Development of restoration policy framework Joyce Carr Scottish Government.
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Development of restoration policy
framework
Joyce CarrScottish Government
Morphology pressures - RBMPs
Impacts identified–• 3670 km rivers & streams =
18%• 409 km2 lochs = 27%• 54 km2 estuaries = 15%• 347 km2 coastal waters =
1%
Intensive
upland grazing
Forestry
encroachmentReservoir/dam
Embankments
Culverts
Intensive
agriculture
Channel
straightening
Floodwalls
Gravel
abstraction
Loss of bankside
vegetation
Common pressures on Scotland’s waters
Abandoned
weirs
Abstraction
pressures
PS Pollution
Diffuse
pollution
Many pressures can be addressed through the regulation of on-going activities
Pressures difficult to address through existing regulation
• Historic engineering• Channel straightening• Loss of riparian vegetation• Barriers to fish passage
Proposed way forward
• Develop restoration strategy• Seek restoration powers (eg
restoration notices)• Complemented by financial
support– Scotland restoration fund – rural development funds
Restoration strategy – key aims• Strategy must demonstrate how
to achieve proportionate delivery• Identify real priorities• And how to address
– partnership projects – funding opportunities – use of regulation notices
Strategy
• Developing 3 strands of work
• Barriers to fish passage• Structures/ assets• Land use considerations
Before & after