Sustainable management
Provide a scientific basis for sustainable management of natural resources and environmental policy making
The continuing growth of the human population has an impact on virtually all ecosystems on Earth. Strategies and policies need to be developed for sustainable management of these natural resources to maintain and/or restore their integrity into the future, and the supply of essential services and benefits they provide for mankind. We are generating scientific evidence to develop and improve management of natural resources in particular those resources that are harvested for human use. Information generated from our research will feed directly into the development of decision support tools for environmental resource managers and stakeholders as well as environmental policy makers.
View our projects:
- (opens in a new window)http://www.bioeconomybeacon.ie/
- http://www.ucd.ie/englishdramafilm/research/projectsandstrands/irishseasproject/
- (opens in a new window)https://culturalvalueofcoastlines.com/
- Harnessing knowledge and tools to embed the ecosystem services approach into policy and decision-making for sustainable management of freshwater resources
- (opens in a new window)Role of human hunting (and its selection pressure) in shaping the inter-individual behavioural variability in wildlife populations (Laboratory of Wildlife Ecology and Behaviour linked to the EURODEER network)
- (opens in a new window)http://eurodeer.org/who-we-are/
- (opens in a new window)Optimizing conservation and recreation in national parks for decision making in park management
- (opens in a new window)Study of animal movement and identification of important hotspots of connectivity to improve conservation plans within human dominated landscapes
- Modelling the connectivity of deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems
- Factors influencing spread of smouldering fire in peatlands
- Developing a validated methodology for identifying the locations of barriers and prioritising their modification or removal to improve hydromorphology and connectivity in Irish freshwater rivers
- (opens in a new window)Cattle exclusion from watercourses: Environmental and socio-economic implications
- Integrated biodiversity impact assessment: the project showed how the procedures of biodiversity impact assessment in Environmental impact assessment, Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment and Appropriate Assessment can be integrated with each other and how they can contribute to societal learning about the impact of our activities on biodiversity
- (opens in a new window)New Leaves project: This project assesses the pests and diseases that damage the cut foliage plantations in Ireland a sector with growing demand from export and home markets