Programme & speakers
The seminar "How to incentivise Nature-based Solutions?" will bring together experts from across the Netherlands, France, Flanders and the United Kingdom on this topic of interest to you! Learn more about the daytime programme below.
Within the Interreg 2 Seas project PROWATER we use nature and its ecosystems to tackle the environmental challenges that climate change presents, such as regular and prolonged drought and flood periods. This approach to climate adaptation is known as Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA). While a lot of these measures need to be taken on private land, there is a lack of incentives and instruments to facilitate their implementation. EbA measures also have the potential to deliver many other ecosystem services beside climate adaptation.
We consider Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) as a viable option to provide such incentives at a larger scale. We have explored PES examples and identified their strengths and weaknesses. There are many aspects to consider and still hurdles to overcome, when implementing certain models (at a larger scale) in the different regions.
At the seminar "How to incentivise Nature-based Solutions?" we want to exchange and discuss experiences with other projects and invited experts.
Within the Interreg 2 Seas project PROWATER we use nature and its ecosystems to tackle the environmental challenges that climate change presents, such as regular and prolonged drought and flood periods. This approach to climate adaptation is known as Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA). While a lot of these measures need to be taken on private land, there is a lack of incentives and instruments to facilitate their implementation. EbA measures also have the potential to deliver many other ecosystem services beside climate adaptation.
We consider Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) as a viable option to provide such incentives at a larger scale. We have explored PES examples and identified their strengths and weaknesses. There are many aspects to consider and still hurdles to overcome, when implementing certain models (at a larger scale) in the different regions.
At the seminar "How to incentivise Nature-based Solutions?" we want to exchange and discuss experiences with other projects and invited experts.
Confirmed speakers & panel members
Prof. Trevor Bishop - Organisational Development Director, Water Resources South East
Kees Boks - Policy officer & Project manager, commune Midden-Delfland
Dr. Laurence Couldrick - Director, Westcountry Rivers Trust
Dr. Sara Hernandez -
Founder & Managing Director, Sara Hernandez Consulting
Dr. Leo Santbergen - Senior Policy Advisor, Waterschap Brabantse Delta
Prof. Steven Van Passel - Professor, University of Antwerp
Merel Hendriks - Sustainability Officer, Nederlandse Waterschapsbank N.V
Katharina Bauer - Natural Capital Coordinator, South East Rivers Trust
Prof. Jasper van Belle - Sr. Lecturer & researcher, Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Science
Griet Verstraeten - Policy Officer Climate Adaptation, Flemish Department of Environment and Spatial Planning
Daytime programme
10.00 Welcome
10.10 Keynote by Dr. Laurence Couldrick (Westcountry Rivers Trust)
11.15 Perspectives from Flanders and France
12.00 Perspectives from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
12.30 Lunch break
13.30 Panel discussion with experts
15.00 End daytime programme
