Transcript IGIBS_WAG_forWeb

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IGIBS Kick Off Meeting
11th April 2011
Colin Chapman
WAG Involvement in IGIBS
Overview
• Who are SEED
• Some History
• Wales’ Natural Environment Framework – Concept & Scope
• Research and Evidence Agenda
• Benefits
WAG Involvement in IGIBS
Who are SEED?
Sustainable Futures Directorate
Heritage Group
Rural Affairs
Dept Environment
& Sustainability
Sustainability & Environmental
Evidence Division (SEED)
Scientific Evidence &
Assessment Branch (SEAB)
GI Policy Unit
Regeneration
Tourism &
Marketing
WAG Involvement in IGIBS
Some History
• WAG Corporate GIS Programme
• External Business Improvement Prototypes
• SEED Provide Strategic Steer For Environment Prototypes
• Natural Environmental Framework
• A Partnership between SEED & G&T
• Delivering business improvements through GIS for NEF/SF
WAG Involvement in IGIBS
Natural Environment Framework - Concept
• ‘A Living Wales’ Consultation
“Demands on the environment are increasing because of climate change, human
activity and other factors. Until now we have usually looked at parts of the
environment separately. This means we have underestimated the importance of
the environment in our lives. Our new Natural Environment Framework (NEF)
focuses on managing our environment as a whole rather than focusing on
separate parts.”
• Ecosystems Approach
• Focus on Ecosystem Services
WAG Involvement in IGIBS
Natural Environment Framework - Scope
• NEF as an umbrella initiative – “From Land To Sea”
• Ambitious
• Links & dependencies on other policies, programmes & initiatives
• Importance of spatial intelligence
• Collaborative initiative – data sharing access to data and tools
WAG Involvement in IGIBS
R&D and Evidence Agenda
• Maintaining and creating links to Universities in Wales
• Horizon scanning
• Emerging technologies and science to answer policy questions
• Supporting/sponsoring new relevant research
• Access to data
• Evidence Base (SEED as evidence leads)
WAG Involvement in IGIBS
Benefits for Sustainable Futures
• Building on existing relationship with Aberystwyth University
• Linking into emerging technologies and techniques - Earth Observation
• Stimulate two way exchange of information – research and policy drivers
• Exploring ways of improving access to data in Environment/Rural Sectors
• Web based technologies to facilitate better access to relevant data
• Exploring access control – communicating data at an appropriate level
• Findings to inform development of specific solutions to support NEF
• Exploring emerging technologies and science to answer policy questions
• Innovative solutions to old problems – monitoring, targeting policies and activities
• Big questions: climate change, ecosystem health; Need for a robust evidence base
• Communication with stakeholders across Environment/Rural Sectors
• Engaging at the right level with stakeholders
• Application of technology to inform development what is possible / necessary