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AMICE

Climate Changing? Meuse Adapting!

Andere actualiteiten

donderdag, maart 5 2009
AMICE officially approved

vrijdag, april 3 2009
Work Package 1 starts !

maandag, april 27 2009
First Project Steering Group meeting

dinsdag, april 28 2009
AMICE startbijeenkomst

dinsdag, april 28 2009
Site visit - Ny village and the Naives plain - Belgium

donderdag, juni 18 2009
WP4 starts !

donderdag, september 3 2009
Progresses from WP1

donderdag, september 10 2009
The Mekong delegation interested in the AMICE project

vrijdag, september 11 2009
WP3 Partners want to increase interactions between their respective actions

donderdag, oktober 15 2009
Project Steering Group meeting report - First Payment Claim

dinsdag, december 1 2009

Natural water retention in the Ardennes

 

Riou (partner 11) is one of the partners dealing with natural water retention. In fact floods and droughts are two aspects of just one problem. The idea is that sources areas and floodplains in the upper parts of the catchment basin can play an important role for the whole of the Meuse basin. Condition is they can function in a natural way. When the bog, moor and fen vegetation is well developed it acts as a sponge for the sky-water. This presents a double benefit. First, in case of high water the flood is slowed down because the water will saturate the natural sponges first. Only when the sponge is full will the extra water flow into the brooks and the rivers. Second, as the water is kept in the sponges it also has enough time to infiltrate the soil. The water thus kept in the system presents a welcome reserve in times of drought.

In the Ardennes a number of small tributaries of the Meuse are being restored to their natural situation by Riou s local partner Natagora/BNVS.
The key question now is: has the restoration of the river valleys as it is carried out an influence on the discharge of the brooks? In other words: does a more natural hydrological situation help us retaining more water in the system thus avoiding drought problems? In AMICE an hydrological study will be carried out in order to answer these questions.
In this same philosophy it is also important to know which vegetation types correspond with more natural brook ecosystems. Put in a more simple way: which plants build up the natural sponges? In order to build up a solid ecological knowledge, last summer a large number of botanical releves were made in the Emmels valley.


Hydrological data combined with ecological knowledge will give us precious information on the possibilities of small scale natural water retention.

 

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De partners betrokken bij deze actualiteit :

  • Région Wallonne (GTI)
  • RIOU
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