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Implementation of the Water Framework Directive. When ecosystem services come into play | Meetings recap |
This document presents the results of the seminar Implementation of the Water framework directive. When ecosystem services come into play, i.e. the concept of ecosystem services, the application methods for integrated water management in Europe, recommendations for decision-makers and the fields where further research is required.
Engineering the water continuum - n°16 | Meetings |
The notion of an aquatic continuum has become critical to understanding aquatic ecosystems in that it emphasises the need for an integrative approach, spanning both the spatial and temporal scales, to water management. Incorporating this concept in ecosystem engineering is a major challenge. In addition to mobilising integrated, multi-disciplinary scientific methods, this approach must take into account not only the fact that human uses of water are highly diverse and interconnected, but the many stakeholders as well.
Management plan to save the eel. Optimising the design and management of installations - n°15 | Meetings |
Over the past 3 years, the Eels & Installations R&D programme launched 18 research projects to optimise the design and management of installations to protect migrating eels. This feedback symposium sketched a panorama of the results achieved in a series of presentations addressing the operational aspects of issues. The presented solutions and tools pave the way for a collaborative response by the economic participants to the challenge of restoring the species.
Assessing the ecological services of aquatic environments. Scientific, political and operational issues | Knowledge for action |
In a context of climate change and biodiversity loss, the notion of ecological services has rapidly gained ground in political debates. The goal of good ecological status, set by the European water framework directive in 2000, has led to major efforts to preserve and restore aquatic environments. The ecological services provided by aquatic environments are now a topic of growing interest to water managers and, more generally, to all stakeholders in society interested in the quality and sustainable management of aquatic environments.
Water status and the Water framework directive. A review of assessment methods - n°13 | Meetings |
In view of the 2nd management cycle of the Water Framework Directive, 2011 constituted a key year for developing and ensuring the compliance of water status assessment methods. 2 scientific information days focusing on bioindication were followed by 2 days of discussions in order to review the progress made, the prospects for the development of methods used for assessing water status in France, and the tools of the water status assessment system (système d’évaluation de l’état des eaux - SEEE).
