Forty projects which will use natural processes such as planting trees and creating wetlands to reduce the risk of flooding are set to benefit from a £25 million government programme, Floods Minister Robbie Moore announced today (Friday 23 February). Part of the government’s plan to increase the nation’s flood resilience, natural flood management processes protect, […]
The latest edition of Landscape, the journal of the Landscape Institute includes a SuDS special feature, SuDS regulation across the UK, NFM and loads of case studies. More details: This edition starts with the landscape of the Natural History Museum and the revolution in SuDS. It revisits the esplanade at Dover; indulges in the joys […]
The WWT (formerly known as the Wildlife and Wetlands Trust) has called for significant investment in natural flood management schemes to increase resilience to future flood risk. It says that the recent impacts of storms Babet, Ciaran and Debi have exposed how unprepared the UK is to the growing risk of flooding caused by climate […]
Defra and the Environment Agency have published the ‘Natural flood management programme prospectus’, enabling applicants to apply for funding to increase flood resilience with natural flood management. NFM measures can include: soil and land management river and floodplain management woodland management run-off management coast and estuary management To receive funding a project must: provide one […]
At present there is no dedicated career path for those working in NFM. It is a field of work where a wide range of occupations and professions contribute. If you want to work in natural flood management, you should consider one of the routes outlined in this article. As we come to terms with how […]
A new, open-access book considers the tools and methods available to implement nature-based solutions to water security. It includes in-depth case studies from nine different international locations, including natural flood management in the Thames Basin. It also offers links to material providing details and examples to develop natural assurance schemes. It is part of the […]
The Hardcastle Crags Natural Flood Management (NFM) interventions have been proven a successful test project by scientific monitoring, showing that NFM does work to help alleviate flooding! Therefore, (as we have always known, but it’s nice to have proof) the more NFM and SuDS interventions we can implement, and the more widespread we can make […]
The National Trust, Yorkshire Water and the Woodland Trust are working together to create 350 hectares of woodland, install thousands of natural flood management interventions and restore peatland. Two public meetings in April will give people chance to learn more about plans A partnership project between the National Trust, Yorkshire Water and the Woodland Trust […]