Pesticide amnesty rids farms of 5 tonnes of chemicals
For the past four years, we have been conducting an amnesty to remove illegal, out-of-date, or unidentifiable pesticides from farms through our Upstream Thinking project.As the scheme ended in August (2019), we are pleased to have helped remove five tonnes of...
Water Quality Funding Opportunities 2019 – 2020 (Lyd & Gara)
Our Channel Payments for Ecosystem Services (CPES) project has now moved from its initial research and development phase to a delivery focus. We are now able to target key activities that we feel are most appropriate to our two pilot areas; Devon rivers Lyd (including...
Connecting to nature needs to start early
Our education lead and senior ecologist Shona McCombie talks about the importance of reconnecting to the natural world, particularly for young people. Human disconnect from nature was perhaps an inevitable consequence given the trajectory of the contemporary modern...
Meeting the challenge of a changing climate
Our head of evidence and engagement Dr. Nick Paling ask if we are suffering from climate resilience anxiety. Do you worry about the impacts that climate change will have on your life and the lives of your family over the next 10-20 years…? It’s perfectly...
Water company to pay £350,000 to charity following pollution incident
An Enforcement Undertaking (EU) has led to South West Water (SWW) offering to pay us £350,000 to help a Devon river recover from serious pollution that wiped out the local fish population.This payment has been accepted by the Environment Agency as an alternative to...
Survey reveals high levels of satisfaction with multi-award-winning Upstream Thinking project
We continue to work with South West Water (SWW) to deliver the second phase of the Upstream Thinking (UST) initiative, running from 2015 to 2020. According to recent research, 94% of surveyed farmers are pleased SWW is getting involved in helping them explore how to...