Research Projects
Defra has a number of projects underway to assist in development of the Marine Bill. These are outlined below.
Financial Benefit Assessment of Coastal Partnerships
Defra, in partnership with the Local Government Association’s Special Interest Group on Coastal Issues and the Coastal Partnerships Working Group, have commissioned Entec Ltd. to undertake a project that will focus on the benefits of working through local Coastal Partnerships.
Entec Ltd. will be contacting more than 40 Coastal Partnerships around England in the next few weeks to request help with the project survey and possibly later when they conduct interviews.
Defra has also commissioned the following projects to help assess various impacts of the Marine Bill proposals. Evidence gathered will be used to develop the Marine Bill Impact Assessment and to inform policy development.
Survey to Assess the Impact of Marine Bill Proposals on Marine and Coastal Developers (completed)
Frontline Consultants have submitted their final report to Defra on this project. Defra would like to thank all those developers that gave their time to fill in the detailed questionnaire.
- Read the final report [PDF] (833 KB)
Marine Bill – Valuing the benefits of Marine Nature Conservation Proposals (completed)
SAC Ltd and Liverpool University were commissioned for this project and have submitted their final report to Defra.
Further research into valuing goods and services attributable to marine biodiversity will be carried out in the spring, again co-funded by Defra, NE and the JNCC.
Marine Bill - Cost Impact of Marine Biodiversity Policies on Business (completed)
ABP marine environment research, supported by Risk & Policy Analysts and Jan Brooke (an Environmental Consultant), were commissioned to complete an assessment of the cost to business resulting from the Marine Bill nature conservation proposals. The consultants have submitted their final report to Defra.
Further information
- Marine Bill pages.
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