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Water for WildlifeWater for Wildlife
Chris RostronChris RostronWater for Wildlife UK ManagerWater 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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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