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SUMMARY:Hydroecology and sustainable Floodplain Management – The Sandey 
 floodplain as model ecosystem
DTSTART:20140225T161500
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DESCRIPTION:Dr Michael Doering\, Aquatic Ecology\, EAWAG\, CH\nAbstract:\n
 The Sandey floodplain in the Urbach valley (Canton Bern) is a floodplain o
 f national importance\, still retaining heterogeneous habitat structures a
 nd a dynamic discharge regime. However\, this diversity is constrained by 
 hydropower production\, extensive agriculture and numerous levees for floo
 d protection in the active floodplain.\nThe project Hydroecology and susta
 inable Floodplain Management was founded in collaboration with different i
 nterest groups (scientists\, hydropower producers\, cantonal and federal a
 gencies) and combines research and practice. The aim of the project is to 
 develop and to apply integrative methods to evaluate\, to predict and to m
 onitor floodplain development at the landscape scale. The concept links me
 aningful and simple applicable indicators\, digital elevation models\, hyd
 raulic and hydrological discharge modelling and remote sensing. This combi
 nation allows us to quantify the impact of historical interventions and to
  predict the effectiveness of actions such as the removal of dams to ecolo
 gy\, flood protection and land use. Further\, it includes a monitoring pro
 gram to assess the impact of restoration actions at the long term. Thus\, 
 this approach considers socio-economic as well as ecological interests for
  an effective planning\, evaluation and adaptation of restoration actions 
 and intents to serve as a framework for an adaptive\, integrative and sust
 ainable river and floodplain engineering and management.\nThe talk will pr
 ovide an overview of the overall project with a focus on ecological engine
 ering and discuss its potential for practical application.Short biography:
 \nMichael Doering studied Geography with specialization in Landscape ecolo
 gy and GIS. He did his PhD in structural and functional relationships in a
  large gravel bed river (Tagliamento NE Italy). During the past years he w
 as coordinating an Interreg project on water scarcity in the Alps and is d
 eveloping an  applied research program on “Hydroecology and floodplain 
 sustainability” involving national and international research groups and
  stakeholders in practice. The project is partly implemented into the rece
 ntly started national research program “Wasserbau und Ökologie” of th
 e Federal Office for the Environment (Bafu) and in close collaboration wit
 h institutes of the ETH domain (WSL\, EPFL and VAW) as well as with stakeh
 olders from different application areas such as hydropower producers\, Fed
 eral and Cantonal agencies and NGOs. Further\, he is involved in a long te
 rm program on the effects of experimental flooding on streams downstream o
 f reservoirs at the river Spöl in the Swiss National Park. The main focus
  of these projects is to assess\, evaluate and predict the consequences of
  human impacts and revitalization (qualitatively and quantitatively) at th
 e landscape scale in rivers and floodplains.
LOCATION:GR A3 32 http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=GR%20A3%2032
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