Sustainable Natural Resource Development and Management
The potential added value of Biosphere Reserves to achieve UK social, economic and environmental goals. Review of literature and set of case studies to illustrate actual and potential benefits from Biosphere Reserves with a particular focus on the UK. For DEFRA, UK Government. 2008
Social, economic and environmental benefits of World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves, and Geoparks . Literature review, development of an assessment framework, and examination of case studies from throughout the world. For Scottish Natural Heritage 2007.
Scotland Sustainable Marine Environment Initiative
The development of a series of 4 pilot projects in sustainable marine environmental management. The pilots test and demonstrate alternative approaches to marine environmental management: the introduction of a form of marine spatial planning in Shetland; stakeholder-regulator partnership in the Clyde and in the Sound of Mull; and community based management at St Abbs Head. The work was undertaken in association with Posfords (Royal Haskoning) and Nautilus Consultants for the Scottish Executive. We were mainly involved in the development of the Shetland and Clyde pilots.
This is a large and complex project with 5 main components: support for the development of an aquaculture management plan within the Hon Mun Marine Protected Area; training of trainers in multi-criteria decision analysis; support for the drafting of technical guidelines for provincial sustainable aquaculture development planning; analysis of comparative advantage of alternative aquaculture species/systems in Vietnam; appraisal of world and domestic markets for actual and potential Vietnamese aquaculture products and national capacity building to undertake such analyses (sub-contracted to Nautilus Consultants). The project will run to mid 2005.
Scoping Study: framework for measuring social, economic and environmental impacts of Scottish natural Heritage activity and land designations. In asscociation with Nautilus Consultants for Scottish Natural Heritage. This study developed a simple framework and associated set of indicators for illustrating and assessing the impacts of selected SNH activities and designations. The work included a rigorous workshop with relevant SNH staff and preliminary testing of the framework through extensive consultation and appraisal of supporting data and information. The framework will be thoroughly field tesed in a follow-on contract.
