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tchmentased pproach Partnerships for Action

A response to the challenge from the third

sector

Arlin RickardChairman – CaBA steering group

Catchment Based Approach‘Partnerships for Action ’

Arlin Rickard

Chairman – CaBA Steering Group

Catchment Based Approach

(CaBA)

A Response to the Challenge from the 3rd

Sector

National Ecosystem Assessment:UK benefits of inland wetlands to water quality - up to £1.5billion per year

UK amenity benefits of living close to rivers, coasts and other wetlands - up to £1.3billion per year

INNS one of the 5 primary drivers of change in ecosystem services in the last 60 years...

Making Space for Nature:Recommendation 4.Public bodies and statutory undertakers planning themanagement of water resources should:

• Make space for water and wildlife along rivers and around wetlands;

• Restore natural processes in river catchments, including in ways that support climate change adaptation and mitigation; and

• Accelerate the programme to reduce nutrient overload, particularly from diffuse pollution.

Professor Sir John Lawton

Ecosystem failure means…

Consequences

-ive impacts on water quality

-ive impacts on human health

Loss of biodiversity

Loss of amenity value

-ive impacts on tourism

Flooding/Drought

European Commission WFD Performance

EU Water Framework Directive Ensuring ‘good ecological status’ by 2015 /2021

will be a major challenge! WFD Public Participation (Article 14)

“Member States shall encourage the active

involvement of all interested parties in

the implementation of this Directive, in particular in the

production, review and updating of the river basin management

plans…”

CaBA Framework

• Defra Policy Framework – ‘to encourage the wider adoption of an integrated CaBA to improving the quality of our water environment’

• Involving the 1st , 2nd & 3rd Sectors in partnership:

• 1st - Government, agencies, local authorities

• 2nd - Water Co’s, farmers, river owners, business

• 3rd – NGO’s, voluntary groups, communities

• Catchment Partnership Groups - providing coordination & guidance

CaBA Framework - considerations• WFD 2nd cycle is important but only

part of the journey

• Some form of map and /or plan is probably necessary to allow catchment targeting and prioritisation

• A plan is a means to an end (delivery of catchment management) not an end in itself!

• Develop strategic relationship with LNP’s, NIA’s, LEP’s

The Ecosystem Approach provides a guide to linking human/ social, ecological and

economic drivers and is a delivery tool of the Convention on Biological Diversity

it’s about people…

The Ecosystem Approach

Managing the environment is really about managing

people…Nature can usually manage

itself…

CaBA Partnerships

CaBA Partnerships

CaBA Partnerships

CaBA Steering Group

• Angling Trust - John Cheyne• Freshwater Habitats Trust - Jeremy

Biggs• Groundwork Trust - Sarah Reece-Mills• National Trust - Helen Dangerfield• RSPB - Rob Cunningham• Salmon & Tout Association - Janina

Gray• The Rivers Trust - Arlin Rickard• The Wildlife Trusts - Helen Perkins• Wildfowl and Wetland Trust - Carrie

Hulme• WWF - Kathy Hughes• Water UK - Sarah Mukherjee• Defra + EA, NE, CSF, FC

CaBA Working Groups Reporting to the Steering Group

• Data Users Group• Agriculture Group• TraC Waters Group• More to follow as appropriate…

Secretariat: Ali Morse (TWT); Rob Collins (RT)

CaBA Activity

It’s really up to the Catchment Partnerships:• WFD• Bathing Waters• Flood Risk Management • Drinking water supply • Biodiversity 2020• Fisheries management• Wider Ecosystem Services• Climate change resilience• INNS etc

CaBA & 2nd cycle WFD RBDMP’s • WFD ‘Article 14’• 2nd cycle WFD RBDM Plans 2015 -2021

(dRBMP’s by December 2014 - first look July 2014)

• EA’s Challenges & Choices consultation• Operational Catchments?• Catchment Summaries?• Access to Linked Data- web support tool? • Interface with CaBA

o Surveying & monitoring - evidenceo Catchment management planningo WFD template or ‘universal translator’o DELIVERY of IMPROVEMENTS

Policy & delivery frameworkWorking to generate new evidence• Critical analysis of existing data

sources

• Generation of supplementary data & evidence

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Land use

Slope

Rainfall

SCIMAP: A diffuse pollution risk modelling framework

SCIMAP: A diffuse pollution risk modelling framework

Agricultural census 2004

Local farmers

Permanent grass (ha)

19 19

Temporary grass (ha)

3 3

Rough grazing (ha)

3 3

Cereals (ha) 33 33

Root crops (ha) 16 16

Field vegetables (ha)

3 3

Oilseed rape (ha) 0 0

Woodland (ha) 2 2

Bare fallow (ha) 0 0

Cattle 158 300

Pigs 110 0

Sheep & goats 97 10

Poultry 35121 0

Baseline Scenario

UEA Export Coefficient Model: Adaptive Modelling

Defra Catchment Funding:

• Catchment Partnership Fund (CPF) £1m + £400k, to March 2014

• Defra’s Catchment Restoration Fund (CRF) approved 42 projects with a value of c£24m. These projects will deliver multiple benefits targeting over 300 waterbodies. (December 2012)

• Defra’s River Improvement Fund (RIF) has delivered over 200 projects with a value of <£7m + co-finance• In collaboration with the

Environment Agency

DEFRA / EA Catchment FundingRiver Improvement Fund / Catchment Restoration Fund

Works undertaken include – • Catchment restoration

• Fish migration barrier removal

• Environmental & river habitat improvements

• Tackling diffuse pollution

• Monitoring of works & outcomes

Fish passage

Hadfield Weir Fish Pass

Eel migration

Fish & eel valves on sluices

River habitat restorationFrome Salmonid Improvement

Reducing agricultural pressure on water resources

Catchment Management Roadmap

Adapted from Rural Economy & Land Use (RELU)

Stakeholders& evidence

Knowledge – guided by science & public benefit

Delivery of Catchment Restoration

Developing an integrated catchment approach

Our ultimate goal is to create a catchment plan that is…1. Strategic

Interventions are delivered in a targeted and timely manner to achieve the greatest amount of benefit

2. IntegratedAdopts a variety of different measures tailored to each situation and ecosystem services objective

3. Costed and funded The cost of each intervention is determined and funding

acquired from the most appropriate stakeholder

4. Balanced

Delivers improvements, but not at the expense of food production or economic sustainability

CaBA means that for the first time – the future of our rivers, really is

in your hands!

Its all about people working together!

Good luck &Thank You !

Catchment Based Approach (CaBA)

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