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may 200920-05-2009UK/NL: High level meeting Environment Agency with Dutch Ministry On May 26, Rt Hon Lord Smith of Finsbury, Chairman of the British Environment Agency and Chief Executive dr. Paul Leinster will meet Annemieke Nijhof, Director-General of the Policy Departement for the Dutch ministry of Water Management and Bert Keijts, Director-General of Rijkswaterstaat. The meeting will take place in Den Haag and will be followed by a field day on May 27. On this day the Rotterdam Storm Surge Barrier (Maeslant) will be visited followed by a boat trip to the Harbour Extension area of Rotterdam. Aim of the visit is to learn from eachothers ideas and approaches to topics like climate change adaptation and related flood risk and erosion management.  |