The Defra 2015-2020 plan  Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs publishes its departmental plan for 2015-2020, outlining priority areas in flooding, air pollution and wildlife diversity The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has released its five-year plan for delivering a cleaner, healthier environment while encouraging growth and prosperity in the UK’s… Read more »
Natural Flood Management – a ’round-up’ of links
Flooding: government inquiry into a joined up approach, slowing flood water, redirecting farming subsidies, living with nature and rewilding … and planting a few trees Read more Institute of Civil Engineering report on “Slowing the Flow in Pickering” Read here
Fruit farmer Suzannah Starkey of Starkey’s Fruit in Southwell looks at the impact of rain and muddy soil on crops
Suzannah Starkey’s article in Nottingham Post We need to consider how better to cope with excess water, whatever the cause, by cleaning ditches, digging out channels and draining surface water into lagoons because it is filtering too slowly to the subsoils, to the detriment of the crop. Read more: http://www.nottinghampost.com/Suzannah-Starkey-rain-mud/story-28618593-detail/story.html#ixzz429bikJOu
National Flood Resilience Review: Government action to tackle floods
The government confirmed the terms of reference for the National Flood Resilience Review, which will be chaired by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Oliver Letwin. Established in December 2015 following Storm Desmond, the Review will assess how the country can be better protected from future flooding and increasingly extreme weather events. It will… Read more »
Natural Flood Management – EA posts
‘Energy Crops and Floodplain Flows’ ‘Long Term Land Use Changes and Flood Risk’:
Farmers, the public, wildlife and dredging – collection of articles
One of the emerging themes of the Northern floods is how farmers and dredging debate has once again taken off. Environment Minister addresses the Oxford Farming Conference Liz Truss is choosing to protect farmers over flood victims Farmers and conservationists split over river dredging plans – Farmers Weekly
‘Flood Resilient Communities: Evaluating the Defra Flood Resilience Community Pathfinder’
Here’s a summary by Peter Coombs Vice President Business Development, EMEA of the CIWEM conference on ‘Flood Resilient Communities: Evaluating the Defra Flood Resilience Community Pathfinder’. He found the conference invaluable with many positive outcomes but he wonders why so many communities have been allowed to be exposed to such risks. “Historical developments along watercourses… Read more »
Upstream management – BBC Radio 4 Farming today 12th January 2016
As the post-flood clear-up continues, we’re exploring ways in which farmers may be able to help prevent future flooding, by keeping water upstream. In this programme we hear about a gigantic sock which can help hold water back, and keep it upstream in farmers’ fields. Programme no longer available
Civic Voice Design Awards 2015 winner, ‘Slowing the Flow’, saves Pickering from floods.
Amongst the recent floods, there is a story from Pickering which is giving hope to the towns and villages which were affected. Pickering has been flooded time and time again but this time remained dry due to a new, cost effective flood defence called ‘Slowing the Flow’. Following a series of devastating floods, spanning from 1999 to… Read more »
What is a one hundred year flood? BBC Radio 4 “More or less” examines the meaning
Tim Harford and the team take a look at some of the numbers in the news about flooding. What is a one hundred year flood? And is there really a north-south divide in the amount of money spent on flood defences in England? (3.10 onwards) Listen here to programme on 10th January 2016
