The Great North Bog, United Kingdom, is one of six Action Sites included in WaterLANDS – a five year European Union Green Deal funded project which aims to restore damaged wetlands across Europe and lay the foundations for protection across larger areas. We are looking for artists to engage with the site, the restoration team … Read more
Research England has funded the development of a Roadmapwhich sets out the shared vision, purpose and future direction of the WY FLIP. To realise true innovation and increase resilience we need input from a wide range of partners from a wide range of sectors including: infrastructure, health, finance, transport, planning, education and the community and voluntary sector. … Read more
Thank you for joining us at Confluence 2022, please see the featured presentations and video below. Stay in touch with project progress, news of events and publications by signing up to our newsletter here. Confluence Summary & Delegate Outputs Guest Speaker Presentations Making a difference in our region and further afield – Duncan Fyfe, iCASP … Read more
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) have co-appointed Professor Pippa Chapman and Professor Joseph Holden as the new Freshwater Quality Champion for the Understanding changes in quality of UK freshwaters programme. This appointment will see the academics, from University of Leeds, lead and co-ordinate a new four-year programme on ‘Understanding changes in quality of UK … Read more
There’s a growing demand for evidence of what impact environmental research is having – especially from funders. And yet those who use the research often don’t report the impact in the way researchers expect them to according to a new study which looks at Yorkshire iCASP as science-policy network. This analysis by Prof Julia Martin-Ortego, Prof Martin … Read more
The Summer meeting of the Yorkshire NFM Community of Practice (CoP) was held in-person at Hardcastle Crags. The day involved a tour of the NFM interventions on the site and a discussion around community resilience to flooding and how the community can be involved in NFM. As with previous events, the day was split into … Read more
Don’t miss our exciting annual event Confluence 2022 to showcase the many exciting projects we are working on and the impact they are having in the region. This will be in-person on Thursday 22 September, 9am – 4.15pm, in the Nexus Building, Discovery Way, at the University of Leeds campus. We would also like you … Read more
Welcome to the Summer edition of our quarterly newsletter. You can now sign up for our exciting Annual Confluence which will be held this Autumn when we will share our news and have lively debates about the burning issues and catchment priorities for you across the region. Enjoy reading our Bulletin, if you have any suggestions for … Read more
We’re really excited to have produced our first podcast about our work, which will be featured in the 5th series of the Settee Seminars, with a focus on the environment and climate change this year and is part of the Ikley Literature Festival. Two of our Impact Translation Fellows – Drs Jenny Armstrong & Tom … Read more
New guidance to drive the implementation of natural flood management (NFM) has just been published by CIRIA working with Mott MacDonald. The manual will provide a road map for nature based solutions project setting out the key stages of delivery from initiating a scheme and understanding the interests of local people to selecting, designing and … Read more
