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COLLABORATIVE PROJECTLARGE SCALE INTEGRATING PROJECT
ENV.2011.2.1.2-1 HYDROMORPHOLOGY AND ECOLOGICAL OBJECTIVES OF WFD
GRANT NO. 282656
Contact: Tom Buijse (e-mail: [email protected])
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11th WG F meeting, 19 April 2012, Bucharest, RomaniaDr. Stefano Mariani (ISPRA, IT)
REstoring rivers FOR effective catchment Management
Partners
No. Participant organisation name Short name
Country
1 Stichting Deltares (Coordinator) Deltares Netherlands 2 Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek B.V. – Alterra Alterra Netherlands 3 Aarhus University – National Environmental Research Institute AU-NERI Denmark 4 Universitaet fuer Bodenkultur Wien BOKU Austria 5 French Research Institute for agricultural and environmental engineering Cemagref France 6 Danube Delta National Institute for Research & Development DDNI Romania 7 Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology Eawag Switzerland 8 Ecologic Institut gGmbH Ecologic Germany 9 Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries IGB Germany 10 European Commission Joint Research Centre JRC Italy 11 Masaryk University MU Czech Republic 12 Natural Environment Research Council – Centre for Ecology & Hydrology NERC-CEH UK 13 Queen Mary, University of London QMUL UK 14 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SLU Sweden 15 Finnish Environment Institute SYKE Finland 16 University of Duisburg-Essen UDE Germany 17 University of Hull UHULL UK 18 Università di Firenze UNIFI Italy 19 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid UPM Spain 20 VU University Amsterdam, Institute of Environmental Studies VU-IVM Netherlands 21 Warsaw University of Life Sciences WULS Poland 22 Centro de Estudios y Experimentacion de Obras Publicas CEDEX Spain 23 Dutch Government Service for Land and Water Management DLG Netherlands 24 Environment Agency of England and Wales EA UK 25 Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale ISPRA Italy
25 partners from 14 European countries
core partners
applied partners
Overall aim of REFORM
To provide a framework – improve success of HYMO restoration measures– to reach cost-effective ecological targets of rivers
Success = HYMO sustainable, Ecol effective, and Socio-Economic potential
Cost-effective = optimisation of ecosystem health, goods and services
Thus REFORM will develop protocols and procedures– to monitor biological response to HYMO change with greater
precision – to support the design of PoM for the WFD, in particular the 2nd
RMBPs (2015)– to integrate restoration better with socio-economic activities.
Objectives of REFORM
APPLICATION1. Select indicators for cost-effective monitoring2. Improve tools and guidelines for restoration
RESEARCH1. Review existing information on river degradation and restoration2. Develop a process-based hydromorphological framework3. Understand how multiple stress constrains restoration4. Assess the importance of scaling on the effectiveness of
restoration5. Develop instruments for risk and benefit analysis to support
successful restoration
DISSEMINATION1. Enlarge appreciation for the benefits of restoration
Naturalprocesses
Degradation
WP 1 Meta-analysis
WP 6 Applications and tools
WP 2Hydromorphological
and ecologicalprocesses and
interactions
WP 4Effects of river
restoration
WP 5 Restoration
potential and strategy
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WP 8 Consortium coordination and management
WP 3 Effects of
hydromorphologicalchanges on rivers
and floodplainecosystems
Restoration & Mitigation
Review existing information onriver degradation and restoration
Develop a process-based and ecologically relevant
hydromorphological framework
Understand how disturbed sediment dynamics and multiple stress
constrains restoration
Assess the importance of scaling and catchment conditions on the effectiveness of restoration
Develop instruments for benchmarking, end-points, risk and benefit analysis
to support successful restoration
Translate science to practiceSelect indicators for cost-
effective monitoringImprove tools and guidelines
for restorationEnlarge appreciation for the
benefits of restoration
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Count of ProjectName ProgrammeGlobal objective INTERREG LIFE Grand TotalFlood management 20 1 21Integrated River Basin Management 26 1 27River & floodplain restoration 17 114 131Water quality improvement 4 1 5Species conservation and management 14 55 69Grand Total 81 172 253
Reviewing existing information
Examples of EU funded River River restoration projects
GEOGRAPHY
Google Maps shows location project boundaries
– key features of the project supported by text of photos
THEMEDatabase
– essential facts (defined by project partners and end-users)
– to filter Google Maps for relevant case studies – to LIVELINK case studies, pressures, measures,
biological and hydromorphological quality elements
River Restoration WIKI based on FORECASTER geowiki
multilevel information storage to facilitate searching
WIKI summarises essential info in a standard ToC– Google translate gives a immediate and quite well understandable translation
Background links to inter-/external info sources in any language
GEOWIKI tool developed by FORECASTER (1st IWRM-Net joint call)
Geographical locations are shown in Google Maps Project boundaries with key features of the project supported by text
or photos
Name of the project: Country (pop up) River Name (free text) Site Name (free text)Location (Lat; Lon) River typology (EU Water Framework Directive Type A)
Altitude (pop up; 3)Catchment area (pop up; 4)Geology (pop up; 3)
National code river type (free text)
Biological quality elements (tick box; 4)Hydromorphological quality elements (tick box; 7)
Pressures (tick box; 21)Measures (tick box; 60)
Project size (km; ha)Approximate costs (tick box; 4)
Synergy (free text)Status (pop up check) Period of realization
Evaluation (tick box; 4)
FORECASTER geowiki
Process-based hydrological framework
• HYMO assessment more pattern- then process-based.
• Interplay HYMO processes, geology and vegetationstructure riverine landscapes
• Processes essential to rejuvenate channels, riparian zones and floodplains
• Distinguish spatial and temporal scales
Sediment dynamics
So far WFD implementation insufficient attention to sediment dynamics
REFORM will address the consequences of– Too little sediment (e.g. impoundment trap sediment)– Too much and too fine sediments (e.g. siltation of gravel-beds)– Side-effects of restoration: re-distribution of polluted sediments
Case studies: “Flagship” restoration vs. “normal” restoration
Catchment with large restoration measure(s)
Catchment without large restoration measure(s)
(Long) restored reach
Degraded reach upstream
Short restored reach
Degraded reach upstream
REFORM makes use of existing data.
Besides additional new data will be collected in 9 catchments
Restoration scale and catchment conditions
Do dimensions influencerestoration success?
Do catchment conditionssupport or constrainrestoration and direct the choice of measures?
– Flow regimes of water and sediments
– Barriers– Colonisation potential from source
populations– Water and sediment quality
(nutrients, micropollutants)
I II III
Cause• Restoration
Effects• Habitats• Biota• Ecosystem services
„Spoiling variables“•Land use•Pollution•Colonization potential
Economy•Project costs•Societal benefits
Benchmarking, end-points
THE CHALLENGE OF PROVIDING ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW RULES TO SUSTAIN RIVER ECOSYSTEMS
Angela H. Arthington, Stuart E. Bunn, N. LeRoy Poff, and Robert J. Naiman
Ecological Applications 2006 16:4, 1311-1318
There is a need to benchmark whenrestoration is successful.
There is a need to set realistic end-points for restoration
…
This is however often not done
Synergy between ecological restoration and ….
• Flood protection (Room for Rivers, Ecoflood)
• Navigation (parallel dams; wave action)• Agriculture (land use of riparian zones;
sediment dynamics)• Hydropower (Environmental flows;
hydropeaking)
To …
Expand the potential for restorationSupport the intercalibration of Good
Ecological Potential of heavily modifiedand artificial water bodies (ECOSTAT)
Interaction with end-users
Communication & Dissemination Strategy (March 2012)End-user groups: policy makers, practitioners,
scientistsStandard
– Website, Newsletters (2/yr), Policy Briefs (3)
Advanced– WIKI linking theory to practice and experience– Interactive preparation of end-user workshop– Interaction with ECOSTAT
Events– interactive end-user workshop (Feb/Mar 2013)– local workshops in case study catchments (tbd)– summer school (2015) – final conference (2015)
Cooperation with …
make use of earlier research projects(e.g. REBECCA, WISER,
FORECASTER)
RESTORE (LIFE+ Information & Communication)
European Centre for River Restoration(ECRR)
WFD Common ImplementationStrategy WGs: ECOSTAT, HYMO,
FLOODS, ect. + SPI
Advisory Board of REFORMJohan Kling, Margaret Palmer,
Hervé Piégay, Peter Pollard,
Ursula Schmedtje, Bas van der Wal
Thank you for your attention
coming soon (April 2012): www.reformrivers.eu
English summary
• Ecological side effects of river regulation insufficiently known.• REFORM is a 4-year large integrated research project coordinated by Deltares
and has 24 partners from 14 European countries.
REFORM will …..• develop and improve instruments and guidelines to enlarge the success and
cost-effectiveness of restoration and mitigation measures.• develop and improve protocols and procedures to monitor the biological
responses to hydromorphological changes with greater precision and sensitivity.
• provide this information through a web-based toolkit for river restoration.• will deliver the first set of results early 2013 to support PoM for 2nd RBMPs. • Project website ready April 2012.
Deliverables
WP1 Meta-Analysis Planning WP5 Restoration potential and strategy Planning
D1.1 Review on eco-hydromorphological methods Oct 2012 D5.1Review of methodologies for benchmarking and setting end-points for restoration projects Apr 2013
D1.2Review on effects of pressures on hydromorphological variables and ecologically relevant processes Feb 2013 D5.2
Cost effective restoration measures that promote wider ecosystem and societal benefits Apr 2014
D1.3Review on ecological responses to hydromorphological degradation and restoration Feb 2013 D5.3
Effects of climate and land use changes on river ecosystems and restoration practices Oct 2014
D1.4Inventory of the cost of river degradation and the socio-economic aspects and costs and benefits Oct 2013 D5.4
Risks and uncertainty of different restoration strategies and options analysis Apr 2015
D1.5 Final Summary reports about metadata management Oct 2015 WP6 Applications and tools
WP2 Hydromorphological and ecological processes and interactions D6.1Synthesis of interim results for practical application to support the compilation of the 2nd RBMPs Apr 2013
D2.1Multi-scale framework and indicators of hydromorphological processes and forms Oct 2014 D6.2 Methods, models, tools to assess the hydromorphology of rivers Jul 2015
D2.2Influence of natural hydromorphological dynamics on biota and ecosystem services Jul 2014 D6.3
Guidelines and decision support for cost-effective river-floodplain restoration and its benefits Oct 2015
D2.3Framework to analyse ecosystem services provided by European river systems Oct 2013 WP7 Knowledge dissemination and stakeholders participation
WP3 Effects of hydromorphological changes on river and floodplain ecosystems D7.1 Communication and Dissemination Strategy Jan 2012
D3.1Impacts of hydromorphological degradation and disturbed sediment dynamics on ecological status Oct 2013 D7.2 Project website: structure and functionality Apr 2012
D3.2Understanding biological responses to degraded hydromorphology sediment dynamics and multiple stress Oct 2014 D7.3 Proceedings of the End-user workshop Mar 2013
D3.3 Evaluation of candidate indicators for case studies including uncertainty Oct 2014 D7.4 Lecture notes of the summer school Apr 2015
D3.4Guidance on how to identify impacts of hydromorphological degradation on riparian ecosystems Oct 2014 D7.5 Proceedings of the final conference Aug 2015
WP4 Effects of river restoration D7.6 Newsletters and project leaflet (8; every 6 months)D4.1 Field protocols and associated database Apr 2012 D7.7 Policy Briefs and policy discussion papers (3; every 16 months)D4.2 Evaluation of hydromorphological restoration from existing data Oct 2013D4.3 Report on the results of the hydromorphological and ecological survey Apr 2014D4.4 Report on the results of the socio-economic survey Apr 2014D4.5 Fact sheets for restoration projects Oct 2014