ONEMA Meetings
Topics: Climate Change, Economics, EU Directives, Flood & Drought management, Habitat & Biodiversity, How to do River Restoration, Land use: forestry / agriculture / fisheries, River restoration in general, Social benefits, Spatial planning, Urban River Restoration,
Regions: Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, Western Europe, Published: 15-11-2015 , Authors: Yannick Pochon, Philip Sennhauser (IOWater); Frédérique Martini, Josée Peress (Onema)
Report on a workshop co-organised by ONEMA and International Office for Water in Bucharest - Romania - 12 November 2014, and held with the Europe-INBO annual conference on 12-14 November 2014
Natural Water Retetention Measures as well as aquatic ecosystems'restoration and preservation provide means to achieve good water status as required by the Water Framework Directive (WFD). In order to make progress on that topic, the workshop aimed to promote a better integration of European directives and policies through river restoration and natural water retention measures. The workshop was also focusing on the ways to improve local communities' engagement in aquatic ecosystem restoration projects. These exchanges enabled to draw conclusions and make recommendations that may be integrated in the future WFD cycles.