Researcher at University of Exeter and Centre for Humanitarian Change. Resilience, Marine Sustainability and Development. Project @SMMR @ROCC_research
Cornwall, UK
Joined January 2013
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Two exciting Research Fellow opportunities to undertake high-impact, action research on health system resilience to climate change in Kenya. You will work at Centre for Humanitarian Change in Nairobi (Kenya) and collaborate @UniofExeter 6 Jan deadline: lnkd.in/eE49QSCf.
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Great to see our article published and grateful to the other authors. We cannot ignore the accelerating blue growth threats on coastal communities, their rights, and the critical opportunity for being part of an inclusive and sustainable blue economy.
Our article in The Marine Biologist magazine @thembauk: A sustainable, #equitable, and inclusive #ocean economy for coastal communities
mymba.mba.ac.uk/resource/a-s…
ALT https://mymba.mba.ac.uk/resource/a-sustainable-equitable-and-inclusive-ocean-economy-for-coastal-communities.html
Our article in The Marine Biologist magazine @thembauk: A sustainable, #equitable, and inclusive #ocean economy for coastal communities
mymba.mba.ac.uk/resource/a-s…
ALT https://mymba.mba.ac.uk/resource/a-sustainable-equitable-and-inclusive-ocean-economy-for-coastal-communities.html
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New research alert!📢
Did you know that #shipwrecks are important for marine life in areas of high #fishing pressure?
The new study from @PlymUni and Blue Marine is one of the first known studies to evidence the ecological value of shipwrecks.
Read the #OpenAccess paper by @jenny_hickman👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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In the UK we largely export the #seafood we catch & import what we like to eat. Does that make sense to you? Us neither! That's why our project is encouraging businesses & consumers to diversify their seafood choices #Sustainability #BeTheChange 🐟🦞🦀
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Tonight on @BBCSouthToday @BBCSouthNews hundreds of thousands of litres of untreated wastewater and sewerage pouring in to the Beaulieu River (again) . It’s the @NewForestNPA and one of the most environmentally protected rivers in the UK and it’s full of . . .
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Marine conservation organizations need to facilitate the transparent and systematic identification of potential trade-offs from their programs for more equitable and just outcomes for communities
doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10530
@mattfortnam @Tomas_Chaigneau @louisa_evans @lilianabastian
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The Wildlife Trusts CEO @CraigBennett3 lays out 5 reasons why the government’s backtracking on waterways protection is so terrible.
First on his list is a recurring theme theme for this gov that I think we all need to be protesting about much more loudly: DISHONESTY
A little bit of reflection from me at the end of this mad, frustrating week...
#NutrientNeutrality
Fantastic opportunity to work with a great communications organisation
Did you *catch* (no pun intended) our Bycatch Projects Lead role is open for applications?
Details below👇
@socialseas @SNTechUK @VJHobson @BrendanGodley @ExeterMarine @PlymouthMarine @BD_Stew @MarineVertsMSc @MarineEnvManMSc @HIWWTMarine
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BREAKING: The Office for Environmental Protection slams Government over plans to scrap #NutrientNeutrality
"the proposed changes would demonstrably reduce the level of environmental protection provided for in existing environmental law, and ...the Government has not adequately explained how, alongside such weakening of environmental law, new policy measures will ensure it still meets its objectives for water quality and protected site condition".
#ToldYouSo
Proposed changes to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill will reduce the level of environmental protection provided for in law and amount to a regression, the OEP is warning. Find out more: bit.ly/45ABnj1
ALT Quote from Dame Glenys Stacey: "The proposed changes would demonstrably reduce the level of environmental protection provided for in existing environmental law. The Government has not adequately explained how, alongside such weakening of environmental law, new policy measures will ensure it still meets its objectives for water quality and protected site condition."
Our new paper concludes #marineconservation development needs to be more systematic in identifying #tradeoffs from programs and transparently deliberate which trade-offs are acceptable to improve equity and #bluejustice doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10530
@BlueCommunities @ExeterMarine
ALT The figure shows the tools and processes used (blue) by marine conservation development practitioners in Southeast Asia to identify trade-offs, which determines which trade-offs are visible and hidden in decision-making; how the acceptability of trade-offs is decided based on the interplay between diverse principles, values and power relations; options to respond to adverse effects of trade-offs; and the potential for adverse outcomes.
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📢Now only one week left to apply for the 2nd round of #funded #PhD projects with @CDT_SuMMeR - hear @louisa_evans talk about what #interdisciplinary research is about and how this approach will find solutions for #sustainable #MarineManagement ...
Come and join us on this ace project on resilience, wellbeing and sustainability in coastal communities
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Great to see this pre-proof paper by #ReccaSajorne et al. Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this output for @GCRF @BlueCommunities
Great to see @ExeterGeography colleague Saffron speaking about heatwave risks on @BBCNews today
Interviewed for @BBCNews this morning: on how we can better represent the risks of heatwaves in news images.
Watch bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcne… from 10.41-10.45.
@ExeterGeography
Map of locally led climate #adaptation case studies
NEW MAP: Locally-led action for poverty, climate and nature – experiences from around the world --> iied.org/locally-led-action-…
A new interactive map of case studies showcases where different approaches to locally led adaptation (LLA) have flourished around the world.
ALT Locally led adaptation in action map.
It's bigger than Covid, the cost of living crisis, and (perhaps) climate change? "Wash you hands and all will be well"
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How may plural frames of human-nature relationships matter in co-production of knowledge for transformative change? Do you have thoughts, ideas, interest and experience? Do your PhD with me! @FNPWUR in collaboration with @sthlmresilience
wur.nl/nl/vacature/PhD-Knowl…
New participatory tool for assessing the acceptability of trade-offs from marine planning interventions. Developed during @GCRF @BlueCommunities in South East Asia context, and now being taken forward in @SMMR_UK @ROCC_research
#Marine Planning Trade-off Analysis (MaPTA) aims to ensure that management interventions have more #sustainable & equitable outcomes for the stakeholders & marine environments affected by them.
Find out more in the new video from @ROCC_research here 👉 buff.ly/3ysWgym
