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| Rationale for the ecosystem approach |
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In recognition that policy integration is required to achive sustainable outcomes,
this project will examine the value of an ecosystem approach in England more
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| Social and economic database |
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A project to review the existing social and economic evidence base and its
use for assessing the state of England's terrestrial ecosystems using an ecosystem
approach more >> | |
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Futures | | A Defra ecosystems services
research project case study | | Defra
has commissioned a range of research projects to investigate the value that an
ecosystems approach offers for sustainable natural resource management. Catchment
Futures is one of these projects, a case study looking at the practical application
of the approach in the River Parrett catchment. | |
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is located in Somerset, South West England. It was chosen because there is a very
active catchment partnership (the Parrett Catchment Project) and widespread local
acknowledgement that a range of interrelated issues affecting land use and quality
of life need to be resolved as sustainably as possible.
The study is critically
examining how an Ecosystems Approach can be used within an English region
at the catchment scale. For example, what new insights and opportunities could
the approach reveal for making cost-effective natural resource protection more
central to all kinds of planning, development, waste, energy and land management
activities in the catchment? | | | | |
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| Parrett Catchment Project | |
A future when it rains
Established
in 2000, the Parrett Catchment Project (PCP) is a partnership initiative in response
to numerous local problems arising from flooding. The PCP’s aim was to tackle
conflicts between land and water management activities throughout the river’s
catchment to resolve these problems. It is doing this by implementing the project’s
50 year vision and Strategy through a series of 10 year Action Plans to achieve
integrated, sustainable land use planning and resource management. The mix of
land and water management related activities now underway to implement the first
Action Plan are successfully integrating water quality and water flows, farming
practices, soil conservation and biodiversity enhancement perhaps more fully than
in any other English river catchment. See more at www.parrettcatchment.info |
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