The Drentsche Aa, Dutch free-flowing river that became biodiversity hotspot
The World Fish Migration Foundation & Wetlands International, on behalf of the Dam Removal Europe Coalition, invite you to a 1h30 international webinar seeking to mainstream and scale up dam removal in river basins Rhine, Meuse, Scheldt and Ems in view of the proposed 2030 EU targets for river restoration.
May 23rd, 2023 from 13:00-14:30 Central European Time (CET)
The Free Flow webinar series focuses on the question of how dam removal is understood as a river restoration tool and applied in relation to the new European biodiversity target of freeing up at least 25’000 km of river stretches until 2030.
In this second part of the series, we will hear from the countries that share the river basins of the Rhine, Meuse (Maas), Scheldt (Escaut), and Ems as well as from the respective river commissions, on how they are moving forward on this goal and where possible bottlenecks lie. The discussion is informed by the results of our Free Flow Survey that focused on this topic.
We invite river and restoration practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and students, as well as road planning, maintenance, design and construction experts to join! This webinar is made possible by the World Fish Migration Foundation, the European Center for River Restoration, the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Fishery, The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and Rijkswaterstaat.
Program
13.00
Opening
By moderator Frank Peiffer, World Fish Migration Foundation, Luxembourg
13:03
Free Flow Survey results: The perception of barrier removal as a river restoration measure
Neza Posnjak, World Fish Migration Foundation, Germany.
13:11
How The Netherlands is approaching the 2030 EU biodiversity targets
Wilco de Bruijne, Oak Consultants, The Netherlands & Christa Groshart, The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, The Netherlands
13:21
Renaturalisation of the Ems – A lighthouse project
Mario Sommerhäuser & Gunnar Jacobs, Emschergenossenschaft/Lippeverband, Germany
13:29
Insights from Germany & ECOSTAT Core Group
Kathrin Schmitt, German Federal Institute of Hydrology, Germany
13:37
WG FISH & Master Plan for Migratory Fish
Johan Coeck, INBO – Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Belgium
13:45
Why France is investing in free-flowing rivers
Claire-Cécile Garnier, Direction de l’eau et de la biodiversité, France
Sophia Vauclin, Ministère de la Transition écologique, France
13:53
Water management and ecological connectivity of the federal waterway Ems
Nadine Müller, Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt Ems-Nordsee, Germany.
14:01
Dam removal as a tool for integrated water management in Belgium
Didier D’hont, Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij, Belgium
14:09
Masterplan Fish & the role of coordination for river restoration
Véronique Gosselain, ISC, Belgium
14:17
Luxembourg’s growing ambition for barrier removal for restoring rivers
Carole Molitor, Administration de la Gestion de l’Eau, Luxembourg
14:25
Synthesis, Next Events, Goodbye
By moderator Frank Peiffer, World Fish Migration Foundation, Luxembourg
End
*TBA = To Be Announced
Registration and questions
For free registration follow this link to Eventbrite. For questions regarding the program contact Frank Peiffer (frank@fishmigration.org).
Language: English
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