Updating the Saltmarsh Management Manual
This project used current best practice and research to update the Saltmarsh Management Manual for managing flood risk.
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This project updated the Saltmarsh Management Manual for coastal planners and operating authorities working in flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCERM). It helps coastal and estuary managers and planners to identify problems with saltmarshes and decide how to deal with them appropriately.
Saltmarshes play an important role as a coastal ecosystem and also a part in managing flood risk. In the context of the wider coast and estuary environment, maintaining, restoring and enhancing saltmarshes are increasingly being considered as ways of managing flood risk.
This project draws together current best practice and research to update the ‘Saltmarsh Management Manual’. It also provides a practical manual for coastal planners and operating authorities working in FCERM.
This project ran from 2003 to 2005.