Embracing Estuaries - International Workshop

Attendees of the workshop. Photo J. Arlt.

Our two-day workshop "Embracing Estuaries – Management of Natura 2000 sites in Estuaries and Sea Ports”, took place on 15 and 16 September 2016. It was a vital part of the Biogeographical Process of the Atlantic Region. The workshop’s main goal was to encourage dialogue between scientists, practitioners and policymakers, and to encourage their collaboration on the challenges of managing Natura 2000 sites and implementing management plans in estuaries and sea ports.

We would like to thank the participants for sharing their knowledge and ideas and thus making this event a worthwhile experience for all.

The results of the workshop are given below. For download, please click on the presentations’ titles.

Opening

State secretary Michael Pollmann: Greetings

Dr. Elisabeth Klocke (Elbe Habitat Foundation): Introductory speech

  • A display presents the names of the opening-speakers
  • State Secretary Michael Pollmann, Hamburg Ministry of Environment and Energy, gives a speech in front of a wide audience
  • Dr. Elisabeth Klocke, Elbe Habitat Founation, gives a speech in front of a wide audience

 

Setting the Scene

François Kremer (EU-Commission): The NATURA 2000 Biogeographical Process

Christina Müller (Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Germany): Distribution and conservation status of habitat type ‘Estuaries’

Beatrice Claus (WWF Germany): Integrated Management Plans: from “Paper Tigers” to the implementation of measures

Dr. Kirsten Wolfstein (Hamburg Port Authority): TIDE: Integrated management for estuaries. Lessons learnt from an international EU project

  

Session I - Natura 2000 Management Plans Integrated Approaches & Implementation

Christian Michalczyk (Hamburg Ministry of Environment and Energy): Integrated Management Plan for the Elbe Estuary

Stefaan Verzweyfeld (Natuurpunt): Embracing the Scheldt Estuary: Integrated Planning for port development, flooding control and nature restoration

Marjan Datema (Ministry of Economic Affairs, NL): The Integral Management Plan for the Ems Estuary

Nolwenn Briand & Maïwenn Barret-Marhic (Regional Direction for Environment, Land Planning and Housing Policies of Normandy): Management of the Natura 2000 sites in the Seine Estuary

Tania Davey (Humber Nature Partnership): Humber Management Scheme

Prof. Patrick Meire (University of Antwerp): Ecosystem services of estuarine and coastal areas: the basis for restoration and an integrated approach?

 

Working-Groups (Session I) 

Questions

Summarised Working Group Results

 

  • Seven participants of the workshop are working together on a topic in the first session
  • Four participants of the workshop are working together on a topic in the first session
  • The results of the first session are presented on colouful cards which are pinned with little magnets on a white board

 

Field Trips

Heuckenlock with Dr. Heike Markus-Michalczyk

Kreetsand with Manfred Meine (Hamburg Port Authority (HPA)). Here you find the link to the Kreetsand-movie.

  • 15 workshop-participants on a field trip in Heuckenlock are standing in front of a guide. The guide is using an information board to explain his topic to the audience
  • Workshop-participants on a field trip in Heuckenlock with Dr. Heike Markus-Michalczyk
  • 19 workshop-participants are listening to the guide in the jungle at Heuckenlock
  • Thirteen participants standing on an embankment are listening to Manfred Meine at a field trip to Kreetsand
  • A small group standing on an embankment having a view over Kreetsand. A guide shares information about a project. There are two ponds which a seperated by a barrier made out of sand
  • Another group standing in front of a construction area at Kreetsand. Heavy machinery e.g. bulldozers and excavators is used in order to execute the project successfully

 

Session II - Habitat Restoration

Dr. Bastian Schuchardt (BioConsult): Estuarine Habitat Restoration in Germany: Experiences and Perspectives

Roger Morris (Bright Angel Coastal Consultants Ltd.):  Inter-tidal habitat creation - experience in England

Yves Plancke (Flemish Government, Department Mobility and Public Works): A new disposal strategy in the Schelde-estuary, conciliating port accessibility and nature

 

Working-Groups (Session II) 

Questions

Summarised Working Group Results

Detailed Working Group Results

  • Seven participants of the workshop are working together on a topic in the second session
  • Participants of the workshop are having a lively debate about the results of their second working session. People in front are moderating the debate
  • Nine participants of the workshop are working together on a topic in the second session. One person is standing and explaining something to the group

 

Session III – Legal Issues

Prof. Mike Elliott (University of Hull, Institute of Estuarine & Coastal Studies): How to satisfy industry and nature - the ability to create an integrated Estuarine Planning Support System

Emma Hawthorne (Natural England): The South Humber Gateway

Hendrik Schoukens (University of Ghent): Temporary nature as innovative approach to nature conservation: legal underpinnings and potential constraints

 

Working-Groups (Session III) 

Questions

Summarised Working Group Results

Detailed Working Group Results

  • Six participants of the workshop are working together on a topic in the third session
  • Participants of the workshop are having a discussion about the results of their third working session. People in front are moderating the debate
  • Nine participants of the workshop are working together on a topic in the third session. One of them is standing in front of a white board holding a pen and writing sentences down
 

 

Session IV – Communication

Tina Stroobandt (Jusbox, on behalf of Waterwegen en Zeekanaal NV): Polders of Kruibeke. Participation and Communication

Dr. David Parker (Eurosite & Dee Estuary Conservation Group): The importance of communication to the sustainable management of the Dee Estuary (Natura 2000 and Ramsar) UK

Alexander Porschke (NABU, Hamburg): The long way from confrontation to cooperation

 

Working-Groups (Session IV) 

Questions

Summarised Working Group Results

Detailed Working Group Results

  • Every single booklet on this counter has a name tag on it. Every participant has his/her personal booklet
  • Monika Jones is the moderator of the conference. She is standing behind a desk, which has two microphones and a desk lamp attached on it
  • Two participants standing in front of a desk with flyers and booklets on it. They are collecting information
  • Five participants standing in a circle and sharing information. One of them is explaining and the other four are listening
  • A participant has opened a booklet which contains an illustration of the Tidal Elbe - One of the estuaries in Europe
  • The audience is listening and taking notes to a presentation
  • A few smaller groups up to four people are standing by a desk and sharing information by talking to each other
  • The audience is listening to a presentation
  • Dr. Elisabeth Klocke stands in front of the audience and gives a closing speech

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Sponsers and Supporters:

The workshop is a Natura 2000 Biogeographical Process Networking Event organised in cooperation with the European Commission and the Hamburg Ministry of Environment and Energy. It is supported by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation and funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety. ECNC and Eurosite are supporting the organisation of the workshop as a part of the contractor’s team for the Natura 2000 Biogeographical Process. The workshop is promoted by Paralia, a project of IMIEU.

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear SafetyEU-CommissionGerman Federal Agency for Nature ConservationHamburg Ministry of Environment and Energy

           


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