Restore wetlands

Restore wetlands

Restore wetlands08. Floodplains/off-channel/lateral connectivity habitats improvement

General description

Wetland restoration refers to measure aiming to restore former wetlands and their specific functions. Wetland restoration refers to measure aiming to restore former wetlands and their specific functions. Wetland restoration aims to reestablish ecological processes and functions in damaged or destroyed wetlands, including the creation of new wildlife habitat, increased flood storage, and the improvement of water quality. Most wetland restoration projects involve simple techniques such as breaking the dikes in order to restore the hydrology of an area. Once the hydrology has been restored, wetland vegetation re-develope and the wildlife can utilize the restored aquatic habitat.

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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

• Embankments, levees or dikes
• Alteration of instream habitat

Case studies where this measure has been applied

• Chícamo Life project. Conservation of Aphanius iberus´ genetics stocks ( Murcia ).
• Biodiversity conservation and recovery in the river basin of Asón
• Vreugderijkerwaard - Side channel
• Babina
• Bouxweerd - Artificial pool
• Warta Middle River Valley
• Drava - Kleblach
• Niederwerrieser Weg - Optimisation of the pSCI “Lippe floodplain between Hamm and Hangfort” (LIFE05/NAT/D/000057)
• Oberwerries - Optimisation of the pSCI “Lippe floodplain between Hamm and Hangfort” (LIFE05/NAT/D/000057)
• Ahlen-Dolberg - Optimisation of the pSCI “Lippe floodplain between Hamm and Hangfort” (LIFE05/NAT/D/000057)
• Soest - Optimisation of the pSCI “Lippe floodplain between Hamm and Hangfort” (LIFE05/NAT/D/000057)
• Scheldt - Vallei Grote Nete
• Donau - Aggsbach (LIFE03 NAT/A/000009)
• Lower Traun