Wetlands and Water Framework Directive : : Protection, Management and Climate Change.

• Superior document: GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences Series
• Author: Ignar, Stefan.
• TeilnehmendeR: Grygoruk, Mateusz.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2015.; Ã2015.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (110 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Series Editors
• Managing Editor
• Advisory Board
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• 1 Wetlands and Water Framework Directive: Protection, Management and Climate Change
• Abstract
• 1.1 Status of Wetlands: Missing Law or Failed Implementation?
• 1.2 Wetlands and Water Framework Directive
• 1.3 Protection and Management
• 1.4 Climate Change
• 1.5 Yesterday's Lessons and Tomorrow's Perspectives
• References
• 2 Synergies and Conflicts Between Water Framework Directive and Natura 2000: Legal Requirements, Technical Guidance and Experiences from Practice
• Abstract
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Comparison of Goals of WFD and Natura 2000: Analogue and Antagonism
• 2.2.1 Goals of WFD, HD and BD
• 2.2.2 Potential Synergies Between Goals of WFD and Natura 2000
• 2.2.3 Potential Conflicts Between Goals of WFD and Natura 2000
• 2.3 Implementation of the WFD in Natura 2000 Sites: Legal Provisions and Guidance of the European Commission
• 2.3.1 Legal Requirements for Implementing the Environmental Objectives in Natura 2000 Sites
• 2.3.1.1 Exemptions from the Good Water Status
• 2.3.2 Guidance from the European Commission
• 2.4 Experiences in the Implementation of WFD in Natura 2000 Sites and Recommendations
• 2.4.1 River Basin Management Planning in Austria
• 2.4.2 River Basin Management Planning in Germany
• 2.4.3 Recommendations for the Implementation and Future Management Planning
• 2.5 Conclusions
• References
• 3 Can Natura 2000 Sites Benefit from River Basin Management Planning Under a Changing Climate? Lessons from Germany
• Abstract
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 RBMP As a Key Instrument to Achieve the Objectives of the WFD
• 3.2.1 Content of the Programmes of Measures and River Basin Management Plans
• 3.2.2 Levels of River Basin Management Planning
• 3.3 Implementation of RBMP in Protected Areas.
• 3.3.1 Consideration of Protected Areas in the Implementation of RBMP
• 3.3.2 Cooperation and Participation to Include Nature Conservation in RBMP
• 3.3.3 RBMP As a Tool for Achieving WFD Objectives in a Changing Climate
• 3.4 Recommendations for Integrating Climate Change in RBMP
• 3.5 Conclusion and Outlook on Coordination of Nature Conservation and WFD Implementation
• References
• 4 Do Water Management and Climate-Adapted Management of Wetlands Interfere in Practice? Lessons from the Biebrza Valley, Poland
• Abstract
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Physiographic Outline of the Study Area
• 4.3 Climate Change, Water Management and Ecosystems' Response
• 4.4 Actions of the National Water-Environment Programme for the Catchment of Biebrza
• 4.5 What Is Missing?
• 4.6 Lessons Learnt and Implications for the Management
• References
• 5 Wetlands in River Valleys as an Effect of Fluvial Processes and Anthropopression
• Abstract
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Case Study
• 5.2.1 Fluvial Processes in Natural Rivers
• 5.2.2 Fluvial Processes in Regulated Rivers
• 5.3 Description of the Research Areas
• 5.4 Evidence of Wetlands in the Investigated Areas
• 5.5 Conclusions
• Acknowledgments
• References
• 6 New Vision of the Role of Land Reclamation Systems in Nature Protection and Water Management
• Abstract
• 6.1 Introduction, Aim of the Study
• 6.2 Environmental Role of Land Reclamation
• 6.3 Land Reclamation and Flood Control from the Nature Protection Point of View
• 6.4 Ecosystems that Might Be Significantly Affected by Land Reclamation
• 6.5 Possibilities of Improving Natural Habitat Through Land Reclamations
• 6.6 Conflicts
• 6.7 Examples of Attempts Undertaken to Support Farmers in Hampering Water Outflow from Reclamation Systems
• 6.8 Conclusions
• References.