Sustainable Bank Protection: Guidance and GBR

Including sustainable bank protection within your management plans to reduce erosion and help secure river banks can be a great, efficient and cost effective way to solve a problem on farm. But what regulation/rules do you need to follow? Where can you gain more information. Helen Reid and Matt Burke, from SEPA, explain what land managers need to know before starting their journey to introduce sustainable bank protection projects on farm.

SEPA’s Guidance document is available here.

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