General National Id Poland_02 Summary Forest ecosystems in Poland have long suffered from drought. From the mid-90s, the Polish forest management authority undertook a variety of small-scale water retention works, financed from a combination of its own and external funds (i.e. the Polish Ecofund, and the Polish National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management). In 2006, the authority consolidated all its initiatives into a single project ‘Increasing retention and preventing floods and droughts in forest ecosystems in lowland.’ It is the first to be conducted on such a large scale, combining water retention in forest ecosystems with the protection against surface water run-off. The project is funded by EU Cohesion Fund, 2007-2013. Light or indepth? Light Transboundary 0 NWRM(s) implemented in the case study Wetland restoration and management Basins and ponds Longitude 21.0065 Latitude 52.2316 Site information Climate zone cool temperate dry Type Case Study Info Design & implementations Application scale Country Installation date 2014-12 Performance timescale > 20 years Area (ha) 1e+06 Contractural arrangements 1 Design contractual arrangement Arrangement type Responsibility Role Comments Name Agreement between between the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Economy and the Minister of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry of Poland on cooperation in the field of the development of small water retention Design consultation activity Activity stage Key issues Name Comments Design land use change Land use change type Design authority Authority type Role Responsibility Name Comments Other Implementation The State Forests – National Forests Holding General Directorate of the State Forests Coordinating the implementation of the programme Other Implementation 17 Regional Directorates of the State Forests Other Determination of design details of the measure 178 Forest Districts National water authority Initiation of the measure Ministry of the Environment In charge fo the programme Lessons, risks, implications... Key lessons The programme will be accomplished by 31 December 2014. Success factor(s) Success factor type Success factor role Comments Financing Financing type Comments Barrier Barrier type Barrier role Comments Legal obligations / restrictions main barrier Every object requires an development consent, however most of them needs environmental impact assessment. Driver Driver type Driver role Comments Balancing different objectives main driver necesity to improve water amangement in forest lowlands Availability of subsidies main driver Cohesion Fund in frames of Operational Programme, 2007-2014 Financing share Financing share type Share Comments Policy, general governance and design targets Policy description The seasonal climate variation including higher spring precipitation and summer dry periods combined with a long lasting drainage have led to excessive drought occurring in forest ecosystems. In response to water management needs, the State Forests since the mid-90’s have been undertaking small scale water retention works. Small scale retention actions have been financed from own and external funds (i.e. Ecofund, National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management). Part of wider plan 1 Policy target Target purpose Increase Water Storage Groundwater Recharge Runoff control Policy pressure Pressure directive Relevant pressure Policy area Policy area type Policy area focus Name Comments Policy impact Impact directive Relevant impact Policy wider plan Wider plan type Wider plan focus Name Comments Policy requirement directive Requirement directive Specification Socio-economic Costs total 5e+07 Costs total information approx. 50 million EUR (ca. 34,2 million EUR co-financed by Cohesion Fund) Ecosystem improved biodiversity 1 Information on Ecosystem improved biodiversity providing habitat for typical wetland flora species: Iris sibirica; Cypripedium calceolus; Eriphorum vaginatum; Oxycoccus palustris; Nymphaea alba; Nymphaea candida providing habitat for typical wetland fauna species: Hyla arborea; Emys orbicularis; Salamandra salamandra; Castor fiber; Lyrurus tetrix Biophysical impacts Increased landscape storage capacity 27 Increased landscape storage capacity unit % Information on Increased landscape storage capacity increased water storage from the present 8 380 253 m3 (2007) to approx. 31 million m3 (in 2014) Full Context Pathway(aka Context) Default view Area(aka Level or Site) ALL