Our Vision, Mission and Values
Our Vision: A thriving, climate-resilient Spey ecosystem, where natural processes have been restored and the biodiversity of our rivers and habitats is flourishing, in harmony with our local communities.
Our Mission: Creating a sustainable, climate-resilient and thriving natural environment for wildlife and communities throughout the Spey Catchment.
Our Values: Collaborative, Pragmatic, Ambitious
Our Strategic Objectives
1. River Restoration
- Action: Deliver habitat restoration projects focussed on riverbanks, floodplains, and aquatic ecosystems.
- Outcomes: Improved water quality and restored hydrology, healthy aquatic ecosystems, increased biodiversity, natural flood management and enhanced climate change resilience.
2. Woodland Creation
- Action: Deliver or support riparian native woodland creation and restoration projects.
- Outcomes: Shading, water temperature mitigation, healthy aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and enhanced biodiversity and climate change resilience.
3. Riparian Habitats & Nature Networks
- Deliver strategic projects to improve and reconnect riparian habitats at landscape scale.
- Outcomes: Restored nature networks with increased biodiversity and connectivity.
We will support these objectives by:
4. Supporting & Advising Farmers and Land Managers
- Action: Support land managers to design and deliver riparian and nature restoration projects that develop and sustain their enterprises.
- Outcomes: Sustainable rural enterprises that deliver biodiversity gains.
5. Community Engagement
- Action: Connecting people and communities with our work, linking businesses to sustainable ecosystems.
- Outcomes: Community support for habitat restoration and nature enhancement.
6. Organisational Sustainability
- Action: Develop a sustainable organisation with capacity to effectively deliver our objectives.
- Outcomes: A financially stable organisation with adequate resources for effective operational delivery.
Additional reading
Evolving principles for nature restoration – an SCI discussion – an ongoing discussion of principles that drive our work, for our staff and all our partners and stakeholders.