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03 Mar 2021

Demonstrating the value of Building with Nature in practice

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Research findings just revealed by one of the EU North Sea Region Building with Nature partners in Scotland are revealing the true value of taking a sustainable approach to reducing flood risk - through the careful and targeted use of Natural Flood...
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02 Mar 2021

Building with Nature project output library

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The Building with Nature (BwN) project, funded by Interreg, demonstrated BwN solutions that utilise natural processes to deliver flood risk and coastal erosion management whilst enhancing ecosystem services. The Scottish Government led the '...
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02 Mar 2021

Scottish FRM2021 conference outputs now available

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Scotland's Flood Risk Management Conference 2021 was held from the 1st - 5th February 2021. The conference was virtual this year and covered a range of topics such as finance and green recovery, science and policy updates and communication and...
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13 Jul 2020

Flood Risk Management Conference 2020 report now available

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A conference report highlighting key messages from the Scottish Flood Risk Management Conference 2020 has been published by Sniffer. The conference included a session on Natural Flood Management. The report contains links to audio sound recordings...
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13 Jul 2020

Building with Nature policy briefs published

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The Tweed Forum, Scottish Government and SEPA are partners in the EU Interreg Building with Nature project. The project’s Policy Learning Group (PLG) has produced a series of country specific policy briefs. You may be interested in these Scottish...
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13 Jul 2020

NERC NFM programme webinar series

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The NERC NFM research programme is advertising a series of webinars. These one hour webinars occur roughly every month and cover a range of topics. The aim of the webinar series is to allow NFM researchers and practitioners to share knowledge and...
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19 Jun 2020

Be adaptive to become resilient conference outputs now available

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The Interreg BwN (Building with Nature)/FAIR /C5a end event ' Be Adaptive to Become Resilient' was held on the 4th June 2020. Over 150 people attended the online event. The recordings and presentations from the webinars and workshops are now...
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01 Jun 2020

Floodplains report published by European Environment Agency

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The European Environment Agency has recently published a report on the importance of floodplains (report title: "Floodplains: a natural system to preserve and restore" ). The report highlights the importance of natural and restored floodplains for...
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12 Nov 2019

Paper highlights the potential of runoff attenuation features as a NFM approach

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An open access paper on "The potential of runoff attenuation features as a Natural Flood Management approach" has been published in the Journal of Flood Risk Management. The study utilised data from the Belford Burn catchment in N.E. England, and in...
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12 Nov 2019

Communities at risk of flooding and their attitudes towards NFM report published

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A report has been published today by Scotland's Centre of Expertise for Waters on "Communities at risk of flooding and their attitudes towards natural flood management". The project team at the James Hutton Institute explored factors that affect...
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11 Nov 2019

Delivering Nature-Based Solutions workshop report published

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A co-organised event in Edinburgh (May 2019) brought together international experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities for delivering Nature-Based Solutions. The goal of the event was to facilitate the knowledge exchange and share best...
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