Das Projekt "Sub project 5" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Landschaftsarchitektur und Umweltplanung, Fachgebiet Landschaftsökonomie durchgeführt. Die Bewirtschaftung von Flüssen und ihren Auen erfolgt derzeitig weithin sektoral und vertikal aufgegliedert durch Bundes- und Länderinstitutionen v.a. gemäß der EU-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie (WRRL), der EU-Hochwasserrisiko-Richtlinie (HWRM-RL) und der EU-FFH-RL (FFH-RL), und oftmals zusätzlich mit den Zielen der Wasserkraftnutzung, der Erleichterung und Sicherheit der Schifffahrt sowie des wassergebundenen Tourismus. Bei der Umsetzung dieser Bewirtschaftungsregelungen treten daher insbesondere in vielfach genutzten Oberflächengewässern komplexe Problemstellungen, Defizite und multiple Zielkonflikte zwischen sektoralen Nutzungen auf Eine abgestimmte und kosteneffiziente Bewirtschaftung von Flüssen und Auen kann daher in der Praxis der Wasserwirtschaft und des Naturschutzes durch Kenntnis der von den verschiedenen Gesellschaftssektoren sektoral genutzten Ökosystemfunktionen deutlich unterstützt werden. Das Projekt quantifiziert hierfür an 6 exemplarischen Gewässerabschnitten die dargebotenen und aktuell genutzten Ökosystemleistungen (ÖSL) und bewertet sie durch einen River Ecosystem Service Index (RESI). Damit werden wichtige ergänzende Entscheidungsgrundlagen zur Bewertung von Entwicklungsszenarien sowie eine ökologisch-ökonomische Plattform zur Optimierung der sektorenübergreifenden Bewirtschaftung von Flusskorridoren bereitgestellt. Das Teilprojekt der TU Berlin umfasst die ökonomische Analyse von Nutzungskonflikten und die ökonomische Bewertung ausgewählter Ökosystemleistungen als Bestandteil des RESI.
Das Projekt "Dissemination and uptake of FP water research results (WATERDISS2.0)" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Office International de l'Eau durchgeführt. The implementation of the Water Framework Directive is not a 'Business-as-usual approach', and needs new knowledge and know-how, but it is demonstrated that the actual connection between research and policy is not efficient. The concept of the project is to add an intermediate step after research, like a marketing team in the industry. This 'step-further' will be developed closely with the stakeholders, by involving them within a social network, the European Water Community, for promoting exchanges; the project will develop a process tailored to every typology of target groups, which are ' the practitioners, with decision-makers (basin authorities, municipalities), and 'doers', (suppliers of technologies, consultancies, operators);it is needed to convince both the ones who accept to 'host innovation', and those who take the risk to develop innovative processes. ' the researchers, as individual knowledge holders, and as members of European consortiums, and the research funding bodies, at national level. The project will collect information on about 60 water-related FP6/FP7 research projects outputs, analyse their potential future in close collaboration with the research teams, design for each of them an Individualised Dissemination Strategy, and then support their transfer to the targeted stakeholders, with the support of Web 2.0 features, together with events designed for specific audiences. The e-infrastructure is a mix of social networking tools, to support a community of practices among the stakeholders, virtual seminars, and a permanent virtual fair of results. The project includes social events to help stakeholders to meet and share ideas, and future actions: brokerage events, seminars, summer schools. The consortium gather institutes from FR, DE, PL, RO, UK, IT, SP to do dissemination at EU scale.
Das Projekt "Earth Observation based services for Monitoring and Reporting of Ecological Status (EOMORES)" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Water Insight BV durchgeführt. EOMORES (Earth Observation-based Services for Monitoring and Reporting of Ecological Status) aims to develop new highly efficient commercial services for operational inland and coastal ecological water quality monitoring.
Inland and coastal water bodies constitute essential components of ecology and biodiversity, they buffer climate change and influence many aspects of economy (recreation, fisheries) and human welfare (e.g. drinking water supply). Knowledge about the state of these waters is therefore of great importance. This is recognized by the Water Framework Directive (WFD) requiring the EU member states to monitor and improve the status of these water bodies.
EOMORES will develop fully-automated commercial, reliable and sustainable services based on the integration of Earth observation (Sentinel 1, 2 and 3), in situ monitoring using optical in situ sensors with integrated GNSS positioning, and ecological modeling. The validated data from these components will be flexibly combined into higher-level products to fit the users' information needs. Three service concepts are envisaged: 1) operational water quality monitoring and forecasting for operational water management, 2) implementation of validated EO-based water quality indicators for WFD and other reporting and 3) historic compilation of data for specific ecological analysis.
The target users of EOMORES are international, national and regional authorities responsible for monitoring and management of water quality and for WFD reporting. Additional targeted users are private entities dealing with water quality. Thirteen users from six countries have committed to collaborate with the consortium to define and evaluate the EOMORES services. The services are expected to result in lower operational costs, more reliable and more timely water quality datasets for water managers. By introducing these services into the worldwide market, an increase in annual turnover of €3.000.000 by 2020 is expected.