Cultural Ecosystem Services

Cultural Ecosystem Services

Rachael Gallagher | 20th Nov 2024

ERC are working with  Wild Pear CIC on a project for Cefas to demonstrate how arts-based approaches can be used to assess Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) and how these can best be combined with economic data and communicated to decision makers. The work falls under the marine Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (mNCEA) programme funded by Defra and will contribute to the UK government’s policy and decision making for marine and coastal environments.

The work is  focussed on the East Inshore Marine area,  and includes two main areas of work.

1. Apply an arts-based data collection method to assess the benefits provided by cultural ecosystem services in the East Inshore Marine Plan area

2. Determine how best to embed Cultural Ecosystem Services and their value into marine decision-making

 

To inform this project, working with Wild Pear, we have designed and planned four art workshops that are taking place at the end of November in Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. We have invited residents along the coast to these workshop which  will:

  • Explore the techniques of hand crafted photo montage
  • Support attendees to express their your personal connection to the coast
  • Ask attendees to reflect on their artwork through a short 1-2-1 conversation.
  • Ask for feedback on what attendees thought of the event
If you are interested in attending the workshop you can book a place vie the following Eventbrite links.


Out There Arts, The Drill House, Great Yarmouth

💠 13:00 – 15:30 on Friday 29th November 2024  

Carlton Marshes Visitor Centre, Discovery room, Lowestoft 

💠 10:00 till 12:30 on Saturday 30th November 2024

💠 14:00 till 16:30 on Saturday 30th November 2024

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