The 2019 Thiess International Riverprize is now open for applications! This year also marks the 20th anniversary of the International Riverprize being awarded.
Applications for Stage One are open until March 31st 2019
Find out more, read the application guidelines and start your application at the link or click here.
It is hoped the partnership will bring about “much-needed restoration” for Welsh rivers.
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Afonydd Cymru, the organisation which oversees the country’s six Rivers Trusts, which will see two collaborate to improve river catchments, fisheries and ecology.
The Woodlands for Water project should help mitigate the effects of flooding in the North East and Yorkshire.
The Forestry Commission and Environment Agency-run scheme provides financial incentives and expert advice to help farmers plant woodlands and alleviate flooding.
The Woodland Creation grant offers up to £6,800/ha to farmers that plant new woodlands, along with £200/ha/yr for up to 10 years.
ThinkNature hosted the first webinar in a series of four on the concept, practices and benefits of nature-based solutions.
Three nature-based solutions experts shared their expertise and attendees also had the opportunity to participate in short surveys and pose their own questions. The webinar speakers were:
Emmanuelle Cohen-Shacham, Nature-based Solutions Thematic Group Leader, Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Biomatrix Water have shared this video about Living Water Cities featuring inspiring footage of waterway transformation. Working together with their partners and volunteers they are honoured to share the stories of how Floating Ecosystems bring green space, biodiversity, health and beauty into the urban environment. Learn what they mean when they say “bringing water to life.”
Environment Agency have been working in partnership with the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Rijkswaterstaat in the Netherlands and NGos to develop the recently published 'Engineering with Nature an Atlas' featuring 10 UK case studies.
The Eddleston Water Project is a major UK partnership research project to measure the effects of river restoration and natural flood management techniques. The international project Building with Nature (BwN), funded by the Scottish Government and the European Union’s INTERREG North Sea Region Programme, is an emerging complementary concept. BwN recognises that natural processes help to keep us safe against coastal erosion and flooding.
LIFE, the EU’s fund for the environment, nature and climate action, has funded more than 2 600 environmental projects since 1992. LIFE has invested over €2.1 billion in these projects, which have mobilised more than €5.2 billion euros in total. It has helped nearly 500 local, regional and national authorities to develop, update and implement environmental legislation. And it has involved more than 650 enterprises and industry organisations in the quest for green solutions, best practices and close-to-market technologies.
Landscape Partnership Manager
Chalk, Cherries and Chairs Landscape Partnership Scheme
The UK’s longest rock ramp construction is set to return salmon and other fish species to a Scottish river for the first time in over 200 years.
In the first project of its kind in Scotland, RiverLife has begun to transform the River Avon and the River Almond in West Lothian through a mixture of large scale capital projects and smaller scale works.