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SUMMARY:Nature conservation of the Dutch Wadden Sea: the role of science-p
 olicy interactions - Judith Floor
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DESCRIPTION:Judith Floor will present her PhD project on science-policy i
 nteractions in the protection of nature around the Dutch Wadden Sea. Her r
 esearch concentrates on conflict situations between conservation and econo
 mic activities in the context of the European Natura 2000 regulations and 
 collaborations in the context of nature restoration.\n\nIn her presentatio
 n she will give an overview of the Dutch context of nature conservation in
  the Wadden Sea\, and her research on the science-policy interactions. Up 
 to now\, she has studied the role of scientists in the cockle fisheries an
 d gas mining controversies\, which became politically connected in 2004 wh
 en the mechanical cockle fishery was banned and permission was given for g
 as mining. Furthermore\, she analysed the role of uncertainties in legal d
 ebates over the assessment of 'significant effect' under the European Bird
  and Habitat directives. For this\, she perceived the legal term 'signific
 ant effect' as a boundary object between scientists\, nature organisations
  and the government in the controversies of mussel seed fishery and a plan
 ned powerboat race. Her research showed that value differences became abso
 rbed in debates over ecological knowledge. Currently\, she analyses the ca
 se of sea grass (Zostera marina) restoration in the Dutch Wadden Sea. Afte
 r a period of small research projects the restoration effort increased in 
 2011 when a nature organisation aimed to restore sea grass to create a cli
 mate change buffer. To show the dynamic process in which meaning is given 
 to the nature restoration\, she focuses on the perceptions of sea grass re
 -introduction by nature organisations\, governmental organisations and res
 earchers. The last research project of her PhD will be analysing the use o
 f the adaptive management concept in three cases around mussels in the Wad
 den Sea.\n\nJudith is a visiting PhD in the Department of Geography in Cam
 bridge until June 5th\, coming from the Environmental Policy group of Wage
 ningen University in the Netherlands.
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Department of Geography
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