International workshops – Monday, July 4, 2022 (lunch box included)
Three specialised workshops are organised as part of I.S.Rivers 2022, on Monday 4th of July at the Lyon 2 University. They are organised by international working groups.:
Workshop 2 is in english, and workshops 1 and 3 are in French. Please be aware that there will be no simultaneous translation during workshops. Registration to workshops includes lunch.
| FULL W1 : EDF-CNRS – Morphological restoration downstream of dams: reinjection and morphogenic releases Check-in : 9am Workshop : 9am -5pm Language : French | FULL W2 : ECRR – Free flowing rivers and restoration of river connectivity : From theory to operational approaches Check-in : 9am Workshop : 9:30am – 6pm Language : English | W3 : INTERPOL- Inter-comparaison of pollution in major French rivers Check-in : 9am Workshop : 10am – 12:30pm to 2pm – 5pm Language : French |
EDF – CNRS : Morphological restoration downstream of dams: reinjection and morphogenic releases
Check-in at 9am // Workshop 9am to 5pm // Language : French
Organisers and project manager : Rémi LOIRE (EDF) / Hervé PIEGAY (ENS-CNRS)
This workshop focuses on morphological restoration actions that can be taken downstream of dams. Reinjection operations and morphogenic releases are techniques that are increasingly used to improve the morphological quality of rivers. However, feedback is still rather limited. The workshop proposes to review current knowledge through the presentation of practical cases.
ECRR : Free flowing rivers and restoration of river connectivity : From theory to operational approaches
Check-in at 9am // Workshop from 9:30am to 6pm // Language: English
Organisers and project manager : Wetlands International European Association, CIRF, French Agency for Biodiversity-OFB, The Nature Conservancy Europe, Agence de l’Eau Rhône-Méditerranée-Corse, Smbvar, featured and supported by ECRR.
The restoration of river connectivity is a key measure to fulfill the objectives of EU legislation on water and nature conservation (WFD and Birds and Habitat Directive implementation). It has been even more brought in the spotlight after the publication of the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030, asking for the restoration of at least 25.000 km of ‘free-flowing rivers’ in the EU. The development of concrete methods and tools to make the “free-flowing river” concept operational is still an open task and several questions require technical discussion. :
- How do we compute the attainment of a “free-flowing” river (reach)?
- How do we measure and assess longitudinal and lateral connectivity?
- How to apply the concept of river functional unit to the different dimensions of connectivity? At what scale?
- What are the available methods to prioritize the restoration connectivity and what remains to be improved?
- What metrics would make up and cover a comprehensive prioritization approach?
The workshop, also based upon previous surveys and reviews, aims to bring relevant current approaches on these topics from the EU and USA, and from all participants, distilling operational proposals for the concrete implementation of free-flowing rivers’ targets.
INTERPOL : Inter-comparison of pollution in major French rivers
Check-in at 9am // Workshop 10am to 12:30pm then 2pm to 5pm // Language : French
Organiser and project manager : ENTPE / Brice Mourier – Co-facilitator: Olivier Perceval (OFB)
This workshop aims to present the main advances of the Interpol-OFB research programme on the Inter-comparison of pollution in French rivers. The goal is also to let scientists and managers to present a summary of their work or their visions of river pollution on a national or international scale.