Wise use of floodplains - a demonstration of techniques to evaluate and plan floodplain restoration LIFE99 ENV/UK/000203
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1 Wise use of floodplains - a demonstration of techniques to evaluate and plan floodplain restoration LIFE99 ENV/UK/ Project description Environmental issues Beneficiaries Administrative data Read more Contact details: Project Manager: Russell CRYER * Tel: +44(0)1767/ Fax: +44(0)1767/ russell.cryer@rspb.org.uk Project description: Background Past river management in Europe has drained floodplain wetlands and isolated rivers from their floodplains. Problems such as flooding, water shortages and over-enrichment of water have been made worse in places from this approach. In recent years many people have come to realise that rivers cannot be managed in isolation from their floodplains, nor can rivers and their floodplains be treated without considering the demands put upon them by agriculture, industry, nature conservation and other interests. The EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) aims to solve these problems by introducing integrated river basin planning and requiring Member States of the EU to meet new ecologically based objectives on the quality of water. The sustainable management of floodplains, a crucial part of the water cycle, is fundamental in meeting these objectives. Member States face particular problems in implementing the Water Framework Directive, in particular from: A lack of guidance on methods for appraisal of the effects of restoration and management options The need to align European and national policy to facilitate the implementation of the Directive A lack of guidance and case study examples of how to facilitate integrated planning and management A transnational partnership involving 16 partners in 6 Project Areas was set up in order to design and deliver a project to try and meet some of these needs. Objectives
2 The project was designed to help Member States implement the Water Framework Directive by demonstrating how floodplains and their associated wetlands can contribute to sustainable management of water resources within river basins. To achieve this, the project would: 1) Develop and demonstrate tools to: Model the effects of changing land management on water flow Identify the costs and benefits of different restoration and management options. Involve stakeholders in the appraisal and decision-making process 2) Determine how European and national policy would need to change to facilitate restoration of flood and coastal plain wetlands. 3) Facilitate planning and implementation of floodplain restoration across Europe through dissemination of guidelines and results. Results The first phase of the project demonstrated the value of innovative methods and participatory processes to compare the social, economic and environmental costs and benefits of different floodplain management schemes, enabling stakeholders to identify the best options. These methods included focus groups, participatory rural appraisal, planning for floodplains mapping exercises, and citizens juries etc. They were used to ensure stakeholder involvement and ownership of the process even between groups of stakeholders with a traditionally adversarial relationship (farmers and conservationists). These techniques were tested within five areas (Forth, Erne, Charente and Somerset Levels and the Fens), with the sixth area focusing on the hydrological effects of floodplain wetland restoration (Cherwell). The Fens project also analysed the impact of policy and funding. In each area, project officers developed detailed work programmes, collected data to profile the floodplain and determined the physical suitability for wetland restoration. Studies were also carried out to provide social and economic profiles and analysis. The stakeholders involved were mapped and key groups identified. An appraisal framework was then applied to assess possible restoration and management options, allowing decision-makers to take account of: Technical feasibility, trends in water use and economic development, environmental objectives for river basins, including ecological priorities, policy and funding context, financial viability and stakeholders views. In the second phase, a wide range of tools were produced based on this experience, whilst in the third phase the findings and outputs were widely disseminated through organised fora at a national and European level, as well as through published reports, case studies, guidelines and web sites. The main results/outputs produced by the project include: A range of tools to aid floodplains managers to implement the Water Framework Directive, including: Participatory processes, Appraisal techniques, including the innovative Analysing Barriers to Change (ABC) model, Hydrological modelling techniques, an overview guide for River Basin Managers. Establishment of an international communication network between stakeholders within the project An action plan for each area to promote options for floodplain wetland restoration A series of national and European workshops, looking at changes needed in policy and practice, written up in a report on Opportunities and Barriers to Sustainable Management of Water Website disseminating and promoting the findings of the project The presentation of key recommendations for European policy and
3 funding changes needed to implement the Water Framework Directive at national and EU level. In terms of environmental policy and legislation implications: The project has looked at methods of appraising the economic and social, as well as environmental, effects of floodplain management, and therefore makes a contribution to wider issues of sustainable development (in addition to environmental improvement). The project was set up to address water management issues in the context of European and national policy. In particular, as the project was designed specifically to help Member States with the implementation of the Water Framework Directive, its successful completion should be of long-term use throughout the EU. The project has innovation and demonstration value: Participatory methods to engage stakeholders in selecting preferred floodplain restoration and management options. The options appraisal trialled during the project had not previously been used in catchment context. The development of a sustainable appraisal technique in the Fenlands area, involving local resources and experts assisted by a facilitator. ABC analysis developed in Fenlands area and applied in other project areas. An equivalent logical step-by-step method to understand barriers and identify opportunities to overcome them was not found elsewhere in environmental policy analysis work. The development of the Wet Fens vision and strategy and its illustration on a map enabled stakeholders to see and participate in a way forward to achieving actual floodplain restoration in the most intensively farmed areas in England. Use of Local Sustainability Model in the Erne area to appraise floodplain management proposals. Examination of the costs and benefits of implementing the WFD, showing that the benefits of implementing the Directive exceed the cost.. According to information provided by the LIFE external monitoring team in 2005, the project s recommendations for floodplain management have been fed into guidance notes developed by the European Commission and Member States to aid the implementation of the Water Framework Directive, and have formed the basis of lobbying in a variety of related policy areas. Teams running floodplain catchment projects throughout Europe are using the results of this project to shape their work, and work is being undertaken within the catchments targeted by the project to turn the project recommendations into real action. For more information, see the project website, which remains open at: Environmental issues addressed: Themes Water - River basin management Information - Governance - Public and Stakeholders participation Keywords river management cost-benefit analysis decision making support integrated management modelling social participation land restoration flood protection
4 Target EU Legislation Water Directive 2000/60 - Framework for Community action in the field of water policy ( ) Natura 2000 sites Not applicable Beneficiaries: Coordinator Type of organisation Description Partners The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds NGO-Foundation The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is Europe s largest wildlife conservation charity. As a member of Birdlife International, a global partnership of conservation organisations, it aims to conserve all bird species and their habitats throughout the world, working to maintain earth s biodiversity and the sustainability of human use of natural resources. WWF International English and Welsh Environment Agency Ministre de l Amenagement du territoire et de l Environnement La Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux, (LPO), France Agence de l Eau, France Centre for Ecology and Hydrology,UK Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER) Environment and Heritage Service, Northern Ireland Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) Birdwatch Ireland Rivers Agency, UK Thames Water Utilities Ltd, UK Institution Fleuve Charente, France Region Poitou Charentse, France Administrative data:
5 Project reference LIFE99 ENV/UK/ Duration 01-APR-1999 to 01-APR Total budget 2,108, EU contribution 1,052, East Anglia(United Kingdom) South East (UK)(United Kingdom) South West (UK)(United Project location Kingdom) North West (UK)(United Kingdom) Scotland(United Kingdom) Northern Ireland(United Kingdom) Read more: Title: Hydrological Impact Assessment Author: RSPB Title: Modelling the impacts of Floodplain Restoration Author: RSPB Title: Options Appraisal Author: RSPB Title: Guidance Notes: The Laymans Report Author: RSPB Title: Policy Analysis Author: RSPB Title: Participatory Processes Author: RSPB CD-ROM Title: CD Rom with all published reports and powerpoint slides Project web site Internet Site Publication: Case study Title: River Flow Scoping Study Author: RSPB Project description Environmental issues Beneficiaries Administrative data Read more
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