Resources
Learn more about land management for freshwaters
Use resources produced through Water Friendly Farming, and by the project partners, to learn more about land management practices for freshwaters.
Water Friendly Farming reports and research papers
A model for quantifying the effectiveness of leaky barriers as a flood mitigation intervention in an agricultural landscape
Villamizar Velez, ML, Stoate, C, Biggs, J, Szczur, J, Williams, P & Brown, CD 2023, published in the journal River Research and Applications
Results of the Water Friendly Farming project and next steps
Biggs, J, Bonney, S, Brown, C, Stoate, C, Szczur, J, Villamizar Velez, M and Williams, P,
Dig (clean) ponds to save freshwater biodiversity: policy and practitioner briefing note
Freshwater Habitats Trust
Comparison of technical and systems-based approaches to managing pesticide contamination in surface water catchments
Villamizar Velez, ML, Stoate, C, Biggs, J, Morris, C, Szczur, J & Brown, CD 2020, published in the Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 260, 110027.
Nature based measures increase freshwater biodiversity in agricultural catchments
Williams, P, Biggs, J, Stoate, C, Szczur, J, Brown, C, Bonney, S, published in the journal Biological Conservation, vol. 244, 108515.
Water Friendly Farming Autumn 2016 Update
The Water Friendly Farming Report 2014 highlights results from the project’s first six years. It was presented at an All Party Parliamentary Game and Wildlife Conservation Group meeting in Westminster on 8th November 2016.
Water Friendly Farming Report 2014
The Water Friendly Farming Report 2014 highlights results from the project’s first four years, including the baseline conditions before our mitigation measures were introduced. The results provide some of the first scientific evidence that habitat creation can prevent loss of freshwater biodiversity at the catchment scale.
Natural Flood Management resources
Optimising leaky barriers to prevent collapse and improve performance
A Water Friendly Farming case study on lessons learned.
Farm biodiversity resources
Guide to the restoration, creation and management of ponds
A guide by Freshwater Habitats Trust and UCL
Pond Creation Toolkit - Freshwater Habitats Trust
Freshwater Habitats Trust’s guide to pond creation.