FWAG SW
Organisation type:
NGO/ Conservation Body
Contact name:
Will Barnard
Position/ Role:
Project lead
email:
Grants interested in applying for:
Lowland Peat Water Discovery Grant, Paludiculture and Wetter Farming Fund
Region:
Somerset
Areas of expertise
Carbon accounting/ water management, Environmental monitoring (habitats, water quality), Hydrology, rewetting infrastructure, water management (e.g. tilting weirs, level-control structures), Farmer engagement/ knowledge exchange, Landscape scale planning (aligned with Defra's Landscape Recovery), Machinery/ harvesting/ engineering for wet soils, Market innovation/ product development/ supply chain, Policy/ regulation/ advisory services, Private finance, Sowing/ growing paludiculture crops/ crop trials/ agronomy for wetland crops
Resources available
Staff time/ research capacity, Other (please specify in Additional Information below)
Engagement interests
We can offer facilitation/support for engagment with farmer groups like Moor Associations, share information with farmers and landowners, and help with reporting.
Additional information
Additional resources - tried and tested collaborative processes for land use planning and farmer group decision making.
Relevant Projects:
https://fwagsw.org.uk/moor-associations/
https://fwagsw.org.uk/greater-sedgemoor-landscape-recovery-project/
https://fwagsw.org.uk/lowland-agricultural-peat-water-discovery-pilot-somerset-moor-futures/
https://fwagsw.org.uk/paludiculture-exploration-fund-taking-typha-to-scale/
Developing landscape planning processes:
https://fwagsw.org.uk/somerset-moor-futures-co-designing-planning-processes/
Moor Associations (groups of people who farm and own the land on a particular moor/hydrological block): https://moorassociations.odoo.com/