Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
SEPA is Scotland’s principal environmental regulator, with a statutory purpose to protect and improve the environment and to do so, where possible, in ways that also deliver benefits for population health, wellbeing and the economy.
Our services include:
- assessing and reporting on the state of Scotland’s environment, monitoring our air, land, and water
- working with partners, business, and industry to promote sustainable resource use, understand and comply with environmental regulations
- working as the lead authority for Flood Risk Management Planning, flood warning and River Basin Management Planning (RBMP) in Scotland.
SEPA recognises the importance of engaging and working with all stakeholders and is a key 'Dreel Burn Investment Readiness' project partner.
The 'Dreel Burn Investment Readiness' project is an exciting collaboration, looking to utilise open-source data, including SEPA’s, to ‘value’ natural assets and help mobilise funding for nature-based solutions.
Making our environmental data accessible and useful to external partners and businesses is a key requirement for SEPA. Through the partnership we are working to support catchment water resilience and consideration of climate proofed interventions on the Dreel Burn, allowing replication of approach in other catchments.
Building on existing community engagement the project will support stakeholders in considering sustainable land management options from an environmental, social and economic perspective, recognising that these are inextricably linked.
SEPA commits to providing in kind contributions by attending relevant meetings and site visits, and providing scientific and regulatory advice, guidance, training and data across the project work packages.
This includes contributions in the following areas:
- Innovative funding, green finance and partnership working support.
- Hydromorphology, natural flood management and wetland advice and guidance, e.g. Sustainable riverbank protection | Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
- Advice on diffuse pollution and water scarcity resilience measures, linking up with priority catchment work.
- Applying the Riverwoods Evidence Base to the Dreel Burn and providing River Basin Management Planning advice and guidance.
- Support with access to SEPA data and regulatory advice.
- Support the partnership by providing training and guidance on the One Planet Choices method.