Chris Short is lead author on a newly published paper linked to his work on Natural Flood Management in the Stroud valleys.
200 attend Natural Flood Management conference at University of Gloucestershire

Around 200 people attended a major conference on Natural Flood Management (NFM) at the University of Gloucestershire on 25th January. The conference -“Natural Flood Management: Enabling Partnerships and Action” – was organised by the CCRI and Stroud District Council and was aimed at building partnerships between local communities, flood groups, local authorities and land managers to enable them to deliver effective natural flood management at the local scale.
Flood Management conference now fully booked

The major flood conference, ‘Natural Flood Management: Enabling Partnerships and Action’, which is taking place on Wednesday 25th January at the University of Gloucestershire Oxstalls Campus, is now fully subscribed. The conference is aimed at building partnerships between local communities, flood groups, local authorities and land managers to deliver effective natural flood management at the local scale.
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Free conference on natural flood management
Innovative project tackling flood risk wins CPRE award
Stroud rural sustainable drainage project awarded a 2016 Gloucestershire CPRE award
Chancellor announces welcome boost for flood defences
CCRI wins film award at the Stroud ‘Oscats’

We are delighted to report that a film on natural flood management, which the CCRI helped to make, has won an award. From over 2,200 films, the public had nominated their best films in seven different categories. The winning film is called “Rural Sustainable Drainage – Natural Flood Management in the Stroud Valleys”