View source for Case study:Guadiato Life project Model for restoring and integrating water resources in a mining area, actions for an alternative development

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{{Project overview
|Status=Complete
|Themes=Economic aspects, Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Social benefits
|Country=Spain
|Main contact forename=José Luis
|Main contact surname=Mora Castaño
|Contact organisation=Mancomunidad de Municipios Valle del Guadiato
|Multi-site=No
|Project picture=012 Rio Guadiat.jpg
|Project summary=The project sought to counterbalance the adverse impacts being inflicted on the river Guadiato’s environment. It had the following objectives: 1. To foster alternative, environmentally-friendly, economic activities in the district. 2. To demonstrate suitable techniques for preventing erosion. 3. To initiate a restoration process for the banks of the River Guadiato, which were highly degraded in some areas and almost without vegetation in others. 4. To raise the community’s awareness of the need to improve the river’s environment, and to encourage participation in its revival. 5. To encourage the population to enjoy using the river. 6. To create jobs and discourage emigration from rural areas. 7. To contribute to the protection and conservation of fauna and flora inhabiting the riverbanks.
	This project counts with the support of local, regional, national and European institutions. The total budget for carry out the rehabilitation is 1.438.852'96 € and the financing comes from the LIFE initiative 587,287€ and the Consejería of Environment, Andalucía.
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|Caption=Aerial view of La Coronada, municipality where a green filter has been placed
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|Caption=Aerial view of Guadiato River near Espiel. Ponds for the washing ore.
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|Caption=Guadiato River basin map. Taken from A. Morales, Hydrological and hydrochemical study of the upper and middle River Guadiato (Cordoba) 2003
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|Caption=Buttercups in the river Guadiato
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|Caption=Bioengineering in an old mine dump
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|Caption=Roman bridge in the river Guadiato
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|Caption=Guadiato River
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|Caption=Breeding ground created to generate the material for reforestation and to create local employment
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      Guadiato
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{{Site
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      Mancomunidad de municipios Valle del Guadiato
|WFD water body code=
      LIFE00 ENV/E/000425
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|Pre-project morphology=
      Sinuous
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      Sinuous
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      2001/11/01
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      2004/10/01
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|Total cost category=
      1000 - 5000 k€
|Total1 cost=
      1439 k€
|Funding sources=
      LIFE project 587.287€
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{{Motivations
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      Structure & condition of riparian zones
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      Riparian development
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      Community demand
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      Facilitate natural regeneration of riparian vegetation,Reforestation and restoration of watercourses
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      Install a "green filter" to treat waste water
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      Improve forest management and agricultural,Educating the community on environmental protection and promoting environmentally-friendly behaviour
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      Agenda 21
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|File name=013 Rio Guadiato.pdf
|Description=Additional documentation (in Spanish)
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