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Landscapes for Life - Conference 2013 - East of England. 16th - 18th July 2013TRANSCRIPT
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Aren't the Broads Brilliant !
Broads Wetland Challenges and Solutions
Andrea Kelly
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Vision for managing the Broads for Biodiversity and Water
Issues and challenges to managing the Broads
Examples of some actions
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Ecosystem services
•Value to the economy
•Protecting assets
Integrated approach
• Joined goals for land & water environment
• Multi-benefits
No deteriorati
on
• Evidence-based prioritising measures
• Towards targets – Biodiversity 2020, WFD
Cost effective
• Partnership efficiencies
• Budget restrictions
Why Biodiversity and Water ?
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Ecological Network
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Habitat & Species
Pressures
Nutrient & sediment
Water use
Physical modifications
Isolation of sites
Disturbance
Habitat & Species
Pressures
Climate change & sea level rise
Development & land use
Prymnesium & blue greens
Invasive non-native species
Global & market economics
People at the heart
Local sustainable management
Local site access
Changing communication
mechanisms
Wide investment in natural capital
Improving understanding
Lack of long-term data
Lack of knowledge beyond our boundary
Changing pressures
Lack of evidence - habitats & species
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Habitat & Species
Pressures
Nutrient & sediment
Water use
Physical modifications
Isolation of sites
Disturbance
Habitat & Species
Pressures
Climate change & sea level rise
Development & land use
Prymnesium & blue greens
Invasive non-native species
Global & market economics
People at the heart
Local sustainable management
Local site access
Changing communication
mechanisms
Wide investment in natural capital
Improving understanding
Lack of long-term data
Lack of knowledge beyond our boundary
Changing pressures
Lack of evidence - habitats & species
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Nutrient input
Total Phosphorus source apportionment % (preliminary)SAGIS SIMCAT
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Blue green algae slides
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65 named broads – 36 (55%) subject to some form of management
Frequency
Size (ha)
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Nutrient inputNutrient input
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E.g. Condition of protected sites Target = 95% of SSSI
area in favourable/ unfavourable recovering by 2020
Nearly at 90% 758 ha not meeting
Target condition, over 40% is open water e.g Hickling, Horsey Mere & Hoveton Great BroadTarget
Norfolk Broads
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Broadland Catchment Partnership
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Invasive non-native species Norfolk Non-Native Species Initiative E.g. Killer shrimp
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Migration corridors,Ponto-Caspian species Bij de Vaate, K. Jazdzewski, H.A.M. Ketelaars, S. Gollasch, and G. Van der Velde (1992)
2010
2012
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Using the survey results
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Q9 Over the past 5 years, do you believe that the distribution of invasive species in the Broads has changed?
Public Opinion: How serious is the threat
What does the data tell us?
Most recognise the increase
The Unsure 24%The majority of unsure respondents owned pleasure cruisers who visited the Broads < once per month
Increaseda lot
Increaseda little
Stayed the same
Decreased a little
Decreased a lot
Unsure
55% increase in awareness
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3. Improving evidence - habitats & species
Biodiversity Audit MapRare species vulnerable to saline incursion
> 11,000 species
> 1,500 of conservation concern
65 depend on the Broads
5 species lost per decade
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Fen Raft Spider
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More spiders in the right places
Biodiversity Audit MapRare species vulnerable to saline incursion
> 11,000 species
> 1,500 of conservation concern
65 depend on the Broads
5 species lost per decade
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Strategy
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