Case study:Ecological restoration of The Arboleda and the Meander of Santes Creus. Aiguamúrcia municipality (Alt Camp). Gaia River Basin

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Location: 41° 20' 43.45" N, 1° 21' 34.41" E

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Status	Complete
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Country	Spain
Main contact forename	Marga
Main contact surname	Manzano
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Contact organisation	ACA
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The morphological restoration project area is located in a Natura 2000, in the monastery of Santes Creus, a scenically and symbolic landmark. The whole project will pursue conservation objectives set forth by the Plan of Catalonia natural areas and enhancing the natural, scenic and social basis for the declaration of the Grove of Santes Creus as an Area of Natural Interest. The main actions in this project are: demolition and removal of the rubble to recover geomorphological processes characteristic of stretch and lateral and vertical connectivity of the same; geomorphological reconstruction of the section; Improvement and restoration of habitats; elimination of exotic plants, as Tradescantia fluminensis or Phytocala americana. The project has a total budget of 43.550.476 € and is financed by the ACA (Agencia Catalana del Agua) and Tarragona Provincial Government.

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River basin district	Pirineo Oriental
River basin	Gaia

Subcatchment

River name	Gaia
Area category
Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category	200 - 500 m
Maximum altitude (m)	314 m0.314 km <br />31,400 cm <br />
Dominant geology
Ecoregion	Ibero-Macaronesian
Dominant land cover	Extensive agriculture
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Name	La Arboleda y Meandro de Santes Creus
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Pre-project morphology	Sinuous
Reference morphology	Sinuous
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Heavily modified water body
National/international site designation	EU - Special Protected Area
Local/regional site designations	Site of Community Importance
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Project started	2010/07/01
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Total cost category	1000 - 5000 k€
Total cost (k€)	43550 k€43,550,000 € <br />
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Funding sources	ACA, Tarragona Provincial Government

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Phase	cost category	cost exact (k€)	Lead organisation	Contact forename	Contact surname
Investigation and design			Consultores en Ciencies de la Conservació
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Mitigation of a pressure
Hydromorphology	Channel pattern/planform, Structure & condition of riparian zones
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Other reasons for the project	Recreation, Community demand

Measures

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Bank/bed modifications	Remove rip-rap, Bank stabilization
Floodplain / River corridor	Removal of exotic plants
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Other	Removal of rubbish
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Rip-rap

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Exotic vegetation colonizing the banks

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