| Title | Abstract | Case study(ies) |
|---|---|---|
| A String of Pearls: Towards Restoration of Wetland Values in the Prut Basin | Keynote paper he "River Restoration 2004" conference presenting the concept of the "string of pearls" ecological restoration concept and in more details the pilot project Ciobarciu (Costuleni) project | Wetland restoration in Ciobarciu, Romania |
| The Integrated Rhine Programme, flood control and restoration of former floodplains along the upper rhine | Concept Note of the project: legal background, history of the modification of the Rhine, flood risk and near-natural flood protection | Polder management near Altenheim, Germany |
| Publicaciones sobre restauración fluvial | Publications concerning watercourse restoration | Fluvial and ecosystem restoration of the Arga-Aragon Rivers, Spain |
| Flankerend landbouwbeleid: Begeleiding van actieve landbouwers in Sigmagebieden. | Presents an overview of the agricultural impact assessment for the Sigmaplan as a whole | Floodplain reconnection in the Vallei van de Grote Nete, Belgium |
| Looduskaitseline ekspertiis pilootaladele Lääne- ja Hiiumaa kraavitatud rannaniitudel | Nature conservation expertise about possible changing of coastal meadow ditches in order to create more favourable habitat conditions for protected species in 6 pilot areas in Lääne and Hiiu counties. | Restoration of Coastal Meadows in Matsalu, Estonia |
| Coat Carriou, Saint Evarzec, 0.35 ha | Removal of drainage ditches on wet meadow on Coat Carriou | |
| "Frontiere Verzi". Reconstructie ecoogica in baltile Dunarii | Artcile on the project Green Borders, with emphasize on the results achieved following the ecological reconstruction of the Gerai Pond | Ecological reconstruction of the Gerai Pond, Romania |
| A simple field method for assessing the ecological quality of riparian habitat in rivers and streams: QBR index. | An index of riparian quality useful for the management of streams and rivers is presented. The purpose of the index is to provide managers with a simple method to evaluate riparian habitat quality. The index is easy to calculate and can be used together with any other index of water quality to assess the ecological status of streams and rivers. It may also be a useful tool for defining ‘high ecological status’ under the EC Water Framework Directive. | Natural bank stabilization and riparian buffer galleries along the Odelouca River, Portugal |
| Etat des lieux – Document d’objectifs Natura 2000 Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel. | Restoration of the Black Marsh of Saint-Coulban | |
| www.tullstorpsan.se | website describing the Tullstorpsån project. The website has many additional documents about the project. | Tullstorpsån rural development project in Sweden |
| Restoration, protection and sustainable management of the biodiversity in the protected place Zlato pole | Restoration, protection and sustainable management of the biodiversity in protected place Zlatno pole, by applying the measures provided for in the Management Plan. | Restoration of the Zlato pole protected area, Bulgaria |
| SENNERESTSK - Conservation of Senne and Medzibodrozie SPAs in Slovakia | Implementation of the restoration works that aim to improve small water management infrastructure and achieve favourable water regimes at the respective localities | Wetland restoration in the Senne and Medzibodrozie SPAs, Slovakia |
| Action Plan for Renaturation of watercourses in the area of Cerknica Lake (Akcijski plan renaturacije vodotokov na obmoÄju Cerkniškega jezera) - available in Slovenian language | The document consists of historical overview of developments at Cerknica Lake, changed water regime and its consequences, and detailed action plan for renaturation of watercourses of Cerknica Lake. | Conservation on Lake Cerknica, Slovenia |
| WETREST - Restoration of Wetlands at Zahorie Lowland | The project aimed to restore the original water conditions at the eight project sites to enhance the quality of the river and adjacent habitats. It planned to do this by restoring river banks, installing five small weirs and filling in over a kilometre of drainage ditches. |
Wetland restoration in the Zahorie lowland, Slovakia |
| River Habitat Survey in Southern Portugal: Results from 2009 | A DQA define os elementos hidromorfológicos como um dos sustentáculos dos programas de monitorização e sistemas de classificação do estado/potencial ecológico das massas de água Rios e, consequentemente, dos objectivos ambientais e programas de medidas subsequentes. De acordo com o Anexo V da DQA, são considerados três atributos para estes elementos: ● Regime hidrológico; ● Continuidade do Rio; ● Condições morfológicas. |
Natural bank stabilization and riparian buffer galleries along the Odelouca River, Portugal |
| BIOMURA | Removal of heightned banks to stimulate the erosion and widening the river profile, intoruduction of rock-fill riffle to raise water levels during low and average flows, reopening of the side- channels and intoruduction of a system of wooden sluices to raise groundwater tables. | Conservation of Mura banks, Slovenia |
| Renaturation de la Seymaz | report on technical issues of the Seymaz renaturation | Renaturation of the Seymaz river, Switzerland |
| Benchmarking river habitat improvement. | River ecosystems have witnessed a long history of human pressure, particularly the disruption of freshwater fish populations. The awareness of this situation has led to many habitat improvement projects, with a variable degree of success. In natural situations, fish populations co-inhabit throughout the hydrological cycle with different degrees of adequacy, and the sequence of favourable and unfavourable conditions dictates abiotic constraints and biotic interactions that shape the final biological assemblages. We postulate that a part of unsuccessful restoration results is related to insufficient closeness to the natural habitat conditions of the river type that is to be restored, including the naturally adverse periods. | Natural bank stabilization and riparian buffer galleries along the Odelouca River, Portugal |
| W.A.T.E.R. Histoire d’une cooperation européenne autour des zones humides. | Restoration of the Black Marsh of Saint-Coulban | |
| Assessing the impact of mire restoration on agricultural productivity: An interim progress report | Report on the initial results of analysis of sward quality and parasites of re-wetting comparing sites with blocked and unblocked drainage ditches | Exmoor Mires peatland restoration, UK |
| Landwirtschaftliche und touristische Nutzungsänderungen im Naturschutzgroßprojekt "Lenzener Elbtalaue" (2005 - 2009) Sozio-ökonomische Evaluierung (I) | Project report | Dyke relocation on the river Elbe near Lenzen, Germany |
| EC (92/43/EEC) Council Directive on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora | European Directive http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31992L0043:EN:HTML |
Natural bank stabilization and riparian buffer galleries along the Odelouca River, Portugal |
| Imrovement of the hydrological regime in Kaikusha marsh | Обектът - блато Кайкуша - попада в едноименната защитена местност, която е част от природен парк „Персина”. Намира се на 5 km югоизточно от г. Белене и на 2 km северозападно от с. Ореш (географска ширина 43°36' N и географска дължина 25°11' E), и попада изцяло в землището на село Ореш, община Свищов, област Велико Търново (фиг. 1). Известна първоначално като езеро, сега Кайкуша е влажна зона, която в резултат на андигирането на река Дунав и изграждането на отводнителна система е със значително нарушени воден режим и екосистемни функции, и представлява мочурлива територия , обрасла с блатна растителност, без постоянно водно огледало. | Green Borders: Transboundary conservation activities in Romania and Bulgaria |
| ECRR Addressing practitioners | Presents among others as good case study from Romania the Ciobarciu wetland - first step to netwrok wetlands | Wetland restoration in Ciobarciu, Romania |
| Proyecto para la mejora del estado ecológico del río Órbigo. Tramo I (León). Anejo 5 (Estudio morfológico). | Project Report | Órbigo River ecological status improvement, Spain |
| Auswirkungen der ökologischen Flutungen der Polder Altenheim | Description of the legal background of the Integrated Rhine Programme, the necessity of ecological flooding and its impact on nature | Polder management near Altenheim, Germany |
| Ecosystem Restoration Case Study Template | In Matsalu National Park there is a former coastal meadow site (Naturea 2000 and Ramsar site) next to a big Salmi coastal meadow with many priority species. On the site the old non-functioning small ditches were closed and scraped to restore the wetland hydrology and breeding and feeding grounds for waders and amphibians. Before the restoration works the area was used mainly for bovine grazing and the restoration did not change the conditions for that. However, due to the activities drinking water will be better available for the cattle. |
Restoration of Coastal Meadows in Matsalu, Estonia |
| Ecological assessment of an intermittent Mediterranean river using community structure and function: evaluating the role of different organism groups. | Reliable lotic ecological monitoring requires knowledge of river typology, environmental factors, the effect of stressors known here as 'pressures' and appropriate indicators of anthropogenically induced change. We sampled benthic macroinvertebrate, fish, bird and macrophyte communities along an intermittent Mediterranean river and analysed community structure (relative abundance) and function (metrics) relative to environmental and pressure gradients in order to identify suitable indicator group (s) for future monitoring. | Natural bank stabilization and riparian buffer galleries along the Odelouca River, Portugal |
| Annexe 12 - Planning Schéma de gestion de l'ill 2014-2024 | Overview on costs | River basin management of the Ill, France |
| Die Deichrückverlegung bei Lenzen an der Elbe | Entire journal dedicated to the project, giving details in particular from a hydraulic perspective. | Dyke relocation on the river Elbe near Lenzen, Germany |
| Modelprojekt Holter-Hammrich | As a secondary result of structures and buildings of flood water protection, NWRMs aiming at nature conservation can be implemented in the Holter-Hammrich Area. | Holter-Hammrich Area - Flood Protection and Nature Conservation, Germany |
| Upstream Thinking - Exmoor Mires Project | Project home page | Exmoor Mires peatland restoration, UK |
| Dossier de demande d’autorisation au titre de la Loi sur l’Eau et les Milieux Aquatique et de Natura 2000 | Morphological restoration of temporary watercourses in the National Forest of Chaux | |
| Impact Assessment Of Urbanisation On Hydrology For The River Tolka In Dublin, Ireland: A Case Study Of Remote Sensing Supported Hydrological Modelling |
Discussion of a hydrological model studying the connections between surface water and land use in the Tolka catchment. | River Tolka constructed wetland and enhancements, Ireland |
| Restoration at Zahorie Lowland | Web page | Wetland restoration in the Zahorie lowland, Slovakia |
| Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament: establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy | Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy | Natural bank stabilization and riparian buffer galleries along the Odelouca River, Portugal |
| Les marais de Dol à la fin du XIIe siècle: essai géographique rétrospective | Restoration of the Black Marsh of Saint-Coulban | |
| Opération de restauration d’une roselière dans le marais noir de saint coulban. | Restoration of the Black Marsh of Saint-Coulban | |
| Etude de l'impact socio-économique de la conservation et restauration de la nature dans les Hautes Fagnes | Le projet LIFE « Restauration des landes et des tourbières du Plateau des Hautes Fagnes » (LIFE 06 NAT/B/000091) a pour objectif la restauration d’au moins 1400 hectares de landes et de tourbières sur six sites Natura2000 (9723 ha)délimités sur le Plateau des Hautes Fagnes (Région wallonne, Belgique). Initialement prévu pour une durée de 5 ans (2007 à 2011), une demande de prolongation a été introduite et acceptée par l’Europe dans le courant de l’année 2011, conduisant le projet jusqu’au 31 décembre 2012. | Rehabilitation of heaths and mires on the Hautes-Fagnes Plateau, Belgium |
| Case study: Biomura LIFE06NAT/SI/000066 | The Lippenbroek Regulated Tidal Exchange (RTE) scheme is a pilot scheme for the so-called controlled reduced tide (CRT) concept which Belgian authorities are planning to apply to (sections of) numerous flood storage areas in the near future to create tidal habitats (e.g. at Kruibeke, where the first inundation will likely occur in 2011). The CRT concept involves the use of two exchange mediums, one high inlet medium (e.g. a weir/spillway or sluice/culvert), and a lower outlet medium, which may be capped with a gravity controlled sluice gate. | Conservation of Mura banks, Slovenia |
| Reconstitution des écoulements de surface de deux affluents temporaires de la Clauge amont | Morphological restoration of temporary watercourses in the National Forest of Chaux | |
| Les arrangements locaux et la durabilité de nouvelles activités rurales : le cas de la renaturation de la Haute-Seymaz (local arrangements and sustainability of new rural activities : the Haute-Seymaz renaturation case study) | Study on renaturation in Switzerland based on the Seymaz river case and focuses on governance and local arrangements | Renaturation of the Seymaz river, Switzerland |
| Linking floodplain hydraulics and sedimentation patterns along arestored river channel: River Odense, Denmark | The links between floodplain hydraulics and deposition of sediment,organic matter and phosphorus were investigated along a 6 km re-meandered channel section of RiverOdense, Denmark. A 2D dynamic river and floodplain model was set up for the investigated floodplainarea. The flow model was validated against in situ measurements of flow velocities and depths duringa one-day field campaign in January 2012. The predicted duration of inundations, distances to inflow, flow velocities, and informationon microtopography were compared with sedimentation patterns on the floodplain. Three distinct flowregimes were predicted by the hydraulic model and were classified as small, medium and large inundation events according to spatial extent and inundation depth. The model predicts spatially and temporally changing zones of confluence on the floodplain due to variations in inundation depth. | Restoration of the Odense river, Denmark |
| The Costuleni Wetland Project Plan | Project concept including project objectives, planning and organization, budget and financing | Wetland restoration in Ciobarciu, Romania |
| Romanian Experiences Regarding Ecological Restoration in Danube Floodplain and Delta | Presentation of Romanian experiences | Fortuna Restoration Project in the Danube Delta, Romania |
| LIMNOTOP - The sustainable rehabilitation of the landfill site | †œGreen technology† to reduce the environmental impact of landfill sites through a closed hydrological and pollution cycle to complement and exceed existing legislation in the promotion of sustainable landfilling technologies. | LIMNOTOP: Eco-remediation near Ormoz, Slovenia |
| Case study: LIFE 06 NAT/SLO/000069 Intermittent Lake Cerknica | In 2006 Notranjska Regional Park acquired financial support from European programme LIFE †“ Nature for project LIFE 06. The purpose of this project was the establishment of appropriate conditions for protection and conservation of animal and plant species and their habitats on Lake Cerknica. Factors that threaten the biodiversity on Lake Cerknica are modified watercourses, abandoning of meadow mowing and deficient knowledge of nature and its conservation. | Conservation on Lake Cerknica, Slovenia |
| Hydrology Report Oroklini Marsh, Cyprus | The hydrology of Oroklini Marsh consisting of three shallow brackish lakes that only hold water during the rainy months and three large saline canals to the south of the site is described | Oroklini wetland restoration in Cyprus |
| Determination of important hydrological features for Oroklini Lake† Project LIFE10 NAT/CY/716 for BirdLife Cyprus as Beneficiary. | Hydrological features for Oroklini Lake are determined such as ground- and surface water quantity and quality, integrity of existing embankment and spillway capacity, a water operation study of the lake and an assessment of water management works. | Oroklini wetland restoration in Cyprus |
| 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 |