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What is being done to save our rivers and streams?

Protection Through Agreement

Rivers can be protected by law, for example:

• Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs)
• Special Areas of Conservation (SACs)
• Special Protection Areas (SPAs)
• Derbyshire Dales National Nature Reserve

Financial incentives are available to landowners to conserve and enhance their rivers and streams, for example through:

• Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS)
• White Peak Wildlife Enhancement Scheme

Protection Through Ownership

Some sites are actually owned or managed by conservation organisations eg. Peak District National Park Authority, National Trust (NT), local Wildlife Trusts (WTs).

Protection Through Partnership

The Peak District Biodiversity Action Plan (PDBAP) has been compiled by a partnership of conservation organisations, government agencies and landowner/manager representatives, led by the Peak District National Park Authority.  It aims to highlight threatened habitats and species and to prescribe measures that will ensure their survival.

The PDBAP hopes to safeguard and re-vitalise the Peak District's rivers & streams and the diversity of wildlife, both rare and common, that they support by:

• Improving the water quality of key rivers and streams
• Restoring or re-creating a rich mosaic of rivers and streams to provide corridors and sanctuaries for wetland wildlife.

The PDBAP hopes to achieve these aims by numerous actions and a mixture of partnerships, planning powers and persuasion including:

• Raising awareness about the impacts people have on wetland wildlife
• Establishing procedures for the control of invasive plants
• Determining the locations of mink and signal crayfish and attempt to control them

Click here to find out more about the Peak District Biodiversity Action Plan for Rivers and Streams.

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