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SUMMARY:SMMR-Net Training "Policy Engagement for Researchers"
DESCRIPTION:The Sustainable Management of UK Marine Resources (SMMR) Network is excited to offer this free Training with Dr Jamie Gallagher\, an award-winning engagement professional specialising in engagement\, impact and evaluation! \nJamie will give an insight into: \nPolicy Engagement – Giving your research real impact by connecting with policy makers and influencing direction. From working with parliaments to advocating for local change\nResearchers can provide essential information\, direction and expertise to policy makers – but making your voice heard can be a challenge. Through this interactive workshop you will explore the legislative process and how you can work to influence both policy and policy makers. Led by engagement consultant Dr Jamie Gallagher you will discover how to engage with the parliamentary processes from contributing to a committee meeting to preparing briefing notes for MPs. The workshop will draw on successful (and unsuccessful) examples helping you to map your own policy engagement journey. The session will also cover impact monitoring and reporting\, preparing you to report to funders or write an impact case study. \nObjectives – At the end of the workshop participants will be able to: \n\nUnderstand of the legislative process and key intervention points\nBe able to identify key policy engagement stakeholders and how to work with them\nWork with the range of parliamentary services to ensure policy makers have accurate and up to date information\nPlan out their own policy engagement plan\nDevise and deliver your own evaluation plan\n\n  \nRegister Here!\n(Deadline for Registration 31st March 2025) \n 
URL:https://www.smmr.org.uk/event/smmr-net-training-policy-engagement/
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SUMMARY:SMMR-Net Webinar "Setting thresholds for good status in marine ecosystem management"
DESCRIPTION:The Sustainable Management of UK Marine Resources (SMMR) Network is excited to host another free Lunchtime Webinar! \nThis month Lorna McKellar\, Doctoral Researcher at the School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor University will give an insight into: \nSetting thresholds for good status in marine ecosystem management\nValues which distinguish between good and not good ecosystem states\, or ‘thresholds’\, are required under international marine management legislation to assess the condition of marine areas and evaluate progress towards achieving biodiversity objectives. There are numerous methods being used to estimate thresholds which can result in inconsistent interpretations of what is defined as ‘good’. Simultaneously\, despite a range of methods being available\, there are a lack of thresholds in place for many ecosystem components\, which means that full ecosystem assessments are often not completed. A framework for setting reliable\, accurate thresholds\, consistently across different marine indicators and robustly in the face of limited data\, is needed to fill these gaps.  \nTo inform this framework\, the statistical robustness of four methods for setting thresholds for good status were evaluated using simulated indicator data\, to determine the impact of limited data on thresholds using different methods. The most statistically robust and reliable methods for setting thresholds were carried forward and applied to empirical datasets to estimate thresholds and outline an approach for determining the probability of a system being in good status for different marine systems\, using minimally impacted reference conditions. Finally\, a structured expert elicitation approach (IDEA protocol) was used to determine how expert opinion could be used in a structured format to estimate thresholds for good status and evaluate the robustness of this method in place of quantitative approaches. Outlining clear approaches for estimating thresholds for good status\, along with the assumptions as to how they define ‘good’\, will aid consistent\, reliable\, and robust setting of thresholds for good status to inform environmental objectives under marine management legislation. \nRegister Here!\n 
URL:https://www.smmr.org.uk/event/smmr-net-webinar-setting-thresholds/
CATEGORIES:SMMR-Net Webinars
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SUMMARY:SMMR-Net Webinar "Natural capital approaches to understanding ecosystem service delivery"
DESCRIPTION:The Sustainable Management of UK Marine Resources (SMMR) Network is excited to host another free Lunchtime Webinar! \n~ \nThis month Louise Anderson and Sam Matthews from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) will give an insight into: \nNew evidence and visualisations for a universal Asset Service Matrix that informs natural capital approaches to understanding ecosystem service delivery\nIn a natural capital-based framework\, understanding the ecosystem services provided by the environment and its assets (habitats\, species\, and processes) is crucial to informing management decision-making. An asset-service matrix (ASM) is a tool used in natural capital approaches to describe and catalogue linkages between natural assets and the ecosystem services that they provide. \nJNCC’s ‘universal’ ASM unifies ecosystem service – asset evidence links for UK marine ecosystems with a common crosswalk for classification and a standardised tool to assemble linkages and enable consistent\, comparable outputs. \nThe uASM tool was first released in 2023. Now\, in collaboration with the Marine Biological Association (MBA)\, we have developed a spatial visualisation of potential ecosystem service provision across UK subtidal habitats. The uASM has also had its first major evidence update since its launch\, with over 11\,800 new ecosystem service – asset linkages from UK marine habitats and species\, representing an over 180% increase in the number of linkages. \nIn this talk\, we will discuss the recent updates and their applications to natural capital and ecosystem service approaches. This work supports marine natural capital approaches and accounting by providing an iterative\, evidence-driven tool to understand potential ecosystem service provision. The uASM tool supports decisionmakers and stakeholders to create bespoke ASMs\, account for the full range of known services\, and apply knowledge on varying levels of service delivery by marine assets. \nRegister Here!\n  \nImage credits: Unsplash
URL:https://www.smmr.org.uk/event/smmr-net-webinar-natural-capital-approaches/
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