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Lesson 01. Ensure shared leadership between science and management
In most cases, the initiative for participatory assessment comes from science, because of increasingly project - and policy-oriented research funding. The risk is that science imposes its own agenda and perspective, making managers feel that they are being instrumentalised.
Couesnon river catchment
Major ecological concerns include the impact of intensive farming practices on all ecosystem functions: inputs of nitrogen and pesticides into ecosystems, loss of biodiversity, loss of species beneficial to agriculture.
Semi-structured interview
Semi-structured interviews are commonly used in policy and environmental research to collect qualitative data
Step 1. Form the project core team
Once the need for a strategy has emerged on a territory in answer to an environmental issue, the first step is to identify the project core team that will lead the process.
Carlingford Lough
The importance of Carlingford Lough and the need for environmental management is demonstrated by its protected status.
Pas, Miera and Asón Catchments
The three estuaries in the study area experience a wide range of pressures from numerous human activities.
Paiva River
However, the Paiva is under pressure from recurrent disturbances and human land use, such as forest fires, agricultural activities, urbanization and pressures affecting natural hydromorphological conditions and the continuity of water bodies.