My #FirstPaper is out. A #global review of the #EcosystemServices of #bivalve #aquaculture. The first comprehensive review and attempt to globally value the services they provide. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… #phdchat Mike Christie Shelagh Malham @sos_bangor_uni Bangor University

On the train to Inverness - looking forward to working with the #CromartyFirth communities this week as part of the Sea The Value project. #participatorymapping #stakeholderengagement UoP Marine Biology #MarSocSci

All set up and ready to welcome participants to our first Sea The Value #ParticipatoryMapping workshop in sunny Dingwall. Looking forward to a productive day! #stakeholderengagement #CromartyFirth #biodiversity

After a busy few weeks/months it is great to be back on with #PaperWritingFriday. Hoping to get our latest paper submitted to #EcologicalEconomics next week. This has been a long time coming but hope that all our hard work will pay off! #AcademicTwitter #DarylBurdonLtd.

Thanks to all those who are speaking, chairing & supporting the #ReMeMaRe23 conference It is wonderful to gather so many leading experts at the UK's largest marine restoration conference #seagrass #saltmarsh #oysters Mott MacDonald

A great day of talks and posters at the #ReMeMaRe23 conference yesterday. Was great to catch up in person with colleagues old and new. Looking forward to an excellent line up of talks today. #Restoration #Saltmarsh #Seagrass #NativeOysters #DarylBurdonLtd

🌟 Meet Isla and Francis, familiar faces from our Sea The Value workshops, leading the charge on oyster bed and seagrass meadow restoration projects in Cromarty Firth! Check out their work with Mossy Earth 👉bit.ly/46po3xr #SeaTheValue #CommunityEngagement

As the sun rises in #Nottingham I am looking forward to another productive day of discussions at the Natural Environment Research Council funded #EconomicsofBiodiversity meeting Notts County FC. Some great discussions on our Sea The Value project yesterday on #papers and #impact

Go check out this latest Policy Brief on Marine Natural Capital MarSocSci Sea The Value MARBEFES! Great to see our recent work on #ParticipatoryMapping cited as a positive way to engage coastal communities in natural capital discussions.

After a long day of teaching & Sea The Value workshop preparation with Prof. Tavis Potts University of Aberdeen yesterday it was great to get some #vitaminsea with a 30k step walk along the Aberdeen coast. Even came across some friendly Turnstones feeding - thanks for the ID lucas mander

On train home from #Inverness to #Hull reflecting on another successful Sea The Value workshop with #CromartyFirth stakeholders yesterday. Looking forward to seeing the outputs once I finish inputting all the data! Really positive feedback which is making this long journey easier!

Really looking forward to presenting our Sea The Value work at the #ReMeMaRe2024 conference next week!

So, what is Participatory Mapping?

Sea the Value is one of seven Natural Environment Research Council funded projects within the Economics of Biodiversity programme, a programme bringing scientists and economists together to bridge critical knowledge gaps in the economic value of biodiversity 👉 economicsofbiodiversity.org/projects.html