Previous UKBRAG meetings, seminars and workshops
2009
9th September:-
BES - BRAG event 2009 focused on the NEA
The British Ecological Society (BES) Science Policy Team,
and the UK Biodiversity Research Advisory Group (UK BRAG) held a
joint workshop on Wednesday 9th September, at the
University of Hertfordshire de Havilland campus, looking at the
development of the National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA). The
workshop was to facilitate connections between those with an
interest in biodiversity research and policy, and those involved in
developing the NEA. A summary report of
the session is available to download. If you have any problems
with this or any other reports on the UK BRAG website, please
The programme is
available.
The NEA is intended to;
- provide a synthesis of the state of the natural environment and
provision of ecosystem services, exploring future scenarios and
possible policy responses;
- create a compelling and coherent narrative on both the state
and value of natural environment and ecosystem services, to help
raise awareness of their importance to human well-being and future
economic prosperity;
- involve an inclusive process of interaction with stakeholders
and communities of interest to interact and share learning,
and in particular to foster better inter-disciplinary cooperation
between natural and social scientists.
The session was an opportunity to look at how
the NEA is operating and to feed into how the research community
and policy makers would like to see it used. There were
presentations and discussion from
11am – 12:30 pm, with lunch and networking for
participants, followed by a breakout into discussion groups and a
final report back.
See also the BES and NEA
websites.
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2007
2006 and earlier