Restoring rivers for effective catchment management
Public support
Provider
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Programme
—
Call for proposals
FP7-ENV-2011
Main participants
Masarykova univerzita / Rektorát
Contest type
RP - Co-financing of EC programme
Contract ID
MSMT-34668/2012-32
Alternative language
Project name in Czech
Restoring rivers for effective catchment management
Annotation in Czech
REFORM is targeted towards development of guidance and tools to make river restoration and mitigation measures more cost-effective and to support the 2nd and future River Basin Management Plans (RMBPs) for the WFD. Aims of REFORM are (1) to provide a framework for improving the success of hydromorphological restoration measures and (2) to assess more effectively the state of rivers, floodplains and connected groundwater systems. The restoration framework addresses the relevance of dynamic processes at various spatial and temporal scales, the need for setting end-points, analysis of risks and benefits, integration with other societal demands (e.g. flood protection and water supply), and resilience to climate change. The consortium comprises scientists and practitioners covering a wide range of disciplines (hydrology, hydraulics and geomorphology, ecology, socio-economics). The workplan is organized in three modules: (1) natural processes, (2) degradation, (3) restoration. Data from monitoring programmes and restoration projects will be pooled and linked with landscape-scale hydromorphological and physiographic data and catchment models. Targeted field and experimental studies using common protocols will fill data gaps on the role of scale in restoration success. A wide range of statistical modeling approaches will improve indicators for hydromorphological change and factors determining restoration success. All work packages are multidisciplinary and will feed into products for application in river basin management, e.g. guidelines for successful restoration and a web-based tool for exchanging experiences with river restoration measures facilitated and enhanced through consultation with stakeholders. In addition to its impact on the RBMPs, REFORM will provide guidance to other EU directives (groundwater, floods, energy from renewable resources, habitats) to integrate their objectives into conservation and restoration of rivers as sustainable ecosystems.
Scientific branches
R&D category
ZV - Basic research
CEP classification - main branch
DJ - Pollution and water control
CEP - secondary branch
DA - Hydrology and limnology
CEP - another secondary branch
EH - Ecology - communities
OECD FORD - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)
10501 - Hydrology<br>10502 - Oceanography<br>10503 - Water resources<br>10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)<br>10617 - Marine biology, freshwater biology, limnology<br>10618 - Ecology<br>10619 - Biodiversity conservation
Completed project evaluation
Provider evaluation
U - Uspěl podle zadání (s publikovanými či patentovanými výsledky atd.)
Project results evaluation
Following the condition that the candidate of financial contribution was evaluated and afterwards selected by international provider in accordance with the rules of the program the Ministry of Education, Youth ans Sports does not realize the evaluation of project results. The project is evaluated only after its approval by an international provider.
Solution timeline
Realization period - beginning
Jan 1, 2012
Realization period - end
Oct 31, 2015
Project status
U - Finished project
Latest support payment
Mar 4, 2015
Data delivery to CEP
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data delivery code
CEP16-MSM-7E-U/01:1
Data delivery date
Oct 6, 2017
Finance
Total approved costs
4,765 thou. CZK
Public financial support
1,194 thou. CZK
Other public sources
0 thou. CZK
Non public and foreign sources
3,606 thou. CZK