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What’s the Environment Agency’s perspective?
Ben Johnstone
Area Flood & Coastal Risk Manager, Devon Cornwall & Isles of Scilly
What we do We protect and improve the environment
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Lynmouth, August 1952
Boscastle, August 2004
How do we manage our local flood risk?
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How do we manage our local flood risk?
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How do we manage our local flood risk?
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Water
quality
Habitat
Climate
regulation
Low
flows Health
access
Air
quality
Flood (SW
or GW)
Flood
(Rivers)
Aesthetic
quality
Cultural
activity
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This is not new!
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Work under way/completed
Work being developed
NFM community pilot
NFM catchment pilot
Work under way/completed
Work being developed
NFM community pilot
NFM catchment pilot
We’re sharing our findings
