Grazing project at the Isar floodplains on areas disturbed by river engineering

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    Description of solution
    Summary (Challenges; Objectives)

    The Isar floodplains have changed since the beginning of the 20th century. Especially the construction of the Walchensee power plant at the beginning of the 1920s, the simultaneous longitudinal shoring of the river banks as well as the construction of the Sylvenstein reservoir at the end of the 1950s had a negative impact on the development of the habitats, which are characterized by dynamics, flooding and bedload transport. Due to considerable deepening and lack of bed load, the system of rearrangement, succession and erosion, especially below the reservoir, is severely restricted and the typical characteristics of the floodplain are negatively altered. Since the possibilities to remove the structures and to allow more dynamics and bed load are limited by flood protection requirements, there is a need for action for the (long-term) preservation of floodplain-typical communities and species. With the help of grazing, the Isartalverein wants to preserve and, where necessary, restore the species richness especially on lean and dry sites as well as in young stages of the snow heath pine forests. As part of the project, up to 57 hectares will be included in the grazing project by 2020. The measure is part of the project Alpenfluss Landschaften.

    Technical characteristics

    57 hectares will be included in the grazing project by 2020.

    Location Latitude
    47.6004000000
    Location Longitude
    11.5608000000
    Keywords
    Ecosystem (s) impacted
    Riverfront
    Other challenges
    Biodiversity
    Exposition
    Exposed assets
    Agriculture
    Is there population exposed?
    I don’t know
    Activity
    Are there jobs created in the nature-based sector?
    Don't know
    Are there new employments in tourism sector, sport activities or recreational activites ?
    Don't know
    Are there new activities in the tourism sector , sport activities or recreational activites?
    Don't know
    Are there new/traditional activities that increased?
    I don't know
    International classification
    Sustainable development goals addressed
    SDG 14 – Life below water
    Actors
    Organizations involved in the implementation of the action

    Isartalverein

    Temporal aspects
    Design life time of the action
    Don’t know
    Implementation time of the action
    Don’t know
    Financial aspects
    Financing source
    Federal Ministry for the Evironment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Federal Office for Nature Conservation, Bayerischer Naturschutzfonds, Bundesprogramm Biologische Vielfalt
    Others
    Participatory process
    No
    Is it possible to transpose this action in a different context?
    Yes, it is easily transposable
    Risk reduction
    Hazard
    NA
    Exposure
    NA
    Vulnerability
    NA
    Feasibility
    Technical Feasibility
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    Economic Feasibility
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    Environment
    Water
    0
    Soil
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    Vegetation
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    Landscape
    0
    Biodiversity
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    Society
    Quality of Life
    0
    Community involvement
    0
    Landscape Heritage
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    Economy
    Revitalization
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    Local Economy
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