CRP in context
Cornwall Rivers Project is directed
toward the rehabilitation of the key rivers and their
catchments across the whole of the Cornwall Objective
1 area. This exciting project seeks to develop and expand
the successful work of the Westcountry Rivers Trust's
Westcountry Rivers Project in Devon and it's Tamar 2000
SUPPORT Project to protect and preserve, rehabilitate,
enhance and restore our river heritage in the South West,
while sustaining local communities.
The project will contribute towards
the four strategic objectives of the Objective 1 programme
i.e.:
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To increase absolute
prosperity
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To support agricultural
adjustment
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To support communities
faced with change; and
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To enhance regional
distinctiveness
The ability of catchment
based advisory projects to meet the objectives outlined
above has already been successfully demonstrated in the
Westcountry Rivers Trust's Tamar 2000 SUPPORT Project. This
focused pathfinder project with its radical new approach
has engendered considerable support for its extension to
the wider community of Cornwall and beyond. It has provided
a practical example of how an integrated participatory approach
can be implemented to enhance and maintain environmental
quality for both people and wildlife, at the same time providing
increased revenues and employment.
Some specific features of CRP
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The Project uniquely
features the integrated application of proven best land
use practice and water resource management delivered
on a catchment community scale through the direct active
participation of stakeholders
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The Project provides
the practical means to protect, rehabilitate and restore
the catchments of key rivers that are so significant
to the heritage and economy of Cornwall. These catchments
have suffered environmental degradation as a result
of unsustainable land use practices in recent decades.
Uniquely, the project approach tackles the causes as
well as the symptoms of environmental decline
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The Project will
help to safeguard existing jobs and create new jobs
by protecting the environment, identifying potential
for reductions in farming costs and providing new or
improved enterprise opportunities
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