Working with nature
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Presented during:
CEDA Dredging Days 2009 - Dredging Tools for the Future, Rotterdam
Authors:
Brooke J - for PIANC Environmental Commission, UK
Abstract: Working with Nature, a recent PIANC position paper, calls for an important shift in thinking in our approach to navigation development projects. Working with Nature aims to help deliver mutually beneficial, 'win-win' solutions by promoting a proactive, integrated approach which:
- focuses on achieving the project objectives in an ecosystem context rather than assessing the consequences of a predefined project design;
- focuses on identifying win-win solutions rather than simply minimising ecological harm.
Keywords: ecosystem, win-win solution, stakeholder engagement, sustainable development