Ecological networks in river rehabilitation scenarios : Rhine-Econet#summary report

Land and water management policies increasingly address the rehabilitation of river floodplains. Various actions plans aim at protecting, improving and developing habitats for plants and animal species. This summary report surveys the results of the case-study Rhine-Econet. Objectives of this study were - to clarfiy the importance of an ecological network of nature areas for a successful nature conservation and rehabilitation strategy; - to elaborate scenario approaches into a method which can be applied in future studies on river rehabilitation