Step-by-step guidance on how to develop and implement a successful river restoration project in Europe.
River restoration can generate economic benefits from tourism, recreation, flood control and many other services provided by healthy river ecosystems.
Restoration can make significant contributions to flood risk reduction by increasing the natural retention capacity of rivers. Excess water can be absorbed by restoring wetlands and floodplains, former meanders and other natural storage areas.
River restoration contributes to biodiversity by restoring natural habitats that support aquatic animals and plants.
Hydropower production may harm rivers by affecting changes such as natural water flows and disconnecting upstream and downstream areas. Restoration offers opportunities to mitigate these impacts.
RESTORE is a partnership for sharing knowledge and promoting best practice on river restoration in Europe. We encourage the restoration of European rivers towards a more natural state for increased ecological quality, flood risk reduction, and social and economic benefits.
River restoration is action that restores the natural state and functioning of a river system in support of biodiversity, recreation, flood safety and landscape development. Read more...
Rivers by Design illustrates the crucial role that planners, architects and developers can play in achieving sustainabledevelopment that meets the needs of local people and the local environment through river restoration.
It offers practical advice and step-by-step guidance on how to get started in incorporating river restoration and water management in development projects in order to maximise their ecological, social and economic benefits.
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The RESTORE partners, alongside the ECRR, are organising the 5th European River Restoration Conference (11-13 Sept 2013) that will reflect on the current policy implementation environment.
We will show-case inspiring examples of river restoration, evaluate the implementation of existing policies and the realisation of new initiatives.
If you are involved in managing rivers managers it will help you to implement policy. There will also be the IRF's 1st European River Prize awarded. More...
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The International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) has published the "Measures for ensuring fish migration at transverse structures" technical paper that give practical advice to apply measures that aim to ensure fish migration at transverse structures.
For more publications go to the Publications page.
RESTORE Coordinator
Toni Scarr
E-mail: restore@environment-agency.gov.uk
Website: www.environment-agency.gov.uk/restore
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Wetlands International
Environment Agency (England)
River Restoration Centre (UK)
Dienst Landelijk Gebied (NL)
SYKE (FI)
CIRF (IT)
The RESTORE partnership is made possible with the contribution of the LIFE+ financial instrument of the European Community
and works in partnership with the European Centre for River Restoration (ECRR)