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Identifying priority catchments for landscape scale nature restoration

Helping infrastructure providers and local authorities adapt to climate change.

Sniffer and the James Hutton Institute have been commissioned by NatureScot to help target landscape scale nature restoration projects at those catchments which can deliver multiple benefits to both communities, infrastructure, the economy and nature, to best support climate change adaptation.

This survey is designed to understand where agencies, infrastructure providers and local authorities are already using nature restoration techniques to address climate risks, and where they think opportunities exist to use nature restoration to reduce risks to their assets and to communities.

The questions will gather information about the current use of nature restoration, areas identified as having potential for future restoration, types of restoration being implemented, and challenges and barriers at specific sites.

It will take less than 10 mins to complete this survey. If you have any queries, follow up maps or additional information to send, please contact info@sniffer.org.uk
1.Has your organisation identified locations that are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change?
2.If you answered Yes, please tell us:
If you have maps of the locations, please can you send them to info@sniffer.org.uk. Shapefile format if possible, jpeg or pdf if not.
3.Has your organisation already explored the potential for nature restoration to reduce identified climate risks? For example, peatland restoration, woodland creation, natural flood management, SuDs schemes/raingardens.
4.Has your organisation identified any priority locations for nature-based climate adaptation?
If you have maps of the locations we would be grateful if they could be shared with us.
5.What type of nature restoration do you think is required to address the climate risks your organisation is facing (either identified or anticipated)?
6.Are you already progressing any nature-based climate adaptation projects?
If you have maps of the locations we would be grateful if they could be shared with us.
7.If you haven’t explored the potential for nature restoration to reduce risks yet, would your organisation be interested in collaborating with others to deliver nature restoration for climate adaptation?
8.Would your organisation be able to contribute towards the cost of nature restoration in the prioritised locations?
9.What do you think the blockers are to delivering nature restoration in your priority locations? For example, funding, knowledge and skills, awareness of options, policy, regulation etc.
10.What has been the driver for the use of nature restoration to address climate risks? For example, policy / regulation, cost, improvements to place, biodiversity or climate duties.
11.Please provide your name and the organisation you have responded on behalf of(Required.)
Please send any maps to info@sniffer.org.uk.
No personal data will be shared beyond the project partners.
Thank you for completing this survey.