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New report: Embracing biodiversity in coastal infrastructure
A research team from the US Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center (USACE ERDC) and the University of Georgia’s Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (UGA IRIS) recently published a new technical report titled “Embracing Biodiversity on Engineered Coastal Infrastructure through Structured Decision-Making and Engineering With Nature®. Abstract: Extreme weather variation, natural disasters,…
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April 2024 Knowledge Series: CarbonWATCH – Assessing Your Carbon Inventory at the Landscape Level Using Geospatial Technology
Grant Wiseman, Brendan Player & Dr. Martha Farella, Stantec As climate change becomes an increasing threat, and organizations across the globe are setting ambitious net zero and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals, assessing, inventorying, and monitoring carbon stock in plants and soils has become vitally important to a variety of businesses and sectors. Stantec’s CarbonWATCH tool measures the…
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April Monthly Highlights Recap
At our April Monthly Highlights meeting, we welcomed speakers from two of our newest partners: Derek Schlea from LimnoTech and Andrew Rella from ECOncrete. Derek Schlea, a senior ecological engineer at LimnoTech, gave a detailed description of a project demonstrating how wetlands contribute to large-scale water quality. The study site for this project was a…
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Next N-EWN Knowledge Series: Assessing Carbon Inventory Using Geospatial Technology
This month’s N-EWN Knowledge Series will take place Thursday, April 18th at 12:30pm ET. The webinar is titled CarbonWATCH: Assessing Your Carbon Inventory at the Landscape Level Using Geospatial Technology and features three experts from Stantec: Grant Wiseman, Brendan Player and Martha Farella. Description: As climate change becomes an increasing threat, and organizations across the…
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USACE and UC Santa Cruz Researchers Collaborate on NbS and Risk Management Recommendations
A new handbook reviewing risk management in nature-based solutions (NbS) evaluates connections between NbS, risk science and insurance, asserting that natural resources and NbS projects are undervalued in risk assessment. The authors call for further integration among these fields through interdisciplinary collaboration. The team identifies 15 recommendations to further integrate NbS into risk science and…
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Partner Profile: AECOM
AECOM is Making NBS a Reality Across the Globe As a full-service design, management, environmental, and energy company, AECOM has unique experience integrating Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) and equity into our programs. Our approach emphasizes social and environmental objectives, placing AECOM at the forefront of natural infrastructure and hybrid solutions. Partnering with the Network for Engineering with…
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Collaborating for change: Approaching nature-based solutions through an anthropologist’s eyes
Katie Foster, a research professional working at the University of Georgia in the Humans and Environmental Change Lab, has spent years examining how environmental governance and policy impacts communities. Her entire career has been shaped by meaningful collaborations across disciplines and sectors, and now she aims to build new partnerships to help others. After her undergraduate…
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Partners Gather to Discuss USACE Proposed Updates for Water Resource Investments
On Thursday, April 4, a team of affiliates from the University of Georgia’s Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems including Todd Bridges and Matthew Shudtz held a webinar to discuss the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ new draft of agency-specific procedures for implementing Principles, Requirements, and Guidelines for Federal Investments in Water Resources. The goals of…
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Partner Podcasts: EWN Atlas 3 and Climate Resilience in the Army
N-EWN partners are always finding new ways to share research with the world. Explore the newest episodes of two of our partners’ podcasts below. The Engineering With Nature Podcast S7 E4: Atlas 3 Launch Coming Soon – 58 Inspiring NBS Projects Innovation and collaboration are cornerstones of Engineering With Nature (EWN). Sharing projects, demonstrating outcomes, and inspiring…
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N-EWN partners to help lead first National Nature Assessment
The U.S. Global Change Research Program has announced the chapter leadership teams for the first-ever National Nature Assessment (NNA1). The NNA1 will take a holistic approach to better understand the role of nature in the lives of people across the country, integrating science with traditional ways of knowing and the needs of communities. The Assessment…
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Webinar: Feedback for USACE’s proposed updates to agency-specific procedures
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has published a new draft of agency-specific procedures for implementing Principles, Requirements, and Guidelines for Federal Investments in Water Resources. The public is invited to comment until April 15. View the full rulemaking docket here. A team of affiliates from the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems at the…
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Next week: ERDC Live spotlights the Engineering With Nature (EWN) Program
Please join the Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC) on LinkedIn on Wednesday, April 3 at 10 a.m. CT for the next ERDC Live. The event will feature Drs. Jeff King and Amanda Tritinger from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering With Nature® program, an innovative nature-based research program that was fostered at ERDC…
