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The Uplands and Flooding Amy Parrott: Policy Advisor, Flood and Coastal Risk Management Karen Eynon: Moors for the Future Project Manager, Making Space for Water Project
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Policy Background State of Science Policy Future
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RECOMMENDATION 27: Defra, the Environment Agency and Natural England should work with partners to establish a programme through Catchment Flood Management Plans and Shoreline Management Plans to achieve greater working with natural processes.
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Pitt & land use Rural Land Management can help retain water in soil slow down water flow reduce run-off Wider scale benefits remain unproven Recognises local scale benefits of better land use Further studies needed
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Uplands and flooding Restoration of degraded blanket bogs Grip blocking Changes of management Reforestation
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SC00692- SCaMP
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Defra multi-objective projects Moors for the FutureHolnicote Slowing the Flow in Pickering
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Karen Eynon Making Space for Water Project Manager Making Space for Water in the Upper Derwent
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Environment Agency working in partnership with Natural England and the National Trust –building on Moors for the Future
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Making Space for Water in the Upper Derwent Demonstration project to show how land management changes (specifically moorland restoration) can contribute to reducing flood risk at the local scale
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Kinder Scout – The Edge
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Restoring the Edge site Large size Soil chemistry intervention (lime and fertiliser) Nurse grass crop Physical works Heather brash Access difficulties Much winter work!
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Importance of the Bill Strategic Flood Risk Main rivers Sea Reservoirs Local Flood Risk Surface runoff Groundwater Ordinary watercourses Strategic Overview Coastal erosion
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Upland work: Key Points Have an open mind! Understand the catchment Monitor the impacts Don’t dismiss the wider benefits Make sure you have a good monitoring strategy
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Environment Agency FRM GIA Catchment Scale Research Prioritise Research Catchment Sensitive Farming objective Natural England Maximise FRM benefits Deliver Flood storage CFMP targeting
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Key messages Small scale changes work locally Large scale impacts need more investigation We will continue to prioritise catchment scale research
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