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restoration of wetlands or wet upper soil layers), because current climate
protection activities fall far behind the objectives that have been set. In Poland,
the Strategic Adaptation Plan is now created on the level of the ministry of
environment in order to reveal and mitigate possible negative in
uences of the
climate change to all sectors, including the biodiversity of aquatic ecosystems.
However, due to the vast delay of adaptation measures implementation in Poland
if compared to the other EU countries, the goals of the programme are only to be
achieved before 2020.
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3.5 Conclusion and Outlook on Coordination of Nature
Conservation and WFD Implementation
It can be summarized, that there is great potential for strengthening synergies
between water resource management and nature conservation in river basin man-
agement planning. This concerns primarily the ecosystem based approach of both
WFD and nature conservation and, as regards contents, the ecological development
of rivers and streams as well as of banks and meadows, the improvement of habitat
networks and the conservation of Natura 2000 sites. In particular, there are many
interconnections between Natura 2000 sites and measures of the WFDs pro-
grammes of measures. The examination of sensitivities of Appendix II species
(Habitats Directive) with respect to the types of measures listed for implementation
in accordance with WFD showed that varying sensitivities are to be expected for
about half of the protected species concerned.
The potentials for synergies between water resource management and nature
conservation are not fully exploited yet. Therefore the degree of substantive detail
and the spatial allocation of planning content should be increased. It can be rec-
ommended to relate special nature conservation issues, such as Natura 2000 area
boundaries including networking elements clearly to the content of water man-
agement planning, for example water body boundaries. Furthermore, pragmatic
methodological approaches for including costs for species and habitat types covered
by the Habitats Directive in the economic analysis should be provided. Last but not
least, the participation of the public could be improved, especially as regards nature
conservations interests.
But since the measures planned are mostly spatially unspeci
c so far, potential
con
icts and synergies could not yet be discussed in concrete terms. In such cases,
determined coordination between nature conservation and water resource man-
agement is especially important at subsequent planning levels.
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