Celebrating five years of the Catchment Based Approach - Inspiration, innovation and ideas on where next from catchment partnerships, business and government.
In Spring 2011, the Water Minister launched the Catchment Based Approach (CaBA). It has since expanded from a few pilots to 108 catchment partnerships. Thousands of organisations are now involved and it has fundamentally changed how we look after our rivers and wetlands. We have a huge amount to celebrate and we have learnt a lot.
WaterLIFE is a three-year, EU LIFE-funded project that started in 2014. It has focused on supporting and establishing the CaBA through the national secretariat and through new work in five demonstration catchments. We have delivered workshops and events, and worked with government and business to understand their role in supporting and enabling a catchment approach.
As WaterLIFE draws to a close, this one day conference, hosted by WWF-UK, The Rivers Trust, Westcountry Rivers Trust and the Environment Agency, aims to bring together all those involved in catchment partnerships – NGOs, volunteers, companies, government and regulators – to share success stories and think about what’s needed next.