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Flood & Coastal Defence: 'Laissez Faire' is not an option says CLA 'The real danger to the thousands of households threatened with flooding and coastal erosion comes from oversimplification of the choice between 'doing nothing' and maintaining hard defence measures,' said Mark Hudson, President of the Country Land & Business Association (CLA). Discussing the CLA's response to the Government consultation on how to handle fluvial and coastal flooding, Mr Hudson continued:
'Once coastline is lost it is unlikely ever to be recovered. The loss of that land has a devastating impact not only on the individuals, communities and businesses directly involved but in the country's capability to be self-sufficient in food production and in the public's confidence in the Government's ability to meet the challenges of flood and coastal defence in other regions. We are urging the Government to look at the 'soft' measures that can be used to prevent and alleviate flooding and coastal erosion such as using marginal land in upland areas to hold back water after heavy rainfall or using the movement of sediment to protect coastal areas.'The joint Defra, ODPM, HM Treasury and DoT paper, Making Space for Water, is part of an ongoing effort to create a strategy for flood and coastal erosion risk management in England. 'Whilst other countries, including Germany and Holland, actively continue to maintain and strengthen coastal defences, we cannot neglect our sea walls in the mistaken belief that this is somehow better for the environment. Apart from the loss of food-producing land, a laissez faire attitude often does not produce environmentally positive results - take, for example, the areas in Essex that have turned into mudflats rather than the desired saltmarsh. 'Farmers and landmanagers have a very positive role to play in designing spaces for floodwater to be stored or dispersed and in helping with techniques to stabilise our coastlines in certain areas and these farmers and landmanagers should be fairly rewarded for their contribution toward the wider social and environmental good, ' concluded Mr Hudson. 8 November 2004 |
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