Projects
Between 2017 and 2022, SWEEP delivered a wide-ranging programme of work based around a series of impact projects of differing scales and foci, including seven SWEEP-affiliated PhD studentships. The SWEEP project portfolio was interlinked, co-designed and co-delivered with our partners.
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Application of Coastal Change Management Areas (CCMAs) for coastal adaptation to climate …
East & North Devon
2020-2024
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Antimicrobial Resistance Research: An interdisciplinary approach to studying the impact of pollution …
2020-2024
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Blue prescriptions: using wetland visitor centres and reserves for site-based social prescribing
Somerset & London
2020-2024
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Maximising environmental benefits of South West seaweed farming potential
Devon
2020-2023
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Boosting business and protecting the coast through improved bespoke, localised forecasting
UK wide & South Africa
2020-2022
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Enhancing beach safety, coastal biodiversity and management, through the application of cutting-edge …
Crantock Beach, Isles of Scilly & Australia
2020-2022
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Pioneering marine Natural Capital Approaches to enable a new way of considering, …
North Devon, Sussex & North East
2020-2022
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Driving innovative opportunities for enhanced landscape-scale pollinator policies and practices
Cornwall
2020-2022
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Delivering Biodiversity and Environmental Net Gain in practice
South West UK
2020-2022
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Source-to-sea modelling application of a wholescape approach in the Exe estuary catchment
Exe Estuary
2019-2022
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Informing English Aquaculture Strategy
UK wide
2019-2022
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Development of the ‘One Health’ concept to sustainable food systems, application of …
Exe Estuary
2019-2022
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Developing evidence to support Food Standards Agency consideration of adopting a more …
Lyme Bay & UK wide
2019-2022
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Enhancing access to NEVO – the Natural Environment Valuation Online Tool
National
2019-2022
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Strengthening policy, practice and investments in nature for human health and wellbeing
South West UK
2019-2022
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Enabling more sustainable landscape management through the co-creation of novel remote-sensing tools …
Dartmoor & North Devon
2019-2022
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Developing a geospatial decision support system to characterise change, assess success of …
South West UK
2019-2022
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Strengthening longer term sustainable development decisions for the future of the South …
East & North Devon
2019-2020
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Enhancing seafood labelling schemes that support sustainable fishing practices
Cornwall
2019-2020
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Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS): Developing ‘landscape scale approaches in the South West
Devon
2018-2020
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Tackling pollinator decline in Cornwall through enhanced natural capital management policies and …
Cornwall
2018-2019
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One Coast: Developing a South West Coastal Corridor for People and Nature
Cornwall
2018-2019
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Protecting the South West through improved coastal hazard forecasting
South West UK
2017-2022
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Applying the natural capital approach to farm-scale land management decision-making and evaluation: …
Clinton Devon Estates
2017-2022
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Enhancing the design of ground-breaking market-based Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes
UK wide
2017-2021
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Renewed Coexistence: Human dimensions of reintroducing the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) into …
River Otter, Devon
2017-2021
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Strengthening nature-based decision-making capacity in Cornwall
Cornwall
2017-2020
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Integrating Natural Capital Approaches into marine management in the South West and …
North Devon
2017-2019
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Transforming leak detection capabilities using landscape modelling and drone thermal imaging
Devon & Cornwall
2017-2019
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Enabling Dartmoor National Park Authority to prepare for future population growth and …
Dartmoor
2017-2019
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Local Natural Capital Accounting: A case study of Dartmoor and Exmoor National …
Dartmoor & Exmoor
2017-2019
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Exploring economic and natural-process perspectives on managed saltmarsh realignment – in the North …
North Devon
2017-2019
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Developing an integrated ‘whole-catchment’ approach to water management – building evidence to support …
South West UK
2017-2019
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Strengthening the climate change science behind marine planning to deliver economic, social …
South West Marine Area
2017-2018
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