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height="150" alt="" /> <div class="impact-date"><span class="date-display-single">March 2018</span></div> <p>A sophisticated model now being trialled in coastal Bangladesh can help decisionmakers in some of the world’s most challenging regions meet development and environmental policy targets, benefiting the many millions of poor people whose livelihoods are threatened by climate change.</p> <p>The Delta Dynamic Integrated Emulator Model (ΔDIEM) incorporates biophysical, socioeconomic and governance processes and data, and tracks change over time to consider a range of plausible futures.</p> <p><em>Featured image courtesy of Worldfish</em></p> <a href="/%20%CE%94DIEM%3A%20Using%20scenarios%20to%20inform%20pro-poor%20policy-making%20"><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="https://www.espa.ac.uk/files/espa/Deltas%20briefing%20Mar2018%20WEB%20FINAL_0.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1943129" title="Deltas briefing Mar2018 WEB FINAL.pdf">ΔDIEM: Using scenarios to inform pro-poor policy-making</a></span></a> </td> <td > <div class="impact-title"><a href="/results/policy-practice-briefs/environment-wellbeing-pathways-out-poverty-policy-messages-espa">An environment for wellbeing, Pathways out of poverty: Policy messages from the ESPA programme</a></div> <img src="https://www.espa.ac.uk/files/espa/styles/impact_thumb/public/8426157218_dda5b3001c_m.jpg?itok=8hE_DN8M" width="200" height="150" alt="" /> <div class="impact-date"><span class="date-display-single">March 2018</span></div> <p>The Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) programme is a global, interdisciplinary research programme that aims to give decision-makers and natural resource users the evidence they need for more sustainable ecosystem management and effective poverty reduction. Ecosystem services support human society: covering everything from freshwater flows and soil quality to fisheries productivity and climate regulation – and including cultural and spiritual values.</p> <a href="/%20An%20Environment%20for%20Wellbeing%2C%20Pathways%20out%20of%20poverty%3A%20Policy%20messages%20from%20the%20ESPA%20programme%20"><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="https://www.espa.ac.uk/files/espa/An%20Environment%20for%20Wellbeing_Full%20version_Final_WEB_0.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=2621113" title="An Environment for Wellbeing_Full version_Final_WEB.pdf">An Environment for Wellbeing, Pathways out of poverty: Policy messages from the ESPA programme</a></span></a> </td> <td > <div class="impact-title"><a href="/results/policy-practice-briefs/ensuring-climate-smart-agriculture-%E2%80%98leaves-no-one-behind%E2%80%99">Ensuring climate-smart agriculture ‘leaves no one behind’</a></div> <img src="https://www.espa.ac.uk/files/espa/styles/impact_thumb/public/39065977901_0c75f6db77_m.jpg?itok=phcWkvYK" width="200" height="150" alt="" /> <div class="impact-date"><span class="date-display-single">March 2018</span></div> <p>Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) approaches will be necessary to secure food production across Africa as the effects of climate change are increasingly felt.</p> <p>Can these approaches also help lift the poorest farmers out of poverty?</p> <p>Key messages of this policy brief include:</p> <a href="/%20Ensuring%20climate-smart%20agriculture%20%E2%80%98leaves%20no%20one%20behind%E2%80%99%20"><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="https://www.espa.ac.uk/files/espa/ESPA%20Policy%20Brief%20Climate%20Smart%20Agriculture%20FINAL%20WEB_0.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1355800" title="ESPA Policy Brief Climate Smart Agriculture FINAL WEB.pdf">Ensuring climate-smart agriculture ‘leaves no one behind’</a></span></a> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <div class="impact-title"><a href="/results/policy-practice-briefs/how-can-ecosystem-services-support-equitable-and-sustainable">How can ecosystem services support equitable and sustainable fisheries?</a></div> <img src="https://www.espa.ac.uk/files/espa/styles/impact_thumb/public/30235886246_8edee9d9e7_m.jpg?itok=DeJCV6wn" width="200" height="150" alt="" /> <div class="impact-date"><span class="date-display-single">March 2018</span></div> <p>There are knowledge gaps on the flows of ecosystem goods and services in the seas and oceans – and these gaps hamper equitable and sustainable fisheries management. Methods for measuring and monitoring ecosystem services can help conserve biodiversity in the fisheries sector as a way to alleviate poverty and support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).</p> <p>The key messages of this policy brief from the ESPA programme and Strathclyde University are:</p> <a href="/%20How%20can%20ecosystem%20services%20support%20equitable%20and%20sustainable%20fisheries?%20="><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="https://www.espa.ac.uk/files/espa/ESPA%20Fisheries%20Policy%20Brief%20WEB%20FINAL_0.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=737533" title="ESPA Fisheries Policy Brief WEB FINAL.pdf">How can ecosystem services support equitable and sustainable fisheries?</a></span></a> </td> <td > <div class="impact-title"><a href="/results/policy-practice-briefs/governing-natural-resources-effectiveness-equity-and-sustainability">Governing natural resources for effectiveness, equity and sustainability: what matters?</a></div> <img src="https://www.espa.ac.uk/files/espa/styles/impact_thumb/public/3589069907%20credit%20CIFOR_1_0.jpg?itok=a5qEE83j" width="200" height="150" alt="" /> <div class="impact-date"><span class="date-display-single">March 2018</span></div> <p>The governance of natural resources – such as fisheries, forests and grazing land – often fails to deliver adequately on sustainable use, justice and improved livelihoods. Decision-making structures and processes determine the management of resources and who benefits from them. How can governance approaches become more effective and fair to enable improved sustainability and livelihoods over time? </p> <p>This policy brief explores these questions through a review of the ESPA programme's and broader literature, and concludes:</p> <p><strong>Improving effectiveness</strong></p> <a href="/%20Governing%20natural%20resources%20for%20effectiveness%2C%20equity%20and%20sustainability%3A%20what%20matters?%20="><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="https://www.espa.ac.uk/files/espa/Governance%20ESPA%20policy%20brief_final%20web%20%281%29.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=507512" title="Governance ESPA policy brief_final web (1).pdf">Governing natural resources for effectiveness, equity and sustainability: what matters?</a></span></a> </td> <td > <div class="impact-title"><a href="/results/policy-practice-briefs/wellbeing-whom-and-how">Wellbeing: For whom and how?</a></div> <img src="https://www.espa.ac.uk/files/espa/styles/impact_thumb/public/3632612827_02a5cf7d5d_m.jpg?itok=uMO1pmlC" width="200" height="150" alt="" /> <div class="impact-date"><span class="date-display-single">March 2018</span></div> <p style="color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Environment-related policies and programmes are often assumed to generate ‘win-wins’ for communities and the environment. In reality, they can work against people who are already disadvantaged.</p> <a href="/%20Wellbeing%3A%20for%20whom%20and%20how?%20="><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="https://www.espa.ac.uk/files/espa/ESPA%20Wellbeing%20Policy%20Brief%20FINAL%20WEB_0.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1072847" title="ESPA Wellbeing Policy Brief FINAL WEB.pdf">Wellbeing: for whom and how?</a></span></a> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <div class="impact-title"><a href="/results/policy-practice-briefs/research-development-impact-role-equitable-partnerships">Research for development impact: The role of equitable partnerships</a></div> <img src="https://www.espa.ac.uk/files/espa/styles/impact_thumb/public/Resources%20mapping_phalyak_0.JPG?itok=vjuiPWeJ" width="200" height="150" alt="" /> <div class="impact-date"><span class="date-display-single">March 2018</span></div> <p style="color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Research partnerships between institutions in the global North and global South are widely seen as critical in supporting evidence-based action to address the global issues of sustainable development. Academia is grappling with the challenge of ensuring that partnerships are non-hierarchical, are built on mutual understanding and trust, and reflect the different partners’ values and priorities.</p> <a href="/%20Research%20for%20development%20impact%3A%20The%20role%20of%20equitable%20partnerships%20"><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="https://www.espa.ac.uk/files/espa/ESPA%20Policy%20Brief_Partnerships_0.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=2610168" title="ESPA Policy Brief_Partnerships.pdf">Research for development impact: The role of equitable partnerships</a></span></a> </td> <td > <div class="impact-title"><a href="/results/policy-practice-briefs/interdisciplinary-research-development-impact-how-can-funders-walk">Interdisciplinary research for development impact: How can funders walk the talk?</a></div> <img src="https://www.espa.ac.uk/files/espa/styles/impact_thumb/public/39035771492_8c751625a5_m.jpg?itok=1SMD32G4" width="200" height="150" alt="" /> <div class="impact-date"><span class="date-display-single">March 2018</span></div> <p style="color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Academic research is increasingly called upon to provide actionable evidence for sustainable development. As the demands for ‘impact’ grow, the limits of single-discipline investigation become apparent. Most funders see interdisciplinary research as an avenue to tackle complex global challenges.Yet this emphasis clashes with an academic culture that remains, to a large extent, within the boundaries of individual disciplines.</p> <a href="/%20Interdisciplinary%20research%20for%20development%20impact%3A%20How%20can%20funders%20walk%20the%20talk?%20="><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="https://www.espa.ac.uk/files/espa/ESPA%20Policy%20Brief%20Interdisciplinarity_0.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=2593252" title="ESPA Policy Brief Interdisciplinarity.pdf">Interdisciplinary research for development impact: How can funders walk the talk?</a></span></a> </td> <td > <div class="impact-title"><a href="/results/policy-practice-briefs/challenging-common-myths-protected-area-management">Challenging common myths in protected area management</a></div> <img src="https://www.espa.ac.uk/files/espa/styles/impact_thumb/public/8085545786_fa50c356e1_z_0_0.jpg?itok=PPJRZiHu" width="200" height="150" alt="" /> <div class="impact-date"><span class="date-display-single">February 2018</span></div> <p>Protected areas remain a cornerstone of efforts to conserve biodiversity and ecosystems globally. They are rapidly increasing in size and number. Aichi biodiversity target 11 of the Convention on Biological Diversity calls for 17% of terrestrial and inland water areas and 10% of coastal and marine areas to be protected by 2020.</p> <p><strong>Key messages of this policy brief are:</strong></p> <a href="/%20Challenging%20common%20myths%20in%20protected%20area%20management%20"><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="https://www.espa.ac.uk/files/espa/ESPA%20Protected%20areas%20brief%20final%20WEB%20%281%29.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1108149" title="ESPA Protected areas brief final WEB (1).pdf">Challenging common myths in protected area management</a></span></a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <h2 class="element-invisible">Pages</h2><div class="item-list"><ul class="pager"><li class="pager-current first">1</li> <li class="pager-item"><a title="Go to page 2" href="/results/policy-practice-briefs?page=1">2</a></li> <li class="pager-next"><a title="Go to next page" href="/results/policy-practice-briefs?page=1">next ›</a></li> <li class="pager-last last"><a title="Go to last page" href="/results/policy-practice-briefs?page=1">last »</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <!-- /#main --> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div id="footer-container" class="footer-container"> <div class="content-wrap"> <div class="footer-left"> <div class="footer-left-block"> <a href="/contact" class="button button--grey">Contact Us</a> </div> <div class="footer-left-block"> <ul class="footer-links"> <li><a href="/terms-use">Terms of use</a></li> <li><a href="/privacy-statement">Privacy and cookies</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="footer-right"> <ul id="funder-logos"> <li> <a href="http://www.dfid.gov.uk/"><img src="https://www.espa.ac.uk/sites/all/themes/contrib/gaia/images/logo-ukaid.png" alt="UKAID"></a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.nerc.ac.uk/"><img src="https://www.espa.ac.uk/sites/all/themes/contrib/gaia/images/logo-nerc.png" alt="Natural Environment Research Council logo"></a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.esrc.ac.uk/"><img src="https://www.espa.ac.uk/sites/all/themes/contrib/gaia/images/logo-esrc.jpg" alt="ESRC"></a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="footer-bottom"> © Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA). 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