1. Managing invasive non- native species with volunteers How could research help Local Action Groups? Marie Gold - marie.pages@hutton.ac.uk

2. Sustaining volunteer-based INNS management: two key challenges How to sustain enthusiasm and retain volunteers? How to encourage volunteers to take ownership of INNS management?

3. How can research help LAGs? Volunteers’ motivations, knowledge and values Volunteers’ attitude/behaviour in project (1) What is the range of motivations to manage, how do volunteers change over time? Type of participation and management practices Project context Local community INNS and ecosystem

4. Volunteers are all different Help the environment, give something back Learn something new Stay active Have fun, enjoy nature, make friends  Motivations change over time © Catherine Chatters

5. “I want to do something for the environment”: deciphering volunteers’ motivations © Crown Copyright. GBNNSS Restore the beauty of the river Protect our fish Give people access to the river Non- native Invasive

6. Changing natural environment: is no news really good news? Doing something worthwhile? “Before we had Himalayan balsam, now we have nettles” © Catherine Chatters

7. How can research help LAGs? Type of participation and management practices Volunteers’ motivations, knowledge and values Volunteers’ attitude/behaviour in project (2) How does project design influence volunteers’ engagement? Project context Local community INNS and ecosystem

8. Project design and engagement success: giving feedback in volunteers’ language

9. AcknowledgementMeaning of observation Contextualisation, spatial Contextualisation temporal Contextualisation spatio-temporal Action to be taken Generation of NLG (Natural Language Generation) feedback…

10. What do you think research can bring to LAGs? What questions would you like research to address? Collaborating with researchers – good/bad experiences? Barriers to collaboration? (resources, contacts?)