CaBA Durham - Integrated catchment events: what, why, where next?

Purpose of ICD events: building relationships, sharing and embedding best practice

Sponsors: English Severn & Wye RFCC Chair Shirel Stedman, Thames RFCC Chair Robert Van De Noort, National Flood Forum Heather Shepherd, CaBA National Support Group Rob Collins, Environment Agency Anne Dacey, Damian Crilly, Steve Lawrie, Paul Lockhart, Cat Fuller, Jim Ratcliffe, Defra Ashley Holt, IAgriM Victoria Bywater, IFM Peter Spillett, CIWEM Alastair Chisholm

Programme Manager: Dom Martyn CaBA National Support Group dom@theriverstrust.org 07795 333 157See website for 2019/20: https://www.therrc.co.uk/integrated-catchment-delivery-events-20192017/18 resources including CIWEM workshop: https://www.therrc.co.uk/integrated-catchment-delivery-events-2017-18

Photo top - RFCC Conservation Members August 2018, bottom - Integrated Catchment Delivery events Stroud rural SuDs visit 2017 Dom Martyn

2017/18 Complete: 12 events, >600 people, 20 different sectors

100+ planning group involved

£250k-£970k value to date

70+- future events identified, 20 dates committed

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Why?• Ensure catchment partnerships have strong relationships with Regional

Flood and Coastal Committees - a Defra 2015 recommendation.

• Improved understanding and working relationships between sectors - a recommendation from public consulting on 2015 RBMPs and FRMPs.

“Human capital: Talking about kindness doesn’t fit easily in the rational, dispassionate, evidence-based language of public policy. A challenge for many of us working in this current tradition”. Julia Unwin 2018

“In England, we have a challenge in our water and land governance framework referring to the ‘space’ between top down government decisions and bottom up catchment partnership approaches” Foster 2016, 2018.

“The natural capital embedded in catchments is as yet neither managed on a cost effective basis, nor a sustainable one” Helm 2015.

Why? Numbers highlight current situation

1. 5.2mill or 1/6th properties at risk of flooding in England

2. £2.2bn costs each year from effect of flooding and managing flood risk each

3. 100% UK economy dependant on water

4. 30% top soil lost, 90 harvests left? Multiple benefits re-building soil organic matter: CO2, climate adaptation, reducing flashy run off and re-charge… worms!

5. 42% floodplain in England and Wales physically separated from floodplain

6. >10% UK wildlife species threatened with extinction

7. 14% England’s waters are good ecological status – we need another 61% in 10 years to reach agreed 2027 target of 75% waters at GES... We were at 25% GES in 2009

8. >£30bn p.a. added to UK economy if we care for ecosystems, if neglected may cost > 20bn p.a.

9. £100bn spent by 2032 on farm subsidies, flood defences, modernising Britain’s water infrastructure

10. UK National forest provides a 4.8 times return on investment by 2100 if we manage ecosystems well

11. Invertebrates decreased by 45% over a 35 year period in which human populations doubled

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Current situation – how can we improve our system?

1. 10 river basins, 100+ catchment partnerships2. 12 RFCC regions3. 101 local authorities4. 39 local enterprise partnerships5. 50 local nature partnerships6. 300+ flood action groups7. 8 Coastal Groups8. 46 Coastal Partnerships/Forums9. 112 Internal Drainage Boards10. 8 Angling Trust Regions11. 19 water company customer challenge groups12. 5+ water resources groups13. Others – health, integrated drainage groups

Generally, it seems there are no structured touching points where different groups can meet in the same place to share visions and engage – this service is aiming to help

Enhancing partnerships for action in river governance, River Irwell

Foster, Ison, Blackmore and Collins 2017

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flood management

4. x6 Rejuvenating landscapes, rivers and

wildlife5. x8 Inclusive sustainable

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appraising and evaluating

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Future Integrated Catchment events: themes and numbers

• 70 events proposed in 2019/20• Innovative approach to building

relationships sharing and embedding good practice

• Celebrating and inspiring practice• 2019 Year of Green Action Photo 2014 topsoil into the sea, 30% estimated loss, 90 harvests left

What might success look like?1. Celebrating Year of Green Action - building relationships, sharing learning and embedding best practice

2. Shared vision and goals for the programme and each event

3. Media - Get more great work people are doing on TV

4. Every local council and community to know how Catchment Partnerships can help

5. Structured dialogue connecting people in advance of opportunities e.g. FCRM programme refresh

6. Building capacity for catchment partnerships, local authorities and communities to do natural flood management

7. Inspiring people to get involved in practical events – urban, rural suds, NFM, enhancing habitats

8. Connecting health and wellbeing with active participation enhancing places for public goods and services

9. Assist urban and rural communities, profitable sustainable land management building on existing successes

10. Explore business opportunities with partnerships and committees

11. Systems approach to events extending outreach and impact – all outputs easily available and useful

12. Engage financers on innovative funding and making the case for revenue funding

13. Successful business case for future events and national coordination

14. 2043 Back cast from the end of the Governments 25 Year Environment Plan and Industrial Strategy to see what future

governance and partnership system looks like to succeed and design it in now

15. Increase delivery of blue and green infrastructure and understanding net gain in practice

16. Agreeing a programme of events with each Regional Flood and Coastal Committee and catchment partnerships

2019 upcoming events – maximising opportunity

• 7, 14 March finding common ground using a systems approach, Birmingham and London

• 2 April Constructed wetlands visit – Norfolk, R Ingol

• TBC 9 April place based planning, partnership delivery – South West RFCC and catchment partnerships

• Mid May Evenlode natural flood management visit

• 13 June Tame, Anker and Mease Catchment Partnership good practice farming & natural flood management visit and workshop

• 23-29 Sept – practical events connecting people with nature –celebrating climate action and world rivers day

Link events: 1 Feb ArcGiS Online for schools – Bristol Avon Rivers Trust, 4 Feb CaBA Solihull, 6 Feb Back from Blackwater to Brazil IFM London, 14, 15 Feb CaBA and Urban workshop, Durham, 21 March The Water Hub RIPPLE networking event

Photos: top and middle - gulley stuffing and low level planted embankments at Stroud. 3 Loddington Farm water friendly farming NFM visit

Feedback

Geoff Stevens Swallowfield Flood Group “Very useful networking and finding out more on NFM practicalities. I learnt how Stroud project developed, overcame obstacles like technical aspects of structures built”

Phil Alford Brent River & Canal Society “Thank you for a very interesting and motivating couple of days – really well structured and organised. I get limited access to information and discussions at this level so sessions were invaluable and very encouraging to see what can be achieved.”

Simon Evans Chief Executive Wye and Usk Foundation “Great workshop, with first class discussion and presentations. It inspired me to push harder to engage businesses in sourcing products responsibly from the Wye and since the workshop substantive progress has been made.”

Anne Wheeler now National Flood Forum Trustee “You/the collective should be really proud of what you’ve achieved.”

Questions - show of hands please

1) Who’s in a catchment partnership?

2) Who has a strong relationship with RFCCs andFlood Groups?

3) Which catchment partnerships involved in 6 year FCRM programme refresh?

4) Local Enterprise Partnerships?

5) Professional institutes?

6) Is there a lack of coordinated dialogue?

7) If so, should we address?

Here’s what London and Soluhull said

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Say we should do something about this

Say there is a lack of coordination between groups

CPs have good relationship with professionalinstitutes

CPs have a good LEP relationship

CPs involved in 6 year FCRM programme refresh

CPs have strong and forming relationships withRFCC and Flood Action Groups

Attendees are in a catchment partnership

Thank you sponsors and contributors

Severn and Wye and Thames RegionalFlood and Coastal Committees +

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1 we did before – 10 events: 2015 UK Brazil working with nature for people in river catchments