Adjust land use to develop riparian vegetation

Adjust land use to develop riparian vegetation

General description

Adjust land use (e.g. buffer strips) to develop riparian vegetation directly adjacent water bodies.

Applicability

When degraded buffer zones are present and neighbouring land use is heavily affecting aquatic habitat quality.

Expected effect of measure on (including literature citations):

• HYMO (general and specified per HYMO element)
• physico � chemical parameters
• Biota (general and specified per Biological quality elements)

Pressures that can be addressed by this measure

• Alteration of riparian vegetation

Case studies where this measure has been applied

• Gameren
• Regge Velderberg
• Millingerwaard - Floodplain rehabilitation
• Biodiversity conservation and recovery in the river basin of Asón
• Rijkelse Bemden - River bed widening
• Thur
• Aragon. Restauration of riparian zone. Stage I and II
• Uilenkamp - Meander reconnection
• Narew river restoration project
• Aragon. Creation and restoration of a riparian zone
• Ems floodplain (LIFE project)
• Vallacuera ravine. Removal of a dyke.
• Drava - Kleblach
• Enns - Aich
• Buiten Ooij - Sluice operation
• Oberwerries - Optimisation of the pSCI “Lippe floodplain between Hamm and Hangfort” (LIFE05/NAT/D/000057)
• Soest - Optimisation of the pSCI “Lippe floodplain between Hamm and Hangfort” (LIFE05/NAT/D/000057)
• Conservation of Atlantic Salmon in Scotland (LIFE 04/NAT/GB/000250)
• IJssel
• Scheldt - Vallei Grote Nete
• Rhine - Meinerswijk
• Hampshire Avon - Hale
• Hampshire Avon - Seven Hatches
• Rhine - Emmericher Ward (LIFE10 NAT/DE/000010)
• Lower Traun
• Lippeaue Klostermersch
• Ruhr Binnerfeld