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Renaturierung von Fließgewässern in Deutschland

River Restoration in Germany

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Umweltbundesamt 2019: Renaturierung von Fließgewässern in Deutschland. Video. Online: https://youtu.be/PEhVHyFBu-k

This video introduces potential actors to river restoration. It includes interviews with project managers of river restoration measures across Germany.

Core topics of the video include:

  • advantages of near-natural rivers
  • funding for river restoration
  • using the river’s dynamics for restoration
  • provision of land for water restoration projects
  • co-operation and participation

Over 90% of German rivers and streams are straightened, constricted, piped or interrupted by structures such as weirs or barrages. Restoration can improve the ecological status and attractiveness of water bodies.

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Interview partners:: Axel Pälchen (Regierungspräsidium Karlsruhe), Manfred Kramer (Unterhaltungsverband Hase-Wasseracht), Georg Loy (VERBUND Innkraftwerke), Dieter Hammerschmidt (Stadt Arnsberg), Antje Adjinski (Staatliches Amt für Landwirtschaft und Umwelt Mittleres Mecklenburg), Thomas Arkenau (Landkreis Verden)

Production, Script: Melanie Kemper (Ecologic Institute)
Direction: Georg Lamberty (Planungsbüro Zumbroich)
Scientific Advice: Stephan Naumann (Umweltbundesamt), Falko Wagner (Institut für Gewässerökologie und Fischereibiologie Jena)

Speaker: Birge Tetzner (audio Konzept)
Music: audeeyah
Camera, Sound: Marco Linke (Medieningenieurbüro Manntau)
Cutting: Lena Aebli (Ecologic Institute)
Photos: Georg Lamberty (Planungsbüro Zumbroich)

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UBA online portal River Restoration [German]
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5:47 min
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restoration, watercourse, hydromorphology, water framework direction, WFD, 2027
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Source URL: https://www.ecologic.eu/17013