Case study:LIFE Segura Riverlink (Through rivers)

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Status	Complete
Project web site	http://https://www.chsegura.es/chs/cuenca/segurariverlink/contacto/
Themes	Fisheries, Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Monitoring
Country	Spain
Main contact forename	Eduardo
Main contact surname	Lafuente
Main contact user ID
Contact organisation	Confederación Hidrográfica del Segura
Contact organisation web site	http://https://www.chsegura.es/chs/cuenca/segurariverlink/riverlink/
Partner organisations	Confederación Hidrográfica del Segura (CHS), Centro Tecnológico Agrario y Agroalimentario de la Universidad de Valladolid (ITAGRA-CT), Universidad de Murcia (UMU), Dirección General de Medio Ambiente de la Región de Murcia (CARM) & Asociación de Naturalistas del Sureste (ANSE)
Parent multi-site project	LIFE12 ENV/ES/001140
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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The main objective of the project LIFE + SEGURA RIVERLINK is to improve connectivity between natural ecosystems through a series of actions aimed at restoring the river and recovering its function as a green corridor. This approach will reinforce the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in the Segura Basin and the results obtained will be transferred to the rest of the basin through the Hydrological Plan of the Segura Basin.

The use of a new concept in land management and planning, the green infrastructure approach, is the solution to reverse landscape fragmentation by connecting natural areas. This improves ecosystems health and resilience, increases biodiversity and benefits human populations by improving ecosystem services.

The project improves and strengthens fluvial connectivity by removing an unused weir and building eight fish passages. All these actions are accompanied by the ecological restoration of riverbanks.

The specific objectives of the project are the following:

• Recover the longitudinal continuity and permeability of the Segura and Benamor rivers in these catchment sections, thereby encouraging the restoration of their natural dynamics and increasing the mobility of the species along both rivers.

• Reverse fragmentation processes by returning the river and its riverbank to its function as ecological corridors and connectivity between protected areas within this location.

• Increase biodiversity through the existence and accessibility to a sufficient number of habitats for the feeding and reproduction of species associated with the river thus improving the resilience of the ecosystem against disturbances of natural or anthropogenic origin.

• Improve the ecological status of water bodies.

• Develop a Land Stewardship Network to involve private owners in the management of the river, increasing ties between the river and the adjacent territories.

• Increase social involvement in the management of the Segura River.

• Increase social awareness of the problems in aquatic and riparian ecosystems.

• Integrate the green infrastructure approach and the validated tools in the project into the Hydrological Plan of the Segura Basin.

The project also has a Volunteer Program and an Environmental Education Campaign to raise public awareness on the importance of preserving our river ecosystems and will promote its active participation.

Monitoring surveys and results

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In order to validate these actions and evaluate the results, the project carried out a comprehensive monitoring program including biological, physical-chemical and hydromorphological indicators. This facilitated the subsequent transfer to the rest of the basin and other rivers with similar problems.

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Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Edit the catchment and subcatchment details (affects all case studies in this subcatchment) Catchment River basin district C. H. Segura River basin Segura Subcatchment River name Segura Area category more than 10000 km² Area (km2) 1887018,870 km² <br />1,887,000 ha <br /> Maximum altitude category 1000 - 2000 m Maximum altitude (m) 14131,413 m <br />1.413 km <br />141,300 cm <br /> Dominant geology Ecoregion Ibero-Macaronesian Dominant land cover Waterbody ID Other case studies in this subcatchment: Segura's River Bioremediation, Strengthening associated biodiversity of habitat 92A0 and control of Invasive Alien Species in the Segura River (LIFE + Ripisilvanatura) Site Edit site Name WFD water body codes WFD (national) typology WFD water body name Pre-project morphology Reference morphology Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body National/international site designation Local/regional site designations Protected species present Invasive species present Species of interest Dominant hydrology Dominant substrate River corridor land use Average bankfull channel width category Average bankfull channel width (m) Average bankfull channel depth category Average bankfull channel depth (m) Mean discharge category Mean annual discharge (m3/s) Average channel gradient category Average channel gradient Average unit stream power (W/m2) Project background Edit project background Reach length directly affected (m) 5400054,000 m <br />54 km <br />5,400,000 cm <br /> Project started 2013/08/01 Works started Works completed Project completed 2017/07/30 Total cost category 1000 - 5000 k€ Total cost (k€) Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources UE (49.83%) Cost for project phases Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname Investigation and design Stakeholder engagement and communication Works and works supervision Post-project management and maintenance Monitoring Reasons for river restoration Edit reasons for restoration Mitigation of a pressure Barriers to fish migration, Riparian development, Flood risk management Hydromorphology Freshwater flow regime, Structure & condition of riparian/lake shore zones, Continuity for organisms Biology Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Removal of fish barriers Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Floodplain / River corridor Planform / Channel pattern Other Non-structural measures Management interventions Social measures (incl. engagement) Other Monitoring Hydromorphological quality elements Edit Hydromorphological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Biological quality elements Edit biological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Physico-chemical quality elements Edit Physico-chemical quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Any other monitoring, e.g. social, economic Edit Other responses Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Monitoring documents Upload monitoring documents Additional documents and videos Upload additional documents Additional links and references Edit links and references Link Description Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information