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Five well-documented applications that will help you understand the challenges,
pre-conditions and the likely pros- and cons- of ‘NWRM in practice’ have been
summarizedhere, covering awide rangeof issues and contexts (see tablebelow).
Enjoy visiting these five experiences!To gain a more thorough understanding of
these five case studies, and learn about other existing initiatives across Europe,
please visit the
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that are involved in these projects.
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Case study
name
Country
Main
characteristics
of the territory
NWRM
implemented
Institutions
involved
and governance
Formore
information,
to contact…
Órbigo river
ecological status
improvement
Spain
The floodplain is
covered by broad-leaved
forest, mainly irrigated
poplar plantation, a
narrow natural riparian
vegetation band, irrigat-
ed cereal crops, moors
and heathlands and
urban areas
Floodplain restoration and
management (N3), Stream
bed re-naturalisation (N5),
Removal of dam/longitudi-
nal barriers (N9),
Natural bank stabilisation
(N10),
Elimination of riverbank
protection (N11),
Forest riparian buffer (F1)
Ministry of the Envi-
ronment and Rural and
Marine Affairs of Spain,
along with the River
Basin Authority. Involve-
ment of municipalities
and NGOs
Ignacio Rodríguez
Muñoz, Duero River
Basin Authority
(Confederación
Hidrográfica del
Duero, CHD),
Flood-breaking
hedgerows in
Southern France
France
The catchment is
primarily agricultural
land (83% of the area).
Riparian vegetation and
trees are dense, but
within 28 years, 300km
of hedgerows have
disappeared.
Buffer strips and hedges
(A2)
SMIVAL (association of 24
municipalities), Chambers
of agriculture, considered
as part of the process for
developing an Action Pro-
gramme for Preventing
Floods in the Lèze basin
Thomas BREINIG,
Director of the
SMIVAL,
Rural runoff
attenuation
in the Belford
catchment
UK
The catchment (5,7km
2
)
is upstream of Belford
village and covered by
pasture and cultivated
grasslands.
Basins and ponds (N1),
Coarse woody debris
(F10),
Overland flow areas (F14),
Peak flow control struc-
tures (F13)
Environment Agency and
Northumbrian Regional
Flood Defence Committee,
Newcastle University
and Northumberland
River Trust, farmers’
involvement
Nummela ‘gate-
way’ wetland
park
Finland
Half of the 500ha
watershed is urbanised,
but agricultural lands
remain. The wetland
has been implemented
at an abandoned crop
field site.
Retention ponds (U11)
University of Helsinki,
Municipality of Vihti,
Uusimaa Centre for
Economic Development,
Transport and the
Environment, involvement
of a wide range of local
and regional stakeholders
Outi Wahlroos,
University of Hel-
sinki, Department
of Forest Sciences,
Wetland
restoration in
Persina
Bulgaria
The two sites are
former wetlands along
the Danube River, of
1 755 ha and 2 280
ha within the Persina
Nature Park
Wetland restoration and
management (N2)
Ministry of the Envi-
ronment andWater of
Bulgaria, Participatory
process mobilizing
inhabitants
Directorate of Per-
sina Nature Park,
Table5 -TheNWRMcase studies
inanutshell
