General
National Id
Poland_02
Summary
Forest ecosystems in Poland have long suffered from drought. From the mid-90s, the Polish forest management authority undertook a variety of small-scale water retention works, financed from a combination of its own and external funds (i.e. the Polish Ecofund, and the Polish National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management). In 2006, the authority consolidated all its initiatives into a single project ‘Increasing retention and preventing floods and droughts in forest ecosystems in lowland.’ It is the first to be conducted on such a large scale, combining water retention in forest ecosystems with the protection against surface water run-off. The project is funded by EU Cohesion Fund, 2007-2013.
Transboundary
0
NWRM(s) implemented in the case study
Longitude
21.0065
Latitude
52.2316
Site information
Climate zone
cool temperate dry
Type
Case Study Info
Light or indepth?
Light
Design & implementations
Application scale
Country
Installation date
2014-12
Performance timescale
> 20 years
Area (ha)
1e+06
Contractural arrangements
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Design contractual arrangement
| Arrangement type | Responsibility | Role | Comments | Name | |
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Agreement between between the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Economy and the Minister of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry of Poland on cooperation in the field of the development of small water retention
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Design consultation activity
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Design land use change
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Design authority
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Lessons, risks, implications...
Key lessons
The programme will be accomplished by 31 December 2014.
Success factor(s)
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Financing
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Driver
| Driver type | Driver role | Comments | |
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Balancing different objectives
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main driver
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necesity to improve water amangement in forest lowlands
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Availability of subsidies
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main driver
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Cohesion Fund in frames of Operational Programme, 2007-2014
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Financing share
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Policy, general governance and design targets
Policy description
The seasonal climate variation including higher spring precipitation and summer dry periods combined with a long lasting drainage have led to excessive drought occurring in forest ecosystems. In response to water management needs, the State Forests since the mid-90’s have been undertaking small scale water retention works. Small scale retention actions have been financed from own and external funds (i.e. Ecofund, National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management).
Part of wider plan
1
Policy target
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Increase Water Storage
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Groundwater Recharge
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Runoff control
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Policy pressure
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Policy area
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Policy impact
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Policy wider plan
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Policy requirement directive
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Socio-economic
Costs total
5e+07
Costs total information
approx. 50 million EUR (ca. 34,2 million EUR co-financed by Cohesion Fund)
Ecosystem improved biodiversity
1
Information on Ecosystem improved biodiversity
providing habitat for typical wetland flora species: Iris sibirica; Cypripedium calceolus; Eriphorum vaginatum; Oxycoccus palustris; Nymphaea alba; Nymphaea candida
providing habitat for typical wetland fauna species: Hyla arborea; Emys orbicularis; Salamandra salamandra; Castor fiber; Lyrurus tetrix
providing habitat for typical wetland fauna species: Hyla arborea; Emys orbicularis; Salamandra salamandra; Castor fiber; Lyrurus tetrix
Biophysical impacts
Increased landscape storage capacity
27
Increased landscape storage capacity unit
%
Information on Increased landscape storage capacity
increased water storage from the present 8 380 253 m3 (2007) to approx. 31 million m3 (in 2014)
