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.

Projects

Application of Coastal Change Management Areas (CCMAs) for coastal adaptation to climate …

Antimicrobial Resistance Research: An interdisciplinary approach to studying the impact of pollution …

Blue prescriptions: using wetland visitor centres and reserves for site-based social prescribing

Maximising environmental benefits of South West seaweed farming potential

Boosting business and protecting the coast through improved bespoke, localised forecasting

Enhancing beach safety, coastal biodiversity and management, through the application of cutting-edge …

Pioneering marine Natural Capital Approaches to enable a new way of considering, …

Driving innovative opportunities for enhanced landscape-scale pollinator policies and practices

Delivering Biodiversity and Environmental Net Gain in practice

Source-to-sea modelling application of a wholescape approach in the Exe estuary catchment

Informing English Aquaculture Strategy

Development of the ‘One Health’ concept to sustainable food systems, application of …

Developing evidence to support Food Standards Agency consideration of adopting a more …

Enhancing access to NEVO – the Natural Environment Valuation Online Tool

Strengthening policy, practice and investments in nature for human health and wellbeing

Enabling more sustainable landscape management through the co-creation of novel remote-sensing tools …

Developing a geospatial decision support system to characterise change, assess success of …

Strengthening longer term sustainable development decisions for the future of the South …

Enhancing seafood labelling schemes that support sustainable fishing practices

Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS): Developing ‘landscape scale approaches in the South West

Tackling pollinator decline in Cornwall through enhanced natural capital management policies and …

One Coast: Developing a South West Coastal Corridor for People and Nature

Protecting the South West through improved coastal hazard forecasting

Applying the natural capital approach to farm-scale land management decision-making and evaluation: …

Enhancing the design of ground-breaking market-based Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes

Renewed Coexistence: Human dimensions of reintroducing the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) into …

Strengthening nature-based decision-making capacity in Cornwall

Integrating Natural Capital Approaches into marine management in the South West and …

Transforming leak detection capabilities using landscape modelling and drone thermal imaging

Enabling Dartmoor National Park Authority to prepare for future population growth and …

Local Natural Capital Accounting: A case study of Dartmoor and Exmoor National …

Exploring economic and natural-process perspectives on managed saltmarsh realignment – in the North …

Developing an integrated ‘whole-catchment’ approach to water management – building evidence to support …

Strengthening the climate change science behind marine planning to deliver economic, social …