Lippeaue Klostermersch
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Lippeaue Klostermersch
Key features of the case study
The restoration project in the floodplain of the Lippe river called "Klostermersch" is part of a restoration programme of the German federal state Northrhine-Westphalia that started in 1990.
Site description
Measures selection
Success criteria
Ecological response
Hydromorphological response
Monitoring before and after implementation of the project
Socio-economic aspects
Contact person within the organization
Extra background information
References
Related Measures
- Increase flood frequency and duration in riparian zones or floodplains
- Widen water courses
- Shallow water courses
- Initiate natural channel dynamics to promote natural regeneration
- Introduce large wood
- Remove bank fixation
- Develop riparian forest
- Adjust land use to develop riparian vegetation
- Revegetate riparian zones
- Remove bank fixation
- Adjust land use to reduce nutrient, sediment input or shore erosion
- Improve backwaters
- Lower river banks or floodplains to enlarge inundation and flooding
- Reconnect backwaters and wetlands
