The Change and Water\u00a0Quality Focus Area\u00a0is led by Phil Haygarth (Lancaster), Kieran Conlan (Cascade Consulting),\u00a0Tim Burt and Sim Reaney (Durham University).<\/p>\n
Whilst localised restoration of river reaches can be effective, in relation to certain ecosystem attributes, there is a growing realisation that there are particular attributes that need a larger scale of analysis. The EU Water Framework Directive advocates holistic analysis and applies to any land management activities spread across the landscape. These activities are diffuse but together create particular point problems, such as nutrient loading. Catchment Change Network is delivering key learning on new approaches to implementing better land management in order to reduce the point impacts of diffuse activities. Restoration of entire catchments will prove prohibitively expensive unless management activities focus on parts of the catchment where restoration is likely to have most beneficial impact at the catchment scale.<\/p>\n
Workshop IV:\u00a0<\/strong>Best practise for the mitigation of diffuse water pollution from agriculture: what do we know and what can we do to improve what we already know?<\/strong><\/p>\n Monday 26th – Tuesday 27th March 2012,\u00a0Eden DTC\u00a0and\u00a0Lancaster University<\/p>\n This CCN 24-hour workshop involved a mini-field trip on the Monday afternoon to the \u00a0which included\u00a0a visit to Crake Trees Manor Farm to see some of the\u00a0\u00a0experiments. The\u00a0Tuesday workshop was\u00a0facilitated\u00a0by Peter Woodward (Quest\u00a0Associates) and chaired by Prof. Phil\u00a0Haygarth\u00a0(Lancaster\u00a0Environment\u00a0Centre).\u00a0\u00a0Delegates included\u00a0a group of Catchment Managers from UK Water Companies, Ofwat, the Environment Agency, English Nature and the National Farmers Union. The , is now available.<\/p>\n Workshop III:\u00a0 Farmers Event at the Crown Inn, Morland near Penrith, Cumbria<\/strong><\/p>\n A CCN\/Eden DTC\/pVO\u00a0\u00a0 ‘Pie and Pea Supper’ on Thursday \u00a0June 23rd\u00a0 2011\u00a0 at 7.30pm<\/p>\n The aim of this event on March 1st 2011\u00a0was to facilitate the exchange of knowledge between diffuse pollution researchers at LEC and North East Region England Catchment Sensitive Farming Delivery Initiative (ECSFDI) staff.\u00a0An afternoon fieldtrip to Crosby Ravensworth allowed participants a tour of the MOPS Project field wetland sites.<\/p>\n A and is available.<\/p>\n Our first Workshop ‘ Water Quality and Diffuse Pollution’ was held at Lancaster Environmnet Centre in December 2009. The objectives for this event were:<\/p>\nWorkshop II:\u00a0Exploring diffuse pollution in the landscape: new initiatives and opportunities<\/h4>\n
Workshop I: Exploring Change and Diffuse Pollution<\/h4>\n
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