Water Management
Rural Roundup – Picking out the Positives from Agricultural Sectors and Planning for Water Scarcity with SEPA
Welcome back to the Rural Roundup. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode George & Robert pick out some positives from across the Sectors,…
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FWN39 Spring 2023 – Valuing the Role of Woodlands in Reducing Flooding
New ground-breaking research has put an economic value on the contribution of Scotland’s woodlands in helping to prevent flooding. This new study builds on firm scientific evidence on how woodlands…
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FWN39 Spring 2023 – New Guidance for Using Trees to Combat Flooding
Land managers across Scotland are being urged to take note of new forestry guidance on using trees as natural defences to minimise the risks of flooding. UK Forestry Standard Practice…
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FWN39 Spring 2023 – Maximising the Benefits of Riparian Woodlands
Improving support for planting trees around rivers and streams Well-designed forests and woodlands, and the creation of riparian woodland, can play an important role in water management, including flood mitigation…
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Working Together to Improve Water Management: Greenloaning Project on the Allan Water
Forth Fisheries Trust have been working with land managers to slow flow and improve water management on site throughout the Allan Water Project. This video looks at work, which has…
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Catchment Management: Revive the Allan
Forth Fisheries Trust show us recent work they have been undertaking with land managers to improve habitat diversity, allowing rivers to be reinstated to a more natural state and improve…
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Cross Compliance – Protecting Water Quality
Are you unsure of your obligations relating to the protection of water? Check out this video relating to Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions 1. Related FAS Materials https://www.fas.scot/publication/an-introduction-to-cross-compliance/
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Catchment Management: The Delliefure Burn Project
In this video we speak to Penny Lawson from the Spey Catchment Initiative and Lewis Pate from the Cairngorm National Park Authority about the Delliefure Burn Project. This project was…
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Water Management on Your Farm: Catchment Based Approach
As climate conditions continue to change the sustainable management of water on farm is of great concern for many land managers around Scotland. From unprecedented wet weather to drought conditions,…
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Water Management on Your Farm: Re-connection to Floodplain
As climate conditions continue to change the sustainable management of water on farm is of great concern for many land managers around Scotland. From unprecedented wet weather to drought conditions,…
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