Landscape revitalisation program in Slovakia

General

National Id:

Slovakia_02

Site name:

488 villages and towns from all regions in Slovakia

Summary:

The Landscape Revitalization Program is a main tool for solving ecosystem problems but also flood and drought risks included improvements in rainwater retention, primarily, in the territory where rainwater falls or in damaged parts on the landscape. The program restore landscape retention ability by different water retention elements.

RBD code:

SK40000

Transboundary:

Data provider:

Jovanka Ignjatovic

Source(s):

"After us, the desert and the deluge"

NWRM(s) implemented in the case study:

Basins and ponds

Longitude:

20.1311

Latitude:

49.16722

Site information

Climate zone:

cool temperate moist

Mean rainfall:

649

Mean rainfall unit:

mm/year

Average temperature:

Average runoff coefficient:

0,850000023841858

Type:

Case Study Info

Light or indepth?:

Light

Monitoring maintenance

Monitoring impacts effects:

Monitoring parameters:

level of water

Performance

Performance impact estimation method:

Catchment outlet

Performance impact estimation information:

N/A info

Biophysical impacts

Information on retained water:

The landscape water retention capacity is now of total 10 millions square meters.

Information on increased water storage:

The measures helped the villages to diminish flooding risks of torrential rains in 2011 and the retained water was gradually released over the period of extreme drought the affected Slovakia in the second half of the same year.

Information on runoff reduction:

The power of rainwater runoff helps to keep the country to be vital

Information on Increased infiltration:

There is a better infiltration due to increase of time in water storage

Water quality overall improvements:

Positive impact-WQ improvement

Information on Water quality overall improvements:

N/A Info

Soil quality overall soil improvements:

N/A info

Information on Soil quality overall soil improvements:

N/A info

Lessons, risks, implications...

Key lessons:

This project demonstrated that rapid an effective landscape restoration is feasible at the costs. A big amount of small measures can result in better changes. Example of a fundamental solution in combating climate change, ecosystem degradation, flooding and drought risks and with international recognition.

Success factor(s):

Type	Role	Comments
Communication activities	secondary factor	Hundred of workshop with mayors in different regions of Slovakia and meetings with representatives of local public administration authorities.
Attitude of decision makers	secondary factor
Existing staff and consultant knowledge	secondary factor	The experience gained in the first implementation project help to make better the next ones with a big difference.

Financing:

Type	Comments
EU-funds: Cohesion and regional development funds	European social fund
National funds	Provided by the Slovak Republic Government

Barrier:

Type	Role	Comments
Other	main barrier	Huge amount of small measures for such a big project

Driver:

Type	Role	Comments
Organisation committed to it	main driver	NGO People and Water
Other	secondary driver	Competition between the stakeholders who will invent something original that is better, more effective and of a higher added value.

Socio-economic

Direct benefits information:

7700 seasonal jobs during the three first implementation projects

Ancillary benefits:

500000

Ancillary benefits information:

The measures helped to reduce damage and costs that may have been incurred by preventive and rescue investment work during torrential rains in spring and summer.Positive influence on 500 to 1000 municipalities located lower in the river basins because the reduction of flooding risks and drought risks down the watercourse. Enhance the life in the place of water retention.

Costs investment information:

N/A info

Costs operation maintenance:

N/A info

Costs total:

43080000

Costs total information:

Sum of the expenses in the first three implementation projects

Ecosystem improved biodiversity:

Information on Ecosystem improved biodiversity:

The measure protect nature and strengthen biodiversity

Ecosystem provisioning services:

Information on Ecosystem provisioning services:

In the vast majority of cases, local naturally occurring materials such as soil, wood and stone were used for implementing measures.

Ecosystem water supply:

Ecosystem impact climate regulation:

No information available

Information on Ecosystem impact climate regulation:

N/A info

Ecosystem erosion control:

Policy, general governance and design targets

Policy description:

Due to the farming methods in the territory, the landscape's ability to hold water was substantially weakened, contributing to increase risks of landscape overheating, local and regional climate changes, floods and droughts, soil water erosion, pond silting, permanents soil degradation, disruption of ecosystems, etc.

Part of wider plan:

Policy pressure:

Policy requirement directive:

Policy impact:

Policy wider plan:

Wider plan type	Wider plan focus	Name	Comments
National	Water	Integrated River Basin Management	Adopted by the Slovak Republic Government on 27 August 2010
National	Other	Act of Employment Services	In cooperation with the Central Office of Labor, Social Affairs and Family to help with the high unemployment rate that especially consists of young people and the long-term unemployed.

Policy area:

Policy target:

Target purpose
Increase Water Storage
Runoff control
Erosion Control

Design & implementations

Application scale:

Country

Installation date:

2012-03

Lifespan:

Performance timescale:

1 - 4 years

Area (ha):

1700

Area subject to Land use change or Management/Practice change (ha):

1700

Design capacity description:

Measures and system in cadastre of a settlement of a medium size (1700ha)

Basis of design:

Torrential rains in spring and summer

Public consultation:

Design contractual arrangement:

Design consultation activity:

Activity stage	Name	Key issues	Comments
	Workshops		Hundred of workshop with mayors in different regions of Slovakia and meetings with representatives of local public administration authorities.

Design land use change:

Design authority:

Authority type	Role	Name
Local water authority	Implementation	Government Plenipotentiary for Self-Government and Integrated River Basin Management and Landscape
		People and Water NGO
		Central office of Labour

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