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Dam removal in France

(EN) - ERN 2016

France has been working on dam removal for years. European Rivers Network presents, as an NGO engaged in the preservation of rivers, its views on the main actions implemented by the country for almost 30 years, and proposes some case studies, including the Brives-Charensac dam...

Theme : Tools

Physical restoration of rivers

Changes in the morphology of rivers are one of the main obstacles to achieving good ecological status of aquatic environments. This assessment led the European Commission to the launch of an action plan to safeguard Europe’s water resources: the Blueprint. It is thus necessary to launch operations to restore the hydromorphology of rivers, based on good ecological-engineering practices and managed by local entities. ...



LIFE Water & Climate

(FR) 2021

Launched in 2020 for 4 years, this LIFE “Water &Climate” project aims at supporting long-term local decision-making for climate-adapted...

Theme : Examples



The « wild-made » Moselle river

(EN) - Université de Lorraine 2013

This one-hour film on the Moselle river and based on interviews with researchers emphases three key points: links between river and biodiversity...

Theme : Tools

Organizing the implementation

To preserve or restore rivers at a catchment or basin scale, an action plan must be defined to identify and organize actions to be implemented. ...



Atlantic Salmon Summit

(EN) 2015

The Atlantic Salmon Summit, organized in France in October 2015, gathered scientists, institutions, managers, industry, NGOs or leading experts...

Theme : Examples



New for the block "Stakeholders and communication"

Exemple de texte pour une actualité appartenant au thème "Stakeholders and communication"



Reopening side channels along the Saône in Jassans-Riottier

(EN) - Onema 2013

This fact sheet details the works done to reconnect the main channel with the side channels and to recreate diverse habitats in the Saône river<...

Theme : Lateral continuity



Invasive species: how should this be managed in aquatic environments?

(EN) - Onema 2011

This document is a synthesis of the seminar organized by Onema and Cemagref in Paris on 12-14 October 2010 on the management of invasive species...

Theme : Invasive species

Who is involved in a river restoration project?

The French water policy is defined and coordinated at the national level, and transposes the European Community water policy. But its planning is organised at the level of river basins, unit of water management which follows the geographical territory of the resource and not the administrative boundaries. A local implementation of the water policy is also ensured by territorial communities. A presentation of the main actors involved in WFD implementation in France is available in the Water...

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