| Title | Abstract | Case study(ies) |
|---|---|---|
| Romanian Experiences Regarding Ecological Restoration in Danube Floodplain and Delta | Presentation of Romanian experiences | Fortuna Restoration Project in the Danube Delta, Romania |
| ES2200035 Tramos Bajos del Aragon y del Arga | Natura 2000 data set for lower reaches of the Aragon and Arga Rivers | Fluvial and ecosystem restoration of the Arga-Aragon Rivers, Spain |
| A MÓRAHALMI NAGYSZÉKSÓS-TÓ VíZKÉMIAI VIZSGíLATAINAK ELEMZÉSE | Overview of the water quality monitoring results of the lake (HURO/0901/207/2.2.2 project) | Water supply and rehabilitation in Nagyszeksos-to Southern Hungary |
| El agua en navarra | La política del agua está viviendo un profundo proceso de renovación en Europa. Esta política se fundamenta en los principios de la Directiva Marco del Agua, que obliga a una nueva planificación hidrológica. Los ejes de esta planificación pretenden favorecer el buen estado de las aguas al tiempo que garantizan su disponibilidad y su uso sostenible. Navarra está adaptando sus políticas al nuevo modelo europeo de gestión y administración del agua. Avanzar hacia una gestión más sostenible del agua requiere el compromiso y la corresponsabilidad de los diferentes agentes institucionales y sociales. | Fluvial and ecosystem restoration of the Arga-Aragon Rivers, Spain |
| NEW: final reports for Slowing the Flow at Pickering project | This webpage links to the phase 1 and phase 2 reports of the project. | Slowing the Flow at Pickering, UK |
| River Órbigo Restoration Project | Presentation on the project (IRF EUROPEAN RIVERPRIZE FINALIST. September 2013, Vienna, Austria) | Órbigo River ecological status improvement, Spain |
| The Tolka catchment - fulfilling multiple roles: local government perspectives | Presentation on Tolka Valley Park, showing ecological measures and effects | River Tolka constructed wetland and enhancements, Ireland |
| A predictive modelling tool for assessing climate, land use and hydrological change on reservoir physicochemical and biological properties. | The measures implemented focus on the use of bio-engineering or natural techniques for rehabilitation of riparian buffer zones and river banks | Natural bank stabilization and riparian buffer galleries along the Odelouca River, Portugal |
| Komplex vízvisszatartási akcioprogram a NagyszéksosTo vízrendszerében | Enhancement of water supply of a former lake/wetland area to preserve ecologic circumstances. Redirection of surplus drainage water to the area and the creation of a sepatate wetland site to give extra cleaning to water received from the treated municipal wastewater treatement plan | Water supply and rehabilitation in Nagyszeksos-to Southern Hungary |
| Different scales of analysis in classifying streams: from a multimetric towards an integrated system approach | Two different approaches to define the ecological status of several catchments (NW Portugal) are compared. At a coarser scale, all the stream network was classed using GIS according to several variables related to: a) biotic indicators, such as native and exotic fish species, benthic biotic index and characteristics of the riparian corridor); b) chemical indicators of contamination, where an estimation of industrial and urban organic loads and water quality was included. This methodology is preceded by a typological classification so that a determination of the ecological status can be made separately of each of the physical units integrated in the watercourse. | Natural bank stabilization and riparian buffer galleries along the Odelouca River, Portugal |
| www.symasol.fr | The website presents all the projects the SYMASOL is responsible for, particularly the Contrat de rivière in which frame this precise measure take place. | Restoration of river Hermance, France |
| Recalificacion de galerías de ribera en el área de la presa del Odelouca: de la concesion a la intervencion | El Espacio del Sudoeste Europeo se enfrenta a diversos problemas en la gestión de los recursos hídricos, tanto en lo que se refiere a su calidad y al déficit entre la oferta y la demanda en las cuencas hidrográficas, como a los problemas relacionados con la prevención de riesgos y alteraciones climáticas. El proyecto RICOVER tiene por objetivo definir e implementar, a través de intervenciones piloto, estrategias y metodologías conjuntas de protección y conservación de los ríos del SUDOE. Para ello, se tendrán en cuenta, entre otros elementos, las características naturales y la biodiversidad, la preservación de hábitats prioritarios y del Patrimonio de la Red Natura 2000, la importancia de los ríos como corredores ecológicos y su contribución para el ciclo natural del agua y la necesidad de la riqueza fluvial y su valor económico. | Natural bank stabilization and riparian buffer galleries along the Odelouca River, Portugal |
| Directirces y recomendaciones técnicas para la conservacion del vison Europeo y sus hábitats | "Technical recommendations and guidelines for the conservation of the European mink and its habitats" Restoration actions carried out to restore the river habitats of interest to conservation | Fluvial and ecosystem restoration of the Arga-Aragon Rivers, Spain |
| Etude diagnostic et élaboration d'un schéma de gestion globale de l'ill domaniale et ses lits mineur et majeur | Study analysing the main problems on the Ill river and making suggestions to solve these problems by a mix of NWRM and classical measures. Moreover, socio-economic and legal aspects are taken into account. | River basin management of the Ill, France |
| Pilootprojecten Stroomgebied Voer | This presentation gives a short graphical overview of two executed NWRM's on the Horstergrub river less than one on the Belgian side of the border, one on the Dutch side of the border. The NWRM on the Belgian side of the border is the discussed NWRM. | Horstergrub sediment management, Belgium |
| Aménagement des berges en génie végétal et mise en place de zones annexes sur la Scarpe canalisée à Arras | Revitalisation of the Scarpe river by changing the riverbanks from grey to green infrastructure and connection of hydraulic annexes to enhance water storage. | Revitalisation of riverbanks and connection of hydraulic annexes alongside the Scarpe river in France |
| El Proyecto de mejora ecologica del río Órbigo (tramo I) | Article on the restoration project | Órbigo River ecological status improvement, Spain |
| ES2200035 -Tramos Bajos del Aragon y del Arga | Natura 2000 data set for lower reaches of the Aragon and Arga Rivers | Fluvial and ecosystem restoration of the Arga-Aragon Rivers, Spain |
| The Tolka catchment - fulfilling multiple roles: local government perspectives | Presentation of the Tolka catchment and its assets | River Tolka constructed wetland and enhancements, Ireland |
| National River Flow Archive | Data and catchment characteristics for Pickering Beck gauging station 27056 - Pickering Beck at Ings Bridge | Slowing the Flow at Pickering, UK |
| Proyecto para la mejora del estado ecológico del río Órbigo. Tramo I (León). Documento 4 (Presupuesto). | Project Report | Órbigo River ecological status improvement, Spain |
| Effect of land development and forest management on hydrologic response in southeastern coastal wetlands: a review | Land development activities such as agriculture, clear cutting, peat mining, and the planting of forest plantations on wetlands can affect the hydrologic behavior of these ecosystems by affecting their water storage and release patterns on the landscape. The effects of these development activities on hydrologic fluxes in peatlands (Typic Medisaprists) were compared to the effects of forest management practices in North Carolina using a field-tested hydrologic simulation model (DRAINMOD). Simulations revealed that natural peat-based (Histosol) pocosin systems lose 66% (80 cm) of the 123 cm of average annual rainfall by evapo-transpiration (ET) and 34% (42 cm/yr) via annual runoff. Annual runoff values were 63 cm/yr for peat mining areas, 48 cm/yr for cleared peatlands, 46 cm/yr for peatlands converted to agriculture and 34 cm/yr for pine plantations, once the forest canopy is closed. Thus, these wetland alterations, except for forestry, significantly increased runoff and decreased ET compared to the natural ecosystem. Forest pine plantation management decreased runoff and increased ET. A case study of the effects of forest management practices was reviewed for a 15-year-old drained loblolly pine plantation growing on fine sandy loam soils (Thermic Typic umbraquults) in the coastal plains of North Carolina. Forestry activities such as thinning (i.e., reduced leaf area index by 50%) decreased ET and canopy interception and nearly doubled drainage loss (38 cm/yr to 60 cm/yr). Commonly applied forest practices, such as drainage, increased the average number of flow events with flows > 5 mm/day to 86 days per year from 26 days per year under natural conditions. | Fluvial and ecosystem restoration of the Arga-Aragon Rivers, Spain |
| Case study: Ecoremediation System (ERM) for treatment of polluted tributary of Glinscica, Slovenia | The innovative ecoremediation (ERM) system for treatment of the polluted tributary of GlinšÄica was therefore installed in 2006, the ERM system consists of the sedimentation pond for the deposition of coarse particles and reduction of current flow velocity, a vegetated ditch filled with different mixtures of sand, planted with common reed (Phragmites australis) for the aerobic) “ anaerobic treatment and a meandered revitalized stream bed of the tributary for the additional treatment. | Pollution Treatment on the Glinščica, Slovenia |
| A bivaly-rehabilitácios területek elemzése a Nagyszéksos-To és a Tanaszi-semlyék eltérÅ‘ biotopjain | Analysis of buffalo driven landscape rehabilitation projects | Water supply and rehabilitation in Nagyszeksos-to Southern Hungary |
| WETLIFE project's final report and deliverables | The WETLIFE project aimed at reversal of negative changes in Amalva and Ž’uvintas mires. Restoration of hydrological conditions necessary for regeneration of mire habitats was the main key to reaching the aim. Additionally, the project had a goal to facilitate a shift in agricultural practices on peatlands in order to improve conditions for biodiversity and reduce rate of peat mineralization with all related environmental consequences. Finally, the project expected to raise awareness about wetlands and to serve as an example of successful wetland restoration and more sustainable use that could be replicated in other parts of the country. see also project video: http://vimeo.com/41861643 |
Restoration of Amalvas and Žuvintas Wetlands, Lithuania |
| Evolution of Babina polder after restoration works |
The Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve is an area where governmental decision makers, scientists and local communities co-operate to develop a pilot programme for the administration of the territory and the waters. The objective is to harmonize the requirements of the local populations with the necessity for conservation of natural processes and biological resources. |
Babina Restoration Project, Romania |
| Small water reservoirs †“ their function and construction | Small water reservoirs play important role in rural areas. They used to be very popular, but most of them have been devastated in the last century. It is worth to restore them and to construct new ones. Very small reservoirs (ponds) can be constructed in economical and cost efficient way by individual farmers. In regard to damming below 1.0 m and to reservoirs situated outside protected areas, the permission for construction and the environmental impact assessment is not required. However, one should always keep in mind that even the smallest construction is the work of engineering and should be performed in accordance with the current standards. The increase of available water resources and improvement of water quality demand various measures including those aimed at reducing and limiting water runoff and pollutants transport from the river basins. One of the methods to improve the structure of water balance and the amount of water in rivers is the construction of a large number of small reservoirs, wetland reconstruction etc. Such reservoirs may be divided to: recreational, floristic and faunistic conservation sites, swimming pools, water quality protection (constructed wetlands) and infiltration reservoirs. Reservoirs can have many functions of the economic and natural character. If they are designed and constructed properly they can be a valuable element of the natural landscape in rural areas. Basic data for designing of small reservoirs serving mainly recreational (decorative) purposes and those used for water treatment and ground water recharge are given in the paper. |
Reconstruction and modernization of existing and construction of new reservoirs and ponds in rural areas of Poland |
| Integrated Rhine Programme Baden Wurtemberg | Handout of the Site Visit of the 2nd Western Regional NWRM Workshop Overview on single measures, costs, the administrative structure behind it |
Polder management near Altenheim, Germany |
| Case study:The Holbina-Dunavat Restoration Project | Holbina-Dunavat area (S=5630 ha) has been studied from 1994 in order to establish a strategy for ecological restoration by a reintegration of the fish farm basins with the surrounding wetlands by opening the ring dikes around the basins. The positive effects are both ecological (wetland restoration, natural habitat and breeding area for fish and aquatic birds) and socio-economical (development of traditional activities, fishing, livestock and reed harvesting, creation of recreational areas for ecotourism) for the local people. | Holbina-Dunavat Restoration Project, Romania |
| Runoff Attenuation Features - A guide for all those working in catchment Management | This is a guide to runoff attenuation features (technical issues, environmental considerations etc) based on the work carried out as part of the Belford Catchment Solutions Project. | Rural runoff attenuation in the Belford catchment, UK |
| LIFE+ Project Mink Territory | The LIFE + MINK TERRITORY project is directed at restoring the river habitats along the lower reaches of the Aragón and Arga rivers in Navarre and at increasing the mink population there. | Fluvial and ecosystem restoration of the Arga-Aragon Rivers, Spain |
| Life vein-Upper Drau River ; Carinthia†™s largest nature restoration campaign (2006-2011) | The project included the widening of 3 section of the river and the reconstruction of an open check dam. | Revitalization of the upper Drau River in Austria |
| Plan Nacional de Restauracion de Ríos | Este Ministerio está desarrollando, en consonancia con la Directiva marco del agua y la Directiva de evaluación y gestión de los riesgos de inundación, la Estrategia Nacional de Restauración de Ríos, un conjunto de actuaciones con el fin de conservar y recuperar el buen estado de nuestros ríos, minimizar los riesgos de inundación, potenciar su patrimonio cultural, fomentar el uso racional del espacio fluvial e impulsar el desarrollo sostenible del medio rural. |
Fluvial and ecosystem restoration of the Arga-Aragon Rivers, Spain |
| Foro del Agua de Navarra. Documento Técnico para la Participacion Publica en la Cuenca del Arga. Documentacion previa para su análisis. Pamplona, marzo 2007 | El objetivo de este documento es servir como base para la participación pública en torno a la gestión del agua y de sus principales problemas en la cuenca del Arga. De esta forma, se promueve el proceso de participación exigido por la Directiva Marco del Agua (2000/60) para la elaboración del Plan Hidrológico de la cuenca del Ebro, que tiene que ser aprobado en diciembre de 2009. Este plan va a suponer la revisión del plan hidrológico que se aprobó en 1998 y además, la incorporación de los requerimientos establecidos por la DMA. Por otro lado, la “estrategia para la gestióny el uso sostenible del agua en Navarra” también promueve estos procesos de participación pública, fundamentales para que el público en general y los afectados más directamente por el tema puedan participar en el proceso de la toma de decisiones. | Fluvial and ecosystem restoration of the Arga-Aragon Rivers, Spain |
| The Órbigo River Restoration Project and its implications in flood risk prevention | WGF Thematic Workshop: Stakeholder Involvement in Flood Risk Management. 17, 18 April, 2012. Bucharest-Romania Session 4: Working with institutional stakeholders and other sectors, in particular in land use |
Órbigo River ecological status improvement, Spain |
| The regulation of stream water quality and flow by a forested wetland, Kylmäojankorpi, Vantaa. | The Kylmäojankorpi case study represents a research work which aimed to assess whether and how existing forested wetland improves and regulates stream water quality and flow. | Kylmäojankorpi forested wetland, Vantaa, Finland |
| Potential Use of Runoff Attenuation Features in small Rural Catchments for Flood Mitigation | Development of a number of small scale, low cost soft engineered flood reduction schemes, designed to store/attenuate rapid runoff in small rural catchments. Design and implimentation of a network of 35 NWRM measures in a Northumberland catchment. To aid understanding of how features impact on downstream flood hazard. | Rural runoff attenuation in the Belford catchment, UK |
| Foro del Agua de Navarra. Documento Técnico para la Participacion Publica en la Cuenca del Aragon. Documentacion previa para su análisis. Pamplona, marzo 2007 | El objetivo de este documento es servir como base para la participación pública en torno a la gestión del agua y de sus principales problemas en la cuenca del Arga. De esta forma, se promueve el proceso de participación exigido por la Directiva Marco del Agua (2000/60) para la elaboración del Plan Hidrológico de la cuenca del Ebro, que tiene que ser aprobado en diciembre de 2009. Este plan va a suponer la revisión del plan hidrológico que se aprobó en 1998 y además, la incorporación de los requerimientos establecidos por la DMA. Por otro lado, la “estrategia para la gestióny el uso sostenible del agua en Navarra” también promueve estos procesos de participación pública, fundamentales para que el público en general y los afectados más directamente por el tema puedan participar en el proceso de la toma de decisiones. | Fluvial and ecosystem restoration of the Arga-Aragon Rivers, Spain |
| NWRMs experience from Austria | characterization of Austria's landcover, population density, topography and the traditional flood protection National laws and technical rules for near-natural flood protection, principles of passive flood protection, critical lessons learned |
Revitalization of the upper Drau River in Austria |
| Natural water retention for combined outcomes - the Arga-Aragon case study (Spain) | Presentation from Fernando Magdaleno | Fluvial and ecosystem restoration of the Arga-Aragon Rivers, Spain |
| WFD Surface Water Objectives 2012 | Spreadsheet containing the classification status and environmental objectives for surface water bodies across all River Basin Districts in England and Wales. | Slowing the Flow at Pickering, UK |
| Lugares de importancia comunitaria: Tramos Bajos del Aragon y del Arga | List of important places for biodiversity in Navarra | Fluvial and ecosystem restoration of the Arga-Aragon Rivers, Spain |
| Telephone Interview with Norbert Sereinig (project responsible) | discussion on financial aspects, details of the monitoring programme and governmental aspects | Revitalization of the upper Drau River in Austria |
| Guía técnica para la caracterizacion de las actuaciones a considerar en planes hidrologicos y estudios de viabilidad | Book - https://www.fomento.gob.es/MFOM.CP.Web/detallepublicacion.aspx?idpub=CX1217 | Órbigo River ecological status improvement, Spain |
| The Fortuna Restoration Project | The aim of the project was to connecting agricultural polder Fortuna (2.115 ha) to the Danube regime. Restoration of hydrological regime and hydrological functions means for this area, restoring and establishing the following functions: - habitat for plants and animals typical alluvial areas; - habitat and breeding area for fish and aquatic birds; - reservoir for biodiversity and providing genetic resources; - biocoridor and genetic exchange; - organic production; - biogeochemical circuit elements; - retention of sediments and pollutions; Black Sea biofilter. | Fortuna Restoration Project in the Danube Delta, Romania |
| Ecological Improvement Project in the Órbigo River (Stretch I) | ECRR (European Centre for River Restoration) Newsletter. Includes information about the Órbigo River Restoration Project. | Órbigo River ecological status improvement, Spain |
| Contrat de rivières transfrontalier du sud-ouest lémanique 2006-2012, Etude, bilan, évaluation et prospective, phase 2: bilan technique et financier | The reports presents the technical and financial results of the Contrat de rivière project | Restoration of river Hermance, France |
| Ormoz basins guidebook | Ormož Basins are a wetland of exceptional national and international importance attracting both breeding and migrating bird species of conservation importance. This guidebook aims to show life in various forms thriving in what used to be an abandoned industrial area, saved from destruction and later declared a nature reserve dedicated to conservation of biodiversity providing relaxed, informative and high quality experience of nature. This guidebook presents history of the site, birds, management of the area and photos. | LiveDrava - Riparian Ecosystem Restoration of the Lower Drava River in Slovenia |
| Changes in the functioning of wetlands along environmental gradients | One of the prevalent gradients in wetlands is the continuum of depth and frequency of flooding. While much emphasis has been placed on the importance of hydrology as a driving force for wetlands, few other perspectives have emerged to demonstrate unifying patterns and principles. In contrast to the wetness continuum, the functioning of wetlands can be separated into two broad categories: (1) landscape-based transitions that occur within a wetland or group of similar wetland types and (2) resource-based transitions that allow comparisons of the flow of water and processing of nutrients among very different wetland types. Landscape-based continua include the transition from upstream to downstream in riverine wetlands and between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems within a wetland. | Fluvial and ecosystem restoration of the Arga-Aragon Rivers, Spain |
| Hierarchical spatial patterns and drivers of change in benthic macro invertebrate communities in an intermittent Mediterranean river. | 1. The imminent damming of the Odelouca River, an intermittent Mediterranean river situated in the south-west Algarve region of Portugal with valuable stands of riparian vegetation, has called for the compulsory implementation of compensatory measures. 2. In order to assess the primary environmental and human factors that drive change in the benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages of the Odelouca, and the spatial scale at which they occur, 30 sites were sampled for benthic macroinvertebrates and extensively surveyed. | Natural bank stabilization and riparian buffer galleries along the Odelouca River, Portugal |