{"id":19968,"date":"2022-10-19T16:24:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T14:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/broz.sk\/a-marathon-of-restoration-inspiration-and-motivation-at-a-dynamic-river-pace\/"},"modified":"2022-10-19T16:35:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T14:35:44","slug":"a-marathon-of-restoration-inspiration-and-motivation-at-a-dynamic-river-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/broz.sk\/en\/a-marathon-of-restoration-inspiration-and-motivation-at-a-dynamic-river-pace\/","title":{"rendered":"A marathon of restoration inspiration and motivation at a dynamic river pace"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is what you could call a 3-day expert study visit in Austria and Germany, which was attended by conservationists, water managers, scientists, technicians, designers, postgraduate students, but also experts directly from water management practice, or representatives of the <\/span>Ministry of the Environment<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”19993″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][vc_column_text]At the beginning of October 2022, we organized an expert excursion where we visited sites with significant and extensive restoration measures on the Danube (in Austria) and several sites with implemented restoration measures on the Isar river in Germany. At each location, the participants were attended by excellent experts directly from practice \u2013\u00a0 representatives of Austrian and German state water management companies <\/span>(<\/span>Via Donau<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Wasserwirtschaftsamt Landshut<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>VERBUND Hydro Power GmbH<\/span><\/a>), who prepared the restoration measures, and also coordinated the individual activities of the LIFE projects, within which the measures were implemented. A big added value was the presence of a representative of <\/span>NEEMO EEIG<\/span><\/a> monitoring LIFE projects in Germany.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”19989″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][vc_column_text]The excursions provided the participants with a comprehensive view of the approach to restoration, answers to the functioning and implementation of renewal measures in Austria and Germany. In addition to the demonstrations themselves, there were very inspiring discussions directly at the locations. It was pleasant to see representatives from state organizations who are able to motivate other experts and share with them the acquired experience, who are proud of the long stretches of restored river flows, who are happy about the increasing number of fish in the stream and the new places where native fish species can reproduce.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]