Sustainable Use of Natural Resources to Improve Human Health and Support Economic Development (SUNRISE)
Lead Research Organisation:
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Department Name: Science Programme Office
Abstract
Globally, human societies face a burgeoning challenge of achieving sustainable use of natural resources to provide food,
fuel, water and amenities for an increasing population under the context of climate change. At its most fundamental, this
will require achieving food and water security of supply without threatening the ability of the environment to support future
generations.
An increasingly urbanized and wealthy population is driving a growing and changing demand for food, water, land and
other natural resources and contributing to environmental degradation. These demands combined with climate change, and
its associated natural hazards, were critical considerations in the development of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs, 2015). The challenges posed by the SDGs require long term national scale research-based solutions. SUNRISE
seeks to improve livelihoods and wellbeing through reduced environmental risk, improved environmental quality and
improved reliability of the supply of food, water and other natural resources by providing the evidence and advice needed to
improve management of the wider environment. SUNRISE will address local issues and research needs in China, India,
Indonesia / Malaysia, Kenya and other countries in sub Saharan Africa and address SDGs 1, 2, 3, 6, 13 and 15.
SUNRISE builds on the research themes that formed the basis of the approved NC-ODA Foundation Award with activity
currently in progress: (1) developing hydro-climate services for improved water resource management and flood and
drought forecasting and preparedness; (2) restoration and remediation of degraded resources and environments to
improve people's health and economic security, and; (3) management of land resources to ensure environmental
sustainability and economic growth and resilience. These will be developed and delivered in partnership with in-country
partners and stakeholders to address their most pressing environmental needs.
Hydro-climate services are tools and methods that translate data and knowledge of current and potential future hydrological
conditions into information that will inform better water policy, planning, management and decision-making. The science
challenge is to adapt CEH's models and understanding to perform at an acceptable level of uncertainty in data sparse
regions. In meeting this challenge we will both advance UK research capabilities and provide tools, methodologies and
assessments to reduce the impact of extreme events on people and their livelihoods and increase the reliability and
resilience of water supplies for people, livestock and businesses on a day to day basis.
Restoration and remediation options require research aimed at understanding and quantifying the key factors and
processes that cause environmental degradation and upon which mitigation measures rely. This theme will seek to fill a
knowledge gap by determining the key factors that affect the rate and stability of recovery as systems are restored, and the
resilience of restored systems to future change. In investigating this knowledge gap in real-world situations the findings will
advance science knowledge and inform new policy and management approaches needed in India, China, Indonesia,
Malaysia and Kenya but with global relevance.
Increasing agricultural productivity sustainably is a clear priority both for food provision and also as a pathway to alleviating
poverty, particularly for the 83% of the global agricultural population who rely on smallholder agriculture. Small holder
agriculture is often not as productive as it could be: working with local agronomists we will investigate new approaches to
achieve ecological intensification, through diversification of smallholder land, water and livestock management to deliver
improved productivity, resilience and sustainability.
fuel, water and amenities for an increasing population under the context of climate change. At its most fundamental, this
will require achieving food and water security of supply without threatening the ability of the environment to support future
generations.
An increasingly urbanized and wealthy population is driving a growing and changing demand for food, water, land and
other natural resources and contributing to environmental degradation. These demands combined with climate change, and
its associated natural hazards, were critical considerations in the development of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs, 2015). The challenges posed by the SDGs require long term national scale research-based solutions. SUNRISE
seeks to improve livelihoods and wellbeing through reduced environmental risk, improved environmental quality and
improved reliability of the supply of food, water and other natural resources by providing the evidence and advice needed to
improve management of the wider environment. SUNRISE will address local issues and research needs in China, India,
Indonesia / Malaysia, Kenya and other countries in sub Saharan Africa and address SDGs 1, 2, 3, 6, 13 and 15.
SUNRISE builds on the research themes that formed the basis of the approved NC-ODA Foundation Award with activity
currently in progress: (1) developing hydro-climate services for improved water resource management and flood and
drought forecasting and preparedness; (2) restoration and remediation of degraded resources and environments to
improve people's health and economic security, and; (3) management of land resources to ensure environmental
sustainability and economic growth and resilience. These will be developed and delivered in partnership with in-country
partners and stakeholders to address their most pressing environmental needs.
Hydro-climate services are tools and methods that translate data and knowledge of current and potential future hydrological
conditions into information that will inform better water policy, planning, management and decision-making. The science
challenge is to adapt CEH's models and understanding to perform at an acceptable level of uncertainty in data sparse
regions. In meeting this challenge we will both advance UK research capabilities and provide tools, methodologies and
assessments to reduce the impact of extreme events on people and their livelihoods and increase the reliability and
resilience of water supplies for people, livestock and businesses on a day to day basis.
Restoration and remediation options require research aimed at understanding and quantifying the key factors and
processes that cause environmental degradation and upon which mitigation measures rely. This theme will seek to fill a
knowledge gap by determining the key factors that affect the rate and stability of recovery as systems are restored, and the
resilience of restored systems to future change. In investigating this knowledge gap in real-world situations the findings will
advance science knowledge and inform new policy and management approaches needed in India, China, Indonesia,
Malaysia and Kenya but with global relevance.
Increasing agricultural productivity sustainably is a clear priority both for food provision and also as a pathway to alleviating
poverty, particularly for the 83% of the global agricultural population who rely on smallholder agriculture. Small holder
agriculture is often not as productive as it could be: working with local agronomists we will investigate new approaches to
achieve ecological intensification, through diversification of smallholder land, water and livestock management to deliver
improved productivity, resilience and sustainability.
Planned Impact
CEH's proposed activities seek to achieve maximum impact and benefit in China, India, Indonesia / Malaysia and sub Saharan African countries. SUNRISE builds on existing and developing relationships and partnerships. The activities are both relevant and timely, and will help to meet pressing local, national and regional development needs identified with our partners. Our long-term vision is to develop, in collaboration with partners and stakeholders, the capacity and expertise to enable partners and beneficiaries to sustainably manage the natural resources in their countries more effectively, and so become more resilient to environmental risks and to mitigate problems associated with environmental degradation. We will co-develop the knowledge, tools and methods, to enable partners to transform their own research agendas to better equip them in advising and supporting authorities and institutions to make better informed policies and decisions in adapting to the environmental challenges of climate change, demographic growth and change, and land-use change associated with economic growth. We perceive four main pathways to development impact each of which reflect different stakeholder communities and user groups: Decision and Policy Makers in Civilian Government; Development Aid Agencies; Business and Commerce and; Scientific and Academic Researchers for our science to make a difference, including after this research programme has finished, we will engage with and provide the research outcomes wanted by the decision and policy-makers, development agencies, industry or scientists on the ground. CEH have established links and experience of working collaboratively across all of these highly diverse sectors. Example partnerships (included as letters of support) include: Policy / decision makers such as the Maharashtran State Government and Lake Victoria Basin Catchment Secretariat: Aid agencies such as Crops for the Future and Proforest already collaborate with us on both research and stakeholder engagement activities; Industrial partners include Musim Mas and APRIL in SE Asia; and our many academic partners include sister centres / Institutes such as the Indian Institutes of Science (IISc)and Technology (IIT), Chinese Academy of Science institutions, Kenyan Forest Research Institute (KEFRI), etc.. We will use our expertise and relevant contacts in each of the different nations we will work in (China, India, Indonesia/Malaysia and Kenya / sub-Saharan Africa) to identify and build the partnerships required to ensure that our research outcomes are relevant and stand the best chance of being implemented to achieve the benefits envisioned: improved water resource management; and restored and sustainably managed environment's that lead to improved health and enhance livelihoods.
Publications
Gu B
(2021)
Abating ammonia is more cost-effective than nitrogen oxides for mitigating PM2.5 air pollution.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
H A Houghton-Carr
(2021)
WP1.5_A_d1_iii/iv GWAVA Model & Application Training Course 22-26 February 2021
Hayes F
(2020)
Ozone dose-response relationships for tropical crops reveal potential threat to legume and wheat production, but not to millets
in Scientific African
He B
(2020)
Modelling public health benefits of various emission control options to reduce NO 2 concentrations in Guangzhou
in Environmental Research Communications
Jenkins A
(2020)
HydroSOS - the Hydrological Status and Outlook System towards providing information for better water management
in WMO Bulletin
Jin S
(2020)
Decoupling livestock and crop production at the household level in China
in Nature Sustainability
King-Okumu C
(2020)
Less to Lose? Drought Impact and Vulnerability Assessment in Disadvantaged Regions
in Water
Luo A
(2022)
Short-term rainfall limits cyanobacterial bloom formation in a shallow eutrophic subtropical urban reservoir in warm season.
in The Science of the total environment
| Description | SUNRISE made advances towards achievement of the theory of change (TOC) planned output to deliver improved data and models to inform the application of hydrological information in complex decision-making contexts for water resource management and to support 5-20yr policies, plans and investments. Online meetings with CWC-MP, IIFM, NCA, WRD-MP stakeholders to provide progress reports on water resource modelling work and seek their guidance on the development of plausible scenarios of socio-economic change and water management have taken place, this continues to support the sustainable development of the Narmada river basin, with direct social and economic benefits improving water resource management will to basin stakeholders. With better information, water managers and policy makers can plan around changing climate, population and land-use, build resilient systems that can withstand droughts and floods, and protect clean water sources. Progress was achieved towards TOC output, increased capacity and skills of decision makers, scientists and communities to enhance the use of natural resources and improve wellbeing. SUNRISE (WP1.1) took part in a Virtual User Engagement Initiative with state level water management bodies in India that was convened by the NERC-MoES funded India-UK Water Centre (IUKWC). SUNRISE work on the Soil Moisture - India network was presented as part of our efforts to increase stakeholder engagement outside of direct project partners. https://iukwc.org/water-resource-management-science-%E2%80%93-supporting-one-another. For Kenya, we are developing training material for capacity building to local fisheries scientists to enable them to evaluate their data sets, and to use QGIS a cross-platform desktop geographic information system application that supports viewing, editing, and analysis of geospatial data for management of the fisheries in Lake Victoria. Further headway was made toward TOC output, targeted, accessible, robust and innovative model outputs, information and decisions-support tools for real world decision making. For our oil palm small holder farmers we have delivered targeted online training of Malaysian staff in UAV monitoring of plantation health this provides robust and easy to use information to manage these resources. SUNRISE has generated new data on ozone sensitivity in legumes relevant to Sub Saharan Africa and India for important crops such as beans and peas, resulting in the development of a factsheets that has been widely distributed and freely available with our previously reported sheets https://icpvegetation.ceh.ac.uk/publications/factsheet In India, SUNRISE have helped to improve the forecasting of zoonotic diseases, through production and delivery of decision support tools that enable local authorities and policy makers to manage disease spread. This has been in the form of a Phone App which has been designed with DHFWS partners, including the setup of a Shiny server in India and has been completed for piloting in the next KFD (Kyasanur forest disease) season. |
| Exploitation Route | Please see outcomes in previous Sunrise reserch fish entry |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment |
| Description | Note all reporting for this has been added to award NE/R000131/1 please feel happy to contact Tracey Timms-Wilson programme manager on tmt@ceh.ac.uk or 01491692271 SUNRISE, CEH's LTS-ODA programme, comprises three Themes: 1. Developing hydro-climate services for improved water resource management; 2. Restoration and remediation of degraded resources and environments to improve people's health and improve economic security; and 3. Management of land resources to ensure environmental sustainability and economic growth and resilience. Theme 1 achievements include the establishment of a real-time soil moisture monitoring network in India, which with help improve agriculture and water management and the predictability of floods and droughts. We have also been actively supporting the implementation of the wider WMO-led Hydrological Status and Outlooks System (HydroSOS), which will build the capacity of national meteorological/hydrological services to understand current and near-future hydrological conditions and react in a timely manner to avoid losses of lives and livelihoods. We have also helped to establish a new centre of excellence for water resources modelling in India, improving capacity of local water managers to make decisions on the allocation of water within basins. Within Theme 2, we have improved urban air quality instrumentation and data collection in Delhi and other parts of South Asia, which has contributed to inform policy makers across the region. Also in India, in collaboration with local community groups, we have produced and delivered guidance on practical, low-cost methods to better treat wastewater, limit pollutants and promote recovery of lakes or ponds. In Kenya, we have helped fisheries scientists to evaluate their data sets, bolstering their monitoring, data management and analytical skills to affect better management of the fisheries in Lake Victoria. In Malaysia, we have built a soil and plant monitoring scheme to improve oil palm plant health and sustainable production and, in Indonesia, we have been helping to improve coffee-pine agroforestry management and teaching small holders how to measure and report the state of their crops. In Theme 3, we have been helping to improve tree species productivity in East Africa by giving guidance to small holders on which species to plant where, work that has helped to increase productivity and improve crop yields. We have also generated new data on ozone sensitivity in Africa and East Africa for important cereal crops, resulting in the development of a number of factsheets and an app that has been widely distributed. In India, we have helped to improve the forecasting of zoonotic diseases, producing decision support tools that enable local authorities and policy makers to manage disease spread. Activities offering the greatest potential for delivering impact have been prioritised in the final year of the programme. Working with local partners, we will increase the reach of our impactsby further enhancing local capacity for sustainable management decisions. The programme was started with a successful kick off meeting in June 2017 where theme leaders and Work package (WP) leaders gave presentations to each other this allowed the group to understand the programme and how it comes together as a cohesive programme. The programme board have meet quarterly to discuss budgets and progress against deliverables. During the first year there has been much activity around collecting and analysing data and developing models. Many workshops have taken place with partners to establish how data will be used in models or how field experiments will be established. A number of MOU's have been set up between CEH and our international partners. As part of the National and public good work package CEH has provided input to the UNESCO International Hydrological Programme and the WMO Hydrology & Water Resources Programme and been contributing to the delivery of the WMO Commission for Hydrology Work Programme for 2016-2020 as Member of Commission for Hydrology Advisory Working Group. The real time soil monitoring under hydroclimate services has developed a live COMOS-India web site displaying data as it is generated. New loggers are now in place at Madahalli and Singanalur and are generating data streams. We are continuing to build on this fantastic capacity and are training the Indian site hosts to manage the sites, data and models to allow independence. Under the theme of Hydroclimate services, large scale simulation of macro nutrients (India) seasonal groundwater level measurements have been collated for the Cauvery catchment, and spatially interpolated to derive a 5 km-grid map as well as collation of data on total borehole irrigation yield. As well as locations and storage of six major reservoirs have been sourced and for input to the LTLS-India model the terrestrial model (N14CP)has been adapted so that solutes are retained in the soil during dry periods. A new model has been formulated to estimate waste inputs into rivers on the basis of human population. Under the theme of restoration and remediation, a validated atmospheric chemistry and transport model (CTM) is a key tool required to assess the impact of rural emission on urban air quality and to quantify the efficacy of emission reduction measures. Historically, CEH's focus on CTM modelling has been on the UK and Europe. As a key SUNRISE activity in 2017, a global version of the CTM operated by CEH (EMEP4UK) has been set up. First model results confirm, that in Africa ammonia problems are largest in the Lake Victoria area (as well as the Nile delta) and confirms the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) to be the global hotspot of ammonia, consistent with Earth Observation products. In partnership with Brawijaya University, (Indonesia) we have identified 8 locations for field sites have been identified. Training delivered on using microclimatic sensors. Gas Chromatograph commissioned at the University for measuring greenhouse gas emissions. Process based model (WaNulCAS) has been selected for simulations of biogeochemical processes and yield. Workshops and planning have been undertaken to identify the main challenges and issues associated with the oil palm industry has been produced. In the managing land for environmental sustainability theme the Resilience to livestock pathogens WP has collated district level epidemiological data on four focal diseases, this data has been collated at NIVEDI along with the metrics of the recording effort. Further district level environmental drivers of disease patterns were downloaded and processed at CEH and are being linked to the disease data set. Preliminary multivariate analysis of relationships between climate, land use and livestock to inform the district level space time methods. Problem-framing workshop with state and district level disease managers and potential beneficiaries of forecasting tools. SUNRISE made advances towards achievement of the theory of change (TOC) planned output to deliver improved data and models to inform the application of hydrological information in complex decision-making contexts for water resource management and to support 5-20yr policies, plans and investments. Online meetings with CWC-MP, IIFM, NCA, WRD-MP stakeholders to provide progress reports on water resource modelling work and seek their guidance on the development of plausible scenarios of socio-economic change and water management have taken place, this continues to support the sustainable development of the Narmada river basin, with direct social and economic benefits improving water resource management will to basin stakeholders. With better information, water managers and policy makers can plan around changing climate, population and land-use, build resilient systems that can withstand droughts and floods, and protect clean water sources. Progress was achieved towards TOC output, increased capacity and skills of decision makers, scientists and communities to enhance the use of natural resources and improve wellbeing. SUNRISE (WP1.1) took part in a Virtual User Engagement Initiative with state level water management bodies in India that was convened by the NERC-MoES funded India-UK Water Centre (IUKWC). SUNRISE work on the Soil Moisture - India network was presented as part of our efforts to increase stakeholder engagement outside of direct project partners. https://iukwc.org/water-resource-management-science-%E2%80%93-supporting-one-another. For Kenya, we are developing training material for capacity building to local fisheries scientists to enable them to evaluate their data sets, and to use QGIS a cross-platform desktop geographic information system application that supports viewing, editing, and analysis of geospatial data for management of the fisheries in Lake Victoria. Further headway was made toward TOC output, targeted, accessible, robust and innovative model outputs, information and decisions-support tools for real world decision making. For our oil palm small holder farmers we have delivered targeted online training of Malaysian staff in UAV monitoring of plantation health this provides robust and easy to use information to manage these resources. SUNRISE has generated new data on ozone sensitivity in legumes relevant to Sub Saharan Africa and India for important crops such as beans and peas, resulting in the development of a factsheets that has been widely distributed and freely available with our previously reported sheets https://icpvegetation.ceh.ac.uk/publications/factsheet In India, SUNRISE have helped to improve the forecasting of zoonotic diseases, through production and delivery of decision support tools that enable local authorities and policy makers to manage disease spread. This has been in the form of a Phone App which has been designed with DHFWS partners, including the setup of a Shiny server in India and has been completed for piloting in the next KFD (Kyasanur forest disease) season. Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in the early part of 2020 there have been global travel restrictions. We as a programme identified in early February 2020 that the inability to travel to our partner countries could affect our ability to deliver training, workshops, engagement activities and networking events. We have revised our risk assessments and scenario planning to overcome these restrictions throughout the year as the pandemic continued to affect all aspects of life. We have now come to the opinion that the Covid-19 situation will continue throughout the remainder of the programme and have therefore instructed all work packages to continue on the assumption that there will be no international travel possible between now and the end of the programme in Sept 2021. Planned activities and outputs have been reviewed and adjusted such that as many of the original outcomes can be achieved by us working remotely. This means more of the outputs will be delivered through virtual meetings online training webinars and workshops in collaboration with our in country partners. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2018 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment |
| Impact Types | Societal |
| Description | An interactive, web-based lake zonation tool for supporting the sustainable development of cage fish farming in Lake Victoria, Kenya |
| Amount | £142,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | GCRF-SA-2020-CEH |
| Organisation | Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Kenya |
| Start | 07/2020 |
| End | 08/2021 |
| Description | BBSRC-NERC GCRF Research Translation Call Sustainable Enhancement Of Agriculture And Aquaculture Production: Ecological management to benefit ecosystem services and sustainable production in smallholder oil palm systems in Malaysia and Indonesia |
| Amount | £249,935 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/T012366/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2020 |
| End | 01/2022 |
| Description | Ecological management to benefit ecosystem services and sustainable production in smallholder oil palm systems in Malaysia and Indonesia |
| Amount | £252,697 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/T012366/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2020 |
| End | 01/2022 |
| Description | Provision of Good Practice Guidance Reporting on Strategic Objective 3 |
| Amount | € 70,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | RFP CCD 2020-013 |
| Organisation | United Nations (UN) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 10/2020 |
| End | 04/2021 |
| Title | HydroSOS Demonstrator Web Service v2 |
| Description | The HydroSOS demonstrator web service underwent significant revisions and improvements. Additional datasets were added, and the website was given a splash screen to enable users to choose their region of interest as well as to choose a "simple view". Graphics were improved. Most importantly, the back end code was improved to speed up the service. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The portal has been shared worldwide with various partners to facilitate discussions on the future of the HydroSOS concept. |
| URL | https://eip.ceh.ac.uk/hydrology/HydroSOS/ |
| Title | WP1.5_O_6 GWAVA Model GUI enhanced |
| Description | GWAVA (Global Water AVailability Assessment) is a gridded, semi-distributed hydrological model developed to assess water resources at the regional to global scale. GWAVA estimates spatial water scarcity by comparing runoff with sectoral water demands, such as those from domestic, agricultural, industrial and environmental. Hence, GWAVA not only quantifies the impact of natural features such as lakes and wetlands on the hydrological regime, but also includes anthropogenic influences including reservoirs, river abstractions and inter/intra basin transfers. GWAVA is able to provide users with information to make better informed water resource allocation decisions. The model outputs enable evaluation of the variability and complexity of the water resources situation at the level of the grid cell, both for the current time period and for future scenarios, including that of changes in climate, socio-economic development and water resource management. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | GWAVA was developed as a research tool and, previously, use of GWAVA by hydrologists outside UKCEH was limited by the unfriendly interface. The new GUI (Graphical User Interface), supported by a comprehensive technical manual, facilitates application of the model by hydrologists in other organisations. In turn, this will increase GWAVA's use in assessment and sustainable management of water resources. |
| Title | WP4.2_A1 Development of an offline filter analysis system by aerosol mass spectrometry |
| Description | A sampling system has been developed to use Aerosol Mass Spectrometry, normally operated for near real-time online analysis, in the laboratory to analyse aerosol filter samples taken at a range of field sites without the need to ship / deploy the instrument at those locations. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Analysis of aerosol chemical composition is vital to provide a source apportionment of PM2.5. This in return is a prerequisite to identifying the most cost effective emission control measures to reduce PM2.5 concentrations. Aerosol mass spectrometry is a powerful technique in this regard, but instruments are expensive and can only be operated at a few sites around the world. By contrast, it is fairly straight-forward and cost effective to take filter samples. This laboratory analysis method will allow such filters to be analysed centrally, thus providing the potential for source apportionment at a much larger number of sites. |
| Title | WP4.2_O7 Expansion of ammonia measurement expertise at NPL-India |
| Description | We have trained staff at NPL-India in Delhi in conducting ammonia measurements with low cost ALPHA and DELTA sampling technologies and helped them set up a 5-site measurement network across the Indo-Gangetic Plain |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The new network will improve the understanding of levels and controls of ammonia and a range of pollutants. This will form the basis in assessing to what extent agricultural ammonia emission control could contribute to reducing the PM2.5 levels in urban areas. |
| Title | High Resolution Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer measurements made at the Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women (IGDTUW) site during the DelhiFlux field campaigns |
| Description | Dataset of PM1 aerosol chemical composition measured by aerosol mass spectrometer during three seasons (pre-monsoon, monsoon and post-monsoon) in 2018 at the Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women site in Old Delhi, including the results of organic factor analysis by positive matrix factorisation |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | These data have supported a paper (https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-10133-2021) which has quantified the contribution of different sources to PM1 in Delhi across different seasons for the first time using high resolution mass spectrometry. In particular, it has been able to separate the contributions from waste combustion and agricultural residue combustion and identified new marker compounds for these combustion products. |
| URL | https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/5631c55a2caa4cd2bcdf1bf75365bcc8 |
| Title | Nitrous oxide and methane fluxes from different riparian restoration treatments in oil palm plantations in Riau, Indonesia 2019-2021 |
| Description | This dataset contains terrestrial fluxes of nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4) and ecosystem respiration (carbon dioxide (CO2)) calculated from static chamber measurements in riparian buffers of oil palm plantations on mineral soil, in Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia. Measurements were made monthly, from January 2019 until September 2021, with a break from April 2019 to October 2019 to allow for felling and replanting, and another break from January 2021 to June 2021 due to Covid-19 restrictions. To help to reduce the environmental impact of oil palm plantations, riparian buffers are now required by regulations in many Southeast Asian countries. The experiments were conducted to investigate the impact of greenhouse gas emissions from the riparian buffers. Research was funded through NERC grant NE/R000131/1 Sustainable Use of Natural Resources to Improve Human Health and Support Economic Development (SUNRISE) |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | N/A |
| URL | https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/f587847a-7505-4fd8-99db-b99cc0285f9f |
| Title | Simulated streamflow, demands and aquifer levels in the Narmada Basin, India, 1970-2099 using the Global Water Availability Assessment Model (GWAVA) |
| Description | The data resource contains daily time-series of simulated streamflow, ground water levels and estimated demands, from humans, livestock and irrigation across the Narmada Basin, India. The data were generated using the Global Water Availability Assessment (GWAVA) Model 5. For the Upper Narmada, a baseline of 1970-2013 is presented along with a future time slice of 2028- 2060. For the whole Narmada, a baseline of 1981-2013 and future period of 2021-2099 is included. The data were produced to help predict how climate and land use change in the region would impact on future water security. The research was funded by NERC research grant NE/R000131/1 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The data contribute knowledge to create an enabling environment for future change and achievement of SDG6. These specific data - available to Indian stakeholders via the EIDC - were produced to help predict how climate and land use change in the Narmada river basin could impact on future water security, to inform their water planning, development and management decisions. |
| URL | https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/9fc7ab01-c622-46f1-a904-0bcd54073da3 |
| Description | Argentina National Institute of Water (INA) |
| Organisation | Government of Argentina |
| Department | National Institute of Water |
| Country | Argentina |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | UKCEH worked with members of INA to improve their hydrological data API to allow ingestion of data into the HydroSOS demonstrator website. |
| Collaborator Contribution | INA worked with UKCEH to improve their hydrological data API to allow ingestion of data into the HydroSOS demonstrator website. |
| Impact | https://eip.ceh.ac.uk/hydrology/HydroSOS/ |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | WMO Hydrology |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | UKCEH provide UK input and representation to the WMO in relation to the Organization's hydrological activities. Supporting improvements in the efficacy of these UN programmes through involvement in their Governance and play a leading role in the development of new high impact WMO global initiatives (such as the Global Hydrometry Support Facility and Global Hydrological Status and Outlook System). Specific activities include acting as members of the Hydrological Coordination Panel, supporting UK Permanent Representative for WMO (UK Met Office) and playing a leading role in regional WMO within Europe. Leading UK involvement in the management and delivery of these high level UN programmes is helping to improve their functioning and delivery, raising the impact of scientific contributions by both others in the UK and researchers in other countries. In addition, UKCEH's leadership in these areas increases the impact of UK financial contributions to WMO, providing better value for tax payers. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Met Office leads the UK's engagement with the WMO, providing global leadership in key areas. |
| Impact | Improved projects, guidelines, training and multi-lateral support for operational agencies delivering hydrological services around the world. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | WMO Hydrology |
| Organisation | World Meteorological Organization |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | UKCEH provide UK input and representation to the WMO in relation to the Organization's hydrological activities. Supporting improvements in the efficacy of these UN programmes through involvement in their Governance and play a leading role in the development of new high impact WMO global initiatives (such as the Global Hydrometry Support Facility and Global Hydrological Status and Outlook System). Specific activities include acting as members of the Hydrological Coordination Panel, supporting UK Permanent Representative for WMO (UK Met Office) and playing a leading role in regional WMO within Europe. Leading UK involvement in the management and delivery of these high level UN programmes is helping to improve their functioning and delivery, raising the impact of scientific contributions by both others in the UK and researchers in other countries. In addition, UKCEH's leadership in these areas increases the impact of UK financial contributions to WMO, providing better value for tax payers. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Met Office leads the UK's engagement with the WMO, providing global leadership in key areas. |
| Impact | Improved projects, guidelines, training and multi-lateral support for operational agencies delivering hydrological services around the world. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Title | GWAVA - Narmada |
| Description | Macro-scale hydrological model capable of assessing effects of artificial influences (abstractions, discharges and impoundments) on water availability in large river basins. This version was developed in collaboration with the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India, for application in the Upper Narmada Basin. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Enables various water supply availability and demand scenarios to be played out, to enable improved water management by basin authorities. |
| Description | Birmingham Institute for Global Innovation Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation to the University of Birmingham's Institute for Global Innovation on the topic of "Innovation in Operational Water Monitoring". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/global-goals/igi/index.aspx |
| Description | Invited panel member for Extinction Rebellion "Ask a Scientist Live" Webinar event: "Does our destruction of the natural world increase the spread of disease?" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Panel discussion of drivers of increasing emergence of zoonotic diseases and need for inter-disciplinary approaches and meaningful community engagement through projects like MonkeyFeverRisk. This resulted in a linked article in The Ecologist Magazine highlighting the impacts of global food chains on zoonotic disease emergence https://theecologist.org/2020/may/19/ask-scientist |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc-T0_ynQ8o |
| Description | Keynote lecture at UK-China International Particle Technology Forum VIII: The use of urban micrometeorological flux measurements for the quantification of local emissions and the study of aerosol dynamics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Keynote lecture at UK-China International Particle Technology Forum VIII (vitual meeting) attended by 20+ participants mainly from China |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with WASCAL - West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use - Executive Director and Director of Research, 12 June 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of SUNRISE activity in Africa, with view to fostering collaboration with WASCAL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Panel participation in WASAG webinar "Pandemics/Epidemics, Drought and Agriculture: Building back better", 10 July 2020, by Dr Purse and Dr Asaaga |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This webinar was organised by the Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) hosted by the FAO Land and Water Division and was entitled "Pandemics/Epidemics, Drought and Agriculture: Building back better". This webinar will discussed the pathways through which drought vulnerable groups have been hit by COVID-19 and left behind during the lockdown and the options and policy recommendations for an inclusive green recovery. It discussed ways to identify and mitigate the unintended economic and health consequences of the COVID-19 response and how to include drought vulnerable groups in COVID-19 decision-making and management by ensuring targeted messaging reaches all drought vulnerable groups. Dr Purse discussed links between drought and infectious diseases and how health information systems and decision support tools can link climate events to health outcomes. Dr Asaaga discussed One Health and participatory approaches to understanding vulnerability of communities to drought. Key outcomes are a policy brief and paper (in 2021) and new partnerships developed among researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.fao.org/land-water/news-archive/news-detail/en/c/1295477/ |
| Description | Presentation by Dr Purse at the World One Health Congress, November 2020: "Predicting and preparing for zoonotic disease risks through co-production of spatial models" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The presentation "Predicting and preparing for zoonotic disease risks through co-production of spatial models" was part of a session on the ecological and environmental drivers of zoonotic disease risks. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://worldonehealthcongress.org/mega-programme?view=list |
| Description | Presenting final Decision Support tool to state and district health officials through virtual meeting, November 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The functionality of the Decision Support Tool was presented to the State and District level officials of the Department for Health and Family Welfare Services and support was gained to transfer the tool to Indian Government Servers and roll out to end-users. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Talk at the Indian International Science Festival on the KFD Decision Support Tool by Dr Darshan Naryanaswamy, December 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Darshan presented the decision support tool and risk maps for KFD and explained how the tool was being operationalised to inform KFD management. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | UK-Finland Sustainability Knowledge Exchange,19-21 October 2020 |
| 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 workshop covered wide range of issues, challenged and solutions suggestions related to sustainability, natural resources and climate change mitigation and adaptation. The workshop was targeted to sustainability researchers and experts and aimed to build bilateral relationships on shared sustainability challenges. Outcomes of SUNRISE presented. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/UKFinland_Sustainability_Knowledge_Exchange_7858 |
| Description | WMO Hydrological Coordination Panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Hydrological Coordination Panel is the WMO think tank on hydrology. It supports and advises on an integrated delivery of WMO water-related activities and undertakes preparatory work for the WMO Hydrological Assembly, in relation to current and emerging scientific and technical water-related global challenges. The Panel integrates the hydrological work of WMO into the wider global water agenda. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020,2021 |
| URL | https://community.wmo.int/activity-areas/hydrology-and-water-resources/hydrological-coordination-pan... |
| Description | WP1.2 OC_04. Presentation to Asian Development Bank (ADB) staff: Early Warning Systems for Hydrological Extremes: Strengthening Drought Resilience |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Jamie Hannaford presented to ADB regional staff in Manila and elsewhere in the region. He showcased how droughts are among the deadliest and costliest disasters, and are projected to be become more frequent and severe in many parts of the world. He highlighted the pressing need to strengthen drought resilience globally, and how a key pillar of this is drought monitoring and early warning, which enables droughts to be identified and their impacts planned for, such that appropriate mitigation responses can be taken. While many such systems exist, at national to continental scales, they are often fragmentary and disconnected from impacts 'on the ground'. This presentation featured a range of case studies to illustrate the challenges in delivering timely, accurate, and relevant drought information to diverse audiences. Some of the solutions being developed were also discussed. The presentation, which gathered 46 participants, also covered initiatives to improve drought risk estimation and early warning worldwide, and at regional to national scales in countries such as China, India (referring to UKCEH's SUNRISE programme WP1.2 'drought risk estimation' outputs) and Thailand (Referring to outcomes from the STAR project). A common theme in this work is the development of improved tools that bridge the gap between early warning indicators and impacts on society and the environment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | WP1.2. O2.2. India-UK Water Centre webinar 'Developing an Interactive Web-Application to Aid Drought Decision-Making in Maharashtra State, India' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A webinar introducing a new web-application designed to demonstrate to water managers the impact of their decision-making within the Manual for Drought Management framework, applied to a case study of Maharashtra state in India |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6g6i9dM4b8 |
| Description | WP1.2. O3.2 Presentation at training course for recent graduate engineers: 'Design flood estimation practices in UK and India' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Online guest presentation at short-term training course on 'Design Flood Estimation for Gauged and Ungauged Catchments' for practising water engineers organised by IIT Roorkee |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | WP1.3 A_1.2 HydroSOS: Webinar on soil moisture remote sensing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | A webinar was organised on the topic of soil moisture remote sensing. A presentation was given by Mariette Vreugdenhil from Vienna University of Technology. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | WP1.3 A_1.3 EGU 2020 presentation - HydroSOS: a pilot global Hydrological Status and Outlook System integrating national to global scale hydrological services for increased resilience to hydro-climatic risks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of the HydroSOS concept at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly in May 2020. This presentation was given under the "Operational forecasting and warning systems for natural hazards: challenges and innovation" session. The presentation was conducted online with more than 100 participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/EGU2020-7554.html |
| Description | WP1.3 A_3.3 HydroSOS: Webinar on TAMSAT - Pilot Early Warning Advisories for agricultural and hydrological drought in Africa |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | An online webinar was held to present and discuss TAMSAT - a pilot early warning advisory service for agricultural and hydrological drought in Africa |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | WP1.3 A_3.8 3rd DWAT Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Ministry of Environment of Republic of Korea has been working closely with the World Meteorological Organization to enhance water resources assessment and management capacities at the global level. For this purpose, the Republic of Korea developed DWAT, Dynamic Water Resources Assessment Tool (DWAT), designed to help water resource managers and policy specialists identify current and future water management challenges, and compare those with current and past water resources availability. DWAT helps improve understanding of the impacts of past and present water management practices on water resources, as well as the interactions between climate, water and landscape. The tool can be used to assess water resources at the operational level in all 192 WMO Member countries. A DWAT training event was performed with experts across several WMO regions, where they were able to apply the tool in a basin of importance to their country. A 3rd DWAT Workshop was held on 9-10 June 2021 to share the results of their assessments, understand how the tool can be applied under different basin characteristics and showcase functionalities of DWAT. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://community.wmo.int/activity-areas/hydrology-and-water-resources/3rd-dwat-workshop |
| Description | WP1.5_A_d1 Water Resource Modelling Training in India (conducted online) |
| 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 | A GWAVA (Global Water AVailability Assessment) Model training course, delayed from March 2020 because of covid-19 travel restrictions, took place by Zoom 22-26 February 2021. Local arrangement for the event were made by WP1.5 delivery partner NIH (National Institute of Hydrology). The 21 enrolled trainees were early career researchers and engineers from a range of water-related organisations: Water Resources Department Madhya Pradesh, Banaras Hindu University, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Central Water Commission - Narmada Basin Organisation, Narmada Control Authority, and NIH itself. The course covered the principles of hydrological modelling, along with practical sessions on the application of the GWAVA model. Participants were guided through the process of setting up and running the model, and analysing model outputs. By the end of the event the trainees' reported that their skill in application of hydrological models and interpretation of model outputs for assessment of water resources had increased, and they had the knowledge to apply the GWAVA model to a river basin of their choice. By applying this in their work, they will contribute to ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water in India. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | WP1.5_A_e1 Meeting with Narmada river basin stakeholder, India (conducted online) |
| 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 | Zoom meeting (due to covid-19 travel restrictions) with Narmada river basin stakeholders from Central Water Commission (CWC) Narmada Basin Organisation (NBO) on 30 September 2020, facilitated by WP1.5 delivery partner NIH (National Institute of Hydrology). The purpose of the meeting was to update this key stakeholder on the aims of the research, progress to date and next steps, and ensure that we understood their needs and would be generating information that addressed those needs. Specifically, we discussed the different climate, socio-economic and water management scenarios being planned in order to gain CWC-NBO's input to this important phase of the modelling work. CWC-NBO provided some useful information related to water management and new reservoir plans that was incorporated into the subsequent modelling work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | WP1.5_A_e1 Meeting with Narmada river basin stakeholder, India (conducted online) |
| 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 | Zoom meeting (due to covid-19 travel restrictions) with Narmada river basin stakeholders from Water Resources Department (WRD) Madhya Pradesh (MP) on 2 October 2020, facilitated by WP1.5 delivery partner NIH (National Institute of Hydrology). The purpose of the meeting was to update this key stakeholder on the aims of the research, progress to date and next steps, and ensure that we understood their needs and would be generating information that addressed those needs. Specifically, we discussed the different climate, socio-economic and water management scenarios being planned in order to gain WRD-MP's input to this important phase of the modelling work. WRD-MP provided some useful information related to agricultural practice - and how this is changing as a consequence of climate change - that was incorporated into the subsequent modelling work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | WP1.5_A_e1 Meeting with Narmada river basin stakeholder, India (conducted online) |
| 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 | Zoom meeting (due to covid-19 travel restrictions) with Narmada river basin stakeholders from Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) on 30 September 2020, facilitated by WP1.5 delivery partner NIH (National Institute of Hydrology). The purpose of the meeting was to update this key stakeholder on the aims of the research, progress to date and next steps, and ensure that we understood their needs and would be generating information that addressed those needs. Specifically, we discussed the different climate, socio-economic and water management scenarios being planned in order to gain IIFM's input to this important phase of the modelling work. IIFM provided some useful information related to climate and forestry that was incorporated into the subsequent modelling work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | WP1.5_A_e1 Meeting with Narmada river basin stakeholder, India (conducted online) |
| 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 | Zoom meeting (due to covid-19 travel restrictions) with Narmada river basin stakeholders from Narmada Control Authority (NCA) on 15 October 2020, facilitated by WP1.5 delivery partner NIH (National Institute of Hydrology). The purpose of the meeting was to update this key stakeholder on the aims of the research, progress to date and next steps, and ensure that we understood their needs and would be generating information that addressed those needs. Specifically, we discussed the different climate, socio-economic and water management scenarios being planned in order to gain NCA's input to this important phase of the modelling work. NCA provided some useful information related to their own flow modelling and water allocation within the basin that was incorporated into the subsequent modelling work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | WP2.1 A15: Presentation to students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, on nitrogen and air quality at a seminar to commemorate World Soil Day, 5 Dec 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The issues around nitrogen use and its impacts on air quality were introduced to about 80 students ath the Jawahrlal Nehru University. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | WP2.2 OP_13 Plenary lecturer at International Conference on Tropical Limnology 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation given on water quality of tropical lakes in relation to their utilisation. The presentation was viewed by more than 300 people across the world and there has been follow on collaboration with researchers from Brazil, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia and Mexico. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://limnologi.lipi.go.id/troplim/ |
| Description | WP2.2 OP_15 Demonstrating the Need for Sustainable Phosphorus Management in Lakes: Global Case Studies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on phosphorus in Lake Victoria: Sources, opportunities for improvement and sustainable solutions given at international webinar coordinated by UNEP and UKCEH. This raised the profile of the need for sustainable management of phosphorus to reduce the impacts of algal blooms and invasive species on lake water quality. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.unep.org/events/unep-event/demonstrating-need-sustainable-phosphorus-management-lakes-gl... |
| Description | WP2.3_OP_01&02: Webinar on Oil Palm Agronomy "Nature-based Solutions for the Planet" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A webinar on "Nature-based Solutions for the Planet" was organised in association with Wild Asia, UKCEH and Tunku Abdul Rahman University (Malaysia) on 8th December 2020. The two-part webinar was aimed at students, practitioners, professional planters and policy makers to learn about some of the latest work from research scientists exploring options for more sustainable oil palm production. UKCEH SUNRISE scientists provided two talks and a Q&A session. Rebecca Rowe discussed "Could enhancing soil organic carbon be the next wave of nature-based solutions? A UK-perspective" and Dafydd Elias explored "Variability in smallholder oil palm plantations and management options for climate change mitigation". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn6HH3tQCLlRmxECPtjCCOgk2QIn4XLAL&utm_source=SUNRISE+Newslett... |
| Description | WP2.3_OP_05 Initial results presented at the virtual EGU 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Initial results were presented at the "EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online" on 4 May and Co-Convener of following Session: BG3.30 "Tropical landscapes and peatlands: Biogeochemistry, ecohydrology and land use impacts". Convener: Alison Hoyt | Co-conveners: Sebastian Doetterl, Alexander Knohl, Matthew Saunders, Charlotte Wheeler, Massimo Lupascu, Julia Drewer, Monia Santini |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/EGU2020-2860.html |
| Description | WP2.3_OP_05 Virtual workshop/meeting CEH - SMARTRI on Developing methods for ammonia measurements using CEH developed ALPHA samplers 09/09/2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Virtual workshop/meeting CEH - SMARTRI 09/09/2020 on Developing Methods for ammonia measurements using CEH developed ALPHA samplers with a different coating suitable to tropical conditions and associated laboratory measurements. Discussions of initial results and on further trials/experiments and how to move forward. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | WP2.4_OP_04_KnowledgeTransfer_Insight Article for NGO |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Urban lakes support a wide range of valued activities and services for communities and businesses. They are often highly valued landscape for public recreation, groundwater recharge, flood and drought mitigation, fisheries and as a refuge for biodiversity. Rapid urbanisation and population increases, without the construction of adequate wastewater treatment, is a widespread problem in many rapidly developing cities across the world. This has greatly impacted the water quality and ecological health of urban freshwaters with consequent losses or restrictions on their use. Bangalore is one example of this where many of the city's lakes are severely polluted, impacting groundwater recharge (water supply) and recreational opportunities of millions of residents of the city. We are working with NGOs in the city to develop lake restoration plans and provide accessible guidance. Specifically, we have supported the NGO ATREE and staff in their Centre For Social & Environmental Innovation, the Biome Environmet Trust and Friends of Lakes NGO to produce Insight Articles to explain the problem and potential solutions. The Insight Articles are particularly designed to be easily understood by the general public, municipal and state policy makers and Lake Community Action Groups who manage many of the urban lakes in Bangalore. Through the articles and online videos, knowledge has been transferred to the public sector, NGOs and policy makers through the production of several Insight Articles. Inputs were provided to all articles, but direct funding and inputs to text were provided by SUNRISE for the Lake Insight article #5 on "How do excess nutrients cause problems in lakes?" Increased knowledge should help local lake community action groups and city authorities with their activities which aim to restore good surface water quality in the city's lakes and support sustainable uses for local economies, including fisheries and recreational use. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.csei.org/bangalores-lakes-insights |