ENsuring DUne REsilience against Climate Change

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A France - Belgium - The Netherlands - United Kingdom (Les Deux Mers / Two seas / Twee Zeeën)

Date of latest update: 2024-12-17

Description

Description (EN):

ENDURE aims to improve adaptation capacity to climate change by focusing on 2 Seas coastal sand dunes. We will increase the capacity of 2 Seas stakeholders to apply ecosystem-based management approaches, decreasing reliance on hard engineering interventions. We will draw from crossborder expertise to inform & supply new purpose-developed solutions to answer real world dune management problems occurring now under climate change. Our Partnership has been carefully constructed to include the national/regional/local partners needed to really drive through change into clear improvements in dune management across the 2 Seas. We will collaborate to capitalise on the best knowledge & expertise available across the Member States. We will work to improve & restore the ecosystem ability of dunes to act as adaptive, living sea defences for a coastline which is more naturally resilient to erosion, flooding & sea level rise.

Achievements (EN):

In a year that has felt like it lasted 1,000 days, ENDURE is thrilled to have completed two outputs, with a third on the cusp of being completed in early 2021. A sharp refocus away from physical delivery towards remote working to push through our mapping tools was needed in April when we were left with travel restrictions, lockdown and bans on outdoor working on pilot sites. In Work Package 1, our sand net work moved away from the pilot site and into an indoor facility lab, enabled our work to continue despite the pandemic and produce our report. We managed to press ahead with plans to protect the under pressure dunes at Winterton-on-Sea with rope and posts, and stronger fencing on the dune cliff, protecting 20,000m2 of dunes from human pressure, and visitors from danger at the same time. Little did we know that was to be the last time we could work on site...Still we managed to combine this with installation of people counters to monitor the impact of our rope and post fencing and we'll be able to visualise this as the development of our online data platform continues in 2021. From April our attention really turned to finalising work on our now finalised two mapping tools: Firstly a mapping tool, showing marram health and predicted dune growth/erosion, also showing dune resilience at several sites across the 2 Seas area. The methodology enables site managers and decision makers to reproduce the transect to visualise their dune health/resilience to storms and climate change. A truly unique tool in dune management which we cannot wait to share and promote in 2021. Our second tool is a land-use tool, showing how management decisions impact ecosystem services. If a site manager wanted to build a sea wall, how would that effect recreation or wildlife? This tool shows positive and negative impacts of various management methods, and showcases nature based solutions - and dunes - as an essential part of coastal protection. In this the year to end all years, there had to be one work package negatively impacted, and this was work package 3. Physical outreach events were largely cancelled, and only two guided walks survived the cull, but at reduced capacity. We hope to be able to deliver more in 2021, and if not, we are working on online content to inform and educate about how our wonderful sand dunes work, and how people can help protect them. We will then share all our outputs at our closing conference, week commencing 20 September 2021, save the date!

Website: http://www.endure.eu.com/

Delivered Outputs (EN):

The project focused on tangible benefits to 110km shore, which represents 25% of 2 Seas coastline i.e. 3302ha of dunes via 6 new ecosystem-based solutions. Its goal was to increase dune resilience & reduce damage caused by coastal flooding & erosion, saving €314 million compared to hard engineering solutions & offering sustainable protection to people & assets on the 2 Seas coast. This was put into practice through the following outputs: - Sand trapping nets to nourish dunes - Mussel farming posts to reduce erosion/increase nourishment - Proactive & strategic approach to access control to prevent erosion damage - Mapping tool to visualise benefits of different dune management approaches (hard engineering vs. ecosystem-based) - Early warning system to ID dunes most vulnerable to climate change effects before large scale damage occurs - Tool to assess if buildings on dunes have positive or negative impacts - Education campaign to build capacity and embed knowledge in 2 Seas dune managers/decision makers - Education campaign to build capacity and embed knowledge in 2 Seas coastal communities Check the “Outputs” section below to download related material and see “Main Achievements” section for further information about the achieved results.

Thematic information

Coastal management and maritime issues Climate change and biodiversity

Specific Objective: Improve the ecosystem-based capacity of 2 Seas stakeholders to climate change and its associated water-related effects

Thematic Objective: (05) promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management by:

Investment Priority: (05a) supporting investment for adaptation to climate change, including ecosystem-based approaches

Partners (6)

Lead Partner: Norfolk County Council (NCC)

Department: Community and Environmental Services

Address: Martineau Lane, NR1 2SG Norwich, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 599 589.68

ERDF budget: EUR 359 753.79

Hoogheemraadschap Holland Noorderkwartier (HHNK)

Name: Hoogheemraadschap Holland Noorderkwartier (HHNK)

Department: Flood Management and Roads

Address: Stationsplein 136, 1703 WC Heerhugowaard, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 206 934.28

ERDF budget: EUR 124 160.57

Centre d’Etudes et d’Expertise sur les Risques Environnement Mobilité et Aménagement (Cerema)

Name: Centre d’Etudes et d’Expertise sur les Risques Environnement Mobilité et Aménagement (Cerema)

Department: North Picardy

Address: 44 Ter, rue Jean BART CS 20275, 59019 Lille Cedex, France

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 476 325.26

ERDF budget: EUR 285 795.16

Centre Permanent d’Initiatives pour l’Environnement (CPIE)

Name: Centre Permanent d’Initiatives pour l’Environnement (CPIE)

Department: Val d'Authie

Address: Rue Vermaelen, 62390 Auxi le Château, France

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 250 991.68

ERDF budget: EUR 150 595.01

Universiteit Gent

Name: Universiteit Gent

Department: Biology, Terrestrial Ecology Unit

Address: K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 469 679.04

ERDF budget: EUR 281 807.42

Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken (MOW)

Name: Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken (MOW)

Department: Flanders Hydraulics p.a

Address: Berchemlei 115, 2140 Antwerp, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 105 604.98

ERDF budget: EUR 63 362.99

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Summary

Project name (EN): ENsuring DUne REsilience against Climate Change

Project acronym: ENDURE

Project start date: 2018-01-01

Project end date: 2021-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 109 124.92

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 265 474.94

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 0.60%

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Mer du Nord - Construire des murs de sable

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Type of document: Video / film

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu

Publication date: 2022-10-31

Document date: 2020-03-14

Languages: en

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A France - Belgium - The Netherlands - United Kingdom (Les Deux Mers / Two seas / Twee Zeeën)

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ENsuring DUne REsilience against Climate Change

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