Environmental Evidence
- Evidence strategy and culture development.
- Quality assurance and peer review.
- Research application assessment.
- Evidence synthesis
- Defining research needs and priorities.
- Specialist in nature conservation evidence.
Highlights
“It is critical that decision making and management action is informed by evidence and research. Monitoring is fundamental and is more insightful when supplemented by innovative approaches. Crucially actions need to be targeted by evidence to identify the biggest environmental gain. Equally research can open up new ways of looking at things and increase our understanding of ecological complexities…”
Extract from opening remarks for Aberystwyth University Water Quality & Biodiversity Research Event at Senedd, Cardiff, 6 June 2024.
Catherine had a leading role in the development of evidence strategy and culture at Natural Resources Wales, including being Manager of the Evidence Analysis Group (2014-2019) which consisted of terrestrial, coastal, freshwater and marine specialists. She has also advised the Natural Environment Research Council, government and others on research priorities and strategy. For several years, she has served as one of the judges of the UK River Prize.
Catherine has UK CEH training in evidence synthesis to inform policy and business decision-making (2021). With staff and trustees at the North Wales Wildlife Trust (2025), she led a review of the impact of dogs on nature reserves and co-presented the findings to members.
She has extensive experience in the production of papers for the scientific literature and acts as a reviewer for a range of journals.