wales environment research hub dr shaun russell director, werh
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Wales Environment Research Hub
Dr Shaun Russell
Director, WERH
The Wales Environment Research Hub (WERH) is located on the ground floor of the Environment Centre Wales building in Bangor
Building officially opened by Rt Hon Gordon Brownon 15th February, 2008
WERH is sponsored by:
The Welsh Assembly Government, Department for Environment and Sustainability (DES)
Countryside Council for Wales (CCW)
Environment Agency Wales (EAW)
Forestry Commission Wales (FCW).
WERH also receives in-kind support from:
Bangor University and CEH
Director – Dr Shaun Russell Temporary Research Assistant – Dr Saskia Pagella
Part-time Administrative Assistant – Jane Smith
Part-time Administrative Assistant –Lindsey Rogers
WERHSTAFF
The purpose of WERH is to:
“Provide coordination and promote collaboration in the environmental research sector, to strengthen the evidence base for practical policies and actions in support of
the Wales Environment Strategy”
Hub’s Overarching Roles (from Hub legal agreement, 2011-2013)
informing the science-policy Interface
identification of immediate evidence needs and futures-orientated assessments
developing an overview of collaborative ventures and identification of opportunities
Contributing to Welsh datasets
knowledge translation and exchange
WERH products and services:
Databases of environmental research, organisations and funding opportunities
Website to disseminate information about environmental research in Wales
Themed reviews and reports
Hosting of workshops and conferences, including joint-useof Environment Centre Wales(ECW) facilities
“Hot-desks” in Hub officefor use by visiting researchers
Hub to develop a system of regular updates and e-mail alerts – “Quarterly Digest”
Hosting of workshops and conferences
New Wales Ministerial Team
Hub Priority Work Themes
1) Ecosystem Services and Valuation
2) Climate Change – Mitigation, Impacts and Adaptation
3) Environmental Monitoring in Wales
4) Integrated Land and Water Management
Biodiversity Trends - WalesNative and non-native plant species richness of repeat survey plots in Wales, from the Countryside Survey (2009).
Wales butterflies - habitat specialists declining
Wales wild birds population index (WAG Statistical Directorate 2009)
Figure 20.32: Rivers of good biological quality: 1990 - 2009
Regulating Services – water quality
Figure20. 30 Areas important for carbon storage (in soil or vegetation. Crown Copyright. All rights reserved Countryside Council for Wales 2010
Regulating Services – carbon storage
Wales - imports and exports of food commodities (2009)
Wales – reliance on external ecosystem services
Plausible Future Scenarios
Green and
pleasant land Natur
e at work
World marketsNation
al securit
y
Local stewardship
Business as usual
How might ecosystems and their services in the UK change in the future under plausible scenarios? For example under climate change.
What are the future possible effects of changes in ecosystems on human well-being and who might most be affected?
Environment Agency: Land use and Environmental Services Report - 2009
Spatial relationships between Social Deprivation and Environmental Quality in Wales
Index of Multiple Deprivation (8 variables) Index of Environmental Quality (13 variables)
Dr Shaun Russell
Director, Wales Environment Research Hub (WERH)
Website: www.werh.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: 01248 382918