Improved habitats

Purpose
Many habitats have been affected by human activities such as clearing vegetation, rocks and boulders from rivers and coastal waters, straightening watercourses, changing bottom structures and thus creating more monotonous environments. The aim of habitat enhancement is to recreate these lost environments to bring back more natural rivers, lakes and coastal areas.

This will have positive effects for many animal and plant species that will regain their habitats, which will benefit biodiversity in general.

Objectives
The objective is to create improved habitats at over 70 sites in the 19 river basins covered by the project and at 16 sites in the three coastal areas covered by the project. Restoring habitats will help more species of plants and animals to live in our rivers, lakes and coastal waters. In this way, the project contributes to improving the conservation status of habitats and species. It also helps to improve the conditions for achieving good ecological status in our water bodies by improving the morphology parameter.

More info to come.