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RESTORE EU LIFE+

Rivers: Engaging, Supporting and Transferring knowledge for Restoration in Europe

RESTORE is developing a network linking policy makers, river basin planners and a wide range of practitioners and experts across Europe to share information and good practice on river restoration activities. RESTORE is helping these sectors implement environmental directives by raising their awareness of effective river restoration. RESTORE is addressing the need to both understand and promote best practice in river restoration across Europe, and tackles the main problem affecting practitioners, not a lack of expertise; but a lack of opportunities for sharing best practice and knowledge. RESTORE will provide a platform for effective knowledge transfer and information sharing.

The RRC is the lead organisation for the West Region which covers the U.K, the Republic of Ireland, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and northern France. RESTORE will engage with 90,000 people through the RESTORE website, newsletters, articles, engagement events, field excursions and general outreach. The RESTORE River Wiki database of European best practice case studies is now 'live' .

Upcoming RESTORE events:

RESTORE field visit to Germany and Switzerland. 22-25th May.
Exploring restoration of river dynamics and continuity in heavily modified rivers.
Programme,
Booking Form.

Outputs from Western Europe that are now freely available include:

Exploring the synergy between EU Directives to achieve best practice river restoration and management, workshop and site visits Programme & Article, hosted by the River Restoration Centre on the 9-10th April in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
Removal of Water Level Management Structures and River Restoration Field Visit Schedule, Report, & Supporting Information courtesy of Jeremy Watkins, ENGEES/ River Restoration Centre.
Hosted by L'Institution Interdépartementale du Bassin de la Sèvre Nantaise (IIBSN) and the RRC on the 11th and 12th October 2012 in Loire valley, France.
Improving Morphology and Fish Passage in High Energy Rivers Workshop Agenda & Report.
Hosted by the RRC on the 25th - 26th September 2012 in Scotland.
Managing Water magazine article on workshop (p19).

Presentations (In order of appearance)
The RESTORE project (Martin Janes, River Restoration Centre)
Nature like fish passes (Jukka Jormola, Finnish Environment Institute)
Hydropower, fish passage and the WFD (Marc Redeker, ARCADIS)
Fish passage assessment tool (Colin Bull, Stirling University)
Freshwater Pearl Mussel European project (Angus Tree, Scottish Natural Heritage)
Close to nature fish passes in Ireland (Alan Cullagh, Inland Fisheries Ireland)
Hydropower schemes and high energy rivers in Ireland (Gerry Mc Cafferty, Inland Fisheries Island)
The REFORM project (Iain Gunn, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology)
Rottal burn restoration project (Kenny MacDougall, EnviroCentre Ltd.)
Linking Wetlands, Floodplains and River Restoration Workshop at Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) Conference. Flier.
Workshop report will be available soon.
River Restoration Sharing Best Practice Workshop Flier & Workshop Report.
Hosted by the RRC on the 20th April 2012 in Nottingham, England.
RESTORE workshop press release.
Incorporating River Restoration into Spatial Planning Workshop Agenda, Site visit, & Report.
Hosted by the RRC on the 8th and 9th March 2012 in Arnhem, the Netherlands.

Presentations (In order of appearance)
Introduction to RESTORE (Antonia Scarr, Environment Agency)
Delivering river restoration through the UK planning system (Judith Cooke, Environment Agency)
Making Room for the River - the Dutch experience (Michael van Buuren, Dutch Government)
French experience of spatial planning (Emmanuel Steinmann, Office of Planning and Economy)
River restoration delivery and land use planning (Tim Crawshaw, Darlington Borough Council)
Delivering river restoration from UK Agency perspective (Dave Webb, Environment Agency)
Isar Plan River Project (Nivedita Mahida, Water Authority Lower Baveria)
River Restoration International Water Management Workshop Flier & Workshop Report.
Hosted by the RRC on the 22nd February 2012 in Lille, France.

Presentations (In order of appearance)
The RESTORE project (Jenny Mant, River Restoration Centre)
Expanding & improving information on river restoration (Antonia Scarr, Environment Agency)
Introducing the RESTORE wiki tool (Nick Elbourne, River Restoration Centre)
River hydromorphology restoration examples in France (Josée Peress, French National Agency for Water and Aquatic Environments)
River Restoration Policy and River Basin Planning Workshop Agenda & Workshop Report.
Hosted by the RRC on the 29th November 2011 in Paris, France.

Presentations (In order of appearance)
RESTORE - aiding implementation of river restoration (Antonia Scarr, Environment Agency)
Stakeholder engagement and land use planning (Ian Barker, Environment Agency)
National policy implementation to achieve river restoration(Joyce Carr, Scottish Government)
Stakeholder engagement - delivering basin plans (Klaas-Jan Douben, Waterschap Brabantse Delta)
Making space for water (Stephanie Hudin, Federation des Conservatoires d'espaces)
Funding mechanisms - delivering basin plans (Laurence Couldrick, West County Rivers Trust)
European land use planning and policy (Bart Fokkens, Wetlands International/ECRR)
Best Practice River Restoration Design & Delivery Workshop Agenda & Workshop Report.
Hosted by the RRC on the 13th - 14th July 2011 in the New Forest National Park, United Kingdom.

Examples of issues encountered by contractors on river restoration projects (In order of appearance).
Will Bond (Alaska)
Mark Stollery (Wessex Land and Water)
Richard Edwards (Salix)
Jimmy King (Inland Fisheries Ireland)

Examples of issues encountered by consultants on river restoration projects (In order of appearance).
Robin Chase (Atkins)
Karen White (Haskoning UK)
Sally German (Arup)
Celine Gallay (Halcrow)
Roel Knoben (Haskoning Netherlands)
EU River Restoration policy and planning review document

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