River Dart Catchment Partnership

The Principles that guide our activities are: 

• The river is a vitally important ecosystem that is under immense pressure; it needs urgent action to improve its condition and ensure its long-term protection
• Our scope includes the whole catchment, from source to sea, via the estuary; and our focus is on actions across the catchment that will deliver our vision for the River Dart
• We need a holistic, partnership-based catchment-scale approach to address the multiple challenges faced by the river
• We need a dynamic and adaptive plan that embeds monitoring and evaluation and is responsive to rapidly-changing pressures and emerging opportunities
• The national and global issues of biodiversity loss and climate change are being felt on the River Dart and are primary drivers of our work
• The highest possible standards of water quality should be achieved and maintained for wildlife and for people.