Introducing an Ecosystem Services Approach to Quarry Restoration

这四个目标将在实习期间通过对生态系统服务文献和估值研究的回顾，以及通过案例研究方法收集数据来实现（见下文工作计划大纲）。申请人的专业知识是识别和描述生态系统文化服务，并理解生态系统服务方法的概念基础。她拥有商业组织的一等荣誉学位，并从她的博士学位案例研究（2012年5月提交）中了解农村土地利用，该案例研究的重点是恢复（多栖息地）采石场。这一经验，结合MPA和RSPB的投入，将使恢复采石场的潜在监管，支持，供应和文化服务的充分探索。申请人在定性研究方面经验丰富，能够运用她的采访经验，以及对政策，生态和规划文件的分析来实现研究目标。这种合作将通过满足关键组织文件中表达的需求，并允许他们适应新的社会，经济和监管环境，为合作伙伴增加价值。它将突出需要更多信息的领域，以成功地采用生态系统服务方法进行采石场恢复。它将提供证据，使MPA能够就是否进一步投资研究以促进采石场恢复的生态系统服务方法做出明智的决定。还将向MPA提供材料，以向成员公司传播和促进适当实施生态系统服务方法。该项目将为皇家鸟类保护协会提供证据，作为未来资金申请的基础，使他们能够扩大向矿业企业提供恢复专业知识。该合作还将帮助申请人发展为独立研究人员，他们可以将生态系统服务的理论知识应用于行业特定情况。这将提高申请者对生态系统服务新市场的认识。与行业代表的互动也将发展她的专业网络和人际交往能力。

The four objectives will be addressed during the internship by a review of ecosystem services literature and valuation studies, and by collection of data through a case-study approach (see outline of work plan below).The applicant's expertise is in the identification and characterisation of ecosystem cultural services, and understanding the conceptual bases of the ecosystem services approach. She has a first class honours degree in business organisation, and knowledge of rural land use from her PhD case-study (submitted May 2012) which focused on a restored (multi-habitat) quarry. This experience, in combination with the input of the MPA and RSPB,will enable a full exploration of the potential regulating, supporting, provisioning and cultural services of restored quarries. The applicant is experienced in qualitative research, and will be able to apply her experience of interviewing, and the analysis of policy,ecological and planning documents to fulfil the study objectives.This collaboration will add value to the partners by meeting needs expressed in key organisational documents, and by allowing them to adapt to new social,economic and regulatory environments. It will highlight areas where more information is needed to successfully adopt an ecosystem services approach for quarry restoration. It will provide evidence to allow the MPA to make an informed decision on whether to invest further in research to promote an ecosystem services approach to quarry restoration. The MPA will also be provided with material to disseminate and promote the appropriate implementation of an ecosystem service approach to member firms. The project will provide the RSPB with evidence on which to base future funding applications, to enable them to expand their provision of restoration expertise to minerals industry businesses. The collaboration will also help develop the applicant as an independent researcher, who can apply her theoretical knowledge of ecosystem services to an industry specific situation. It will improve the applicant's knowledge of new markets for ecosystem services. The interactions with industry representatives will also develop her profession network and inter-personal skills.