Environment Agency Strategic Monitoring Review
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The Environment Agency are undertaking a review of monitoring activities to transform how they will commission, plan and deliver monitoring (the Strategic Monitoring Review or SMR).
The aim is to derive even greater value from investment in information collection and use, with a greater emphasis on catchment data needs, partnerships and engagement.
The review will result in a number of changes in how EA manage this work including how they work with stakeholders and share data to achieve joint environmental aims.
To test this new approach, local EA teams have worked with stakeholders to establish 5 prototype catchments across England in the Derwent, Welland, Arun, Tamar and Axe river catchments. Initial feedback has been positive with a number of opportunities identified to develop closer partnership working in the future, ensuring the creation and use a pool of environmental data to manage catchments. The EA are still keen to hear feedback on their proposals.
If you want to know more please see briefing on the CaBA discussion forum.
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What has the Heritage Lottery Fund done for nature?
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The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) interviewed 20 key stakeholders to explore the strategic impact that HLF investment has had on landscapes and nature.
HLF has invested over £765million in landscape and nature projects which includes funding to:
- Restore and conserve threatened habitats
- Save species from extinction
- Help reconnect people to landscapes and nature
- Acquire land to improve its conservation
- Enhance urban biodiversity and green spaces
- Promote citizen science
- Engage volunteers
- Support skill development
Read the full report below.
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How to conserve wildlife on working farms in Britain
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WildlifeCRU have created an illustrated handbook to highlight, in an accessible, concise and colourful way, some of WildCRU’s findings, while at the same time synthesising the most up-to-date knowledge of wildlife and habitat conservation on farmland.
WildCRU's purpose was to work with farmers, not against them, to foster the sort of countryside that society values. They began their journey by seeking farmers’ opinions and ideas for how better to integrate wildlife on farmland and to learn about their problems with wildlife.
The handbook is split into nine chapters on habitats and nine on wildlife groups. Each chapter briefly summarises information on each habitat/wildlife group, making key points leading to a management summary and sources of more information.
The handbook was revised in 2017 to include lists of relevant Countryside Stewardship options for each habitat/wildlife group. Each chapter has two feature boxes giving WildCRU research highlights.
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Survey: Share experiences in water management with European partners
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If you haven't done so already, please take a minute to fill out this WaterCoG survey - to help the project gain a greater understanding of the different approaches to water management and the benefits of stakeholder involvement in water management.
If you are a Farmer, an NGO, private business, in academia, a water company, a member of civil society, a public authority, or are interested in water management, the team would love to hear your opinions.
The survey will take around 20 minutes to complete and your answers will be treated confidentially and anonymously.
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Event: Take part in a Great British Spring Clean - this weekend!
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The Rivers Trust have joined Keep Britain Tidy in assembling an army of #litterheroes for a UK wide mass clean-up. 80% of plastic in the oceans comes from land, and rivers are a significant pathway for it to get there.
Taking place between 2nd to 4th March 2018, Rivers Trusts up and down the country will be holding volunteer events to help clean up not only our villages, towns and cities but also our rivers and beaches.
Take a look at the full list of cleanups taking place across the UK here or just Rivers Trust cleanups here.
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Event: Invitation to register and participate in the Environment Agency and the Water Hub River Basin Planning mini-hackathon.
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The Challenge
The Environment Agency want to improve the environment and, in partnership with The Water Hub and the Digital Catapult NETV, are seeking creative and revolutionary ideas for how environmental information can be better shared and communicated to deliver local action.
Why now?
In partnership with local communities and stakeholders, the Environment Agency are currently reviewing and updating their River Basin Management Plans, which set out how rivers will be protected and improved. The Environment Agency provides data and evidence to inform these plans and has identified a need to:
- Engage and empower more people to contribute to River Basin Management Planning - making it meaningful for local people
- Get more value from Environment Agency data by linking it with other open data sources
- Build from existing Environment Agency resources and platforms
The event
The purpose of the event is to bring together end-users, technical experts and potential solutions providers to explore the challenge and rapidly develop ideas that could help to transform how environmental information could be better shared and communicated to deliver local action.
The event is FREE to attend and will take place at Sunderland Software City (SR1 1PG) over 2 days from Wednesday 14th March 2018 from 09:00 – Thursday 15th March 2018 closing at 12:00 GMT
To register for the event and for further details and agenda please follow the link below (Numbers are limited so please only identify no more than 1 or 2 suitable people to attend from your organisation).
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Training: An Introduction to Safeguarding & Child Protection.
Time: 9.15 – 4.30 | Location: Worcester (actual location TBC) | Date: 31st May 2018
Safeguarding is the actions that we take to promote the welfare of children and adults at risk and protect them from harm.
This 1-day course will introduce safeguarding; a legislative framework and guidance for child protection; policy and procedures for organisations; and how best to approach safeguarding.
Lunch will be provided and each delegate will receive a certificate of attendance.
Training is hosted by Severn Rivers Trust and provided by the NSPCC
Cost - £120 / delegate
To book, contact Kate at admin@severnriverstrust.com
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Workshop: IFM Midlands Branch Workshop - Connecting Rivers, People and Partnerships
Date: 21 March 2018 | Time: 9:00am | Venue: Loughborough University
A national inclusive event hosted by Institute of Fisheries Management.
Shared IFM Midlands workshop goals
- Inspiring and motivating people to achieve great fish passage projects
- Better understanding of fish passage and wider benefits to people and wildlife from working to shared visions and common goals
- How to open up fish passage innovatively working with others
- Overcoming barriers to delivery and capitalise on future opportunities
- Connecting people to make this happen
To view the agenda, click here.
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Campaign: Invasive Species Week
From 23 - 29 March 2018, organisations across GB are coming together for the fourth Invasive Species Week¸ led by the GB Non-native Species Secretariat, to raise awareness of INNS and their impacts, and to encourage people to #getINNSvolved and help to prevent their spread.
Find out more about Invasive Species Week and how you can take part at www.nonnativespecies.org/invasivespeciesweek, and follow @CheckCleanDryGB on Twitter.
You can also sign up to the mailing list for updates by emailing nnss@apha.gsi.gov.uk.
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A link to the slides from the recent workshops in Leeds and London can now be on the discussion forum. Don't miss the free Catchment and Coastal Partnership Workshop on estuaries and coasts on March 6th, see more here.
Don't forget, anyone can contribute to the CaBA forum, if you have something you would like to discuss or share with other catchment partnerships, use the login button on the far right and create an account. We often use the information on the Discussion Forum to inform the content in the newsletter, so well worth posting your updates!
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