1. Rewilding Middle England The Wetland Vision Andrew Heaton Environment Agency

2. Wetland Benefits  Biodiversity  Flood alleviation  Water quality  Water supply (groundwater recharge)  Recreation  Landscape  Climate change

3. The Wetland Vision  EA/EN/RSPB/WTs  Three stage process  Data gathering: where wetlands are, where they could be  Development of maps identifying areas having future wetland potential  Options for achieving the wetland vision Local communities, regional and other planning processes to use the Vision to protect and create wetlands  Naturalness: how managed should rewetted sites be?

4. The Wetland Vision  Layers of data (eg soil types, flood potential) identify future wetland potential  Step 1: overlaying environmental data sets  Step 2: summarising information (by catchment)  Step 3: proposing a way forward in any given area

5. Other Guidance  EMRBS - BEAs/SRCs focus for habitat creation  BEAs wetland focus  WM Landscapes for Living

6. Wetland opportunities in Middle England East Midlands:  Lincolnshire Fens  Trent Valley  Soar Valley  Nene Park

7. Wetland opportunities in Middle England West Midlands:  Trent Valley  Tame Valley  Severn/Vyrnwy Confluence  Severn and Avon Vales  Meres and Mosses

8. Wetland Opportunities in Middle England Elsewhere:  Great Fen Project  Coastal Wetlands - Freiston, Alkborough  Severn Vale (Gloucestershire)

9. What might these Wetlands look like?

11. The Elephant in the Room  CLIMATE CHANGE  water resources  invasives  future ecology

12. Rewetting Middle England  Landscape-scale approach  Biodiversity  Environmental services