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COMMUNITY-BASED MONITORING FOR CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION
Eleanor Starkey1 – PhD Researcher
Dr Geoff Parkin1, Dr Paul Quinn1, Dr Andy Large1, Dr Ceri Gibson2
1 Newcastle University, 2 Tyne Rivers Trust
• Problems – general & Engineering/Catchment Scientist perspective
• Moving with the times - local level involvement
• The research goals – CBM&M
• Case Study: Haltwhistle Burn
• Using the data (Haltwhistle Burn)
• Sharing best practice with other communities
• Key benefits & issues to consider
• Next steps for the research
Content
General catchment issues
3rd February 2014
? Weather extremes
Local response
? WwNP
General catchment issues
Patricia Yates
3rd February 2014
? Weather extremes
Local response
?
@westjes
WwNP
NEED EVIDENCE LOCAL LEVEL
= CONFIDENCE
Advanced technology but…
• Expensive to buy & maintain
• Travel to get the data
• Poor spatial resolution
• Unlikely in rural catchments
• Who owns the data?
• Is the data available & used?
• Community awareness & do they benefit?
Advanced techniques but…
• Simplification
• Data intensive (limited in rural)
• Real data required to make sense
• Modellers are isolated
• Monitored data will always win
• Would you understand models better if you were part of the process??
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Problems for Catchment Scientists / Engineers
Moving with the times - local level involvement • Those more related to flooding & catchment management…
Creek Watch
The research goals: community-based monitoring & modelling
Monitor Model Visualise Support
decisions
• Participatory Action Research + Citizen Science • Implement monitoring scheme: what/how/who/why • The data itself: quantity, quality, sustainability • Applications: use of data (with focus on catchment modelling)