Help us to find about the importance of seabird watching
in Wales?
Many people enjoy the benefits of a day by the sea. But exactly how important are coastal and marine ecosystems to our everyday lives? Researchers at Bangor University are investigating how different groups people use the Welsh coastline, and want to understand the economic importance of these activities to Welsh communities. The study has already considered key recreational users of the marine environment such as divers, sea-kayakers and tourists. Bangor research team need to extend the research to capture the importance of bird-watching to local economies.
Although the researchers will be collecting data in the field around the Welsh coast, you can help them to find out about the distribution of seabird watching along the Welsh coast by completing a brief questionnaire that won’t take more than 5 minutes to go through!
To access the survey go on to www.sos.bangor.ac.uk/survey and click on the link to the questionnaire.
The information collected through this study will be essential for the inclusion of people’s interests in management plans for the marine environment, like the design of marine protected areas that the Government plans to do as required by the newly published Marine Bill. The design of successful marine protected areas requires the integration of both biological and socioeconomic data so that both conservation interests and user’s needs get addressed.
Help us to find about the importance of seabird watching
in Wales?