{"id":5241,"date":"2023-07-24T10:14:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T09:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/findhornbayarts.com\/?post_type=projects&#038;p=5241"},"modified":"2024-01-16T19:12:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T19:12:59","slug":"findhorn-watershed-initiative","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/findhornbayarts.com\/projects\/residencies-commissions\/findhorn-watershed-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Findhorn Watershed Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To support the community engagement strand of the <a href=\"https:\/\/findhornwatershed.com\">Findhorn Watershed Initiative<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fnlrt.org.uk\/\">Findhorn, Nairn and Lossie Rivers Trust<\/a> has commissioned Findhorn Bay Arts to deliver a programme of creative and cultural engagements in the lower River Findhorn catchment area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/tweedforum.org\/our-work\/projects\/destination-tweed\/\">Destination Tweed<\/a>&#8216;s \u2018Connecting Threads\u2019 project and building upon <a href=\"https:\/\/findhornbayarts.com\/projects\/festivals-events\/source-to-sea\/\">previous collaborations<\/a> to bring Mark Zygadlo\u2019s \u2018WaterOrgan\u2019 and <a href=\"scotland: The Big Picture\">SCOTLAND: The Big Picture<\/a>\u2019s \u2018Riverwoods\u2019 film to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.findhornbayfestival.com\/\">Findhorn Bay Festival<\/a>, keep an eye on our newsletter and social media to see how this partnership develops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Findhorn Watershed Initiative<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Coordinated action for nature recovery and connection, at a watershed-scale<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Findhorn Watershed Initiative is a multi-generational vision to restore a mosaic of nature rich habitats, grow a culture of nature connection and enable a thriving nature-based economy for the people and places of the Findhorn watershed, from the Monadhliath Mountains to the Moray Firth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Catalysed by the global drive towards net zero and ecosystem restoration, the Initiative brings together land managers, communities, businesses, and other river users in an accelerated, collaborative programme of habitat restoration, carbon sequestration and river stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Led by local environmental conservation intermediary \u2013 the Findhorn, Nairn and Lossie Rivers Trust \u2013 the Findhorn Watershed Initiative was created in direct response to the Trust\u2019s 2021-26 Management Plan which outlines its commitment to the conservation and restoration of its river catchments, as well as global frameworks, such as the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/findhornwatershed.com\/\">https:\/\/findhornwatershed.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Partnering with Findhorn, Nairn and Lossie Rivers Trust on a creative and cultural programme for the lower catchment area of the River Findhorn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5226,"menu_order":1,"template":"","strand":[33,69],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/findhornbayarts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/5241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/findhornbayarts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/findhornbayarts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/projects"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findhornbayarts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/findhornbayarts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"strand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findhornbayarts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/strand?post=5241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}