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tchmentased pproach Partnerships for Action

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• Terms of Reference: To champion, empower & support the CaBA.

• Steer R & D: Steer the investment of Defra funds

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• Start-up Conferences: Overview of CaBA, Key learning, Resources

• Helpdesk & Information

• CaBA Workshops: Technical aspects of Integrated Catchment Management

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www.catchmentbasedapproach.net

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Contact Us: (posts your question in the forum)Email us: [email protected]

Call us: 0300 302 0511

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Coming soon….

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Helping Ourselves: Mapping, data and GIS

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• Need to move from catchment data & information to knowledge & wisdom

• All stakeholders need access

• CaBA= engagement = opportunity to develop information sharing

Sharing Information for a Catchment Based Approach

Data

Information

Knowledge

Wisdom

Understanding relationships

Understanding patterns

Understanding principles

High P values in stream

P increases during high flows

Source = diffuse agricultural runoff

Engage farmers & deliver

interventions

The Need for Information

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Collaborative modelling

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How we will help youOur CaBA Vision: A Centre of Excellence

‐ Skills development

‐ Network of expertise

‐ Infrastructure

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How we will help you• Show you what others are doing

• Data Inventory ‐ What is

available‐ Where you can

get it‐ What it is

suitable for‐ Costs &

restrictions‐ Alternatives

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How we will help you

• Guidance and frameworks

• Training‐ Workshops‐ Directory of

training‐ Online resources‐ Bespoke training

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• Online mapping portal

• User requirements Analysis‐ How do you

want to share information?

‐ User centred design

‐ Find common ground

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• Find common ground

• Tricky balance:

‐ Local control and creativity

‐ Central infrastructure and tools

‐ Don’t want 108 solutions

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Reporting fatigue

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Grant in Aid

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River Improvement Fund

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Catchment Restoration Fund

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Invasive Non-Native Species

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EA Measures NationalIDRBDSectorPressureWhatWillHappenSpatialTypeWhereItWillHappenWhereDescriptionWhereSummaryLeadOrganisationPartnersInvestigationNatura2000MeasureTypeTypeDescGeographicAdditionalMeasureGroundWaterRiverLakeTransitionalCoastal

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EU Restore River Wiki

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RRC Inventory

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CCM Hub.net

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UKWIR database UKWIR

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DTC Archive

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There has to be a better way…

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Develop data standards

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It won’t be easy…

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Restraint is needed…

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tchmentased pproach Partnerships for ActionThank you for your attention

www.catchmentbasedapproach.netinfo@catchmentbasedapproach.org0300 302 0511

#CaBA

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CABA LEARNING WORKSHOPS

Sharing technical knowledge and practical experience vertically and horizontally

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Challenge

• There is no ‘off the shelf’ course to teach CaBA

• Catchment management is cross-sector & the expertise to deliver is in the third sector

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Specialist technical expertise

• WFD classification• Stakeholder engagement

techniques• Diffuse pollution

identification & mitigation• Geomorphology• Monitoring / survey

techniques and citizen science

• Sustainable Urban Drainage• Etc…..

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Academic theory

Evidence base

CaBA pilotsLongstanding catchment

projects

Technical

experts

Specialist projects

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Academic specialists

WFD data, Category 3

reports

Thames21

Wandle RT

EA experts

Yellow fish

projects

Example: SUDS

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Learning from each other…

• Three initial 2 day workshops planned for February / March 2014 – North, Midlands, South

• Parallel sessions on specialist areas of catchment management

• Combine specialist knowledge with practical experience

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Helping Ourselves

• Self help principles• Get on the forum

and let us know what you need

• Make sure we are aware of your particular expertise

• Economies of scale

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