In a recent review we attempted I was amazed to find very few restoration examples in rivers in the southern Balkans (south and southwest of the Danube basin). Could anybody help us in finding such examples? (i.e. riparian restoration, de-daming, fish-passes, eco-flows, re-connectivity works, urban river restoration, wildlife habitat enhancment, rewilding rivers, nature-based solutions, anti-pollution technologies, re-introduction of threatened species, etc).
Here you can found some examples about restoration activities from Latvia:
River Skudrupe - https://hydroplan.daba.gov.lv/public/eng/
River Dviete - http://www.dvietespaliene.lv/en/
Other management examples you can found in RG account of Andris Urtans
Sorry, you'll have to wait for a few more decades, we're only starting to systematically destroy our waters. Maybe your investigations could help in stopping some of these?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/27/balkan-hydropower-projects-soar-by-300-putting-wildlife-at-risk-research-shows
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/18/balkan-dam-projects-could-result-in-loss-of-one-in-10-european-fish-species
https://balkanrivers.net/sites/default/files/Hydropower%20dams%20in%20the%20Balkan230915_FINAL_EdUS.pdf
Most of the time there is no necessity to restore rivers sections, to maintain dynamic morphological equilibrium, we have to take into account ecology, economic and morphological points of view. When we decide to restore it is important to choose well the technique I prefer biological engineering Technics . Regards
Thank you very much for the answers; dear Abdelhadi I agree with your progressive response, the "dynamic morphological equilibria" you mention is important and we should researchthe basic natural history of rivers; the functioning and descriptive details of each river's biophysical world before we design any restoration. (Oftentimes, this is the problem: poor understanding of the anthropogenic impacts and what the baselines and targets for conservation and management should be). Of course you are right there are many heavy-and-localized and very expensive techniques that are wasteful and with poor results. I include this link from our experience here in Greece: Chapter River and Wetland Restoration in Greece: Lessons from Biodiv...
My experience from Montenegro and Albania is that people there still try to destroy their rivers, planning power plants (see the plans along Vjosa river system in southern Albania: https://balkanrivers.net/de/schwerpunktgebiete and https://riverwatch.eu/).
Regards
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