Documents and Publications, in chronological order
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| 2023 | |
| JUNE 09 | SedNet considerations and recommendations regarding EQS sediment implementation. SedNet wants to raise some concerns and recommendations regarding the intention to set EQS in sediments such as currently proposed for TBT. Please find the letter to the chair of WFD CIS SCG of the European Commission, Dr. Claudia Olazabal, here. |
| 2022 | |
| JULY 11 | SIMONA PROJECT. A Small Step for SIMONA, a Big Leap for the Danube Basin Harmonised Sediment Quality Monitoring: Standard Sediment Sampling Kit Delivery Started SIMONA: EU Interreg Danube Transnational Programme Project: Sediment-quality Information, Monitoring and Assessment System to Support Transnational Cooperation for Joint Danube Basin Water Management The delivery of the SIMONA Standard Sediment Quality Sampling Kit to each of the 12 Danube Countries (government agencies responsible for sediment quality monitoring under the Water Framework Directive) started last week. The first kit was delivered to the General Directorate of Water Management (OVF), Budapest, Hungary. |
| 2021 | ||
| November 8 | COP26 Sediment Management Press Release. In November 2021, at COP26 in Glasgow, the world took some further steps towards addressing the climate change and ecological crises. Oceans, coasts, waterways and their associated ecosystems now feature explicitly in the text of the COP26 Decision, for example, the Decision: “Emphasizes the importance of protecting, conserving and restoring nature and ecosystems, including forests and other terrestrial and marine ecosystems, to achieve the long-term global goal of the [UN Framework Climate Change] Convention by acting as sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases and protecting biodiversity, while ensuring social and environmental safeguards” Sediments are not mentioned by name, but sediments act as the building block for many coastal and aquatic habitats. Sediments and their related habitats also sequester and store carbon, acting as a vital sink for greenhouse gases. If you work with sediments and you want to make a difference, encourage your organisation to endorse our COP26 Sediment Management Pledge! Details about the COP26 Sediment Management Pledge can be found at: https://sednet.org/wp content/uploads/2022/05/Sediment-Pledge-with-endorsers-10.05.2022.pdf | |
| November 8 | A Catalogue of Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Resilience The Catalogue was developed by the World Bank’s Global Program on Nature-based Solutions (GPNBS) and the City Resilience Program (CRP), under the leadership of Sameh Wahba, | |
| November | Restoring Estuarine and Coastal Habitats with Dredged Sediment – CaBA (catchmentbasedapproach.org) This handbook provides conceptual, practical and regulatory guidance on the beneficial use of sediments arising from dredging activities across the UK.The handbook is one of a quartet of restoration guidelines, developed alongside those for native oyster reefs, seagrass meadows and saltmarshes.Partners: Environment Agency, Cefas, ABPmer. | |
| October 22 | An outcome of the virtual workshop ‘Sediment management opportunities to address the climate change challenge’ hosted by Navigating a Changing Climate and SedNet is an ambitious but realistic – and very necessary – COP26 Sediment Management and Climate Change Pledge. Please contact the SedNet Secretariat if your organisation wishes to endorse the COP26 Pledge. See the News-item for details. | |
| June, 28 – July, 2 | 12th International SedNet conference (online), from 28 June -2 July 2021 Sediment Challenges and Opportunities due to Climate Change and Sustainable Development in partnership with BRGM and the Hauts-de-France Region Simultaneous event with I2SM 7th International Symposium on Sediment Management Presentations and abstracts of presentations | |
| February | Joint SedNet-Navigating a Changing Climate online Workshop on 10-11 February 2021: “Sediment management opportunities to address the climate change challenge” Programme, presentations and abstracts COP26 Sediment Management and Climate Change Pledge; how to endorse the COP26 Pledge. | |
| 2020 | ||
| Nov | JSS Open-Access papers on sediment All 7 papers from the December-2020 issue of the Journal on Soils and Sediments on “Advances in sediment science and management” are now available on the JSS website and all but one are open-access and available to all:
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| Oct | Summary report workshop on “The Role of Ecotoxicological Data in Sediment Quality and Dredged Material Assessment Frameworks”, held online on 1-2 October 2020 Full report: | |
| 2019 | ||
| May | Beneficial use of dredged sediments in road engineering This Methodological Guide is the result of research carried out by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DGCE) at the School of Mines of Douai for more than ten years on the theme of using dredged sediments. It is coherent with French regulations and the methodological framework (ADEME, 2010; SETRA, 2011) that prevailed at the time of the work. The proposed methodology was developed by the Ecole des Mines de Douai as part of France’s SEDIMATERIAUX project and may be reviewed in the light of feedback received at the French national or European level. | |
| April, 3-5 | 11th International SedNet conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia Sediment as a dynamic natural resource – from catchment to open sea Presentations. Posters. | |
| 2018 | ||
| September 20-21 | Report of Workshop on Sediment Classification and Management Decisions – in situ and ex situ, Hamburg, September 2018, organized by SedNet and the Sullied Sediments project | |
| 2017 | ||
| June, 14-17 | 10th International SedNet conference, Genoa, Italy Sediments on the move Presentations, Posters. | |
| June | SedNet Policy Brief: Effective River Basin Management needs to include Sediment Management (outcome 3rd SedNet Round Table, November 2016, Budapest, Hungary) | |
| June | Presentation by Susanne Heise at the 14th international conference on sediment-water interactions (IASWS) in Taormina, Sicily, of the results from the Sednet workshop 2016 on the theme “when soil becomes sediment and sediments become soil”. | |
| 2016 | ||
| November, 7-9 | 3rd SedNet Round Table Discussion “Bringing Together Experiences in Sediment Management Concepts – Elbe meets Danube”. Intro and Summary – Agenda with links to presentations – List of ParticipantsSedNet Policy Brief (2017) | |
| June, 28 | Presentation by Jos Brils about the SedNet network given on 28 June 2016 at NGI in Oslo, Norway | |
| 2015 | ||
| September, 23-26 | 9th International SedNet conference, Kraków, Poland Solving societal challenges: working with sediments Presentations, Posters. | |
| April | The Sediment Management Concept of the ICPER (International Commission for the Protection of the Elbe River) Full report (in German) see http://elsa-elbe.de/assets/pdf/Sedimentmanagementkonzept_IKSE.pdf | |
| 2014 | ||
| June, 20 | Moving Sediment Management Forward – The Four SedNet Messages SedNet started in 2002 as a Thematic Network on contaminated sediment, funded by the European Commission. Since 2005, SedNet has continued independently with partners from organisations representing science, management and administration. SedNet broadened its scope to cover all aspects of sediment, from the river to the sea. During the last decade SedNet has organised eight international conferences. Two Round Table events brought together international experts from several European river basins. Based on this experience and associated discussions, the SedNet core group identified four key messages related to sediment management and these are presented in the brochure “Moving Sediment Management Forward” (pdf). The four key messages can be condensed to one overarching message: Sediments are an integral part of nature and aquatic systems; they are an important resource which needs protection and targeted management. This brochure was prepared to promote the four key messages at European and national level. The reader is encouraged to make use of it. Enjoy reading the brochure, and SedNet will be happy to discuss sediment management directly with you! Case studies (pdf) which exemplify the key messages can be found here: – Case Danube – Case Elbe – Case Meuse – Case Rhine – Case Sava – Case Venice Lagoon – Dredged Material Management | |
| 2013 | ||
| November, 6-9 | 8th International SedNet conference, Lisbon, Portugal Innovative Sediment Management: How to do more with less Presentations, Posters. | |
| July | CEDA-Information Paper “Ecosystem Services and Dredging and Marine Construction. | |
| 2012 | ||
| The biogeochemical cycle of metals in natural freshwater tidal marshes and in flood control areas Doctoral thesis by Johannes Teuchies, University of Antwerp, Belgium (2012) | ||
| October, 15-18 | Presentations Practical training course on sustainable sediment management with the Sava River Basin as a showcase, 15-18 October 2012, Zagreb, Croatia. Announcement Introduction to the course; Jos Brils, Deltares, The Netherlands Sediment quality – Ecotoxicology; Susanne Heise, HAW Hamburg, Germany Engineered river systems; Erik Mosselman, Deltares, The Netherlands Ecosystem functioning & biodiversity – Ecotoxicology; Ward De Cooman, VMM, Belgium Ecosystem functioning & biodiversity – Ecology; Alan Covich, University of Georgia-Athens, USA Sediment quality – Geochemistry/environmental chemistry; Philippe Négrel, BRGM Sediment budget at a basin scale (including hydrology); Rollin Hotchkiss, Brigham Young University, Utah, USA Sediment status Slovenia; Matjaz Mikos, University of Ljubljana Sediment status Croatia; Damir Bekic, University of Zagreb, and Dijana Oskurus, Meteorological and Hydrological Service of Republic Croatia Sediment status Bosnia & Herzegovina; Tarik Kupusovic, Hydro-Engineering Institute of Civel Engineering, Sarajevo Sediment status Bosnia & Herzegovina; Zoran Lazić, Water Agency for Sava River District Sediment status Serbia; Marina Babić Mladenović, Institute Jaroslav Černi, Belgrade | |
| 2011 | ||
| April, 6-9 | 7th International SedNet conference on 6-9 April 2011, Venice, Italy Sediments and Biodiversity: bridging the gap between science and policy Presentations, Posters, Special Sessions. | |
| 2010 | ||
| November, 4 | Guidance Document for Sediment Assessment written by Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment | |
| June | Implementation of sediments/SPM in the WFD 2010 Presentation by Mathias Ricking, FU Berlin – Hydrogeology to the SedNet Steering Group | |
| April, 26-28 | Sediment – an essential, integral and dynamic part of any river system – in European River Basin Management Plans – presentation by Axel Netzband, chairman SedNet / Hamburg Port Authority at the WFD Lille 2010 Conference | |
| April, 26-28 | WFD Lille 2010 Conference: The European Water Framework Directive beyond 2010: let actions speak louder than words. Full conference position paper is available here. | |
| 2009 | ||
| October, 14 | SCliFEM – Climate Forcing and Erosion Modelling in the Sele River Basin (Southern Italy) (pdf), by N. Diodato, M. Faguano and I. Alberico. Published by NEHSS 2009. | |
| October, 7-9 | 6th International SedNet conference on 7-8 October 2009, Hamburg, Germany The Role of Sediments in Coastal Management and Special Session on 9 October 2009 Managing the Elbe Estuary | |
| October, 6-7 | SedNet Round Table Discussion on River Basin Sediment Management. You can find the report about the outcome of the Round Table discussion here. You can download the Blue River case study here. | |
| April | Special SedNet Newsletter on River Basin Management Plans (pdf) | |
| January, 27 | An improved correlation model for sediment delivery ratio assesment (pdf), by N. Diodato and S. Grauso | |
| 2008 | ||
| December | SedNet Newsletter (pdf) | |
| December | UNESCO-ISI Newsletter (pdf) | |
| October, 17 | SedNet Steering Group Meeting: EuroGeoSurveys: who we are and what we do? Presentation of Maciej Kłonowski (pdf) | |
| July, 9-11 | International Symposium on Sediment Management, I2SM (pdf) | |
| July, 7-10 | International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (pdf) | |
| June, 16-21 | ECRR workshop report SedNet – Sue White Workshop WS3: How much sediment is needed for a well functioning river system? | |
| May, 30 | Extra workshop – Sustainable Sediment Management – Report (pdf) | |
| May, 30 | Extra workshop – Sustainable Sediment Management – The Frisian story (pdf) | |
| May, 27-29 | 5th SedNet Conference, Oslo, Norway | |
| May, 2 | Call of papers – Special issue of the European Journal of Civil Engineering On Sediments (pdf) Submission deadline: 30 June 2008. More information… | |
| May | RISKBASE Newsletter May 2008 (pdf) | |
| April | Summary of the study on contamination of sediments and assessment of risks in the Elbe river basin | |
| February, 13 | First Announcement – International Workshop Erosion, Transport and Deposition of Sediments – Bern, Switzerland 28-30 April 2008 | |
| Grantholder call – Development of Methodologies for Environmental Assessment of Contaminated Lands and Groundwaters (pdf) | ||
| 2007 | ||
| November, 28-30 | 7th International Symposium on Sediment Quality Assessment, Hong Kong(pdf) | |
| October | SedNet WP books Vol 4 (Sediment Management of Sediment Resources) have been published. Details at Elsevier: Volume 4 | |
| June, 30 | IAHR Conference -Short Course on Contaminated Sediment Management (pdf) | |
| June, 20- 22 | 4th European Conference on Contaminated Sediments – Public – Private Cooperation in Sediment Remediation Orderform Conference Proceedings (pdf) | |
| May | Sediment Linkages Between the River Catchment and the Sea Published in: JSS – J Soils & Sediments 7 (5) 273–276 (2007) | |
| March, 19-20 | International Mid Term Conference SAND project Final announcement and programme (pdf) | |
| February, 16 | Sediment Research Needs The aim of this paper is to indicate sediment management knowledge gaps related to the Water Framework Directive implementation challenges and, based on that, to propose away forward to bridge these gaps through EC FP7 research activities. This paper is prepared by the European Sediment Network (SedNet). | |
| January | SedNet WP books Vol 3 (Sediment Management of Sediment Resources) have been published. Details at Elsevier: Volume 3 | |
| 2006 | ||
| November, 30 -December, 1 | Policy paper WFD and Hydro-morphological pressures (pdf) Common Implementation Strategy for the Water Framework Directive WFD and Hydro-morphological pressures POLICY PAPER. Focus on hydropower, navigation and flood defence activities Recommendations for better policy integration | |
| November, 30 | Hydromorphology Good Practice document. (pdf) Good practice in managing the ecological impacts of hydropower schemes; flood protection works; and works designed to facilitate navigation under the Water Framework Directive. | |
| November, 23-24 | 4th SedNet Conference, Venice, Italy | |
| September, 12 | International workshop at Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI): Novel insights on contaminated sediments: relevance for risk and remediation (ppt) | |
| September | SedNet WP books Vol 1-2 (Sediment Management of Sediment Resources) have been published. Details at Elsevier: Volume 1 Volume 2 | |
| June, 5-9 | IMO Conference on Managing Sediments in the Watershed: Bringing Dredged Material and Watershed Managers Together | |
| May, 17 | IMO Conference on Managing Sediments in the Watershed: Bringing Dredged Material and Watershed Managers Together (pdf) | |
| May, 15-16 | Meeting reports Swift-Aquaterra workshop on Monitoring and managing river pollutants (pdf) Published in: Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 25, No. 8, 2006 | |
| April, 25 | Innovation program for sediment management in The Netherlands (pdf) | |
| April, 18 | SedNet strategy paper 2006 | |
| April | Normalization methods for pollutants in marine sediments: review and recommendations for the Mediterranean | |
| March, 30 | Modelling net erosion responses to enviroclimatic changes recorded upon multisecular timescales (pdf), by N. Diodato. Published by Geomorphology | |
| March, 22 | Methods for sediment sampling and analysis | |
| March | Vision Document on Marine Dredged Material | |
| 2005 | ||
| October, 31 | SeDNet Approximation EU sediment budget – Philip Owens (pdf) A first attempt to approximate Europe’s sediment budget | |
| October | FP7 recommendations European Sediments (pdf) | |
| May, 15 | SedNet Report of the expert meeting to revise the strategy for trend monitoring of pollutants in coastal water sediments | |
| May, 18 | Conceptual Models and Budgets for Sediment Management at the River Basin Scale (pdf) Published in: JSS – J Soils & Sediments 5 (4) 201–212 (2005) | |
| March | DGE part III Hazardous substances in dredged material (pdf) | |
| Fine-grained sediment in river systems: environmental significance and management issues (pdf) Published in: River research and applications River res. Applic. 21: 693–717 (2005) | ||
| 2004 | ||
| December, 29 | SedNet booklet “Contaminated Sediments in European River Basins” (pdf) | |
| December, 29 | SedNet Work Package books – Content (pdf) To be published by Elsevier in 2005 | |
| November, 25-26 | 3rd SedNet Conference, Venice, Italy | |
| October | Inventory of historical contaminated sediment in Rhine Basin and its tributaries – Final report: Tabel of Contents (pdf) Executive Summary (pdf) Introduction (pdf) Dutch Summary (pdf) Kurzfassung Deutsch (pdf) Chapter 1 – Characterization of Key Processes (pdf) Chapter 2 – Requirements on Sediment Data Quality (pdf) Chapter 3 – Sediment Management at the Catchment Scale (pdf) Chapter 4 – Substances and Areas of concern (pdf) Chapter 5 – Quantification of the Risk for the Port of Rotterdam (pdf) Summary and Conclusions (pdf) Abbreviations, list of tables and figures (pdf) Annexe (pdf) | |
| October | Rhine Research Project II and follow-up (Sediment Management) Handout Project Onderzoek Rijn II (in dutch) (pdf) Handout Rhein-Untersuchungs-Projekt II (in German) (pdf) Handout Rhine Research Project II (in English) (pdf) | |
| Sept., 9-10 | Report WedNet WP1 Workshop 2 (pdf) SedNet WP1 Workshop 2: Testing of the SedNet Guidance Document, September 9th and 10th, 2004, Utrecht, The Netherlands | |
| August | SedNet WP2: Sediment Management at the River Basin Scale. Sediment Management at the River Basin Scale. Synthesis of the SedNet Work Package 2 Outcomes. (pdf) Published in: JSS – J Soils & Sediments 4 (4) 219 – 222 (2004). | |
| August | SedNet WP3: Sediment Quality and Impact Assessment. Sediment Quality and Impact Assessment. Synthesis of the SedNet Work Package 3 Outcomes.(pdf) Published in: JSS – J Soils & Sediments 4 (4) 223 – 224 (2004). | |
| August | SedNet WP4: Sediment and Dredged Material Treatment. Sediment and Dredged Material Treatment. Synthesis of the SedNet Work Package 4 Outcomes. (pdf) Published in: JSS – J Soils & Sediments 4 (4) 225 – 232 (2004). | |
| August | WP5: Sediment Risk Management and Communication. Sediment Risk Management and Communication. Synthesis of the SedNet Work Package 5 Outcomes. (pdf) Published in: JSS – J Soils & Sediments 4 (4) 233 – 235 (2004). | |
| June, 4 | The SedNet Strategy Paper (pdf) The opinion of SedNet on environmentally, socially and economically viable sediment management | |
| May, 25 | Discussion document on sediment monitoring guidance for the EU Water Framework Directive (pdf) | |
| May | SedNet brochure: Sediment, a valuable resource that needs Europe’s attention(pdf) | |
| March, 18-19 | Annexes to the minutes on the workshop on Societal Cost Benefit Analysis and Sediments (pdf) | |
| March, 18-19 | Minutes of the workshop on Societal Cost Benefit Analysis and Sediments (pdf) | |
| March, 18-19 | Workshop 4. Societal Cost Benefit Analysis and Sediments (pdf) Final report | |
| March | European Union Soil Thematic Strategy (pdf) The link between soil erosion and diffuse contamination of water and air | |
| March | Traceability of sediment analysis (pdf) Published in: Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 23, No. 3, 2004 | |
| February, 15 | Sediment management in the context of the EU Water Framework Directive.(pdf) From the point of view of water ways maintenance for shiping. | |
| February, 9 | SedNet recommendations for sediment research priorities (pdf) Related to the soil research clusters | |
| Overview of Contracting Parties’ National Action Levels for Dredged Material(pdf) OSPAR Commission 2004 | ||
| 2003 | ||
| December, 18-19 | Executive Summary WP1 Workshop 1 (pdf) Workpackage 1: Coordination, synthesis, dissemination and stakeholders panel. 1st Workshop “Sediments and Stakeholder Involvement” held in Rotterdam on the 18th and 19th of December 2003. | |
| December, 18-19 | Report WP1 Workshop 1 (pdf) Workshop Sediments and Stakeholder Involvement of SEDNET Work Package 1. Hosted by the Port of Rotterdam, December 18th – 19th 2003, the Netherlands. | |
| November, 10-11 | Minutes of the third workshop. Modelling and other decision-support tools for sediment management (pdf) Work package 2: Sediment management on river basin scale. Minutes of the third workshop. Modelling and other decision-support tools for sediment management 10th to 11th November 2003, Lleida University, Lleida, Spain | |
| November, 10-11 | Modelling and other decision-support tools for sediment management (pdf) Final report | |
| November, 7 | SedNet recommendations for research priorities (pdf) | |
| Sept., 28-30 | 2nd SedNet Conference, Venice, Italy: Minutes of River Dommel case study SedNet Second Annual Conference Work package 2: Sediment managment on river basin scale. Minutes of River Dommel case study | |
| June, 1 | A Conceptual Framework for River-Basin-Scale Sediment Management (pdf) Published in: JSS – J Soils & Sediments 3 (3) 132 – 138 (2003) | |
| June, 1 | Biological Effects-based Sediment Quality in Ecological Risk Assessment for European Waters (pdf) Published in: JSS – J Soils & Sediments 3 (3) 144 – 162 (2003) | |
| May, 26-28 | Workshop 2. Sources and transfers of sediment and contaminants in river basins (pdf) Final report | |
| Treatment Methodologies at the River Basin Scale (pdf) SedNet SSM Guidance Document | ||
| SedNet Core Group for WG 4 (pdf) | ||
| SedNet WG4 Poster “Opportunities for river basin planning of sediment management” (pdf) | ||
| SedNet WG4: The importance of sediment and sediment processes for river basin management (pdf) | ||
| 2002 | ||
| October, 28-29 | Existing guidelines and the EU Framework directives 28th and 29th October 2002, Cranfield University, Silsoe, UK | |
| October, 28-29 | Minutes of first SedNet workshop. Opportunities for river basin planning of sediment management. Existing guidelines and the EU Framework directives. October 28th and 29th, Cranfield University at Silsoe, UK | |
| June | From Risk Assessment to Sediment Management. An International Perspective(pdf) Published in: JSS – J Soils & Sediments 2 (2) 61– 66 (2002) | |
| April, 22-23 | Inaugural Conference Sednet – Program, Registration List, Abstracts, Working Groups Material (pdf) – Report (pdf) | |
| April | The Need for New Concepts in Risk Management of Sediments (pdf) Historical Developments, Future Perspectives and New Approaches. Published in: JSS – J Soils & Sediments 2 (1) 4 – 8 (2002) | |
| 2001 | ||
| February, 28 | Project Report POR II – Dredged Material in the Port of Rotterdam – Interface between Rhine Catchment Area and North Sea Part A – Executive summary and introduction (pdf) Part B – Heavy Metals – Present and future quality of sediments in the Rhine catchment area (POR II) (pdf) Part C – PAHs, PCBs – present and future quality of sediments in the Rhine catchment area (POR II) (pdf) Part D – Current and future policies and regulatory framework (POR II) (pdf) Part E – Bioassays as tool for dredged material quality assessment (POR II)(pdf) Part E – New substances – Substances to watch (POR II) (pdf) Part E – TBT emissions inside the port of Rotterdam (POR II) (pdf) Part F – Riverine inputs, sediments, dredged material and the Sea (POR II) (pdf) | |
| 2000 | ||
| April, 17-19 | Policy workshop Rhine Research Project II and follow-up (Sediment Management) (pdf) | |
| April, 17-19 | Science workshop April 2000 (POR II) – Rhine Research Project II and follow-up (Sediment Management) (pdf) Appendix part B (pdf) Appendix part C (pdf) Appendix part D (pdf) Appendix part E1 (pdf) Appendix part E2 (pdf) Factsheet Sedimentmanagement (in dutch) (pdf) Factsheet Sedimentmanagement (in english) (pdf) | |
