MULTIPLE HUMAN STRESSORS
; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
; ECOLOGICAL STATUS
; MACROPHYTE RESPONSES
; RIVER RESTORATION
; FISH ASSEMBLAGES
; CLIMATE-CHANGE
; MANAGEMENT
; QUALITY
; LAKES
WOS学科分类:
Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向:
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
英文摘要:
The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is a pioneering piece of legislation that aims to protect and enhance aquatic ecosystems and promote sustainable water use across Europe. There is growing concern that the objective of good status, or higher, in all EU waters by 2027 is a long way from being achieved in many countries. Through questionnaire analysis of almost 100 experts, we provide recommendations to enhance WFD monitoring and assessment systems, improve programmes of measures and further integrate with other sectoral policies. Our analysis highlights that there is great potential to enhance assessment schemes through strategic design of monitoring networks and innovation, such as earth observation. New diagnostic tools that use existing WED monitoring data, but incorporate novel statistical and trait-based approaches could be used more widely to diagnose the cause of deterioration under conditions of multiple pressures and deliver a hierarchy of solutions for more evidence-driven decisions in river basin management. There is also a growing recognition that measures undertaken in river basin management should deliver multiple benefits across sectors, such as reduced flood risk, and there needs to be robust demonstration studies that evaluate these. Continued efforts in 'mainstreaming water policy into other policy sectors is clearly needed to deliver wider success with WFD goals, particularly with agricultural policy. Other key policy areas where a need for stronger integration with water policy was recognised included urban planning (waste water treatment), flooding, climate and energy (hydropower). Having a deadline for attaining the policy objective of good status is important, but even more essential is to have a permanent framework for river basin management that addresses the delays in implementation of measures. This requires a long-term perspective, far beyond the current deadline of 2027. (C) 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
1.NERC Ctr Ecol & Hydrol CEH, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 2.NERC Ctr Ecol & Hydrol CEH, Lancaster, England 3.European Commiss, Joint Res Ctr JRC, Ispra, Italy 4.Aarhus Univ, Dept Biosci, Aarhus, Denmark 5.Univ Duisburg Essen, Ctr Water & Environm Res, Duisburg, Germany 6.Univ Duisburg Essen, Fac Biol, Duisburg, Germany 7.James Hutton Inst, Social Econ & Geog Sci, Aberdeen, Scotland 8.MTA Ctr Ecol Res, Budapest, Hungary 9.AZTI Marine Res Div, Pasaia, Spain 10.Univ Lisbon, Sch Agr, Lisbon, Portugal 11.Univ Ljubliana, Ljubljana, Slovenia 12.Univ Dundee, Dundee, Scotland 13.Bowburn Consultancy, Bowburn, England 14.Norwegian Inst Water Res NIVA, Oslo, Norway 15.Finnish Environm Inst SYKE, Jyvaskyla, Finland 16.Natl Tech Univ Athens, Athens, Greece 17.Hellen Ctr Marine Res, Anavyssos, Greece 18.Deltares, Delft, Netherlands 19.Ecol Inst, Berlin, Germany 20.Univ Girona, Inst Aquat Ecol, Girona, Spain 21.Catalan Inst Water Res ICRA, Girona, Spain 22.German Environm Agcy, Dessau Rosslau, Germany 23.Leibniz Inst Freshwater Ecol & Inland Fisheries I, Berlin, Germany
Recommended Citation:
Carvalho, Laurence,Mackay, Eleanor B.,Cardoso, Ana Cristina,et al. Protecting and restoring Europe's waters: An analysis of the future development needs of the Water Framework Directive[J]. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT,2019-01-01,658:1228-1238