The international project „Natural Flood Retention on Private Land“ will end in spring 2022. During 5 years of intensive networking and collaboration, members from numerous european countries have addressed the objectives, trade-offs and prospects of flood risk management concepts within this COST-Action. Discussions centered on potential synergies of land use and flood management, knowledge of nature based solutions and natural water retention measures.
The key-question, how land owners could be encouraged to adapt land uses and land management strategies which allow for increased water retention capacity, has been discussed within three working groups, in trainings schools and (virtual) courses.