Wetland Benefits
Biodiversity Flood alleviation Water quality Water supply (groundwater recharge) Recreation Landscape Climate change
The Wetland Vision
EA/EN/RSPB/WTs Three stage process
Data gathering: where wetlands are, where they could be Development of maps identifying areas having future wetland
potential Options for achieving the wetland vision
Local communities, regional and other planning processes to use the Vision to protect and create wetlands Naturalness: how managed should rewetted sites be?
The Wetland Vision
Layers of data (eg soil types, flood potential)
identify future wetland potential
Step 1: overlaying environmental data sets
Step 2: summarising information (by catchment)
Step 3: proposing a way forward in any given area
Other Guidance
EMRBS - BEAs/SRCs focus for habitat creation
BEAs wetland focus
WM Landscapes for Living
Wetland opportunities in Middle England
East Midlands:
Lincolnshire Fens
Trent Valley
Soar Valley
Nene Park
Wetland opportunities in Middle England
West Midlands:
Trent Valley
Tame Valley
Severn/Vyrnwy Confluence
Severn and Avon Vales
Meres and Mosses
Wetland Opportunities in Middle England
Elsewhere:
Great Fen Project
Coastal Wetlands - Freiston, Alkborough
Severn Vale (Gloucestershire)