Jan 14, 2019
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In episode 81 of America Adapts - the third in a 4-part flooding series sponsored by World Wildlife Fund - Doug Parsons attends the Natural and Nature-Based Features (NNBF) Symposium in Santa Cruz, California. The Symposium was hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineering, with disaster and flooding experts participating from all over the world. Doug and Anita Van Breda, of World Wildlife Fund, interviewed these experts on topics ranging from nature based solutions, community engagement, to the history the Army Corps. We also visited some field sites to learn about on the ground adaptation efforts in the San Francisco Bay area.
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Experts in this episode:
Anita Van
Breda, WWF
Dr. Todd
Bridges, Senior Research Scientist for Environmental Science, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers
Enda
Murphy, Senior Marine Infrastructure Research Engineer,
National Research Council Canada
Dr. Cath Brooks, Senior Engagement Adviser, Flood and Coastal
Risk Management, Environment Agency, United Kingdom
Dr. Maria
Dillard, Research Social Scientist with Community Resilience
Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology
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Anita Van
Breda, World Wildlife Fund
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Flood Green Guide:
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