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Can renewable energy projects have population level effects on mobile species?

Summary of the Research Question / Evidence Need:

Important evidence to balance priorities for provisioning ecosystem services through renewable energy resources with maintaining and enhancing biodiversity, specifically mobile species. To inform our advice to developers.

Keywords (discipline, other): Marine
Energy
Ecosystem resilience
Biodiversity
Climate change

Website/URL links: https://naturalresources.wales/evidence-and-data/research-and-reports/state-of-natural-resources-report-sonarr-for-wales-2020/evidence-needs-table/?lang=en

Looking for collaborators: n/a    External Partner: Y   Organisation: Natural Resources Wales

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Name: n/a n/a    Email Address:     Phone: NA

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 Can we meet the food requirement of a growing population without damaging the environment?

Summary of the Research Question / Evidence Need:

To help inform future sustainable land management pratices

Keywords (discipline, other): Land use and soil
Mountains, moorland, and heath
Coastal margins
Urban
Semi-natural grassland
Enclosed farmland
Climate change
Biodiversity

Website/URL links: https://naturalresources.wales/evidence-and-data/research-and-reports/state-of-natural-resources-report-sonarr-for-wales-2020/evidence-needs-table/?lang=en

Looking for collaborators: n/a    External Partner: Y   Organisation: Natural Resources Wales

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Name: n/a n/a    Email Address:     Phone: NA

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 Can we produce improved maps of Annex I subtidal habitat, primarily Reef and Sandbank, using data currently available?

Summary of the Research Question / Evidence Need:

Multibeam data from third parties is available that would improve our evidence and maps of Annex I habitats and broad-scale habitats

Keywords (discipline, other): Marine
Ecosystem resilience
Biodiversity

Website/URL links: https://naturalresources.wales/evidence-and-data/research-and-reports/state-of-natural-resources-report-sonarr-for-wales-2020/evidence-needs-table/?lang=en

Looking for collaborators: n/a    External Partner: Y   Organisation: Natural Resources Wales

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Name: n/a n/a    Email Address:     Phone: NA

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 Do urban areas have enough green spaces of the right kind in the right places to be sustainable for people and nature?

Summary of the Research Question / Evidence Need:

Green spaces are the base unit of urban green infrastructure. Knowing their distribution and function is the foundation for assessing the liveability of urban areas.

Keywords (discipline, other): Urban
Land use and soil
Ecosystem resilience
Climate change
Biodiversity

Website/URL links: https://naturalresources.wales/evidence-and-data/research-and-reports/state-of-natural-resources-report-sonarr-for-wales-2020/evidence-needs-table/?lang=en

Looking for collaborators: n/a    External Partner: Y   Organisation: Natural Resources Wales

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Name: n/a n/a    Email Address:     Phone: NA

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 Do urban areas have enough trees of the right kind in the right places to be sustainable for people and nature?

Summary of the Research Question / Evidence Need:

Trees deliver multiple ecosystem services in a single place. Tracking trends in their distribution and canopy cover shows whether an urban area is becoming more or less sustainable.

Keywords (discipline, other): Urban
Land use and soil
Air quality
Woodland
Climate change
Ecosystem resilience
Biodiversity

Website/URL links: https://naturalresources.wales/evidence-and-data/research-and-reports/state-of-natural-resources-report-sonarr-for-wales-2020/evidence-needs-table/?lang=en

Looking for collaborators: n/a    External Partner: Y   Organisation: Natural Resources Wales

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Name: n/a n/a    Email Address:     Phone: NA

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 Do we have sufficient monitoring evidence to understand the extent and impacts of ground level ozone pollution in Wales?

Summary of the Research Question / Evidence Need:

Ground level ozone causes health problems, decreases crop yields and damages the environment. Further monitoring is required to determine concentrations and impacts in both urban and rural environments.

Ground level ozone is not emitted directly from any source in significant quantities but formed by reactions between other pollutants. Progress in reducing nitrogen oxides emissions is likely to result in significant increase in ozone formation. More comprehensive field data will improve our understanding of the actual impact in both rural and urban areas. Currently there is only one site in Wales.

Keywords (discipline, other): Air Quality
Ecosystem resilience

Website/URL links: https://naturalresources.wales/evidence-and-data/research-and-reports/state-of-natural-resources-report-sonarr-for-wales-2020/evidence-needs-table/?lang=en

Looking for collaborators: n/a    External Partner: Y   Organisation: Natural Resources Wales

Contact Details

Name: n/a n/a    Email Address:     Phone: NA

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 Do we have sufficient monitoring evidence to understand the extent of ammonia pollution across Wales is accurate?

Summary of the Research Question / Evidence Need:

Ammonia is having a signficant impact on our ecosystems and our regulatory decisions are influenced by modelling. More comprehensive field data will improve our understanding of the actual impacts and ensure our evidence based decision making remains robust.

Keywords (discipline, other): Air Quality
Ecosystem resilience

Website/URL links: https://naturalresources.wales/evidence-and-data/research-and-reports/state-of-natural-resources-report-sonarr-for-wales-2020/evidence-needs-table/?lang=en

Looking for collaborators: n/a    External Partner: Y   Organisation: Natural Resources Wales

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Name: n/a n/a    Email Address:     Phone: NA

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 Does having local participation in the decision making process on a climate action policy (some form of participatory democracy) increase the efficacy of the action?

Summary of the Research Question / Evidence Need:

Extinction Rebellion is asking for a Climate Citizens Assembly and the use of People’s (Community) Assemblies. There are many advocates of both forms of participatory democracy but do they work? Are decisions on climate action made with local participation more effective?

Keywords (discipline, other): Politics, Democracy, Participation, Citizens Assembly

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Looking for collaborators: Yes    External Partner: Yes   Organisation: Nature Works, Extinction Rebellion

Contact Details

Name: Jake    Email Address: jake@natureworks.org.uk    Phone: NA

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 Effectiveness of global citizenship education: Which global citizenship interventions are most likely to unlock action in an individual (at all ages – lifelong learning)?

Summary of the Research Question / Evidence Need:

We know from our experience that global citizenship experiences (from debating to Model UNs, to Mock COPs to international exchange experiences) can be transformational for individuals, but also make them much more likely to engage in democratic processes, improve intercultural competencies, change their behaviours so they have a more positive impact on the world (e.g. consumer behaviour) and work collectively towards a better world. However, there is limited systematic evidence to demonstrate the effectiveness of global citizenship interventions as opposed to other kinds of pupil enrichment activity, and also little evidence as to the most effective global citizenship interventions. Finally, most research that has been conducted is in the school environment. What about global citizenship for adults? We
truly believe that the experiences we offer make a positive difference, but with limited resources, we need to make sure our approaches are evidence based so we create an army of changemakers in Wales.

Keywords (discipline, other): Education, psychology, politics, global citizenship, climate action

Website/URL links:

Looking for collaborators: Yes    External Partner: Yes   Organisation:

Contact Details

Name: Susie Ventrisfield    Email Address: susieventrisfield@wcia.org.uk    Phone: NA

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 Has the diversity, extent, and connectivity of semi-natural habitats in Wales changed since the last Phase 1 habitat survey 1997?

Summary of the Research Question / Evidence Need:

Ecosystem resilience evidence needs encompass several needs from the other ecosystem and theme chapters.

Keywords (discipline, other): Ecosystem Resilience
Woodland
Mountains, moorland, and heath
Freshwater
Coastal margins
Semi-natural grassland
Enclosed farmland
Biodiversity

Website/URL links: https://naturalresources.wales/evidence-and-data/research-and-reports/state-of-natural-resources-report-sonarr-for-wales-2020/evidence-needs-table/?lang=en

Looking for collaborators: n/a    External Partner: Y   Organisation: Natural Resources Wales

Contact Details

Name: n/a n/a    Email Address:     Phone: NA

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