The research areas identified in this document rely on a wide range of research tools and approaches, spanning disciplines across the sciences and social sciences. This section is not an exhaustive list of the tools and approaches of interest to Defra. It identifies some areas of particular relevance and change, which will be important in addressing the challenges faced by Defra and represented throughout this document.
Societies demand resource from the environment and shape that environment. The social science of human-nature interactions is of fundamental importance to Defra.
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Nature-based solutions (NBS) are governance techniques and models that directly and cost-effectively benefit both nature and humans. Despite the progress in NBS design and implementation, the socio-political challenge is...
Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee
Lead research organisation: THE JAMES HUTTON INSTITUTE
The project discusses the implementation of nature-based solutions in local communities, which partially addresses the question about delegating responsibilities and empowering local communities.
There is strong evidence that natural environments within urban areas, such as parks, woodlands, lakes and beaches, have positive impacts on health. These urban green and blue spaces (UGBS) could be huge assets for prote...
Funded by: MRC
Lead research organisation: Queen's University Belfast
The project aims to empower local communities to plan, design, and manage urban green and blue spaces for population health, which directly addresses the question.
Work through the ENCOMPASS project (Engageing Communities with their Environment at the University of Birmingham) with under-served local communities (for example in the Lozells, Handsworth and Balsall Heath areas of Bir...
Funded by: NERC
Lead research organisation: University of Birmingham