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Welcome to the RRC's news and events page. Check
this page regularly for the forthcoming events and notices about new publications.
| A two day river restoration course will be taking place on the 3rd and 4th February 2009 in the New Forest. It is intended to be an intense, applied and interactive course, which will provide participants with an integrated view of all aspects required for successful ecological river restoration. The course is aimed at anyone involved with managing/indentifying options for river restoration from inception to completion and assessment. For further information please follow the link above, or alternatively contact the RRC. If you wish to pay by credit card, please contact Ian Brown at the RRC. | ||||||
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| Item added on - 18th December 2008 | ||||||
| This meeting, being held on Thursday 8th January 2009, University of Liverpool, will discuss the importance of the Water Framework Directive in relation to the hydrological and geomorphologic state of the European landscape and the progress that has been made towards the hydromorphological requirements of the WFD. To date limited consideration has been given to the geomorphological significance of the WFD, but major developments in implementation are taking place. This meeting will bring together individuals from wide ranging backgrounds relating to hydrology, geomorphology and landscape management. For further information, please follow the link aobve.
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| Item added on - 16th December 2008 | ||||||
| In summer 2009, a 5-day summer school programme on
“Species introduction and management of biodiversity in restoration projects” will be held at the University of Münster under the auspices of the Society of Ecological Restoration Europe (SER Europe). This course is primarily intended for PhD students who work in restoration ecology and related fields. The programme includes lectures of specialists to provide theoretical background, field work and excursions to train practical research skills and learn about restoration projects on-site, as well as short presentations of research projects by the participants. Thus, the course will provide students with a general overview on restoration ecology as well as detailed information on projects, techniques and skills. It will also give a frame for intensive exchange between participants and lecturers. This event will be takes place between 29th of June - 3rd of July 2009, at the University of Münster, Germany. For further information, please follow the link above. | ||||||
| Item added on - 16th December 2008 | ||||||
| CIWEM holds an established successful portfolio of Environmental Awards to celebrate the excellence and achievements of environmental professionals, raising public awareness of the important work that environmentalists do.
Each year, CIWEM honours those making outstanding contributions to environmental management around the world, creating access to cutting edge ideas and technology, networking opportunities and increased awareness of environmental issues.
Winning a CIWEM award is one of the most effective ways for professionals and organisations to stand out from the crowd and make an impression on the environmental industry. Award winners receive a cash prize, a place at the CIWEM Annual Dinner, certificate, trophy and wide spread publicity for their projects. For further information on how to sumbit your entry for an award, please follow the link above. | ||||||
| Item added on - 28th November 2008 | ||||||
| June 23-25th 2009 Salisbury, England 2 day seminar/site visits to demonstrate and share the information and knowledge gained during this project and to draw on expertise gained from other projects and the EU, especially in relation to the Natura 2000 network and the Water Framework Directive. UK and EU river restoration managers, competent authorities and academic institutions will be invited to attend. To register your interest in attending, please contact Elaine Swiffen (elaine.swiffen@naturalengland.org.uk). | ||||||
| Item added on - 26th November 2008 | ||||||
| This workshop being held on May 14th 2009 is aimed at fishing clubs, land owners and river managers and the focus of the day will be on practical aspects of river restoration. Brief talks will be followed by visits to two restoration sites. Places are limited, so please contact Elaine Swiffen (elaine.swiffen@naturalengland.org.uk) to register your interest in attending. | ||||||
| Item added on - 26th November 2008 | ||||||
| An opportunity to learn how to gain practical help and guidance on how to transform rivers, canals and ponds where you live. A free day. Monday 24th November 2008 | ||||||
| Item added on - 22nd October 2008 | ||||||
| RRC employs 6 core members of staff at our Cranfield office. The new appointee will be required to contribute to the project advice work of the Centre. Main duties will include site visits, advice and scoping reports on river restoration/habitat enhancement potential; guiding technical site visits; delivering teaching, training, conferences and workshops; addressing technical enquiries; and externally promoting RRC and its work. For more information please follow the link above. | ||||||
| Item added on - 18th June 2008 | ||||||
| The RRC is continuing to update its map of river projects as and when new information is received and collected by the centre (www.therrc.co.uk/rrc_case_studies.php). By followng the link above, you can now view a list of the completed projects that are due to be uploaded to the website in the near future. If you would like your project to appear on the website map, you can submit your project details to us on the 'Register your project' page of the website. | ||||||
| Item added on - 4th June 2008 | ||||||
| ABPmer have announced the launch of a new website-based information resource on Managed Realignment and Regulated Tidal Exchange schemes across North-West Europe. The 'Online Managed Realignment Guide' (OMReG) (http://www.abpmer.net/omreg/) has been designed to act as a 'collecting point' for project-specific information about completed coastal Managed Realignment and Regulated Tidal Exchange projects. In particular, it seeks to present the 'lessons learned' from past schemes in order to help improve the implementation of future schemes. The database can be interrogated via Google mapping or using a category search tool. Furthermore, a large number of images have been collected for implemented schemes, several in-depth case studies were written up, and up-to-date links to other generic and site-specific information sources are provided. This website has been prepared by ABPmer with the support of CCPEM, ComCoast and the CEH.
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| Item added on - 10th March 2008 | ||||||
| The following book has recently been published in Rome: Robinson, P.J., J.A.A. Jones and M-K Woo (eds) 2007: Managing water resources in a changing physical and social environment. IGU Home of Geography Publication Series, Societ Geografica Italiana, Rome, 177pp. ISBN 978-88-88692-35-7 The book has been compiled by the Commission for Water sustainability and comprises 16 chapters written by both engineering and geographical hydrologists, practitioners and academics. Topics range from water ethics to flood modelling and water management theory, and geographically from Europe and the Americas to China, India and Africa. Full details can be viewed by following the link above. | ||||||
| Item added on - 1st February 2008 | ||||||
| This conference is to be held from 23 to 26 February 2009 at the Feather Market Convention Centre, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The theme will be based on promoting the sustainable use of rivers, wetlands, estuaries and groundwater.
The main objective of the conference involves identifying and critiquing global trends in the implementation of environmental water allocations, sharing a wide range of knowledge and skills. Keynote speakers will address the conference topics. Oral and poster papers are invited. Intending authors should complete and return the correct forms (see link above) by no later than 30 June 2008. | ||||||
| Item added on - 3rd December 2007 | ||||||
| Based on the interdisciplinary approaches between earth science, engineering, physical geography, ecology and management, this text focuses on the theoretical questions, case-studies, challenges, and constraints taken from river restoration. It is illustrated with reports of new ground-breaking research covering spatial and temporal scales of physical processes in river catchments, coupling catchment and fluvial processes, grain dynamics and fluvial forms and on geo-ecology and restoration in mountain gravel-bed river environments. Each chapter includes discussions and comments providing experience and feedback from the fundamental research. This book covers scales of analysis for gravel-bed rivers, physics and modeling of processes at local and point scales, sediment delivery and storage, eco-geography and eco-hydraulics, and channel management and restoration (ISBN-13: 978-0-444-52861-2). For more information, please follow the link above. | ||||||
| Item added on - 14th November 2007 | ||||||
| This book addresses the complex institutional dimensions to restoring floodplains.Despite therecent surge of interest in restoring floodplains among policy and research circles, as well as in the public domain, very few schemes for restoring functional floodplains have been put into practice in Europe to date. The book explores the reasons behind this discrepancy between interest and applications with an original, comparative analysis of the institutional drivers and constraints of floodplain restoration in Europe. It explains why so few projects have been successfully implemented, how recent policy shifts are creating new opportunities for floodplain restoration and what lessons for policy development and project management can be drawn from in-depth analysis of past and present schemes. At a time of rapidly growing interest in restoring floodplains as an important component of efforts to improve flood protection, enhance riparian habitats, strengthen catchment management, raise water quality and pursue integrated rural development, the book critically appraises the relationship between macro-level policy development and enforcement and micro-level project design and implementation (ISBN: 1843390906). For more information, please follow the link above. | ||||||
| Item added on - 13th November 2007 | ||||||
| In addition to the conferences listed here the European Centre for River Restoration (ECRR) details a variety of meetings and conferences that are relevant to river restoration. Please follow the link above and then select 'Meetings and Conf.' on the ECRR website. | ||||||
| Item added on - 22nd November 2006 | ||||||
| STREAM is a 1 million conservation project centred on the River Avon and the Avon Valley in Wiltshire and Hampshire. The project began in September 2005 and in the next three years will:
- Demonstrate and monitor river restoration at six sites, covering 7km - Link management of the lower reaches of the river with the floodplain - Share best practice with UK and European river managers and specialists - Hold public open days to raise awareness of the river system and the project in the local community The project is supported financially by the European Commissions LIFE-Nature fund. Project partners Natural England, the Environment Agency, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust and Wessex Water have also committed funding and support. For further information click on the link above. | ||||||
| Item added on - 19th October 2006 | ||||||
| The 2nd Edition of the RRC's Manual of River Restoration Techniques funded by the Environment Agency, R&D, is available in hard copy or electronically on the River Restoration Centre Website (click on the above link). The 2nd edition of the Manual is made up of 20 techniques taken from 15 river projects using a UK-wide range of examples:
High energy uplands;
Mineral extraction;
Deculverting;
Floodbank removal;
Low-cost solutions;
Floodplain features. | ||||||
| Item added on - 24th July 2006 | ||||||
| The aim of this conference is to enable a wide cross section of stakeholders to understand and explore the River Basin Management Plans to help them to respond effectively to the consultation. | ||||||
| Item added on - 30th November 1999 | ||||||