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Scotland's River Basin Management Planning for Forestry and Diffuse Pollution

This article discusses the importance of forestry and addressing diffuse pollution in river basin management planning in Scotland. It highlights the environmental, social, and economic benefits of managing water resources effectively. The article also outlines the history of river basin management planning, the current state of water bodies, and the strategies for delivery and engagement with partners.

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Scotland's River Basin Management Planning for Forestry and Diffuse Pollution

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  1. River Basin Management Planning Jenny Davies RBMP coordinator November 2017

  2. Scotland's greatest asset? FORESTRY AND DIFFUSE POLLUTION • Environmental reputation is key for Scotland • Social benefits - people are drawn to water for recreation, leisure and spiritual reasons. • Economically important for business including food production, hydro, tourismetc Jackie McColm SEPA

  3. History of RBMP • Engagement started with stakeholders 2004 • First advisory groups established 200? • Various consultations then published the first plans in 2009 – it was big! • Cycle 1 – 11 advisory groups established but no delivery framework and conflicting interests. They did contribute significantly to development though. • Second plan development we have listened and changed the way we work hopefully to better understand pressures and deliver projects.

  4. Scotland’s Second River Basin Plans • Current state (classification) • Impacts (pressures) • Actions (measures) • Outcomes (summary of objectives)

  5. Condition of Water Bodies in 2014

  6. How will this be delivered ? • Scotland’s plan, not just SEPA! • Catchment working • Increased delivery role for Responsible Authorities • Develop new delivery frameworks and expand existing ones • More tools… remedial measure notices, fixed monetary penalties etc

  7. Engagement with partners • AAG forum extended to a wider network • No longer hold formal meetings • Focus on delivery partnerships/ project focus • Multiple benefits and efficiencies in delivery are key drivers – the catchment based approach helps this. • Align engagement and delivery with other workstreams such as Flood Risk Management and Diffuse Pollution

  8. Today is about working better with you – aligning our priorities. • We want to be sure we target our efforts where there is real environmental harm • Our monitoring programme informs classification but we can’t monitor everything. • Classification determines the pressures without which we can’t set measures and objectives. • Effectively without classification downgrades there is no pressure – no pressure means no measure or objective so no £££ and no resource.

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