Policy briefing note. Enabling citizen choices about land use and the natural environment

Howard, Bruce. 2011 Policy briefing note. Enabling citizen choices about land use and the natural environment. Natural Capital Initiative, 5pp.

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Summary: Project experience across the UK provides an opportunity to learn how citizens and communities can bring together different forms of knowledge relating to landscape and nature. Long-term dialogue processes, designed with fairness and legitimacy in mind, have the potential to put people at the centre of decisions about land use and the natural environment. The current scientific interest in ecosystem services (benefits derived from the environment) provides a useful basis for enabling greater and more effective deliberation among citizens about the environment. While many of the actions are best addressed in partnership, there are some specific considerations for central and devolved government. This note summarises findings from a workshop hosted on 16th February 2011 by the Natural Capital Initiative and Sciencewise-ERC, which brought together 35 people with experience of initiating, running and evaluating public dialogue on land use and the natural environment.

Item Type:	Publication - Report
Programmes:	CEH Topics & Objectives 2009 - 2012 > Biodiversity > BD Topic 3 - Managing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Environment > BD - 3.4 - Provide science-based advice ... CEH Topics & Objectives 2009 - 2012 > Biodiversity > BD Topic 3 - Managing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Environment
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Hails
Funders/Sponsors:	Department for Business Innovation and Skills (Sciencewise)
Additional Keywords:	knowledge exchange
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment
Related URLs:	Publisher
Date made live:	17 Jun 2014 09:27 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/507098

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