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[email protected] 01234 752979 www.therrc.co.uk
Martin JanesManaging Director, The River Restoration Centre (UK)
Antonia ScarrEnvironment Agency (England)
European Parliament workshop on 'LIFE – How to use €3.46 billion for environment and climate protection’
EU LIFE+ RESTORE Project[information & communication]Sept 2010 to Dec 2013
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The River Restoration Centre (RRC)Working to restore and enhance our rivers
Independent, impartial, specialist, not‐for‐profit
River restoration expert advisers since 1994 .
• Expert advice to policy, science and practice,
• Communicating knowledge & understanding,
• Training & technical workshops,
• Building the UK evidence base,
• Best practice technical guidance,
• The UK forum for knowledge exchange.
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RESTORE• Communicating RR across Europe• Extension of RRC’s 20 year UK role • Expand European River Restoration Centre network• Objectives
– Supporting river restoration practices across Europe– Build up existing river restoration network capacity– Promote effective river restoration knowledge transfer– Establish long term river restoration knowledge sharing
• After LIFE…….. Hand on to ECRR and its network– ECRR, [RESTORE] web pages and RRC website
www.restorerivers.euwww.ECRR.org
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Before: monotonous river landscape
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Information, Advice, Learning, Sharing and CommunicatingBest Practice
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RESTORE impact over 3 years• Stronger European network of River Restoration,
– 36 seminars and conferences in 20 countries– 66 events for 5791 people
• ‘Rivers by Design’ guide,• New ‘Manual of River Restoration Techniques’ examples,
• Web guidance & resources for river restoration,• RiverWiki: web based ‘community’ case study tool,• Supporting a 5th EU conference and EU Riverprize,• Social media, articles, bulletins, papers, talks…….
– 9548 individual contacts…continues through ECRR
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the Manual of River Restoration Techniqueshttp://www.therrc.co.uk/rrc_manual.php
• 64 examples, 37 projects, £6M of projects
• Design, application and WFD mitigation measures
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