Project Theme: Natural Flood Management
Mobilising funds for multiple benefits and ecosystem services: Riparian tree planting
Background The creation of woodland, specifically riparian woodland, and associated activities is a mitigation option that has the potential to deliver multiple benefits to the environment. Woodland creation changes the local environment – the trees shade the river channel, improve the soil hydrology (increasing the water infiltration rates) and surface…
Innovative funding for Wyre natural flood management interventions
Background The Wyre catchment suffers from significant flooding which has devastating impacts on local communities. A report completed during Phases 1 and 2 identified potential natural flood management interventions in the Wyre, and these are in the process of being developed to quantify and prioritise. However funding for new flood…
Mobilising funds for multiple benefits and ecosystem services: Use of urban catchment forestry to deliver multiple ecosystem services in urban areas
Background Surface water flooding from overwhelmed drains is an increasing challenge in urban areas and leads to significant economic costs for businesses, landowners and individuals as well as impacts on health and wellbeing. Meanwhile, urban diffuse pollution contributes to poor water quality, impacting on the ecological status of rivers and…