A short film explaining the concepts of marine ecosystem services and marine ecosystem services assessment made by the VALMER project in collaboration with BTTP films had its world premiere earlier in the summer at the 2nd International Marine and Coastal Policy Forum in Plymouth http://www.marcopolforum.org/
The film formed part of the opening keynote presentation made by Maya Plass (of BBC’s Springwatch and Coast fame) and was made to a full house in the university’s impressive Sherwell Centre.

A re-design of the VALMER homepage has recently been undertaken by Exeter’s multi-award winning design company Rokk Media. 

For Work Package and Case Study update presentations, a Project Partners’ meeting summary report, and minutes of the PMC meeting please click READ MORE

In November 2012, a workshop was organised by WP1 in order to make sure that our project benefits from the most advanced knowledge in the field of Marine Ecosystem services assessment.

The aim of Work Package 1 was to understand how best to carry out ecosystem service assessments to suit local management needs, and so it concerned the strategic, technical and practical aspects of ecosystem services assessment.

Work Package 2 was the data and visualisation element of the VALMER project. 

A key part of the VALMER project was engaging important stakeholders in discussions.

Work Package 4 sought to identify and understand the potential that ecosystem service assessment and valuation holds for marine and coastal governance.

Work Package 5 was concerned with communication and stakeholder engagement.

This Work Package was concerned with the overall management and reporting of the project.