European Fundend Projects

ID:
projects-616

fiwar:
LIFE93 ENV/DK/002504

Project_Acronym:
No data

Project_Name:
River Restoration:Benefits for Integrated Catchment Management

Funding Authority:
LIFE

Call for proposals:
Environment

Focus Area:
River basin management

Begin Date:
1993-12-01

End Date:
1996-12-31

Status:
Completed

Budget:
No data

Description:
Widespread European interest in river and wetlands restoration led to the undertaking of this project. It is a European demonstration project applying new and state-of-the-art techniques to restore of natural habitats in damaged rivers and their flood plains. The project worked in three demonstration sites in Denmark and the UK. The project was undertaken as a co-operative effort involving Danish and British authorities and organisations. An important part of the project was the establishment of a European network of contacts between organisations and persons involved or interested in river restoration. As a focal point for this network a European Centre for River Restoration was established in 1995 in Silkeborg, Denmark under the auspices if the National Environmental Research Institute. The project demonstrated how to use integrated catchment management techniques as a tool to achieve improvements in water quality and recreational amenities, as well as in flood control and in reduction of nutrient load on river discharge areas. A crucial component of this project is the comprehensive scientific monitoring programme recording the conditions in the rivers and their surrounding wetlands before, during, and after the restoration process. The project has produced a number of reports, a video, and a manual on river restoration and the results have been presented at seminars and conferences.

Resource:
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/life/publicWebsite/project/LIFE93-ENV-DK-002504/river-restorationbenefits-for-integrated-catchment-management

Inland water types:
Rivers and estuaries', 'Wetlands'