The Ravensbourne Catchment Improvement Group
The Ravensbourne Catchment Improvement Group (RCIG), which formed in 2012 in order to represent a wide range of local stakeholders with a shared interest in improving the whole River Ravensbourne system to benefit local people and water-dependent wildlife.
The RCIG meets regularly throughout the year to share information and build knowledge about sustainable water and river management and identify opportunities to improve local river sites across the whole Ravensbourne catchment.
What we do
To progress our action plan we focus on championing, fundraising and developing projects across the whole Ravensbourne catchment that will help to improve:
- Habitats and wildlife resilience, by improving water quality and reducing non-native invasive species;
- Greater access to the network of rivers, streams and wetlands within the interconnected Ravensbourne-Pool-Quaggy catchment;
- Public perception and awareness of environmental pressures and opportunities for improvements;
- Flood storage and resilience, to reduce the risks of flooding to homes and businesses;
- Collection of data and evidence, including citizen science, to record changes over time;
- Opportunities for positive changes through planning and development.
Rivers and People 