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What is the cause of the decline in salmon stocks?
Summary of the Research Question / Evidence Need:
Restoration of freshwater ecosystems is key to improving their resilience to multiple pressures and addressing the climate and nature emergencies. Knowledge and tools are required to facilitate sucessful and cost effective ecosystem restoration.
Keywords (discipline, other): Freshwater
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
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What is the cause of the recent decline in otter populations across Wales?
Summary of the Research Question / Evidence Need:
Outdated or absent data and associated analyses hinders the assessment of the current extent, condition and trends of our freshwater ecosystems.
Keywords (discipline, other): Freshwater
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
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What is the change in extent of permeable surfaces and surface water detention or retention features in Wales’s urban areas? Are our current permeable surfaces and surface water detention or retention features in Wales’s urban areas able to cope under future climate change rainfall predictions?
Summary of the Research Question / Evidence Need:
Increases in the extent of sealed surfaces in an urban area will lead to an increase in the volume of storm water run off, and likely increase in flood risk. Decreases in the extent of permeable surfaces and detention/retention features will reduce the ability of soil moisture to replenish after rainfall and may lead to increased susceptibility to drought.
Keywords (discipline, other): Urban
Land use and soil
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
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What is the condition of coastal margins habitats within protected sites where there is no up to date data?
Summary of the Research Question / Evidence Need:
Condition is a basic measure of stocks of natural resources and resilience.
Keywords (discipline, other): Coastal margins
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
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What is the condition of existing mountains, moorland, and heath habitat in land management units, measured against the yardstick set by Common Standards Monitoring?
Summary of the Research Question / Evidence Need:
We have little knowledge of the current health of the ecosystems across much of the Mountains, moorlands and heath resource and must extrapolate from very few samples. A “broad and shallow” approach is needed to complement the “narow and deep” approach of existing terrrestrial monitoring.
Keywords (discipline, other): Mountains, moorland, and heath
Land use and soil
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
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What is the condition of existing semi-natural habitat within Enclosed Farmland: hedgerows, species-rich arable land, orchards, wood pasture, semi-improved grassland, veteran trees?
Summary of the Research Question / Evidence Need:
There is limited data from GMEP/ERAMMP on hedgerow condition and semi-improved grasslands. There is no condition data available for the other habitats.
Keywords (discipline, other): Enclosed farmland
Woodland
Semi-natural grassland
Land use and soil
Waste
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
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What is the condition of grassland habitat outside statutory protected sites?
Summary of the Research Question / Evidence Need:
Condition is a basic measure of stocks of natural resources and resilience. Very little is known about grassland condition outside SSSIs.
Keywords (discipline, other): Semi-natural grassland
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
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What is the condition of grassland SSSI features on statutory protected sites?
Summary of the Research Question / Evidence Need:
Condition is a basic measure of stocks of natural resources and resilience. Only a minority of grassland SSSI features have received recent detailed monitoring.
Keywords (discipline, other): Semi-natural grassland
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
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What is the condition of inter-tidal habitats around Wales?
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
Marine
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
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What is the condition of our protected marine features and status of coastal and transitional waters?
Summary of the Research Question / Evidence Need:
Understanding the condition of Welsh waters is a fundamental requirement that ultimately leads to us being able to advise on the management measures required to recover and/or increase biodiversity and resilience. NRW has a marine monitoring programme which covers features of Marine Protected Areas and the coastal and estuarine water bodies under the Water Environment Regulations. Ideally this would be expanded to cover more habitats, species and the wider ecosystem; with increased monitoring in terms of both frequencies and locations. Next steps and progress: Continue with current NRW marine monitoring programme and expand if possible. Potential to establish collaborative monitoring where relevant.
Keywords (discipline, other): Marine ecology, marine monitoring, coastal waters, transitional waters, Marine Protected Areas, biodiversity, resilience, Water Environment Regulations, ecosystem monitoring, Wales
Website/URL links: https://naturalresources.wales/evidence-and-data/research-and-reports/marine-biodiversity-collaborative-research-priorities/?lang=en
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