Invasive non-native wetland plants

How can we eradicate them at the catchment scale?

Catherine Chatters

New Forest Non-Native Plants Project

The Invasive Non-Native Species FrameworkStrategy forGreat Britain

Partnership working

Giant hogweed

Landowners and Managers

RiverChampion

Himalayan balsam

Landowners and Managers – Fishing Clubs

River Champions

Summary• Time needed to identify

owners • Identify plant locations• Sense of responsibility• Trust• Get everyone ‘on board’• Upstream – downstream• Co-ordination• Enthusiasm• Sustained contact• Long-term relationships• River ‘champions’• Awareness raising• Partnership working

Acknowledgements

• Great Britain Non-Native Species Secretariat

• Middle of the Road Photography

• Peter Llewellyn

• Trevor Renals

• RPS Group

Any questions?