnerships of stakeholders being established across the country. These partnerships provide an opportunity to engage local communities, charities and business in environmental planning. However, they will require access to information about the current and future risks to their catchments if they are to make well informed and sustainable decisions. They also require support in developing the tools and methods that can be used to plan at the catchment level. NERC's extensive research portfolio in the areas of water and land management presents an opportunity to provide this, demonstrating the impact that research can have not only in assisting with the delivery of public policy but also in improving public discourse and awareness of environmental problems.
The Catchment Planning and Management Knowledge Exchange Fellowship will investigate where there are data sets, monitoring results and information from NERC funded research programmes related to catchment management and translate these making them available and accessible for use in local decision making. The Fellow will also work with the Catchment Partnerships, support groups and national decision makers to investigate how to make data available and to demonstrate how they can be used to aid local understanding and planning.
Ensuring that local decision makers have awareness of the services that the ecosystems within their catchments deliver will be essential if these are to be considered in planning that enables multiple benefits to be achieved. Therefore, the KE fellow will work to ensure that outputs from NERC's research programmes investigating ecosystem services, such as the Valuing Nature Programme and the Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services Sustainability Programme, inform the development of the use of ecosystem services within catchment planning. This will improve understanding of how different ecosystem services can be valued and compared as well as understanding where the trade-offs between different ecosystem services may occur in order to facilitate planning.
The KE Fellow will also work across NERC's research programmes and innovation programmes to provide Catchment Partnerships with access to outputs that communicate the importance of sustainable water management. This will help to ensure that a diverse range of individuals, groups and sectors are engaged in catchment planning. This will include NERC research into the links between the environment and human health and well-being as well as natural hazards, risks and infrastructure. This will assist with ensuring the involvement of a diverse range of individuals, groups and sectors such as health care professionals, social services, community groups, local authorities, spatial planners, transport providers, businesses etc. in order to support local environmental improvements.
Following on from demonstrating the importance of engagement with catchment planning the KE fellowship will work to identify how NERC research can support the attraction of funding for environmental improvements identified at the local level, thus helping to ensure long term financial support for catchment management.
Organisations
- Imperial College London (Fellow, Lead Research Organisation)
- British Geological Survey (Collaboration)
- Rivers Trust (Collaboration)
- Environment Agency (Collaboration)
- National Centre for Earth Observation (Collaboration)
- Greater London Authority (Collaboration)
- Westcountry Rivers Trust (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Alexandra Collins (Principal Investigator / Fellow) |
Publications
Sutherland WJ
(2019)
A Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation in 2019.
in Trends in ecology & evolution
Hillier J
(2019)
Demystifying academics to enhance university-business collaborations in environmental science
in Geoscience Communication
| Description | 2019 Work on the evaluation assessments from the 106 catchments continued to be used for another year by Defra and the Environment Agency. Work on natural capital and ecosystem services continues to inform the NERC Community Water Management for a Liveable London (CAMELLIA) project and an EU Interreg project on Nature Smart Cities. March 2018-March 2019 This year work continued in the monitoring and evaluation assessments from the 106 catchments, with the framework developed by the fellowship being used for another year. Ongoing work will look at how this relates to the 25 Year Environment Plan objectives. Work also focused on the role of social capital in catchment partnership and developed a framework for monitoring and evaluation. Recommendations were also made to the Environment Agency on how the building of social capital within catchment partnerships could be supported. This year the work of the Fellowship was used to build networks of stakeholders and policy makers regarding community approaches for water management within London. This led to a successful NERC RISE proposal and the development of ideas for a programme of work considering how systems thinking and approaches could be used to understand water management and land use change. March 2017-March 2018 This year the work of the Fellowship has focused on the monitoring and evaluation assessments from the 106 catchments. The findings were collated and have been shared with ministers and policy leads. The work has also been used to identified research and capabilities gaps and has particularly highlighted the need to assess economic and social benefits of catchment partnerships and increase work with academics. This will be looked at in the next year. The work has also been used to inform the evaluation of the Cumbria pioneer project which is informing the 25 Year Environment Plan. Work has also highlighted the need to understand how natural capital can be assessed and used in catchment planning March 2016-March 2017 The Fellowship has led to the co-development of a method to assess and communicate ecosystem services and natural capital in urban environments. This has been used in Leicester, Manchester, Thames Estuary and Southampton. it has also been used by the Greater London Authority in their review of the All London Green Grid. In addition to this the work of the Fellowship has enabled a collaboration with the institute of Environmental Analytics (University of Reading)which has created an online visualisation of ecosystem services in Manchester. The Fellowship has enabled new partnerships between academics, local authorities and environmental NGOs by using the work on urban ecosystem services as an engagement and discussion tool. Furthermore, through workshops and presentations greater awareness of ecosystem services, methodology and NERC research has been promoted. The Fellowship has led to a systematic collation of the evidence for the benefits of catchment and partnership working, which is being used to ensure continued policy support for the Catchment Based Approach and to inform the 25 Year Environment Plan. A framework to assess the benefits of catchment management and collaborative working has been developed and used by 106 catchment partnerships. Current work is assessing the results provided. The Fellowship has brought together NERC researchers and policy and practice decision makers in the areas of drought and resilience. this has led to new shared research questions being developed and a commitment of academics and decision makers to work together on these. Nov 2015-March 2016 Funding has enabled two way knowledge exchange with those who plan environmental improvement works at the catchment level, e.g. Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, rivers trusts and Natural England. This has given greater understanding of the evidence needs whilst also introducing NERC's relevant research. It is clear that there are research needs especially around how to plan environmental improvements that account for multiple aspects e.g. water quality, flood protection, biodiversity etc so that integrated solutions can be implemented. |
| Exploitation Route | The work on ecosystem services could be used in increased urban areas and there could be greater engagement and the development of skills in local authorities and catchment partnerships. The work could be used in the implementation of Defra's 25 Year Environmental Plan and work with the Urban Pioneer will continue. The framework to assess the benefits of partnership working could be utilised by other approached such as Local Nature Partnerships and also in assessing the effectiveness of the 25 year Environment Plan. The Fellowship will continue to work with decision makers to ensure that research needs related to planning at the catchment scale are met and informed by NERC's research |
| Sectors | Environment |
| URL | http://urbanwater-eco.services/lap-final-report-published/ |
| Description | The evaluation framework has again been used to evaluate 106 partnerships and again results will be shared with Ministers. I continue to contribute to the Urban working Group of the Catchment Based Approach and recently contributed to a webinar on the health and wellbeing of inland blue space which was inspired by my experiences during the fellowship. Contacts made with Thames 21 and WWT whilst on the Fellowship have contributed to CASE PhD funding. This year 2018-2019 impacts have been very similar, the evaluation framework has again been used to evaluate 106 partnerships and again results will be shared with Ministers. Recommendation have been made to the Environment Agency about how to support the development of social capital in catchment partnerships. The work has led to the engagement of policy makers from Defra and EA as well as NGOs (Thames 21 and Rivers Trust) to NERC's RISE programme and the successful proposal to investigate community approaches for water management within London. Ongoing dialogue and engagement will help shape the programme and the co-development of tools and approaches that are of use to policy and practice decision makers. Additionally, some of the findings of the work have been used in the successful proposals for European Interreg funding to investigate using an ecosystem services approach to build a business case for greater implementation of green infrastructure. This year (2017-2018) there has been significant work on the evaluation of catchment partnerships. The framework was used to evaluate 106 partnerships in 2017 and has been used again in 2018. The result have been analysed and used to identify priority areas for further work and capability building, this has been shared with ministers and policy leads for the catchment based approach. The work has also been used to inform the evaluation of the Cumbria pioneer project, part of the 25 Year Environment Plan, In the year since reporting there has been a great deal of work undertaken on the Catchment Planning and Management Knowledge Exchange Fellowship which is starting to deliver significant impacts. A large section of the work has focused on the use of ecosystem services and natural capital in urban environments. This was identified by the Fellowship's partners (Rivers Trust, Defra and Environment Agency) as an area requiring development. Working with the Fellowship's partners and the Westcountry Rivers Trust a method to capture the benefits of environmental improvements in urban areas was co-developed. This has been trialled in a number of urban areas including; Leicester, Manchester, the Thames Estuary and Southampton. The work has been used to engage Local Councils, Planners and environmental NGOs and to facilitate dialogue about how environmental improvements can be implemented. An example of the impact of this is that the work has been used to provide evidence for funding bids of over £1million in the Soar catchment. The work has also attracted attention of the Greater London Authority who have used the methodology to input into their review of the All London Green Grid. The Fellowship also enabled a collaboration with the Institute of Environmental Analytics who used the work on urban ecosystem services to create an online interactive communication tool which will facilitate the communication of the work with the general public. This has been created for the Manchester area and is being used in Defra's 25 Year environment Plan's Urban Pioneer. In addition to urban ecosystem services the Fellowship has also been working on communicating the benefits of catchment planning and management. A review of international literature identified evidence for this which was used to create briefing notes that have also been used to influence policy, particularly Defra's 25 Year Environment Plan. Following on from this the Fellowship developed a framework for capturing the benefits of catchment partnerships and the extent of collaborative working. This has been adopted by the Environment Agency and the Rivers Trust and has been used to report by the 106 catchment partnerships within the country. Future work of the fellowship will help to analysis the results. The final key area of impact concerns ensuring that policy and practice decision makers are engaged with relevant NERC research. In addition to giving a number of presentations there has been close working with policy makers in the area of drought and resilience. This led to the Fellowship organising and hosting a workshop attended by NERC researchers and Policy Makers where there was information exchange and also the creation of a list of research priorities. These were used to influence the final work package of NERC's Droughts and Water Scarcity research programme and letters of support being provided by Defra, including a commitment to provide input to the project. During the first few months of the Fellowship work has concentrated on understanding different groups research needs and introducing them to NERC's catchment science research. Input to Defra's work on integrated and partnership planning approaches to the environment has also been provided |
| Sector | Environment |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Policy & public services |
| Description | Catchment Based Approach Monitoring and Evaluation |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | Membership of the CaBA Benefits Group led to the development of a framework to assess benefits from catchment partnerships based on academic literature to ensure it was robust. Engagement with practitioners and policy makers ensured that this was made into a workable assessment which facilitated efficient reporting and enabled analysis of the implementation of the national policy. |
| URL | https://catchmentbasedapproach.org/images/2017/CaBA-Monitoring-and-Evaluation-Full--Report-2017.pdf |
| Description | Catchment Benefits Framework |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Developed a framework to capture and assess the benefits of catchment planning and management. This has been used in the assessment of the 106 catchment partnerships that the government has established across the country. The findings have now helped to evaluate the policy for decision makers and will also make recommendations on how the policy can be further supported. The evaluation is being re-run for 2017=2019 |
| URL | https://catchmentbasedapproach.org/images/2017/CaBA-Monitoring-and-Evaluation-Full--Report-2017.pdf |
| Description | Evidence Statement Methodology |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Work on systematic evidence reviews in environmental disciplines led to the development of Evidence Statement methodology adopted by Defra's Chief Scientific Advisor. Input has been provided for the development of 3 Evidence Statements and work has also been used in a Rapid Evidence Assessment on Risks to Human Health from Antimicrobial Resistance in the Water Environment (£31,684). |
| Description | Community Water Management for a Liveable London (CAMELLIA) |
| Amount | £4,079,082 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/S003495/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | Nature Smart Cities across the 2 Seas https://www.interreg2seas.eu/nl/nsciti2s |
| Amount | € 6,380,472 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | nsciti2s |
| Organisation | European Union |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 02/2022 |
| Description | British Geological Society - |
| Organisation | British Geological Survey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Provided input regarding the catchment based approach national policy, outputs from the Catchment planning and management knowledge exchange fellowship and work on GI planning |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided input regarding Groundwater and Integrated Modelling |
| Impact | A proposal for NERC's Regional Impact from Science of the Environment program |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Greater London Authority |
| Organisation | Greater London Authority (GLA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Shared research and current methodology for assessing and communicating ecosystem services in urban environments |
| Collaborator Contribution | The GLA hosted us for meetings and presentations and provided input to the development of the methodology. They also promoted its use in the review of the All London Green Grid |
| Impact | The GLA have used the methodology and findings to review the All London Green Grid information |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Institute of Environmental Analytics (University of Reading) |
| Organisation | National Centre for Earth Observation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Explained the methodology developed to assess and communicate urban ecosystem services and provide input on how to reach wider audiences and ensure impact with policy makers |
| Collaborator Contribution | The IEA used the methodology developed to create an online interactive tool to communicate urban ecosystem services, enabling the work to reach wider audiences |
| Impact | The creation of an online interactive visualisation of urban ecosystem services https://demos.the-iea.org/bounty/ |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Rivers Trust |
| Organisation | Rivers Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | I have worked with the Rivers Trust to assist with the meeting of the research priorities identified by the National Steering Group of the Catchment Based Approach. This primarily focused on the assessing and communicating the benefits of catchment management and also on the development of a framework to assess the benefits of catchment partnerships. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Rivers Trust have provide input that has enabled the co-development of research to ensure that it has maximum impact and utility. They have also promote the work and methods generated |
| Impact | A review of the benefits of catchment management and a framework to assess the benefits of catchment partnerships and collaborative planning which has been used by 106 catchment partnerships in the country. This was carried out in 2017 with the result analysed and summarised in a full report and executive summary. A list of reaserch gaps, capabilities and future work was also compiled. The evaluation was also repeated in 2018 |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | The Environment Agency |
| Organisation | Environment Agency |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | A systematic review of the benefits and barriers and enablers to catchment management and the development of a framework to capture the benefits of catchment management and the collaborative approaches to catchment planning. The framework has been used to create an evaluation form used to assess 106 catchment partnerships in 2017 and 2018. The results from the 2017 assessment have been compiled and used to evaluate the policy and identify areas for research and capability building. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided input to the research need and understanding of the practicalities to ensure that the methods developed were workable and would deliver increased impact |
| Impact | Briefing documents on the benefits of catchment management and collaborative processes Framework to assess the benefits of catchment management and the collaborative approaches to catchment planning used to assess 106 catchment partnerships in the country and for the EA's reporting mechanism. Repeated in 2018 Summary of the 2017 findings, highlights gaps and capability needs |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | The Environment Agency |
| Organisation | Environment Agency |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | A systematic review of the benefits and barriers and enablers to catchment management and the development of a framework to capture the benefits of catchment management and the collaborative approaches to catchment planning. The framework has been used to create an evaluation form used to assess 106 catchment partnerships in 2017 and 2018. The results from the 2017 assessment have been compiled and used to evaluate the policy and identify areas for research and capability building. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided input to the research need and understanding of the practicalities to ensure that the methods developed were workable and would deliver increased impact |
| Impact | Briefing documents on the benefits of catchment management and collaborative processes Framework to assess the benefits of catchment management and the collaborative approaches to catchment planning used to assess 106 catchment partnerships in the country and for the EA's reporting mechanism. Repeated in 2018 Summary of the 2017 findings, highlights gaps and capability needs |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Westcountry Rivers Trust |
| Organisation | Westcountry Rivers Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Worked closely as a team to co-developed the methodology used to assess and communicate ecosystem services in urban environments. Contributed to understanding of current research, method development and presenting and communicating the work. NOw investigating how natural capital can be assessed through river catchments |
| Collaborator Contribution | Worked closely as a team to co-developed the methodology used to assess and communicate ecosystem services in urban environments. |
| Impact | The development and application of a methodology to assess and communicate ecosystem services in urban environments |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Catchment Based Approach Urban Working Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The CaBA Urban Working Group (CUWG) champions a collaborative, partnership approach to urban water management, engaging and raising awareness across a range of key stakeholders to drive improvements to water quality and biodiversity, reduce flood risk, enhance health and well-being and build community cohesion. I provide guidance and expert input to this group and assist with research needs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018,2019 |
| URL | https://www.catchmentbasedapproach.org/about/governance#urban-working-group |
| Description | Catchment Benefits Working Group Meetings |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A series of meeting with the National Catchment Benefits Working Group to present findings of research into benefits and the development of a framework to assess the benefits of catchment management and collaborative approaches. This group continued to meet through 2017 and 2018 and I am now on a steering group for a piece of EA commissioned work |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017,2018,2019 |
| Description | Catchment Planning Workshops |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Workshop for CaBA Partnerships to provide support and guidance regarding both the development of Catchment Plans and the capturing of the Environmental, Social and Economic benefits of partnership working. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/caba-workshop-london-tickets-29851924911 |
| Description | Cumbria Pioneer Projects for the 25 Year Environment Plan Evaluation discussions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Provided input into how to design an evaluation framework for the Cumbria pioneer projects which are part of the 25 Year Environment Plan |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
| Description | Demonstration of the BOUNTY Tool |
| 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 | A workshop to showcase the work on urban ecosystem services in Manchester and the online visualisation tool (Benefits of Urban Nature to You, BOUNTY) to regional decision makers and environmental organisations was organised and chaired. This • Demonstrated work to date on the BOUNTY tool • Gathered ideas about how the BOUNTY tool could be used in Manchester • Evaluated how easy it is to use the BOUNTY tool and captured ideas for improvements |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Discussion of the catchement planning and management knowledge exchange fellowship with the forestry commission |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This introduced the objectives of Fellowship, which cover the use of data and information in catchment planning as well as the use of ecosystem services and engagement of stakeholders. An introduction to aims and funding mechanisms of the Natural Environment Research Council was also provided, along with an overview of some of the research programmes that may be of particular relevance, these included the Changing Water Cycle, Valuing Nature and Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability Research Programmes. This discussion highlighted the need to integrate flooding and water quality management options at the catchment level. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Dorset Catchemtn Partnership |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | A workshop with the Dorset Catchment partnership to discuss Mapping Tools ,I planned and facilitated the meeting in order to obtain input on the development of a GIS tool that works for partners in the Dorset Catchment Partnerships and will help identify and prioritise projects/areas that will deliver multiple benefits. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Drought and Resilience Policy and research Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Organised and chaired a workshop of 30 researchers and policy makers looking at how research outputs can inform Drought and Resilience Management |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Imperial's Public Research Showcase on Clean Water |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Alex Collins gave a presentation at Imperial's Research Showcase on Clean Water which was organised by the Faculty of Engineering and attended by staff and students from across the college, as well as members of the public http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/engineering/eventssummary/event_28-4-2016-14-15-46 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/engineering/eventssummary/event_28-4-2... |
| Description | Introduction to the Catchment Planning and Management Fellowship for the Environment Agency |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This introduced the objectives of Fellowship, which cover the use of data and information in catchment planning as well as the use of ecosystem services and engagement of stakeholders.An introduction to aims and funding mechanisms of the Natural Environment Research Council was also provided, along with an overview of some of the research programmes that may be of particular relevance, these included the Changing Water Cycle, Valuing Nature and Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability Research Programmes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Introduction to the Catchment Planning and Management Knowledge Exchange Fellowship at Defra. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This introduced the objectives of Fellowship, which cover the use of data and information in catchment planning as well as the use of ecosystem services and engagement of stakeholders. An introduction to aims and funding mechanisms of the Natural Environment Research Council was also provided, along with an overview of some of the research programmes that may be of particular relevance, these included the Changing Water Cycle, Valuing Nature and Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability Research Programmes. Representatives of Defra were supportive of the Fellowship and provided suggestions regarding how to engage with catchment planning at local levels and how to tie the work into Defra's wider planning activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://connect.innovateuk.org/web/jweg/posts/-/asset_publisher/JqxdY7TYzIJE/blog/dr-alex-collins-ke... |
| Description | Meetings with the GLA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A series of meetings to discuss the use of ecosystem services in the planning of urban environmental improvements and how this could be used in the review of the All London Green Grid |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
| Description | Presented at the Natural Capital Initiative workshop on Embedding the Natural Capital Approach in the Built Environment: From Strategy to Design, Implementation and Maintenance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented at the Natural Capital Initiative workshop on Embedding the Natural Capital Approach in the Built Environment: From Strategy to Design, Implementation and Maintenance |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Prresentation at the Ecosystems Knowledge Network's Prosperous Cities conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on 'Measuring the Benefits of Green Infrastructure and Natural Capital in Urban Areas' at the Ecosystems Knowledge Network's Prosperous Cities conference held at City Hall on 27th September. This has led to an invite to meet with representatives of the GLA to discuss how the work could be used in a review of the All London Green Grid. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://ecosystemsknowledge.net/events/building-prosperous-cities |
| Description | Valuing Nature Network's Conference on Participatory Decision Making |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I gave a presentation on Valuing nature at the catchment scale: experiences from participatory approaches at the Valuing Nature Network's 2 day conference on Participatory Decision Making, I also contributed to workshops and debates |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://valuing-nature.net/sites/default/files/documents/valpart/Valuing%20Nature%20and%20Participato... |
| Description | Water Initiative South Asia workshop held in Nepal |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote talk on Integrated Approaches to Water Management: The Role of Policy and Research at the Water Initiative South Asia workshop held in Nepal on 21st November |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |