Mainstreaming and upscaling nature based solutions in North West Europe
The INTERREG ResiRiver project
R. M.J. Schielen (Rijkswaterstaat, TU Delft - Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineering)
N. Rem (Rijkswaterstaat)
Y. Snoek (Rijkswaterstaat)
S. Wilson (Rijkswaterstaat)
S. Duverney (Etablissement Public Territorial de Bassin Lys)
J. Rijke (HAN University of Applied Sciences)
S. Schreier (Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes)
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Abstract
Creating Resilient River Systems by Mainstreaming and Upscaling Nature-based Solutions or ‘ResiRiver’ for short, is an EU Interreg project focusing on the creation of Resilient River Systems through the mainstreaming and upscaling of Nature-based Solutions (NbS). Today, most North-West European (NWE) river systems face significant challenges, largely resulting from past anthropogenic riverine alterations (regulations and interventions) which have greatly exacerbated the negative effects of climate change like flooding and drought. These changes also put additional pressures on existing land-use-claims, and other societal/economic interests like shipping, agriculture and water quality and cause continued biodiversity-loss. In recent years, NbS have emerged as a novel and sustainable approach in river management, cap able of mitigating these threats while also strengthening climate resilience. They fit well within the EU’s ‘Blue Economy’ ambition and provide undeniable benefits for both human well-being and biodiversity. However, the widespread integration (mainstreaming) and implementation (upscal ing) of NbS in riverine systems has yet to become common practice. The ResiRiver project there fore aims to accelerate the upscaling and mainstreaming of NbS through a curated partnership of full-scale North West Europe NbS projects by gathering, transferring, and synthesizing know ledge and experiences, whilst ensuring that this is done at all relevant partner/national/EU levels.