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