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Zújar.

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Key features of the case study

• This project is part of the National Strategy for River Restoration (an initiative of the Ministry of Environment and developed at the Zújar river by the Confederación Hidrográfica del Guadiana) and the State Special Fund for Revitalize Economy and Jobs (Plan E) . The full project covers 30 km of the river, and for facilitating the execution of the works is divided in four sub-projects.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• The project is based on an extense and deep study of the river reach carried out by the Centro de Estudios y Experimentación de Obras Públicas del Ministerio de Fomento (CEDEX)^[5] and the Study for the management, restoration and comprehensive use of the resources of the Zújar river and Action Plan done by the Centro de Estudios Socio-económicos de Extremadura (CESEX) for the Comunidad Autónoma de Extremadura.
• The Zújar river is regulated upstream by two dams (La Serena dam and Zújar dam) circumstance that makes imposible to return to the situation prior to this anthropogenic disturbance. The objective of the project is then the rehabilitation or renaturalization of this river reach, as certain pressures cannot be removed.

The main objectives of the project are:

• Restoration and conservation of the riparian vegetation.
• To consolidate the longitudinal connectivity and the lateral connectivity of the fluvial ecosystem.
• Preserve the Public Hydraulic Domain from new pressures.
• Environmental education and awareness through the development of outreach activities.
• To enable the wildlife mobility.
• Monitoring the biological and physical factors of the reach.

• For more information is possible to visit the web site of the project^[6] or read the article in SAUCE,the National Strategy for River Restoration bulletin ^[7]

Site description

Measures selection

As the main objective of the project is the improvement and restoration of the riparian vegetation, there are planned several actions directed towards the recovery of disappeared vegetable communities at certain areas and the

Success criteria

Ecological response

Hydromorphological response

Monitoring before and after implementation of the project

Socio-economic aspects

Contact person within the organization

Extra background information

References

1. ↑ Factsheet of the Zújar restoration nº 1 [[1]]
2. ↑ Factsheet of the Zújar restoration nº 2 [[2]]
3. ↑ Factsheet of the zújar restoration nº 3 [[3]]
4. ↑ Factsheet of the Zújar restoration nº 4 [[4]]
5. ↑ Department of Environmental Engineering (CEDEX). Projects of fluvial systems restoration [[5]]
6. ↑ Web site of the Zújar restoration project[[6]]
7. ↑ [7]

Related Measures

• Develop riparian forest
• Revegetate riparian zones
• Construct semi-natural/articificial wetlands or aquatic habitats

Related Pressures

• Hydrological regime modification
• Artificial barriers upstream from the site
• Channelisation / cross section alteration
• Alteration of riparian vegetation
• Sand and gravel extraction