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| WATER FRIENDLY FARMING - LAUNCH 18 JUNE 2012 |
A major new applied research initiative on sustainable water management.
The meeting will be held on Monday 18th June 2012 from 12.30-2pm in the Attlee Suite, Portculis House (opposite the Houses of Parliament) Westminister, London
The project is led by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Pond Conservation and Syngenta, working in partnership with Anglian Water, the University of York, the Chemicals Regulation Directorate, the University of Sheffield and the Welland Rivers Trust. The project is relevant to all water management and conservation policy makers and practitioners.
Water Friendly Farming aims to provide the first catchment-scale evidence of how effective rural land management measures are at protecting freshwater biodiversity and delivering water-based ecosystem services in the countryside. The work provides a reality check on the likely effectiveness of sustainable catchment management and will influence approaches the UK takes to CAP reform, WFD implementation, delivery of ecosystem services and biodiversity protection in the water environment.
The project began baseline analysis of its three catchments in 2010 and is already providing unique new data on freshwaters across the farming landscape. After this first 2-3 years baseline work we will shortly be starting on large-scale practical work.
RSVP to Jo Fever at Pond Conservation jofever@pondconservation.org.uk / 01865 483249 by Friday 1st June.
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Water friendly farming |
| David Lerner becomes Visiting Professor at Peking University - 24th April 2012 |
David Lerner has been appointed as a Visiting Professor at Peking University (PKU), often seen as the highest ranking university in China. This arises from the close connections between the Catchment Science Centre at Sheffield and the Centre for Water Research (CWR) in PKU. As part of the ceremony, David gave a lecture "Can we have real rivers in Urban areas?". The two groups are intending to work together in the Heihe basin, developing integrated models of hydrology and economics to support decision making in this inland basin. |
Prof. David Lerner Peking University presentation poster |
| The Don catchment website goes live! - 6th February 2012 |
The website is designed to showcase the Don catchment as a study system, and detail the various water-related research projects that use the catchment as a study system. Obviously there is a large overlap with the work of the CSC, and several CSC projects are detailed on the website. It is hoped that the website might inspire new collaborations and future research within the Don catchment. |
www.sheffield.ac.uk/doncatchment |
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URSULA conference 17th/18th November 2011
"Integrating multiple facets of river corridor development"
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This conference drew together 4 years of research from a number of disciplines, and a wide range of topics, which demonstrates the gains which may be made by integrated and innovative development in urban river corridors.
The conference covers topics such as:
- Quantifying the cooling effect of the river
- Mapping and analysing patterns of biodiversity
- Investigating perception of biodiversity and people's wellbeing
- Exploring the impact of alternative urban designs on costs and values
- Understanding how people and users influence river corridor development
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URSULA conference 2011 brochure |
URSULA Conference 2010
"RIVER CORRIDORS IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT
DEVELOPING A VISION FOR THE FUTURE" |
The aim of this conference is to reflect on the important changes that have occurred in relation to the way we view water in the urban environment and in particular river corridors. We will look at the range of future measures that will be required to meet existing and future requirements posed by development, regeneration, climate change and well-being agendas to further enhance the urban water environment.
Conference objectives:
• To consider the state of play and direction of travel
• To look at the underlying drivers influencing change
• To look at funding and other mechanisms to further develop a positive vision of water in the urban environment, not least in the main river corridors
• To help build networks |
To go to the booking page click here
Conference Programme
If you have any questions contact Jenny (J.A.Chambers@sheffield.ac.uk or 0114 222 5725) |
| CatSci Conference: "CatSci: CONTRIBUTIONS OF RESEARCH TO CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT" |
We have pleasure in inviting you to the forthcoming conference "CatSci: CONTRIBUTIONS OF RESEARCH TO CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT" to be held on 2 December 2009 at The Showroom in central Sheffield.
Launched in 2006, CatSci is a multidisciplinary research programme in catchment science funded by the European Commission under the Marie Curie Early Stage Training Fellowship scheme. The project aims to deliver research to support Integrated Catchment Management as requested by current water management policies such as the Water Framework Directive. This conference is the culmination of the research carried out over the last three years as the project draws to a close. We hope you will join us at The Showroom, from 9.30 - 4.00. Download a registration form here and return to Jenny. |
contact Jenny (J.A.Chambers@sheffield.ac.uk or 0114 222 5725)
Registration Form
Conference Programme |
| CSC organises session at iEMSs 2010 conference: Modelling the coupled social-environmental and physical systems of urban water |
The CSC is organising a session at the International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software during July 2010 in Ottawa, Canada. The session, entitled "Modelling the coupled social-environmental and physical systems of urban water" aims to present recent theoretical and applied work in the area of integrated modelling to support UWM. See Further Information for a flyer giving details of how to submit an abstract for the session, and for a link to the conference website. |
For further informaiton download the flyer to the right or visit the conference website by clicking here |
David Lerner as keynote speaker in the seminar on
"Conceptual to Practical Models of Water
Management at the Scale of Regional Drainage
Basins" |
The International Centre for Coastal
Ecohydrology (ICCE), in collaboration with the
University of Algarve (UALG), the Associação
Portuguesa dos Recursos Hídricos (APRH) and
the Portuguese Chapter of the International
Association of Hydrogeologists (AIH-GP) are organising the seminar “From
Conceptual to Practical Models of Water
Management at the Scale of Regional
Drainage Basins”. |
Download flyer from side panel.
11 December 2009
UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE
Amphitheater Teresa Gamito
Campus de Gambelas
FARO
Portugal |
Hyporheic Network Workshop:
‘The Hyporheic Handbook and beyond’
Tuesday 3 Nov – Wednesday 4 Nov 2009
Priory Rooms Birmingham |
Hyporheic Network is organising a two days workshop on ‘The Hyporheic Handbook and beyond’ from Tuesday 3 Nov – Wednesday 4 Nov 2009 in Birmingham.
The handbook will be launched at the Hyporheic Network Workshop. The aim of the workshop is to draw together potential end users of the Handbook, the Handbook authors, and established and young researchers to promote the transfer and development of knowledge on the Hyporheic Zone. |
For more information vsit "www.hyporheic.net".
Workshop flyer can be downloaded from "Downloads" section of this page. |
| Bob Harris as keynote speaker in Final Conference RISKBASE 2009. |
Bob Harris will give the opening keynote presentation on "Why do we need to adapt our approach towards river basin management" in Final Conference RISKBASE: towards risk-based
river basin management.
16th - 18th November 2009
Brussels and Mechelen, Belgium |
Visit http://www.riskbase.info for more information. |
| Don Catchment joins the UNESCO’s HELP iniative |
The Don has been accepted as a new basin in UNESCO’s Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy (HELP) initiative .The CSC's was accepted by the Evaluation Committee January 2009. The committee was particularly pleased to have an application from a post-industrial urban basin and acknowledged the good science already taking place through the CSC. They encourage the building of a stakeholder vision beyond separate projects and we hope to be doing this as we try to become more involved in the WFD implementation process with the EA and others. The HELP network will give us access to good practice elsewhere in the world where Integrated Catchment Management is emerging or developing. |
UNESCO HELP page for the DON |
| Short course in Catchment Management |
Short Course in Catchment Management
Catchment Science Centre, University of Sheffield
22nd/23rd June 2009 |
contact Nick (cip05npr@sheffield.ac.uk or 0114 2225786)
Download the flyer |
| CIWEM ANNUAL SEMINAR 2009 |
Theme: An Update on the Water Framework Directive
Delivering Sound Science |
Download the flyer |
| CSC Awareness Month |
The Catchment Science Centre was created jointly by the University of Sheffield and The Environment Agency in 2004 with a mission to provide the scientific underpinning for the management of catchments
to deliver good ecological quality. The month of May has been
designated as "CSC Awareness Month", and we have arranged a number of events for you. |
See programme |
| Fourth Annual Catchment Science Centre Conference announced |
Complexity and uncertainty in catchment management
12th of February 2009, University of Sheffield |
Further Information |
| David Lerner addresses 1st China River Ecological Restoration Symposium |
David Lerner gave an invited talk "River restoration – just one spanner in the integrated catchment management toolkit" at the 1st China River Ecological Restoration symposium in Beijing (24-25 October 2008. |
Download Abstract |
| Bob Harris addresses GroPro 2008 |
Bob Harris gave the opening keynote presentation on “Always the bridesmaid... - overcoming the challenges of integrating groundwater issues into land use planning” at the GroPro - Groundwater Protection Plans and Implementation in a North European Perspective – conference at Korsør, Denmark on 15-17 September 2008.
Jan Jani also presented at the same conference on “A GIS based tool for regional groundwater risk assessment in poorly productive aquifers”. |
Downloads |
| Achim Paetzold is organising a session at the EURECO - GFOE 2008 "Biodiversity in an Ecosystem Context" meeting on “Spatial subsidies - ecological linkages across ecosystem boundaries" Leipzig (Germany), 15.-19. September 2008. |
Further information on the meeting can be found at http://www.eureco-gfoe2008.ufz.de An abstract for the session can be downloaded from the righthand link. Please contact Achim Paetzold if you are interested in joining the session. |
Achim Paetzold |
“USING RESEARCH TO INFORM INTEGRATED CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT”
The third annual conference of the catchment science centre 6th February 2008 at the University of Sheffield, UK |
The University of Sheffield and the Environment Agency have jointly established the Catchment Science Centre, and we are proud to present our third annual conference. We have speakers from the public sector, regional businesses and local stakeholders as well as a presentation of our current research. We hope you will join us in the George Porter Conference Centre on North Campus at the University of Sheffield, from 9.30 - 4.00. There will be a £15 registration fee to cover lunch and refreshments (£10 for students and EA staff). |
Full Programme |
| David Lerner and Adrian Saul to address Flooding, Water and the Landscape Conference March 2008 |
This major landmark conference is organised by the Tourism and Environmental Change Research Unit at Sheffield Hallam University, in partnership with the Biodiversity and Landscape History Research Institute. The theme is ‘Flooding and Water Management in the Landscape’, to be held at Sheffield Hallam University from Monday 17th March to Wednesday 19th March 2008. The conference will cover the lessons of history and landscape change for the future, and the impacts of climate and other environmental changes. |
For further information download flyers from the right hand side. |
| Bob Harris presents paper at Risk Assessment in European River Basins conference |
Bob Harris presented a paper on at the joint Modelkey (Models for Assessing and Forecasting the Impact of Environmental Key Pollutants on Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems and Biodiversity) and Riskbase conference Risk Assessment in European River Basins - State of the Art and Future Challenges in Leipzig on 12-14 November. |
Further information about modelkey |
| Bob Harris addresses UNESCO HELP programme conference |
Bob Harris gave the opening visionary speech at the UNESCO Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy (HELP) programme conference - Lessons from the South - in Johannesburg, South Africa on 4-9 November. |
Further information about HELP |
| CSC organises session at iEMSs conference: Integrated Catchment Management: How can modelling tools and techniques help? |
The CSC is organising a session at the International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software during July 2008 in Barcelona. The session, entitled Integrated Catchment Management: How can modelling tools and techniques help?, aims to present recent theoretical and applied work in the area of modelling to support decision making for catchment management. See Further Information for a flyer giving details of how to submit an abstract for the session, and for a link to the conference website. |
For further informaiton download the flyer to the right or visit the session website by clicking here |
| WES Event - Summer Floods 2007 Workshop |
The flooding events of this summer come at a time of increasing concern over the future frequency and intensity of weather and climate related hazards. However, the floods also revealed an apparently 'new' range of vulnerabilities to the public (e.g. critical utilities, potential dam-break effects, large-scale drainage excess), each of which produced significant social disruption and concern.
On Friday the 14th of December 2007 the Lancaster Environment Centre in partnership with Sheffield University will be hosting a one day workshop as part of the ESRC/NERC funded Water Environment and Society seminar series. This workshop will focus on the implications of these flood events for the research community. |
Further information and to book a place |
| Publications from Water, Environment and Society seminar series now available |
Participants from the ESRC-NERC funded seminar series ‘Water, Environment and Society: What happens when you change the scale?’ have contributed papers to a special issue of the journal Interdisciplinary Science Reviews. These papers explore a range of issues emerging from workshops held over the last 18 months. The authors focus on the challenge of integrating environmental and social facets of water management. Perspectives on what this challenge entails, who is involved, and how integration might be acheived are presented. Abstracts of these papers are available on the journal homepage and copies of the full papers are available by contacting authors directly. |
Further Information at Interdisciplinary Science Reviews |
| Bob Harris presents at a workshop of the EU FP6 project RISKBASE in Vienna. |
Bob Harris presented a talk on “Controlling Pressures in River Basins – risk based approaches at different scales” to a workshop of the EU FP6 project RISKBASE in Vienna. RISKBASE seeks to review and synthesise previous EC projects focused on risk-based management of the environment at the river-basin scale. See Further Information for links to the RISKBASE project and to download copies of all the presentations given at the workshop. |
Details of RISKBASE
Workshop presentations |
| £2.5m University project for River Don flood plain |
The University of Sheffield has been awarded a major grant by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), to look at the redevelopment of the River Don floodplain in South Yorkshire, to create a place where people can live and work safely, now and in the future. The green light for the project has been welcomed by the Environment Agency as "great news", providing a substantial body of research which will "make a vital contribution to learning from the recent flooding events". |
Press Release |
| David Lerner Addresses the Soil and Groundwater Technology Association. |
David Lerner gave a talk on "The impact of the WFD on contaminated land" to the Soil and Groundwater Technology Association at their Aldershot meeting on 12th June. |
Further details of SAGTA |
| Groundwater in the Environment: An Introduction |
David Lerner reviews this new publication in the current issue of Ground Water. To read the full review follow the link below. |
Read the Review |
| Launch of NERC-funded Knowledge Transfer Network on groundwater-surface water interactions and hyporheic zone processes |
We are pleased to announce the launch of a new NERC-funded Knowledge Transfer Network on groundwater-surface water interactions, and hyporheic zone processes, which is run by a team from the universities of Sheffield, Birmingham, Lancaster and Southampton and from CEH and the Environment Agency
The Hyporheic Network will help to disseminate new research on this topic to the science end-user community, identify end-user priorities for future research projects, prepare a Handbook on GW-SW interactions and hyporheic zone processes for river managers; and develop interdisciplinary research proposals that facilitate improved river-corridor management.
We hope to attract hydrologists, ecologists, geochemists, hydrogeologists, geomorphologists (etc) to participate in the Network.
Similarly we hope researchers and science end-users from central government, regulatory, industry, consultancy and NGO sectors will want to participate. |
www.hyporheic.net |
