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Page 1: Water for Wildlife Chris Rostron Water for Wildlife UK Manager

Water for WildlifeWater for Wildlife

Chris RostronChris RostronWater for Wildlife UK ManagerWater for Wildlife UK Manager

Page 2: Water for Wildlife Chris Rostron Water for Wildlife UK Manager

WfWWfW

What is WfW?What is WfW? Local project examplesLocal project examples Importance of chalk streamsImportance of chalk streams IssuesIssues Thinking biggerThinking bigger Private sector partnershipPrivate sector partnership Challenges and opportunitiesChallenges and opportunities

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What is WfW?What is WfW?Wildlife Trusts – 47 Trusts covering the UK, 670,000 members, 2,200 reserves covering 80,000ha

Partnership between the Wildlife Trusts (£669k), EA (£467k) and water industry (£431k)

Initial 3 year project, co-ordinated by WfW UK manager, with officers across the Wildlife Trusts

Raising awareness

Encouraging joint working

Sharing best practice

Project development & resources

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Local projectsLocal projects

Large area projects e.g. Great Fen, Large area projects e.g. Great Fen, Idle Valley, SNAPIdle Valley, SNAP

Species specific e.g. water vole Species specific e.g. water vole workwork

Habitat specific e.g. chalk streams Habitat specific e.g. chalk streams projects Hants and IoW, Wiltshire, projects Hants and IoW, Wiltshire, LincolnshireLincolnshire

Awareness-raising e.g. Southern Awareness-raising e.g. Southern Counties Water FestivalCounties Water Festival

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Chalk StreamsChalk Streams

UK has chalk streams in UK has chalk streams in the South and Eastthe South and East

Globally rare habitatGlobally rare habitat Impacts from diffuse Impacts from diffuse

pollution, recreation, low pollution, recreation, low flow, modification, invasive flow, modification, invasive speciesspecies

Good water quality but Good water quality but could be improvedcould be improved

No single agency capable No single agency capable of reversing the trend.of reversing the trend.

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IssuesIssues

Climate change as Climate change as established threatestablished threat

Implications for Implications for extreme weather, extreme weather, drought, stress on drought, stress on ecosytems and speciesecosytems and species

Water framework Water framework directivedirective

Housing developmentHousing development Change in agricultureChange in agriculture

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Thinking biggerThinking bigger

Landscape scale approachLandscape scale approach Partnership and influence Partnership and influence

on land managementon land management Regional involvementRegional involvement Water industry planning Water industry planning

inputinput

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Private sector partnershipPrivate sector partnership TWT’s recognise role of influencing and TWT’s recognise role of influencing and

common long-term goals vs adversarial common long-term goals vs adversarial relationshiprelationship

Importance of co-operation whilst Importance of co-operation whilst retaining independenceretaining independence

Getting the message acrossGetting the message across Beyond regulationBeyond regulation Sharing resourcesSharing resources Rise of the educated consumerRise of the educated consumer

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Private sector partnershipPrivate sector partnership

WfW – increased buy inWfW – increased buy in WildCare – milk production WildCare – milk production

working with approved working with approved farmersfarmers

Ribena – farm advice, habitat Ribena – farm advice, habitat management plansmanagement plans

Corporate funding locallyCorporate funding locally

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Joint challenges and Joint challenges and opportunitiesopportunities

Creating a robust countryside for biodiversity, Creating a robust countryside for biodiversity,

leisure and agriculture.leisure and agriculture. Climate change – mitigation and adaptation, Climate change – mitigation and adaptation,

locally produced food, changing behaviourlocally produced food, changing behaviour Stricter regulations – WFDStricter regulations – WFD Increasing public awarenessIncreasing public awareness Making the most of our resourcesMaking the most of our resources Meaningful outputs – targets and goalsMeaningful outputs – targets and goals