{"id":8582,"date":"2022-07-15T18:10:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T23:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/?p=8582"},"modified":"2025-03-04T13:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T19:05:09","slug":"winner-nnbf-guidelines-recognized-for-international-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/winner-nnbf-guidelines-recognized-for-international-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"WINNER: NNBF Guidelines recognized for International Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In June 2022, the Environment Agency\u2019s Flood and Coast Excellence Awards recognized the\u00a0<em>International Guidelines on Natural and Nature-Based Features for Flood Risk Management<\/em>\u00a0as the winner in International Excellence. The annual awards ceremony provides a fantastic opportunity to promote the recent work individuals and teams have done to manage flood and coastal risk and build local flood resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/flood__coast_2022_0414-Todd-and-Hans-1024x690.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/flood__coast_2022_0414-Todd-and-Hans-1024x690.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/flood__coast_2022_0414-Todd-and-Hans-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/flood__coast_2022_0414-Todd-and-Hans-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/flood__coast_2022_0414-Todd-and-Hans-scaled.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Todd Bridges, US Army Corps of Engineers, and Dr. Hans Pieterson, The Netherlands Rijkswaterstaat, accepted the award on behalf of the large collaborative team.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The International Excellence Award recognizes world-class practices and approaches to managing flooding and coastal erosion that are not currently mainstream in the UK. It also recognizes outstanding efforts, to include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>emerging thought and world-leading research on flood and coastal risk management issues,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>technical excellence in delivering flood risk management and managing coastal change,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>effective partnerships, engagement, or shared learning between countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"830\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Certificate-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Certificate-1.png 830w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Certificate-1-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Certificate-1-768x544.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The International Excellence Award recognizes world-class practices and approaches to managing flooding and coastal erosion that are not currently mainstream in the UK. It also recognizes outstanding leadership.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FC2022-AWARDS-BROCHURE.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FC2022-AWARDS-BROCHURE.pdf\">Awards ceremony brochure.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Guidelines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Natural and Nature-Based Features (NNBF) provide cost-effective, adaptive alternatives to traditionally engineered flood management while offering additional benefits to ecosystems and communities. These guidelines enable organizations worldwide to apply best practices for NNBF in coastal and inland systems. They cover a range of nature-based features in coastal and fluvial environments along with topics that apply to nature-base solutions more broadly. <a data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/?page_id=4351\" href=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/?page_id=4351\">Download here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Readers can begin where their interests lie amidst three major sections:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Chapters\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a07<\/strong>: topics broadly applicable to all categories of NNBF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chapters 8 to 14<\/strong>: a\u00a0\u201ccomponent\u201d\u2011based presentation of coastal applications of NNBF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chapters 15 to 19<\/strong>: a discussion of NNBF applications in fluvial or riverine environments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To facilitate the interconnectivity of the topics, each chapter summarizes key messages and uses icons and case studies to draw attention to key topics covered elsewhere in the Guidelines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Chapter-Icons-Spread-1-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Chapter-Icons-Spread-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Chapter-Icons-Spread-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Chapter-Icons-Spread-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Chapter-Icons-Spread-1-scaled.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Each of the 20 chapters is represented by a distinct icon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the length of the document, an overview of the NNBF Guidelines was prepared as a 140-page printable introduction. Additionally, 10-minute presentations of each chapter made by the lead authors are available on the website. Each presentation highlights the chapter\u2019s key messages and a case study demonstrating the principle or feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">International Collaboration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The 1000-page guidelines are the culmination of five years of working meetings and knowledge sharing among 77 cross-sector organizations spanning ten countries on four continents. The team included more than 180 practitioners, researchers, engineers, scientists, and other professionals.  The Environment Agency of the UK, the Rijkswaterstaat in the Netherlands, and USACE were the principal public-sector conveners and organizers of the 5-year NNBF Guidelines project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seven in-person meetings enabled teams to establish a common approach for organizing the Guidelines and integrating chapters. By sharing experience, the contributors identified international best practices for flood risk management solutions on rivers, estuaries, and coastlines.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2019_Scotland_NNBF-39-1-1024x717.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2019_Scotland_NNBF-39-1-1024x717.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2019_Scotland_NNBF-39-1-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2019_Scotland_NNBF-39-1-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2019_Scotland_NNBF-39-1-scaled.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NNBF Guidelines working meeting sponsored by the Environment Agency of the UK in Edinburg, Scotland, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technical Excellence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To ensure technical excellence, an editorial board of representatives from public, private, and nonprofit organizations oversaw assembly of the Guidelines. The chapters were co-authored by multiple contributors who provided input from interdisciplinary perspectives. The members of the editorial board continuously provided technical review and feedback during the development of the NNBF Guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/NNBF-Group-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/NNBF-Group-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/NNBF-Group-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/NNBF-Group-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/NNBF-Group-1-scaled.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">International Natural and Nature Based Features Guidelines group<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Impact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Leaders around the world recognize the value of the guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-left is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;The NNBF Guidelines are the next step toward revolutionary infrastructure development\u2014a set of real\u2011world guidelines to help familiarize us with what was once novel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<cite>LTG Scott A. Spellmon, 55th&nbsp;Chief of Engineers and Commanding General, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-left is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWith this advancement in knowledge and practice, NOAA is also confident that more resilient communities are attainable while preserving commerce, prioritizing economic development, and producing more resilient solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Dr. Richard W. Spinrad, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe strength of these approaches in delivering solutions is shown by the techniques described in these guidelines. The Guidelines provide the opportunity to learn from other global experts and have influenced the Environment Agency\u2019s vision for a ready and resilient response to flooding in the United Kingdom.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Ms. Caroline Douglass, Executive Director for Flood and Coastal Risk Management, Environment Agency, UK<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThese guidelines are another step forward in the challenge of finding the most integrative, effective, and beneficial solutions to protect livelihoods, build resilience, and safeguard development gains.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Mr. Sameh Wahba, Global Director of Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Land Global Practice at World Bank<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThis guideline reflects our current thinking on using \u201cNatural and Nature\u2011based Features\u201d for adaptive flood safety and biodiversity goals, while simultaneously contributing to many other societal goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Ms. Michele Blom, Director General of Rijkswaterstaat, The Netherlands<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/NNBF-Author-Logos-Snip-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/NNBF-Author-Logos-Snip-1.png 457w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/NNBF-Author-Logos-Snip-1-300x242.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The logos shown on the inside cover represent the organizations of lead and co-authors of the 20-chapter guidelines.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In June 2022, the Environment Agency\u2019s Flood and Coast Excellence Awards recognized the\u00a0International Guidelines on Natural and Nature-Based Features for Flood Risk Management\u00a0as the winner in International Excellence. 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