Event Title
Multi-jurisdictional Relationship-building for Nature-based flood management in Boundary Bay
Presentation Abstract
Purpose This session will bring together representatives from governments, agencies and organizations (Indigenous, federal, provincial, local) who are collaborating to implement "living dike" pilot projects in Boundary Bay to address sea level rise and protect coastal ecosystems and communities. Presenters will describe innovations and challenges around nature-based flood management regarding planning, design and working together. Material overview Sea level rise and other climate change impacts are increasing coastal flood risks for communities located on the Fraser River delta. Communities are protected by dikes and other hard infrastructure, but these hard structures can contribute significantly to coastal squeeze. There is growing recognition that coastal ecosystems and natural vegetation such as marshes and eelgrass are important buffers for wave energy and storm surge. Incorporating these ecosystems into flood management planning can increase resilience of conventional hard infrastructure and provide multiple community and ecosystem benefits. There are challenges but huge benefits to designing and implementing nature-based projects, and working together in a good way that upholds UNDRIP. Focusing on two major pilot projects that have recently received funding, presenters will discuss: * Priorities, perspectives and contributions from project partners (Indigenous, local, provincial, federal) in relation to designing and implementing large-scale, nature-based approaches; * Collaborating to remedy jurisdictional fragmentation, and colonial dysfunction, including the multi-jurisdictional "living dike roundtable"; * Funding and financing issues for nature-based flood management; * Incorporating adaptive management to enable flexibility and learning over the medium and longer term; * Overcoming technical and data challenges related to the living dike pilot projects.
Session Title
Collaborative Floodplain Management 2 (Panel)
Conference Track
SSE11: Floodplains & Estuaries
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2022 : Online)
Document Type
Event
SSEC Identifier
SSE-panels-471
Start Date
26-4-2022 1:30 PM
End Date
26-4-2022 3:00 PM
Rights
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Type
Text
Language
English
Multi-jurisdictional Relationship-building for Nature-based flood management in Boundary Bay
Purpose This session will bring together representatives from governments, agencies and organizations (Indigenous, federal, provincial, local) who are collaborating to implement "living dike" pilot projects in Boundary Bay to address sea level rise and protect coastal ecosystems and communities. Presenters will describe innovations and challenges around nature-based flood management regarding planning, design and working together. Material overview Sea level rise and other climate change impacts are increasing coastal flood risks for communities located on the Fraser River delta. Communities are protected by dikes and other hard infrastructure, but these hard structures can contribute significantly to coastal squeeze. There is growing recognition that coastal ecosystems and natural vegetation such as marshes and eelgrass are important buffers for wave energy and storm surge. Incorporating these ecosystems into flood management planning can increase resilience of conventional hard infrastructure and provide multiple community and ecosystem benefits. There are challenges but huge benefits to designing and implementing nature-based projects, and working together in a good way that upholds UNDRIP. Focusing on two major pilot projects that have recently received funding, presenters will discuss: * Priorities, perspectives and contributions from project partners (Indigenous, local, provincial, federal) in relation to designing and implementing large-scale, nature-based approaches; * Collaborating to remedy jurisdictional fragmentation, and colonial dysfunction, including the multi-jurisdictional "living dike roundtable"; * Funding and financing issues for nature-based flood management; * Incorporating adaptive management to enable flexibility and learning over the medium and longer term; * Overcoming technical and data challenges related to the living dike pilot projects.
