Natural England advises the UK government on designating protected areas and manages some of these areas. They are working to establish an ecological network of protected sites that are larger, more connected, and better able to help wildlife adapt to climate change. Some key programs include Nature Improvement Areas, which provide funding to connect and restore habitats, and marine conservation zones to protect marine environments.
This document provides guidelines for the National Lake Conservation Plan (NLCP) implemented by the Ministry of Environment and Forests. The objectives of NLCP are to restore and conserve urban and semi-urban lakes degraded by wastewater discharge and other factors through an integrated ecosystem approach. Activities covered under NLCP include preventing pollution from point and non-point sources, in situ lake cleaning measures, catchment area treatment, and capacity building. The document outlines criteria for prioritizing lakes for conservation, including hydrological, scientific, and administrative considerations. It also discusses legal support, project proposals, and other best practices for lake conservation and management.
Multidisciplinary Research Week 2013 at the University of Southampton. #MDRWeek. World Water Day and International Year of Water Cooperation 2013.
‘The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB): Water and Wetlands’, Presentation by Dr Daniela Russi, Policy analyst, Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP).
See the latest videos, interviews, pictures, tweets and views from the floor at: www.southampton.ac.uk/multidisciplinary
Prasad Modak Presentation at First Multistakholder WorkshopEkonnect
Strategic Action Planning for Revival of Bangalore Lakes outlines challenges facing the city's lakes. Rapid urbanization led to increased land and infrastructure needs, resulting in loss of forest cover. Untreated sewage, waste and industrial runoff pollute lakes. Encroachments changed land use and interrupted connecting channels. A coordinated, long-term strategic plan is needed to address issues from a watershed perspective using modern tools. Community involvement and innovative financing models are crucial for conservation.
The document discusses the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), which is described as the world's largest online system for absorbing, integrating, and accessing data about life in the ocean. OBIS contains over 30 million geo-referenced species observation records from global biodiversity surveys and is a key resource for research and monitoring changes in marine biodiversity.
The newsletter provides updates on several projects to preserve habitats in Southern California, including:
1) The release of a draft Palos Verdes Peninsula Natural Community Conservation Plan that would protect over 1500 acres, including the Portuguese Bend Nature Preserve.
2) An agreement in Carlsbad to reconcile habitat protection laws while allowing some development flexibility.
3) Progress on San Diego County's General Plan update which incorporated framework for rural preservation.
4) Initiation of an Environmental Impact Report for a proposed development at Rancho Mission Viejo, and support from the Heart and Soul Coalition to preserve this area.
The Marine Strategy Framework Directive is the EU's legal instrument for protecting marine waters. Its overall objective is to achieve good environmental status of EU marine waters by 2020 using an ecosystem-based approach. Each EU member state must develop their own marine strategy consisting of an initial assessment of pressures and impacts, determining good environmental status, establishing environmental targets and monitoring programs, and implementing measures to achieve good status by 2020 through adaptive management. Regional cooperation is important for implementation across marine regions and subregions.
The second instalment of the Environment Institute’s Science Seminar series for Semester 2 held at 1pm Friday 14 August in the Benham Lecture Theatre. Dr Kane Aldridge will present the topic ‘What is the future for the Lower Lakes?’
Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert (the Lower Lakes) provide important habitat for biota within the Murray-Darling Basin. The current drought has highlighted the over-allocation of water resources in the Murray-Darling Basin, with water levels falling dramatically in the Lower Lakes to unprecedented levels. This has resulted in a dramatic increase in salinity, the exposure of acid sulfate soils and the loss of habitat for many freshwater plants and animals. In this presentation, Kane will examine what is known about the natural water regime and ecology of the Lower Lakes and the current management of the region. This information will be used with predictions of water availability in the Murray-Darling Basin to explore how the lakes may be managed in the future to provide a resilient ecosystem that is able to cope with variability in flow and climatic condition
This document discusses how protected areas can help address global challenges like climate change. It outlines several key ways that protected areas and ecosystems can act as part of the solution:
1) Protected areas can enhance resilience to climate change by storing carbon, capturing carbon dioxide, and protecting ecosystems to buffer climate impacts and maintain essential services.
2) Establishing large, well-connected protected area networks that represent diverse ecosystems can help conserve biodiversity and support climate adaptation and mitigation.
3) Improving protected area management, financing, governance, and participation can help protected areas achieve conservation objectives and be integrated into broader landscape planning to meet global challenges.
This document provides guidelines for the National Lake Conservation Plan (NLCP) implemented by the Ministry of Environment and Forests. The objectives of NLCP are to restore and conserve urban and semi-urban lakes degraded by wastewater discharge and other factors through an integrated ecosystem approach. Activities covered under NLCP include preventing pollution from point and non-point sources, in situ lake cleaning measures, catchment area treatment, and capacity building. The document outlines criteria for prioritizing lakes for conservation, including hydrological, scientific, and administrative considerations. It also discusses legal support, project proposals, and other best practices for lake conservation and management.
Multidisciplinary Research Week 2013 at the University of Southampton. #MDRWeek. World Water Day and International Year of Water Cooperation 2013.
‘The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB): Water and Wetlands’, Presentation by Dr Daniela Russi, Policy analyst, Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP).
See the latest videos, interviews, pictures, tweets and views from the floor at: www.southampton.ac.uk/multidisciplinary
Prasad Modak Presentation at First Multistakholder WorkshopEkonnect
Strategic Action Planning for Revival of Bangalore Lakes outlines challenges facing the city's lakes. Rapid urbanization led to increased land and infrastructure needs, resulting in loss of forest cover. Untreated sewage, waste and industrial runoff pollute lakes. Encroachments changed land use and interrupted connecting channels. A coordinated, long-term strategic plan is needed to address issues from a watershed perspective using modern tools. Community involvement and innovative financing models are crucial for conservation.
The document discusses the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), which is described as the world's largest online system for absorbing, integrating, and accessing data about life in the ocean. OBIS contains over 30 million geo-referenced species observation records from global biodiversity surveys and is a key resource for research and monitoring changes in marine biodiversity.
The newsletter provides updates on several projects to preserve habitats in Southern California, including:
1) The release of a draft Palos Verdes Peninsula Natural Community Conservation Plan that would protect over 1500 acres, including the Portuguese Bend Nature Preserve.
2) An agreement in Carlsbad to reconcile habitat protection laws while allowing some development flexibility.
3) Progress on San Diego County's General Plan update which incorporated framework for rural preservation.
4) Initiation of an Environmental Impact Report for a proposed development at Rancho Mission Viejo, and support from the Heart and Soul Coalition to preserve this area.
The Marine Strategy Framework Directive is the EU's legal instrument for protecting marine waters. Its overall objective is to achieve good environmental status of EU marine waters by 2020 using an ecosystem-based approach. Each EU member state must develop their own marine strategy consisting of an initial assessment of pressures and impacts, determining good environmental status, establishing environmental targets and monitoring programs, and implementing measures to achieve good status by 2020 through adaptive management. Regional cooperation is important for implementation across marine regions and subregions.
The second instalment of the Environment Institute’s Science Seminar series for Semester 2 held at 1pm Friday 14 August in the Benham Lecture Theatre. Dr Kane Aldridge will present the topic ‘What is the future for the Lower Lakes?’
Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert (the Lower Lakes) provide important habitat for biota within the Murray-Darling Basin. The current drought has highlighted the over-allocation of water resources in the Murray-Darling Basin, with water levels falling dramatically in the Lower Lakes to unprecedented levels. This has resulted in a dramatic increase in salinity, the exposure of acid sulfate soils and the loss of habitat for many freshwater plants and animals. In this presentation, Kane will examine what is known about the natural water regime and ecology of the Lower Lakes and the current management of the region. This information will be used with predictions of water availability in the Murray-Darling Basin to explore how the lakes may be managed in the future to provide a resilient ecosystem that is able to cope with variability in flow and climatic condition
This document discusses how protected areas can help address global challenges like climate change. It outlines several key ways that protected areas and ecosystems can act as part of the solution:
1) Protected areas can enhance resilience to climate change by storing carbon, capturing carbon dioxide, and protecting ecosystems to buffer climate impacts and maintain essential services.
2) Establishing large, well-connected protected area networks that represent diverse ecosystems can help conserve biodiversity and support climate adaptation and mitigation.
3) Improving protected area management, financing, governance, and participation can help protected areas achieve conservation objectives and be integrated into broader landscape planning to meet global challenges.
Can preserving humble seagrass help protect us from the extremes of human-induced climate change?
The oceans have long been recognised by science as vital for capturing carbon and renewing the atmospheric balance that preserves life on earth. While vast amounts carbon are captured by phytoplankton, less well known has been the role played by seagrasses in storing carbon, cleansing the air and providing essential habitat for marine life.
Based on latest UTS marine research, this public lecture reveals the essential place of seagrasses in global ecology, the growing threats to its continued viability and the work that is being done to rehabilitate the areas of seagrass habitat already lost.
Professor Bill Gladstone
Marine biologist Bill Gladstone applies scientific understanding to solve problems in marine conservation and environmental management. His interests lie in assessing conservation values in marine ecosystems, the selection and management of marine parks, and community participation in marine conservation. He has worked throughout NSW, the Great Barrier Reef, Torres Strait, the Coral Triangle, and the Middle East.
Dr Peter Macreadie
Marine ecologist Peter Macreadie is a UTS Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow. His research cover a wide range of systems; from deep-sea reefs to intertidal oyster reefs. Peter’s current research focuses on seagrasses to better understand how their resilience to climate change can be improved, and how can we capitalise on their ability to capture and store atmospheric carbon.
Professor Peter Ralph
Peter Ralph has been working with seagrasses since the early 90’s, when he pioneered the use of optical methods of measuring photosynthesis to examine the impact of pollution on seagrass health. More recently, he is developing new tools to assess the ability of an entire seagrass meadow to fix carbon. This work is now part of an international research agenda lead by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to demonstrate the importance of seagrasses in the global carbon cycle.
UTSpeaks is an annual free public lecture series presented by UTS experts discussing a range of important issues confronting contemporary Australia.
Use the hashtag #utspeaks to tweet about the lecture on Twitter.
Kane Aldridge presents a seminar from the second Water Wednesday entitled "Future options for the Lower Lakes." Kane Aldridge is a postdoctoral fellow with Water Research Centre with The Environment Institute at The University of Adelaide.
Paul Klarin Oregon Marine Spatial Planning Progress Reportriseagrant
The document provides an overview and progress report of Oregon's marine spatial planning efforts. It discusses mapping of the seafloor and areas important to fisheries. Decision support tools have been developed to overlay data on ecological resources, fisheries, beneficial uses, and other marine users. The planning process incorporates public input and identifies areas for protection, management, and development of marine renewable energy. The long history and framework for ocean planning in Oregon provides increased certainty for stakeholders while balancing uses and preserving coastal resources.
Jekyll Island Conservation Plan Draft 1A Jekyll Island
period.
This section describes the major vegetative communities The descriptions of each community include the dominant
on Jekyll Island based on the NatureServe classification plant species, associated species, and any rare or
#1
system. Six communities are identified: maritime dune, threatened species that may occur. A brief discussion of
maritime grassland, maritime forest, freshwater marsh, current condition and threats is also provided. Detailed
freshwater swamp, and developed areas. For each descriptions of each community type can be found in
community, the following information is provided: Appendix B. Maps showing the distribution of communities
on Jekyll Island are provided in Fig
Professor Wayne Meyer presents his vision of Landscape Futures with his engaging and informative seminar entitled “What future for Landscape Futures? Climate, soil, water, biota, economics & people – researching complexity”.
The Challenges for the Palawan Biosphere Reserve in Dealing with Climate ChangeNo to mining in Palawan
This document summarizes a forum on climate change held in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan for stakeholders in the province. It discusses the challenges the Palawan Biosphere Reserve faces from climate change, the role of the Strategic Environmental Plan (SEP) and Environmentally Critical Areas Network (ECAN) in regulating resource use and development. It also summarizes the significance of Palawan's forests, beaches, mangroves, and coral reefs to climate change and strategies for mitigation and adaptation being implemented by local institutions and communities.
Capacity to implement; experiences from the Dorset C-SCOPE Project Ness Smithriseagrant
The document summarizes the experiences of the C-SCOPE project team in Dorset, England in implementing marine spatial planning. It discusses how the project built organizational capacity at Dorset County Council and other partners to implement marine planning. It also describes how stakeholders were engaged throughout the process, including through a working group that met regularly. The project created tools like a marine plan and coastal explorer planning tool to help future marine management in the region. While funding ends in June, the project increased understanding of marine issues and left a legacy of tools and relationships to carry the work forward.
This document provides an overview of an EPA webinar on brownfields grants. It discusses the types of brownfield sites, benefits of redevelopment, and EPA grant programs for assessment, cleanup, and revolving loans. Key speakers from EPA Regions 8, 9, and 10 presented on grant guidelines and application processes.
Adapting to Climate Change in the Columbia Basin. Presented by Kindy Gosal at the "Perth II: Global Change and the World's Mountains" conference in Perth, Scotland in September 2010.
The document discusses how Kansas City, Missouri launched an ambitious initiative called the 10,000 Rain Gardens project to help manage stormwater runoff through the use of rain gardens. This project gained national attention and inspired similar community rain garden programs around the country, including the Mt. Airy Rain Catchers Project in Cincinnati, Ohio which is the largest of its kind funded by the EPA. The Mt. Airy project provides rain barrels and gardens to homeowners through a reverse auction process where homeowners bid on the installations, with most bids being $0 or under $200, and has installed 50 rain gardens so far.
Denr mandate and role on climate change 11 march 2013Marho Realty
The document outlines the vision, mandate, mission, roles and programs of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources of the Philippines. It discusses DENR's role in climate change adaptation and mitigation as well as its goals of improving conservation of natural resources, environmental quality, and resilience to climate change. Major programs mentioned include the National Greening Program, total logging ban, coastal zone management, clean water initiatives, geohazard mapping, and climate change research.
Environmental & Social Responsibility - The Mount Nimba ProjectAndrew Mackenzie
Presentation delivered to the International Conference on “Living With World Heritage In Africa”,
African World Heritage Fund 40th Anniversary Celebration of the World Heritage Convention, 27 September 2012
WRA worked on energy, water, and public lands issues in 2003. In energy, they promoted renewable energy standards and efficiency measures. They also worked to reduce emissions from coal plants and prevent new coal plant construction. In water, they advocated for urban water conservation and efficiency and protected rivers and habitats. In lands, they focused on responsible oil and gas development, protecting roadless areas, managing motorized recreation, and grazing reform.
Water Conservation and salmon issues for lower Fraser RiverEric832w
This document provides an overview of water issues in the lower Fraser River relevant to salmon conservation. It discusses threats to water such as pollution, diversion, climate change, and impacts from various economic sectors. It also covers ecosystem needs for fish including habitat and instream flows. The document analyzes water licensing and allocation issues and options to satisfy new water demands. It examines water law, governance, and opportunities for the Fraser Salmon and Watershed Program to engage in water policy.
This document discusses how science can inform policy to address pollution in large bodies of water like the Great Lakes. It provides the example of Saginaw Bay in the Great Lakes, where a water quality model was developed to define the relationship between phosphorus loads and algal blooms. This supported a policy to reduce phosphorus levels from wastewater plants. Water quality improved dramatically but invasive zebra mussels later changed the ecosystem. Science continues to play a role through adaptive management by updating targets and questions as the system changes over time. The same principles could guide policy in Lake Tai through defining required pollution controls and response times based on the specific characteristics of the lake system.
The document summarizes collaborative fisheries management in Baler Bay, Philippines. It describes the geographical location and municipalities within the project site. It identifies issues like overfishing, illegal fishing practices, and coastal habitat destruction. It then outlines interventions like limiting access and stopping illegal practices. The key intervention discussed is an Inter-LGU Fisheries Management Plan to improve management between municipalities through committees, ordinances, budgets, and other active efforts like establishing marine protected areas. The plan aims to transition to more sustainable management through inter-municipal collaboration, political will, and public awareness.
The document provides information about the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the Philippines. It discusses the DENR's history, official mandate to promote sustainable development and management of the environment and natural resources. It outlines the DENR's goals of protecting forests and rehabilitating degraded lands, promoting efficient resource use, and implementing community-based programs. The DENR's functions include forest management, land management, protected areas management, and ecosystems research. It provides agency services related to environmental policies, rehabilitation of ecosystems, sustainable resource use, enforcement of environmental laws and development of green technologies.
This document provides an agenda for a conference on protected areas. The conference will discuss the importance and value of protected areas globally and in the UK. It will examine challenges and pressures facing protected areas, including those in national parks and landscapes. The conference will also discuss best practices, innovations, and opportunities regarding protected area management. It will feature perspectives on protected areas from UK nature conservation agencies. The document schedules sessions on these topics with multiple speakers as well as questions, breaks, and an annual general meeting for the IUCN National Committee UK.
This document discusses biodiversity offsetting as a way to compensate for environmental impacts from development. It proposes establishing a market for conservation credits where developers can purchase credits from protected area receptor sites to offset residual impacts. This would allow for biodiversity gains through funding management of protected areas. Metrics and monitoring systems would be needed to establish conservation credits and assess development impacts and habitat gains. Establishing these biodiversity offsetting programs could generate significant funding for protected areas on a national scale.
The document discusses various pressures and approaches related to national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty. It mentions development pressures, proposed housing and railway projects, and CAP reform's impact on the environment. It also addresses issues like climate change, landscape-scale connections, bracken control, ecosystem services, and balancing natural beauty with numbers and evidence-based approaches.
Can preserving humble seagrass help protect us from the extremes of human-induced climate change?
The oceans have long been recognised by science as vital for capturing carbon and renewing the atmospheric balance that preserves life on earth. While vast amounts carbon are captured by phytoplankton, less well known has been the role played by seagrasses in storing carbon, cleansing the air and providing essential habitat for marine life.
Based on latest UTS marine research, this public lecture reveals the essential place of seagrasses in global ecology, the growing threats to its continued viability and the work that is being done to rehabilitate the areas of seagrass habitat already lost.
Professor Bill Gladstone
Marine biologist Bill Gladstone applies scientific understanding to solve problems in marine conservation and environmental management. His interests lie in assessing conservation values in marine ecosystems, the selection and management of marine parks, and community participation in marine conservation. He has worked throughout NSW, the Great Barrier Reef, Torres Strait, the Coral Triangle, and the Middle East.
Dr Peter Macreadie
Marine ecologist Peter Macreadie is a UTS Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow. His research cover a wide range of systems; from deep-sea reefs to intertidal oyster reefs. Peter’s current research focuses on seagrasses to better understand how their resilience to climate change can be improved, and how can we capitalise on their ability to capture and store atmospheric carbon.
Professor Peter Ralph
Peter Ralph has been working with seagrasses since the early 90’s, when he pioneered the use of optical methods of measuring photosynthesis to examine the impact of pollution on seagrass health. More recently, he is developing new tools to assess the ability of an entire seagrass meadow to fix carbon. This work is now part of an international research agenda lead by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to demonstrate the importance of seagrasses in the global carbon cycle.
UTSpeaks is an annual free public lecture series presented by UTS experts discussing a range of important issues confronting contemporary Australia.
Use the hashtag #utspeaks to tweet about the lecture on Twitter.
Kane Aldridge presents a seminar from the second Water Wednesday entitled "Future options for the Lower Lakes." Kane Aldridge is a postdoctoral fellow with Water Research Centre with The Environment Institute at The University of Adelaide.
Paul Klarin Oregon Marine Spatial Planning Progress Reportriseagrant
The document provides an overview and progress report of Oregon's marine spatial planning efforts. It discusses mapping of the seafloor and areas important to fisheries. Decision support tools have been developed to overlay data on ecological resources, fisheries, beneficial uses, and other marine users. The planning process incorporates public input and identifies areas for protection, management, and development of marine renewable energy. The long history and framework for ocean planning in Oregon provides increased certainty for stakeholders while balancing uses and preserving coastal resources.
Jekyll Island Conservation Plan Draft 1A Jekyll Island
period.
This section describes the major vegetative communities The descriptions of each community include the dominant
on Jekyll Island based on the NatureServe classification plant species, associated species, and any rare or
#1
system. Six communities are identified: maritime dune, threatened species that may occur. A brief discussion of
maritime grassland, maritime forest, freshwater marsh, current condition and threats is also provided. Detailed
freshwater swamp, and developed areas. For each descriptions of each community type can be found in
community, the following information is provided: Appendix B. Maps showing the distribution of communities
on Jekyll Island are provided in Fig
Professor Wayne Meyer presents his vision of Landscape Futures with his engaging and informative seminar entitled “What future for Landscape Futures? Climate, soil, water, biota, economics & people – researching complexity”.
The Challenges for the Palawan Biosphere Reserve in Dealing with Climate ChangeNo to mining in Palawan
This document summarizes a forum on climate change held in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan for stakeholders in the province. It discusses the challenges the Palawan Biosphere Reserve faces from climate change, the role of the Strategic Environmental Plan (SEP) and Environmentally Critical Areas Network (ECAN) in regulating resource use and development. It also summarizes the significance of Palawan's forests, beaches, mangroves, and coral reefs to climate change and strategies for mitigation and adaptation being implemented by local institutions and communities.
Capacity to implement; experiences from the Dorset C-SCOPE Project Ness Smithriseagrant
The document summarizes the experiences of the C-SCOPE project team in Dorset, England in implementing marine spatial planning. It discusses how the project built organizational capacity at Dorset County Council and other partners to implement marine planning. It also describes how stakeholders were engaged throughout the process, including through a working group that met regularly. The project created tools like a marine plan and coastal explorer planning tool to help future marine management in the region. While funding ends in June, the project increased understanding of marine issues and left a legacy of tools and relationships to carry the work forward.
This document provides an overview of an EPA webinar on brownfields grants. It discusses the types of brownfield sites, benefits of redevelopment, and EPA grant programs for assessment, cleanup, and revolving loans. Key speakers from EPA Regions 8, 9, and 10 presented on grant guidelines and application processes.
Adapting to Climate Change in the Columbia Basin. Presented by Kindy Gosal at the "Perth II: Global Change and the World's Mountains" conference in Perth, Scotland in September 2010.
The document discusses how Kansas City, Missouri launched an ambitious initiative called the 10,000 Rain Gardens project to help manage stormwater runoff through the use of rain gardens. This project gained national attention and inspired similar community rain garden programs around the country, including the Mt. Airy Rain Catchers Project in Cincinnati, Ohio which is the largest of its kind funded by the EPA. The Mt. Airy project provides rain barrels and gardens to homeowners through a reverse auction process where homeowners bid on the installations, with most bids being $0 or under $200, and has installed 50 rain gardens so far.
Denr mandate and role on climate change 11 march 2013Marho Realty
The document outlines the vision, mandate, mission, roles and programs of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources of the Philippines. It discusses DENR's role in climate change adaptation and mitigation as well as its goals of improving conservation of natural resources, environmental quality, and resilience to climate change. Major programs mentioned include the National Greening Program, total logging ban, coastal zone management, clean water initiatives, geohazard mapping, and climate change research.
Environmental & Social Responsibility - The Mount Nimba ProjectAndrew Mackenzie
Presentation delivered to the International Conference on “Living With World Heritage In Africa”,
African World Heritage Fund 40th Anniversary Celebration of the World Heritage Convention, 27 September 2012
WRA worked on energy, water, and public lands issues in 2003. In energy, they promoted renewable energy standards and efficiency measures. They also worked to reduce emissions from coal plants and prevent new coal plant construction. In water, they advocated for urban water conservation and efficiency and protected rivers and habitats. In lands, they focused on responsible oil and gas development, protecting roadless areas, managing motorized recreation, and grazing reform.
Water Conservation and salmon issues for lower Fraser RiverEric832w
This document provides an overview of water issues in the lower Fraser River relevant to salmon conservation. It discusses threats to water such as pollution, diversion, climate change, and impacts from various economic sectors. It also covers ecosystem needs for fish including habitat and instream flows. The document analyzes water licensing and allocation issues and options to satisfy new water demands. It examines water law, governance, and opportunities for the Fraser Salmon and Watershed Program to engage in water policy.
This document discusses how science can inform policy to address pollution in large bodies of water like the Great Lakes. It provides the example of Saginaw Bay in the Great Lakes, where a water quality model was developed to define the relationship between phosphorus loads and algal blooms. This supported a policy to reduce phosphorus levels from wastewater plants. Water quality improved dramatically but invasive zebra mussels later changed the ecosystem. Science continues to play a role through adaptive management by updating targets and questions as the system changes over time. The same principles could guide policy in Lake Tai through defining required pollution controls and response times based on the specific characteristics of the lake system.
The document summarizes collaborative fisheries management in Baler Bay, Philippines. It describes the geographical location and municipalities within the project site. It identifies issues like overfishing, illegal fishing practices, and coastal habitat destruction. It then outlines interventions like limiting access and stopping illegal practices. The key intervention discussed is an Inter-LGU Fisheries Management Plan to improve management between municipalities through committees, ordinances, budgets, and other active efforts like establishing marine protected areas. The plan aims to transition to more sustainable management through inter-municipal collaboration, political will, and public awareness.
The document provides information about the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the Philippines. It discusses the DENR's history, official mandate to promote sustainable development and management of the environment and natural resources. It outlines the DENR's goals of protecting forests and rehabilitating degraded lands, promoting efficient resource use, and implementing community-based programs. The DENR's functions include forest management, land management, protected areas management, and ecosystems research. It provides agency services related to environmental policies, rehabilitation of ecosystems, sustainable resource use, enforcement of environmental laws and development of green technologies.
This document provides an agenda for a conference on protected areas. The conference will discuss the importance and value of protected areas globally and in the UK. It will examine challenges and pressures facing protected areas, including those in national parks and landscapes. The conference will also discuss best practices, innovations, and opportunities regarding protected area management. It will feature perspectives on protected areas from UK nature conservation agencies. The document schedules sessions on these topics with multiple speakers as well as questions, breaks, and an annual general meeting for the IUCN National Committee UK.
This document discusses biodiversity offsetting as a way to compensate for environmental impacts from development. It proposes establishing a market for conservation credits where developers can purchase credits from protected area receptor sites to offset residual impacts. This would allow for biodiversity gains through funding management of protected areas. Metrics and monitoring systems would be needed to establish conservation credits and assess development impacts and habitat gains. Establishing these biodiversity offsetting programs could generate significant funding for protected areas on a national scale.
The document discusses various pressures and approaches related to national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty. It mentions development pressures, proposed housing and railway projects, and CAP reform's impact on the environment. It also addresses issues like climate change, landscape-scale connections, bracken control, ecosystem services, and balancing natural beauty with numbers and evidence-based approaches.
This document discusses how protected areas can help address global challenges like climate change. It outlines how protected areas store and capture carbon, enhance ecosystem resilience, and provide essential services. The document then discusses how to better design protected area systems to be ecologically representative and well-connected. It also emphasizes the need for improved management capacity, governance, and financing to effectively manage protected areas. The overall message is that protected areas can play a key role in climate change mitigation and adaptation if they are better integrated into land use planning and protected area networks are expanded and better managed.
This document discusses United Kingdom protected areas and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs). It addresses who designates AONBs, the differences between conservation approaches, and how AONBs involve both natural and human factors. Specifically, it notes that AONBs focus on landscape, people, and facilitating natural and human interactions. It also discusses AONB governance models and how the areas fit into protected area categories.
Natural England advises the UK government on designating protected areas and manages some of these areas. They are working to establish an ecological network of protected sites that are larger, more connected, and better able to help wildlife adapt to climate change. Some key programs include Nature Improvement Areas, which provide funding to connect and restore habitats, and marine conservation zones to protect marine environments.
The document summarizes protected areas in the UK and provides context on international conventions and targets for protected area coverage. Some key points:
1) The UK has designated over 6,600 Sites of Special Scientific Interest and hundreds of other protected areas covering around 8% of land and inland water.
2) The UK Overseas Territories include very large Marine Protected Areas around places like South Georgia and the Chagos Archipelago.
3) Protected areas must be designed and managed as ecologically coherent networks to effectively conserve biodiversity in the face of environmental change.
This document discusses landscape-scale conservation and the role of protected areas. It notes that climate change will increase pressure on biodiversity, so protected areas need to be more resilient and help species adapt. Protected areas will remain crucial for conservation by providing refuges for moving species. Landscape-scale conservation should use protected areas as anchors and work to increase habitat diversity, reverse fragmentation, and boost connectivity in surrounding areas. The legal framework of EU directives supports both site-based and broader landscape conservation efforts.
Maddy Jago from Natural England discussed the Natural Environment White Paper and Biodiversity 2020 strategy, which aim to halt biodiversity loss through large-scale, integrated approaches. AONBs play a key role in delivering these priorities by protecting areas like the North Pennines that are biodiversity hotspots. Partnerships like the Yorkshire Peat Partnership are restoring peatlands across large landscapes. The talk explored valuing ecosystem services and working with AONBs to demonstrate biodiversity successes through evidence. Maddy concluded by asking how AONBs can deliver the new policy and what support is needed from Natural England.
03 - NAAONB Conference 2012 - Making Space for Nature by Sir John LawtonNAAONB landscapesforlife
Sir John Lawton sets the scene by linking to AONB Management, the key points from the Report for establishing a strong and connected natural environment.
This document discusses nature-based approaches for carbon storage and sequestration. It begins by defining carbon storage as the amount of carbon bound in a habitat, while carbon sequestration refers to the removal of carbon from the atmosphere through photosynthesis. Soils are identified as the largest carbon stores on land, containing over 90% of terrestrial carbon. The document then examines various habitats and their ability to store and sequester carbon, noting woodlands and peatlands are well-understood while knowledge is emerging for other habitats. It emphasizes the need to protect existing carbon stores and highlights principles for using habitat creation to sequester carbon, including understanding evidence, delivering multiple benefits, and avoiding unintended impacts.
CaBA Startup Conference 02 - A response to the challenge from the third sectorCaBASupport
Sets the context for the Catchment based Approach, describing the decline in ecosystem functionality and the challenge that still faces the UK in achieving improvements under the Water Framework Directive. Outlines the roles of the new CaBA Partnerships, the National Steering group, and the EA in helping to shape the next round of River Basin Managment Plans, and also in achieving improvements that go beyond WFD.
Water as a resource - the marine environment - Louise Burton, Natural EnglandNAAONB landscapesforlife
Natural England is a statutory body established in 2006 to ensure the natural environment is conserved for present and future generations. It provides statutory advice on marine protected areas, licenses, and consents to support sustainable use of the marine environment. As the marine space is increasingly developed for energy, transport and extraction, Natural England focuses on advising for cumulative impact assessments, habitat regulations, and ensuring proportionate environmental protection. Its advice aims to be solution-oriented through partnership working and an open, collaborative approach between all sectors and stakeholders.
The document provides an overview of Australia's Murray-Darling Basin water management plan. It discusses challenges like overallocation and environmental degradation. It outlines the Commonwealth Water Act of 2007 that enabled the basin plan and established the Murray-Darling Basin Authority to develop the plan. The plan will set environmentally sustainable levels of water usage and aims to improve river health, water security, and economic and social outcomes through tools like purchasing water entitlements for the environment and improving water information. State water plans will need to comply with the basin plan requirements.
Australian Showcase:Theme 1:Australia and Waterined_v3icidciid
The document discusses water management in Australia, focusing on the Water Act of 2007 and the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. It provides background on Australia's climate and history of water management agreements. It describes the objectives of the Water Act to manage basin water resources through plans and environmental flows. It also discusses government investment programs aimed at improving irrigation efficiency and balancing environmental and consumptive water needs.
The document discusses legal and institutional frameworks for managing threats to biodiversity in the Middle Zambezi Biosphere Reserve in Zimbabwe. It outlines various threats such as poaching, invasive species, deforestation, and more. It then analyzes relevant international agreements, national policies, and laws related to natural resource management. However, many countries like Zimbabwe have not enacted specific legislation for biosphere reserves and rely on existing frameworks. The presentation evaluates how well these address threats and support sustainable wildlife management in the biosphere reserve.
A summary on the Management Plan on Knuckles Conservation Area prepared by the forest department Sri Lanka in 2009
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1. David Henshilwood
UK Protected Areas
Delivering national objectives in
local settings
2. Natural England’s Designations Role
• We advise Defra and the Secretary of State on the selection of
Natura 2000 sites, Ramsar sites, Marine Conservation Zones, and
National Trails.
• We designate Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs), Areas of
Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) and National Parks.
• We declare National Nature Reserves and directly manage some
140 with other partners.
3. Our existing Programmes
• Marine Conservation Zone - 127 recommended, 1 designated, and phased
designation of a proportion of these sites over three years from 2013
• Marine SAC - Nearing sufficiency
• Inshore Marine SPA - Challenging programme of identification requiring completion
by end 2015
• Terrestrial SAC - Substantially complete; future selection requirements likely to be
small
• Terrestrial SPA - Outstanding actions from 2001 review, current review reports
2012. Likely to lead to substantial work programme
• Ramsar - No new work planned
• SSSI - Work underway to review the series likely to result in significant programme
• National Park/AONB - Lakes Dales National Park extension boundary review. 2
AONBs where further investigation planned
• National Trail - No new work planned
• National Nature Reserve - On-going programme to ensure series is both
representative and meets criteria
4. DWhat we have now. What’s going wrong?
The network of
protection
6. What do we need to do? - ecological solutions
“MORE, BIGGER, BETTER AND JOINED”
7. Localism Act and National Planning Policy
Framework
• Localism Act:
– Duty to Co-operate and changes to local plans
– Neighbourhood Plans
– National Planning Policy Framework:
• Policies to protect and enhance natural environment
• Local Green Space Designation
• Ecological Networks
• Strategic approach to Green Infrastructure
• Major infrastructure planning
8. Think Global – Act Local – NEWP 2011
Reconnecting nature
New Nature Improvement Areas (NIAs), transforming rural and
urban areas and providing bigger, connected sites for wildlife to
live in and adapt to climate change. With a £7.5 million fund for
12 initial NIAs to demonstrate just what can be done.
Biodiversity offsetting – new way for developers to ensure we
don’t lose wildlife sites and make them better by making and
improving other sites.
New Local Nature Partnerships to strengthen joined-up action
across local agencies and organisations
Phasing out peat – working with the horticulture industry to
phase out peat use, which will help to protect and restore our
peatlands, which are valuable carbon sinks, habitats and part of
our ecological network.
9. Designations Strategy - What’s different?
• We consider how, collectively, the whole suite of designations can
be used to deliver ecological networks and the full range of
ecosystem services.
• Wherever possible, we will focus our efforts on areas where we can
work in partnership with others to:
– designate new sites
– manage existing sites
– better manage the wider landscape and our seas.
13. Legal obligations for MPAs
• Habitats & Birds Directives;
• Marine Strategy Framework
Directive (MSFD) - well managed
UK MPA network in place by 2016;
• MSFD - ecologically coherent and
well managed UK MPA network
contributing to Good Environmental
Status by 2020;
• Marine and Coastal Access Act
2009 – requires MPA network to
conserve or improve the UK marine
environment; and protect
representative features.
14. Natural England’s Role in Designations
Name of designation Current Number Type Natural England’s Role in
Designation
Special Areas of 241 European Site identification
Conservation (SACs) Advice to Defra
Special Protection Areas 81 European Site identification
(SPAs) Advice to Defra
Ramsar 70 International Site identification
Advice to Defra
Marine Conservation Zone 1 Domestic Advice to Defra
(MCZ)
Sites of Special Scientific 4118 Domestic Site selection
Interest (SSSIs) Notification
National Nature Reserves 225 Domestic Site selection
(NNRs) Declaration
National Trails 13 Domestic Propose
Advice to Defra
Areas of Outstanding 34 Domestic Designation
Natural Beauty (AONB)
National Parks 9 Domestic Designation
15. Introducing Ecosystem Approach :
Making nature’s benefits visible to decision makers
Provisioning services Cultural services
Fresh water Cultural heritage
Food (eg crops, fruit, fish, etc) Recreation and tourism
Fibre and fuel (eg timber, wool, etc) Aesthetic value
Genetic resources (used for crop/stock breeding and biotechnology) Spiritual and religious value
Biochemicals, natural medicines, pharmaceuticals Inspiration of art, folklore, architecture, etc
Ornamental resources (eg shells, flowers, etc) Social relations (eg fishing, grazing, cropping communities)
Regulatory services Supporting services
Air quality regulation Soil formation
Climate regulation (local temp. /precipitation, GHG sequestration, etc) Primary production
Water regulation (timing/scale of run-off, flooding, etc) Nutrient cycling (water recirculation in landscape)
Natural hazard regulation (ie storm protection) Water recycling
Pest regulation Photosynthesis (production of atmospheric oxygen)
Disease regulation Provision of habitat
Erosion regulation
Water purification and waste treatment What you don’t
consider you may lose!
Pollination
Thanks to Mark Everad from EA for this slide
17. Existing and proposed MPAs in English waters and
the offshore area adjacent to England
18. A Strategic Approach
• The Lawton Report suggests that priority for action at a landscape
scale should be as follows:
– 1st Manage existing sites better
– 2nd Make existing sites larger
– 3rd Create new sites
– 4th Enhance connectivity
– 5th Create new corridors
19. Nature Improvement Areas
A popular competition - 76
applications for NIA status
20 were selected to progress to
stage 2
Final 12 were selected by the
independent judging panel, and
ratified by Secretary of State,
The 12 will receive a share of
£7.5 Million from NE (& Defra
funding) over 3 years and will
draw on other resources
Editor's Notes
Moving on to Natural England’s role. We have a range of different roles in relation to the different designated sites and areasWe advise land managers and others in order to manage, monitor and protect England’s most valuable sites.We advise on the protection of the marine environment in inshore waters. We manage National Trails, promoting responsible access to the natural environment so that people can enjoy and value what it has to offer.We protect our landscapes and designated areas from damage – and deliver priority habitats and green infrastructure - through the provision of statutory advice in the planning system.
So, we have a substantial amount of designation work underway but it is currently not very joined up or strategic.
A network of Sites of Special Scientific Interest and National Nature Reserves, National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.Many of England’s wildlife sites are too small (77% of SSSIs and 98% of LWS are smaller than 100 ha)Losses of certain habitats have been so great that the area remaining is no longer enough to halt additional biodiversity losses without concerted effortsWith the exception of Natura 2000 sites and SSSIs, most of England’s semi-natural habitats important for wildlife are generally insufficiently protected and under-managedMany of the natural connections in our countryside have been degraded or lost, leading to isolation of sitesToo few people have easy access to wildlife.
There is a range of policy driversNEWP - shifting the emphasis from piecemeal conservation action towards a more integrated, large scale approach. It contains a commitment to move from net biodiversity loss to net gain, by supporting healthy, well-functioning ecosystems and coherent ecological networks – mention Lawton report.EBS – “To halt overall biodiversity loss, support healthy well-functioning ecosystems and establish coherent ecological networks, with more and better places for nature for the benefit of wildlife and people.”Could mention specific outcomes:Outcome 1C:“By 2020, at least 17% of terrestrial and inland water, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services, conserved through effective, integrated and joined up approaches to safeguard biodiversity and ecosystem services including through management of our existing systems of protected areas and the establishment of nature improvement areas”Outcome 2A:“By the end of 2016 in excess of 25% of English waters will be contained in a well-managed Marine Protected Area network that helps deliver ecological coherence by conserving representative marine habitats.”Lawton – More, bigger, better and joinedOspar – network of well managed MPAsOspar set a target for the establishment of a network of MPAs and to ensure that: By 2012 it is ecologically coherent, includes sites representative of all bio-geographic regions in the Ospar maritime area, and is consistent with the CBD target for effectively conserved marine and coastal ecological regions;By 2016 it is well managed (i.e. coherent management measures have been set up and are being implemented for such MPAs that have been designated up to 2010).The CBD target, agreed in Nagoya in 2010, being referred to is:By 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services, are conserved through effectively and equitably managed, ecologically representative, and well connected systems of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures, and integrated into the wider landscape and seascapes. European Landscape ConventionGovernment made a commitment to effectively protect, manage and plan England’s landscapes in 2007 when it ratified and implemented the European Landscape Convention. The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity - Recognised that existing biodiversity approach has failed to meet aspirations of Rio 1992 – step change needed for survival.Like Stearn report with Climate change, TEEB sets global picture of value of biodiversity and Natural Environment, Lawton report in UK published 2010 provides UK context for understanding and action.The importance of maintaining biodiversity has implications beyond the intrinsic value of individuals. Every species has a role, and like rivets in an aeroplane or bricks in a dam, the overall structure of our environment is weakened each time a single species is lost. We all lose when biodiversity declines: wildlife does of course enrich our lives but it also underpins vital services that we depend on – a healthy natural environment, where our animals and plants thrive, provides us with clean air, clean water, productive soils for our crops, carbon storage and flood defence, and a natural resilience to climate change – all of which we can only duplicate artificially at very great expense. We are only just beginning to understand the economic cost and social consequences of these losses, but the latest evidence suggests that global biodiversity loss by 2050 could cost us as much as €14 trillion.
OK – this is the theory – as set out by Professor Lawton. More, Bigger, Better and Joined – this is an excellent mantra.Create new sitesConnect and join up sites either through physical corridors, or through ‘stepping stones’Reduce the pressures on wildlife by improving the wider environment, including through buffering wildlife sitesImprove the quality of current sites by better habitat managementIncrease the size of current wildlife sitesThe challenge is how we do this in the context of localism, and at a time when public finances are under pressure, and people, quite rightly, want to know where every penny of public money is spent.The post-war consensus was to draw up a list of landscapes to designate, and systematically pursue designations.The 1947 Hobhouse list of designations is now complete – the South Downs was the last one.Natural England is currently reviewing its Designations Strategy – the guiding principles are:Fulfil the Government’s international obligations.Designate sites to protect habitats and species that are highly threatened and, once lost, impossible to recreate or restore, even in the long-term.Create a well managed, ecologically coherent, MPA network.Focus on Nature Improvement Areas, AONBs, National Parks, and areas identified through our spatial prioritisation work where we will use designation as a tool to contribute to the creation of ecological networks in well-managed landscapes.The 21st century approach recognises that lists drawn up by government experts is not the best way to do it.Put people in the box seat – what matters to them in their local patch, what wildlife and landscapes make a difference to them, matter to them, change their lives.
Localism Act abolished the regional tier of planning and introduced a Duty to Co-operate on strategic planning for local authorities and public bodies including Natural England. The Duty to Co-operate presents opportunities to address strategic environmental issues such as green infrastructure and climate change adaptation. We will target our engagement under the Duty to Co-operate to those places where the environmental risks or opportunities are greatest and will be maximising single voice working with EA and FC. NE will also be placing increasing emphasis on engaging in local plans to ensure robust policies are embedded on the natural environment (including policies previously set out in regional strategies) .Neighbourhood plans- next slideThe NPPF- due to be published by end March. Awaited with interest. Draft largely retained natural environment policies in Planning Policy Statements e.g. PPS9. Sets out new Local Green Space Designation – Opportunity to deliver local environmental benefits through Local and Neighbourhood Plans. Included focus on ecological networks and green infrastructure. NE suggested changes to the wording of the natural environment section, especially around SSSIs and landscapes. Government push on major infrastructure planning. Abolition of IPC and transfer of functions to Planning Inspectorate. NE is increasing staff resource on NSIPs. New Guidance on our website for staff and developers for use on NSIPs cases were works may require a European Protected Species License.
Our first priority must be to deliver our statutory duties and thus support Government in delivering its international obligations and national commitments. but there is some flexibility on where we focus our efforts.We are particularly keen to focus on areas where we can work with others to deliver ecological networks. For example in AONBs and National Parks as well as Nature Improvement Areas.
Here is an example of a fictional area where after we have implemented the strategy.All within an AONB – large scale approach to developing ecol networksSSSI extension as well as de-notificationUse of HLS to “join up” areas and create buffer areas adjacent to designated sitesA new feature added to the SPAAccess to high quality landscape and designated sites close to a National Trail
Updated National Character Area Profiles - work in progress: England’s 159 National Character Areas (NCAs) were first defined by the Countryside Agency in 1996, and at the time called Joint Character Areas. The full series of updated NCA profiles will provide a unique and valuable reference framework for anyone involved in planning conservation programmes or other activities that affect the natural environment. The aim of the NCA profiles are to: Provide information of the natural and cultural features that shape landscapes Identify opportunities to enhance the distinctive qualities of landscapes Enable people and organisations based within particular landscapes to work collaboratively for the best interests of the natural environment Create awareness of the greater benefits associated with planning conservation initiatives at a landscape scale Who are they aimed at? National Character Area profiles are intended for use by anyone involved in making decisions that can affect the natural environment. This may include local authority planners, members of community organisations, and staff in wildlife and environmental groups. The information they provide is relevant to a wide range of current national policies and initiatives relating to the natural environment.Progress Key facts and data sheets available for all 159 NCAs available online in May 2012A minimum of 80 full NCA profiles available online by March 2013All 159 NCA profiles by end 2013
New approachWorking with not doing toCoordination and collaboration, not dictat and national determination.Shared journey towards an agreed destination.
This is a summary table including the current numbers for each designations. Our role differs depending on the designation and associated legislation.
MPAs currently cover 23% of English waters and this will increase to 24% when Studland to Portland pSAC is designated later in 2012. On 8 September2011 the four MCZ regional projects published their final recommendations for 127 MCZs including 65 Reference Areas. The independent Science Advisory Panel (SAP) provided its assessment of these recommendations at the end of October. Natural England and JNCC will provide their formal joint advice and the impact assessment by mid-July 2012. Ministers will then consider how sites will be taken forward for public consultation towards the end of 2012. Depending on responses to consultation, Ministers will decide on which MCZs to designate in 2013.Ministers’ decision making will be informed by an assessment of the benefits/costs, evidence and levels of stakeholder support/concern on an individual site basis and across the whole network of sites. Assessment of data quality and evidence to support the site location, boundaries, features, and conservation objectives proposed by the regional projects will be fundamental to the advice provided by Natural England and JNCC to inform Ministers’ decision making. We anticipate that MCZs designated in 2013 and additional SPAs (to be identified by end 2015) will enable the ‘at least 25%’ element of the EBS target to be achieved; but the “ecological coherence” and “well managed” elements of the 2016 and 2020 targets require more planning and a shared understanding of what we’re trying to achieve. Our planning assumption is that a first tranche of 20-30 MCZs may be designated in 2013, with the possibility of further phased designations in subsequent tranches up to and beyond 2016 (as new evidence becomes available) to achieve ecological coherence by 2020.
The publication of the Lawton Report (Making Space for Nature), the National Ecosystem Assessment, the Natural Environment White Paper and the England Biodiversity Strategy (Biodiversity 2020), offer a unique opportunity for us to review our approach to designations. We will take a more strategic approach and consider the collective range of designations as valuable tools in fulfilling our role.The report uses the term ‘site’ to refer to important areas for England’s wildlife which may, or may not, carry a designation. Designation can facilitate Lawton’s top priority of managing existing areas better because once a site is designated we have a range of levers for improving management, and we are able to secure the future of the site in the long term. In some cases, better management may also support Lawton’s fourth priority of enhancing connectivity because better managed sites are likely to provide larger source populations for dispersal, which in turn increases the chances of species colonising or re-colonising sites, and genetic exchange between populations. There are constraints on the ability of the current suite of designations to achieve Lawton’s second, third and fifth priorities, but designation can provide a focus for efforts to make existing patches of habitat larger (such as the Great Fen Project being developed around two NNRs). They are certainly an important tool in securing the protection and long term management of sites that are created by other means, such as agri-environment schemes.
NIAs – testing a new model of protectionCommunity-led, locally drivenNIAs contain Urban and Rural areas, a range of habitats and land use, and rely on community participation.