demonstration projects of the intergrated drought management programme by richard muller
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GWP Consulting Partners Meeting Ecosystems and Water Security
Integrated Drought Management Programme Demo Projects Richard Muller, GWP Central and Eastern Europe
Port of Spain, Trinidad, 27 June 2014
Integrated Drought Management Programme in Central and Eastern Europe
“In terms of water resources management and climate change adaptation, countries in Central and Eastern
Europe are sensitive to variability and changing precipitation patterns...increased frequency and severity
of extreme weather events – increase of droughts.” (IPCC)
Need for regional and national drought policies & plans
from reactive to proactive approach integrated approach
Regional Cooperation
National Planning
Demonstration Projects
Capacity Development
Knowledge & Awareness
Partnership & Sustainability
Increase the capacity of the region to adapt to climatic variability by
enhancing resilience to drought
Partners
National Scientific Center for Global Changes (BG)
Research Institute for Soil and Water Conservation (CZ)
10 Country Water Partnerships & 40 Partner Organizations
University of Debrecen (HUN)
Vilnius University (LT)
Institute of Ecology and Geography (MD)
Institute of Agricultural and Forest Environment (PL)
Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (PL)
National Meteorological Administration (ROM)
Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute
Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute (SK)
Slovenian Forestry Institute
Biotechnical Faculty (SLO)
Limnos Ltd. (SLO)
Ukrainian Research Institute of Forest and Forest Melioration (UA)
Testing innovative solutions
Innovations that address critical water security challenges to enhance drought resilience of countries and communities
Collecting and analyzing data through demonstration projects contributes to knowledge sharing and capacity development
Different aspects of drought management and involvement of different sectors
Results feed into Good Practice Compendium, Drought Management Guidelines, GWP ToolBox
Mitigation measure – buffer extreme variability in water quantity (release/use of water during dry periods)
Improves water retention potential of the landscape
Examples: small dikes and polders, restoration of wetlands, changes in forest and agricultural practices
Guidelines: combine drought mitigation, flood protection and biodiversity conservation
Natural small water retention measures
Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia
Limnos; 2013
Limnos; 2013
Revitalization of the river stream
Retention of the agricultural runoff
Supported by European Commission, DG ENV
Green Infrastructure Communication
Blueprint to Safeguard Europe's Water Resources
Natural Water Retention Measures Initiative www.nwrm.eu
Integrating ecosystem services into Water Framework Directive
Natural small water retention measures
Tests methods for improving water infiltration into soil profile
Field experiments with mixture of different „techniques“: sub-soiling, with and without tillage, composting tillage, organic fertilizers applications, to improve soil structure
Practical examples of soil water holding capacity regulations + how to include proposals into Drought Management Plans or already existing agro-environmental plans
Slovakia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland
Increasing soil water holding capacity
Laboratory rain simulator; CZ
Mihelic; Sloenia
Increasing soil water holding capacity
Bulgaria, Ukraine, Slovenia, Lithuania
Drought impact on forest ecosystems
Four countries with forest area 35% of total forest in the region
Forests have significant impact on water regime
Analysis of forest ecosystems – vulnerability zones of the forest vegetation for the present climate (61-90) and for the year 2050 and 2100 (different scenarios: realistic, optimistic, pessimistic)
Measures for adaptation for different zones (high level of vulnerability, low level)
http://www.gwp.org/en/GWP-CEE/IDMPCEE/