Case study:Morava restoration project

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Location: 48° 20' 32.39" N, 16° 52' 12.70" E

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Status	In progress
Project web site	http://www.life-march.at/
Themes	Economic aspects, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Land use management - agriculture, Social benefits, Water quality
Country	Austria, Slovakia
Main contact forename	Michael
Main contact surname	Stelzhammer
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Contact organisation	WWF Austria
Contact organisation web site	http://www.wwf.at
Partner organisations	via donau; NÖ Landesfischereiverband
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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The Morava River is the largest left-side tributary to the Upper Danube in Central Europe and Austria’s only near natural lowland river with Pannonian character. The frequent flooding is essential for the floodplain’s grassland and forests. Due to regulation and intensification measures in the last century the river is now classified only with a moderate status (according the EC Water Framework Directive) and habitats for endangered species of fauna and flora are limited. There have been a number of restoration projects and implementation measures which aim to restore natural river dynamics and promote appropriate land-use practices within a sensitive floodplain environment. Within the EC supported Life+ project “Restoration of the Lower Morava Floodplains” ambitious restoration measures will be implemented between 2011 and 2017. The aim of the project is to extensively restore near-natural river dynamics in the Lower Morava floodplains, as well as to foster land-use practices, which preserve biodiversity and to specifically preserve endangered species and types of habitats.

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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 Danube River basin Morava Subcatchment River name Morava Area category Area (km2) Maximum altitude category Maximum altitude (m) Dominant geology Calcareous Ecoregion Alps Dominant land cover Waterbody ID Site Edit site Name Morava WFD water body codes WFD (national) typology WFD water body name Pre-project morphology Straight Reference morphology Sinuous Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body true National/international site designation Local/regional site designations Montreaux list Protected species present Invasive species present Species of interest Dominant hydrology Quick run-off, Artificially regulated Dominant substrate Gravel, Bedrock River corridor land use Extensive agriculture 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) 16000 m16 km <br />1,600,000 cm <br /> Project started Works started 2005/04/01 Works completed 2013/09/09 Project completed Total cost category 1000 - 5000 k€ Total cost (k€) Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources World Bank 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 Hydromorphology Quantity & dynamics of flow, Continuity for organisms, Continuity of sediment transport Biology Fish: Abundance, Fish: Species composition Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Flood risk management, Community demand Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Creation of groynes, Creation of deflectors Floodplain / River corridor Dyke relocation, Increase water retention area Planform / Channel pattern Re-connection of river channels, Introducing sinuosity, Meanders reopened Other Non-structural measures Management interventions Social measures (incl. engagement) Land purchase 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 Fish: Abundance Yes Yes Improvement Fish: Species composition Yes Yes Improvement 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 Public awareness of river Yes Yes Improvement Monitoring documents Upload monitoring documents Additional documents and videos Upload additional documents Additional links and references Edit links and references Link Description http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.danubeparks.org%2Ffiles%2F1594 MoravaRevitalization KHolubova.pdf&ei=V-YqUtjGNMHcswbf5IDYBQ&usg=AFQjCNFtlC9F5wG0k7-3BJFhgbJBvsCS7g&sig2=EfLe- iGvPMPqEmCLXaYkw&bvm=bv.51773540,d.Yms talk by Katarina Holubova and Franz Steiner http://www.ramsar.org/pdf/lib/hbk4-07cs20.pdf Jan Seffer and Viera Stanova Paper on the restoration http://http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.dspPage&n proj id=4070#EI EU life webpage Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information