Development of restoration policy framework Joyce Carr Scottish Government

Morphology pressures - RBMPs Impacts identified– 3670 km rivers & streams = 18% 409 km 2 lochs = 27% 54 km 2 estuaries = 15% 347 km 2 coastal waters = 1%

Intensive upland grazing Forestry encroachment Reservoir/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 Develop restoration strategy Seek restoration powers (eg restoration notices) Seek restoration powers (eg restoration notices) Complemented by financial support Complemented by financial support –Scotland restoration fund –rural development funds

Restoration strategy – key aims Strategy must demonstrate how to achieve proportionate delivery Strategy must demonstrate how to achieve proportionate delivery Identify real priorities Identify real priorities And how to address And how to address –partnership projects –funding opportunities –use of regulation notices

Strategy Developing 3 strands of work Developing 3 strands of work Barriers to fish passage Barriers to fish passage Structures/ assets Structures/ assets Land use considerations Land use considerations

Before & after