1. Multiple benefits from catchment restoration presentation for CIS Working Group – March 2015 Ann Skinner, Senior Conservation Advisor Environment Agency, UK On behalf of Alastair Driver, National Biodiversity Manager Follow him on Twitter @AliDriverEA

2. England’s Biodiversity Strategy 2020: the challenge Outcome 1A– at least 90% of priority habitats in recovering condition; 50% of SSSIs in favourable condition Outcome 1B – increase of at least 200,000 ha of priority habitat Outcome 1C – at least 17% of land and inland water managed for biodiversity and ecosystem services Outcome 1D – at least 15% of degraded ecosystems restored as contribution to climate change mitigation

3. Multiple Benefits Through upland restoration Operation Peatland, Forest of Bowland KILLER FACT from Making Space for Water project – Peak District National Park: restoration of bare & gullied peat reduced peak flows by 30% & increased lag times by 20 minutes

4. Multiple Benefits Through pond creation Belford Burn, Northumberland KILLER FACT from Belford Burn: a “leaky” pond holding 800 m3 of water takes roughly 8-12 hours to drain completely & delays the peak flow 1 km downstream by approximately 15 minutes

5. Multiple Benefits Through woodland planting Woodland planting on the Belford Burn Woodland shelterbelt at Pont Bren KILLER FACT from Pont Bren project: infiltration rates are up to 60x higher under young native woodland shelterbelts compared to adjacent heavily grazed pasture

6. Multiple Benefits Through woody debris Woody debris installed in Belford Burn Leaving woody debris in situ at Holnicote KILLER FACT from the Belford Burn project – Northumberland: Installation of 6 large woody debris structures in the headwater streams more than doubled the travel time for the peak of the flood 1 km downstream Woody debris combined with floodplain attenuation at NT Holnicote, Somerset

7. Multiple Benefits Through WFD – on watercourses Radcot Weir bypass channel, River Thames Weir removal at Prestolee on River Irwell

8. Multiple Benefits Through floodplain meadows KILLER FACT: floodplain meadows store/process sediment-bound P and N, converting excess nutrients into an agriculturally valuable crop

9. Multiple Benefits Through rural wetland creation Lunt Meadows, North Merseyside KILLER FACT from study of ponds in Northumberland: Organic carbon in uncompacted sediments in permanent ponds is 10% compared with 3% in adjacent agricultural land Investigating the 8,000 year old Mesolithic hunter-gatherer settlement

10. Multiple Benefits Through urban river restoration Restoration of the River Medlock at Clayton Vale Local Nature Reserve, Manchester KILLER FACT: Physical inactivity costs the UK >£1bn/year; whilst depression costs £520m in direct treatment costs. Access to green space helps reduce both