Develop riparian forest

Develop riparian forest

Category 07. Riparian zone improvement

Expected effect of measure on (including literature citations):

• HYMO (general and specified per HYMO element)
• physico � chemical parameters
• Biota (general and specified per Biological quality elements)

Pressures that can be addressed by this measure

• Alteration of riparian vegetation
• Alteration of instream habitat

Case studies where this measure has been applied

• Anzur. Intervención de mejora ambiental de un tramo del Río Anzur
• Zújar.
• Olivenza. Hydrological and Forestry Restoration of the Olivenza riverside.
• Negro
• Millingerwaard - Floodplain rehabilitation
• Opijnen - Side Channel
• Biodiversity conservation and recovery in the river basin of Asón
• Odra. Actions for environmental restoration and flood control in the lower basin of the Odra River (Burgos)
• Arga. Mejora Ambiental del meandro del Plantío
• Thur
• Narew river restoration project
• Aragon. Restauration of riparian zone. Stage I and II
• Low reach of River Cinca
• Tajo. Improvement of ecological state of the Tajo and tributaries riverside affected by the spill of kaolin, at Poveda de la Sierra and Taravilla (Guadalajara)
• Ems floodplain (LIFE project)
• Piles - Creation a wetland
• Sella
• Vallacuera ravine. Removal of a dyke.
• Segre - Improvement of aquatic habitat of Segre River at Alòs de Balaguer
• Sweden- Restoration of the Freshwater Pearl Mussel and its habitats (LIFE04/NAT/SE/000231)
• Fovant - Demonstrating strategic restoration and management STREAM (LIFE05 NAT/UK/000143)
• Upper Woodford - Demonstrating strategic restoration and management STREAM (LIFE05 NAT/UK/000143)
• Woodgreen - Demonstrating strategic restoration and management STREAM (LIFE05 NAT/UK/000143)
• Hampshire Avon - Seven Hatches
• Rhine - Emmericher Ward (LIFE10 NAT/DE/000010)
• Lower Traun
• Lippeaue Klostermersch