Improved, integrated management of the natural resources within the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland
Involving managers and residents in designing an integrated land management plan for biodiversity and tourism. Biodiversity and visiting people.
ESCom Scotland case studies
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Scotland: Inner Forth Coastal Realignment
This exemplar aims to: Map and describe existing and potential use and non-use community-held values of the estuary; Elicit community-held preferences and willingness to pay for coastal land use and management on landscape-scale; Test impacts of deliberation on preferences for estuarine land in a workshop setting; Contextualise study findings through institutional analysis; Identify ecosystem values held by land-owners and their attitudes towards coastal realignment; Understand future visions for the estuaries from diverse stakeholders; Test operational potential and impact of valuation...
Quantifying the consequences of the EU Water Policy for ecosystem service delivery at Loch Leven, Scotland
Quantifying the links between the ecological status and the provision of ecosystem services for a freshwater lake. Focus is on understanding environmental quality needed to deliver recreation and fishing services provided by the lake, and the value of these two services.