Slow The Flow - Delivering NFM; Chris Uttley, Environment Agency

Part of the series of recordings of our speakers at the Slow The Flow Calderdale 'Natural Flood Management' Conference, Hebden Bridge Town Hall March 2019. After four years working to reduce flood risk using Natural Flood Management techniques in the Stroud valleys, Chris has taken a role working as a Senior Advisor on Flood and Coastal Risk Management, working in the Integrated Outcomes team at the Environment Agency. The team works to find solutions to reducing flood risk that also help to achieve multiple objectives for the environment and society. Chris guides us through the evolution of the pioneering Stroud Rural SuDS project which has inspired many other projects around the country including Slow the Flow Calderdale. He describes how the Stroud project aspired to develop an NFM culture with landowners and local communities and how flexible approaches and trust can help projects do more NFM. He also de-mystifies some of the practicalities around NFM. Thanks to Mark Broadbent for the videos (  / markabroadbent  ) Please see http://slowtheflow.net/community-led-... for further details, or playlist    • Slow The Flow Conference 2019   for all speaker videos