European Fundend Projects

ID:
projects-291

fiwar:
765553

Project_Acronym:
EUROFLOW

Project_Name:
A EUROpean training and research network for environmental FLOW management in river basins

Funding Authority:
H2020

Call for proposals:
H2020-MSCA-ITN-2017

Focus Area:
MSCA-ITN-2017

Begin Date:
2017-09-01

End Date:
2022-02-28

Status:
Completed

Budget:
€ 003 923 988.84

Description:
A EUROpean training and research network for environmental FLOW management in river basinsThe regulation of river flows is one of the biggest stressors affecting river ecosystems across the world. In manywesternised countries, major legislative efforts are therefore underpinning the development of new approaches to mitigatethe impacts of river flow regulation (e.g. EU WFD, US Clean Water Act, South Africa National Water Act, Australian WaterResources Act). These approaches are based on optimising the management of river flows to maintain services to humans(e.g. water supply, hydropower) whilst protecting and/or rejuvenating the aquatic environment with water of adequatequantity and quality in space and time (i.e. environmental flows, aka e-flows). In this context, a field of applied aquaticscience has developed to generate the evidence base for identifying the best ways to manage the quantity, quality andpatterns of e-flows to sustain river ecosystems. EUROFLOW will train a new cohort of researchers to be future leaders inthis field.

Resource:
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/765553

Inland water types:
Rivers and estuaries'