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10 YEARS ECRR NETWORK

SEMINAR "Synergies between River Restoration and River Management focussing on Natura2000 and Ramsar sites"

Lelystad, The Netherlands
28/29 May 2009

In collaboration with

Centre for Water Management

INTRODUCTION PROGRAMME & PRESENTATIONS DECLARATION IMAGES

INTRODUCTION

The ECRR was officially established in a constitutional meeting in April 1999, in Silkeborg in Denmark and the start was supported by a LIFE project. A special seminar was organised to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the ECRR. This seminar were hosted by Rijkswaterstaat – Centre for Water Management, in The Netherlands.

The topic of the seminar was very actual, especially in relation to the implementation of the relevant European Directives. The aim of the seminar was to discuss the constraints, possibilities and opportunities of implementing the EU Directives e.g. the Water Framework Directive and Bird and Habitat Directive, by river restoration. Conclusions and recommendations will be formulated.

PROGRAMME & PRESENTATIONS

Thursday 28 May 2009: Seminar
08.45 hrs	Registration and Coffee
09.15 hrs	Opening addresses on behalf of Rijkswaterstaat Centre for Water Management Municipality of Lelystad International Network of Basin Organisations; INBO European Centre for River Restoration; ECRR
09.30 hrs	Keynote Speeches To dowload the presentation in pdf format, please click on each title from the list below. Ecological rehabilitation in the River Rhine catchment, with special regard to the re-introduction of salmon in North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (19,9 MB) Detlev Ingendahl, Fishery ecology, State Authority for Nature, Environment and Customers Protection of Nort-Rhine-Westfalia, Germany. With contributions from André Beukelaar, Rijkswaterstaat Centre for Water Management, The Netherlands. River Restoration and nature conservation along the Lower Danube River; Delta and Green Corridor (8,8 MB) Mircea Staras, Scientific Director Danube Delta National Institute; DDNI, Romania With contributions from Jenica Hanganu and Ion Grigoras, DDNI Upstream – downstream, wetlands connect us all (14,7 MB) Tobias Salathé, Regional Unit Europe, Ramsar Convention on wetlands, Switzerland Facilitated discussion about the keynote speeches
11.15 hrs	Coffee break
11.45 hrs	Presentation of selected subjects Methodology for analysing the problems of the Órbigo river in Spain, in the framework of the Spanish National River Restoration Strategy (12,6 MB) Felipe Gutiérrez, Infraestructura y Ecologíca, S.L. Film: Development of an ecosystem based management plan for the Tuzlov River in Russia; A. Kosolapov, North Caucasus Research Institute for Integrated Water Management, N. Prokhorova, Russian Research Institute for Integrated Water Management and Protection and G. Radko, Kuban River Basin Administration, Russian Federation Climate adaptation by River Restoration in the IJssel Delta (13 MB) Arjan Otten, IJsseldelta project, Province of Overijssel, The Netherlands Strategic River Restoration Activities to link management of the river Avon and the Valley Natura2000Sites. (STREAM Project) (21,7 MB) Frank Allan, Natural England, United Kingdom (reservation) Facilitated discussion about the presentations Formulation of the "Lelystad Declaration on River Restoration"
13.15 hrs	Lunch
14.30 hrs	Celebrative Programme River Restoration and the role of EU Water Framework Directive in the Danube Basin (11,1 MB) Philip Weller, Executive Secretary of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River; ICPDR, Austria Intermezzo: The Flora of the Lower Volga and Volga Delta; Russian Federation (86 MB) Invisible Connections for rivers and wetlands in Europe and beyond (9,7 MB) Jane Madgwick, CEO, Wetlands International; WI, The Netherlands Developments in River Restoration and the European Centre for River Restoration; ECRR, Italy (17,4 MB) Bart Fokkens, President of the ECRR, The Netherlands
16.00 hrs	Closing Ceremony
16.30 hrs	Reception at Seminar Venue
18.30 hrs	Surprise and end of reception
19.30 hrs	Sailors buffet at the Batavia Yard
Friday 29 May 2009: Excursion day
09.00 hrs	Departure by bus from Apollo Hotel: Bus trip through the IJsselmeerpolders
10.00 hrs	Boarding on the Veerman van Kampen for a trip along the River IJssel, the northern branch of the River Rhine River restoration projects in the IJssel Delta, a Natura 2000 site Lunch on board of the Veerman van Kampen River restoration plans with combined urban and wetland development partly by bus Floodplain river restoration project, with a short walk
Ca.16.00 hrs	Embarking and bus trip back to Lelystad
Ca.17.00 hrs	Back at Lelystad train station

DECLARATION

Download the final version of Lelystad Declaration here.

IMAGES

10 YEAR ECRR NETWORK – Link 1

Seminar day – May 28th
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10 YEAR ECRR NETWORK – Part 2:

Reception and dinner on May 28th and excursion on May 29th
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