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Some BIG news out of last week with 3 projects centring on nature-based solutions receiving funding totalling $11.8 million! The Northern Rivers Recovery and Resilience Program provides $150 million dollars to the NSW Government to deliver flood mitigation and resilience projects across seven LGAs impacted by the devastating February – March 2022 flood events. The proposal for the successful submission by Mark Jackson & Kristin den Exter on behalf The Carbon Store & Wilsons River Landcare – Riparian revegetation and reforestation for flood resilience – was published on the RTNR website last year. Head over there if you’re chasing more detail. The other successful project is a First Nations-led approach to Heal the Rivers prepared by local natural resource management organisation Jagun Alliance Aboriginal Corporation. Jagun's Executive Director & Bundjalung man Oliver Costello explained that Heal the Rivers aims to: “establish a First Nations River Custodians team to deliver nature-based solutions, resilience building, emergency preparedness, response and recovery, combined with knowledge and data sharing on Country” Heal the Rivers will incorporate First Nations' cultural understanding and custodianship of waterways while also providing employment for Indigenous people to work towards healing Country. So what’s $11.8 million mean in the scheme of things? The guiding document that provides a strategy for the kind of funding needed to address catchment issues at scale across the Tweed, Richmond, Brunswick and Evans River systems is the Northern Rivers Watershed Initiative (NRWI). Developed in 2019 the NRWI aims for: “a holistic approach to the management of water within the catchments that will utilize modern, best practice approaches to catchment management modelling and natural flood mitigation to target improvements in stream bank condition and river health that also contribute to reduced flood risk within the catchments.” The strategy was costed at $150 million. So while we celebrate these projects and the funding that has already been committed, it’s also worth reminding ourselves that this is only the beginning! #revivethenorthernrivers #generationrestoration #healtherivers #bundjalungcountry #reviveourrivers #river #restoration #floods #resilience #csiro #nema #naturebasedsolutions #floodmitigation #climatechange #carbonstorage

Great LA Times piece on the effectiveness of stream and floodplain restoration in addressing various water-related challenges, including flood control, habitat restoration, groundwater recharge, and resilience to climate change. Check out the article to learn more about the potential of restored floodplains and see some of the great work being done by our friends at River Partners, Tuolumne River Trust, American Rivers, and CalTrout

Last week's LA Times piece on the effectiveness of stream and floodplain restoration in addressing various water-related challenges, including flood control, habitat restoration, groundwater recharge, and resilience to climate change. Check out the article to learn more about the potential of restored floodplains and see some of the great work being done by our friends at River Partners, Tuolumne River Trust, American Rivers, and CalTrout

The second issue of Horizons eMagazine is now available, which shares insights into the innovative approaches from the Flood and Coastal Innovation programme (FCIP). In this edition, there's an article from Alan Ryan, the programme manager of the RAIN project that explains the approaches we are taking to engage with the 300 properties in the Harpers Brook & Wootton Brook catchments that are at risk of flooding. Knowing that only 62 of these properties have experienced flooding to date, Alan explains the routes we are taking to get people engaged with installing Property Flood Resilience measures, given that many don't understand the risk they are facing. See page six! https://lnkd.in/ehQ5ajKp To subscribe to receive future editions of Horizon, click here: https://lnkd.in/ec9c2Cyu #Resilience #FloodResilience #FloodInnovation #Flooding #BeFloodReady #floodrisk Julie Foley Andrew Eden Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Environment Agency West Northamptonshire Council North Northamptonshire Council Mary Long-Dhonau OBE Kate McLaren

If you’ve followed us for the past year, you'll have heard that one focus of our programs is floodplain restoration. Healthy, connected floodplains are important for wildlife and for communities, and we feel the consequences when floodplains are disconnected. Learn how floodplains function and why healthy floodplains are an important part of reducing flood damages: https://lnkd.in/gbZijjfR

Today, I presented at the Communicating and Engaging Underserved Communities for Improved Flood Protection Panel at the Annual Floodplain Management Association Conference in Los Angeles. Here, I walked through my research and findings surrounding Emergency Public Alert Warning Systems during the January ark storms. These findings lead to the creation of the Guide to Best Practices (a flood emergency response toolkit applicable county-wide across the state). I emphasize that state and federal agencies must lean on community leaders, CBOs, and NGOs to lead the conversation in local communities. Beyond that, we must include environmental justice and tribal communities in projects and plans from the very start. We are living in a time of big change where we have to rethink how we manage water, flood response, ecology, hydrology and so much more. When a disaster strikes, we must work together to learn what the gaps are present around emergency communication on the local level. Remember, each county experiences different issues and disparities. The key to developing wholistic plans that will enhance protection against flood in California involves doing on the ground research in these communities. #CAwater #FMA2023LosAngeles

It's a positive move that Norfolk and Essex will receive government funding towards projects to improve the flooding issues they face, as this story demonstrates, people suffer when their homes and businesses are flooded. In addition to such measurements, property flood defence systems can offer peace of mind while enabling ease of insurance by preventing water breaching your property via doors and windows. Find out about our superior, simple and quick to deploy flood defence systems at Caro Group of Companies - https://lnkd.in/eeGHANKd #flooddamage #flood #floodrisk #floodmitigation #floodprotection https://lnkd.in/eygTX5ER

Explore the impact of resilience funding in rural Florida communities, as they tackle challenges from flood events and environmental changes. Discover how the Resilient Florida Grant Program is enabling proactive planning. https://bit.ly/3SvWb7i

Humans build on wetlands. Wetlands do what wetlands do. Stay wet and flood. Humans attempt to mitigate flooding by building more things. Wetands reciprocate with a mitigation plan of their own, more flooding and wildfires. I haven’t seen an option where they move the battleship elsewhere. Have you? #landconservation #floodmitigation #floodprevention