Demonstration Projects
The growing demand to provide evidence of successful implementation of ecohydrology solutions calls for a worldwide network of demonstration projects. This is also necessary in order to validate and quantify the effectiveness of ecohydrological solutions. The demonstration projects, which were annexed in 2005, bear the objectives of:
- demonstrating the application of the ecohydrology approach to solve issues surrounding water, environment and people;
- contributing to the development of research on ecohydrology, increasing scientific knowledge to implement integrated watershed management and identifying solutions for sustainable development in ecological and social systems in which water acts as a main driver; and
- qualitative and quantitative validation of the effectiveness of the ecohydrological approach in practice.
Lacar Lake, Huahum River Basin, Patagonia, Argentina
"Sustainable Management of Andean-Patagonian Watershed: Improving Land Use Policy at Lacar Lake Watershed based on an Ecohydrological Approach"
Amazon River Floodplains, Brazil
"Sustainable timber production and management of central Amazonian white-water floodplains, Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, Brazil"
Parana Floodplains, Brazil
"Creation of a Biosphere Reserve to prevent decline in the unique subtropical river floodplain biodiversity"
Mara River & Serengeti Plain, Kenya & Tanzania
"Study of inter-basin transfer of water resources and water deficit for large mammals migrating to Serengeti"
Lake Naivasha, Kenya
"Re-creation of artificial Cyperus papyrus wetlands surrounding the lake and at the inflowing rivers delta; basin-wide phyto-technological methods for restoration of the basin hydrology and hydrochemistry"
Danuber River, Biosphere Lobau, Austria
"Sustainable floodplain lake management: conserving macrophyte biodiversity and ecosystem services"
Pilica River, Poland
"Application of ecohydrology and phytotechnology for water resources management and sustainable development"
Guadiana Estuary, Portugal
"Sustainable estuarine zone management for control of eutrophication, toxic blooms, invasive species and conservation of biodiversity"
Ili-Balkhash Basin, Kazakhstan
"Sustainable management of the ecohydrology of Ili-Balkhash Basin"