Conference > RRC Annual Conference 2021 > Conference Poem
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A conference summary poem by David Adams, RRC Board 'What are we doing to and for our rivers?' |
Beavering about with Fresh water tools For bio-diversity Floods of ideas All mixed up Water and land With the natural and National Trust Re-wilding catchment Problems Problems, problems Leading to opportunity By letting Go and fishing In chalk streams It’s the new Messy. Forced baseline Impressionist versus Figurative. How do We let go? Are we Ready? Different but not Higher risks. Doing Nothing is the higher Risk. So March through The marshland But What is Stage zero?
Nothing in the tank To resource it Bring in the Beavers! A haven For wildlife. Four streams Instead of one Bats, birds and Fish. It moves the Floods. But Control seems Necessary. Know what You’ve got. Money, money Money versus flood Schemes It’s down to the Return on investment It’s the narrative Spell it out At all levels River banks or Money banks Look at The old Brook First. Get The balance Right. Net zero by Twenty thirty That’s only Nine years! Carbon offsetting Commuting, computing Cars and Construction It’s not just Creating the right Habitats Capture more in Flood plains. For Salt marshes.
No pot of gold Re-connect the Systems. Allow Natural processes It’s cash again Grants, charities And private sector Increasing Unpredictable Short-term funding Outcomes not outputs! Evidence, evidence Evidence.
Challenges again Adapt or die Now! Forty-four to ninety Seven billion Pounds gap NEIRF natural Environment Re-identified fund Old joke - is neirf Eneirf. Pitch To the dragons! Den what? Share the learning! Layering the payments To create compelling Arguments. Carbon codes Soil, hedgerows, marshes Sharing risk with Performance. Water Quality. It’s new, its New!
Long live the Acronyms. Twenty-twenty three Company disclosure Begins. Conservation covenants To secure Change. Some arbitration May be needed. Check out Jacobs! In the UK after The US. Carbon Offsetting???
The right things Not the wrong Things. DEFRA on Side? Segmented and siloed Planting trees for Tax benefits but Integrated no!? And does a simple Farmer get the loot? Just marketise with The financial sector |
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