General National Id Germany_03 Site name Lake Dümmer Summary This Project combined several natural water retention measures: the restoration of meadows and pastures (A1), reduced tillage (A7), a reduced stocking density (A12), and the restoration of wetlands (N2). The project area was located in north-west Germany within the river basin district Weser (DE4000). As funded under the LIFE Program, it was directed at European policy contexts, namely the WFD, Habitats Directive, and Birds Directive. A wide variety of stakeholders was involved in the implementation process, ranging from nature conservation agencies and NGO’s, as well as water managers to local farmers. The project achieved an increase of the population of meadow birds in the area, and was therefore successful. Furthermore, the constructive exchange of interests and opinions, leading to common benefits for different stakeholders has to be considered an additional success. Light or indepth? In-depth The in-depth description of the case study cs-de_03-duemmerlake_final_version.pdf NUTS Code Hannover RBD code DE4000 Transboundary 0 Data provider Tamer Fawzy / BEF DE Source(s) Erfolgreiche Feuchtgrünlandentwicklung durch Naturschutzmaßnahmen. Langfristige Veränderung von Flora, Vegetation und Avifauna am Beispiel des Ochsenmoores in der Dümmerniederung. NWRM(s) implemented in the case study Meadows and pastures Low till agriculture Reduced stocking density Wetland restoration and management Longitude 8.3411022 Latitude 52.5106507 Site information Climate zone cool temperate moist Mean annual rainfall 0 - 300 mm Mean rainfall unit mm/year Average temperature 9 Mean runoff unit 450 - 600 mm Type Actual Test Site Mean annual runoff range 150 - 300 mm Monitoring maintenance Monitoring impacts effects 1 Monitoring parameters Biodiversity/ meadow bird breeding success Performance Performance impact estimation method Catchment outlet Performance impact estimation information meadow bird breeding success monitoring Design & implementations Application scale Field Scale Installation date 2007-12 Lifespan 40 Age 7 Performance timescale Immediate Area (ha) 2500 Area subject to Land use change or Management/Practice change (ha) 2500 Constraints N.A. Favourable preconditions Before the project, over 2000 ha were already acquired for the Bird Sanctuary of Lake Dümmer. A well established, institutionalized Round Table served as a communication platform between Nature Conservationists and Farmers, so that acceptance was guaranteed throughout the process. Design contractual arrangement Arrangement type Responsibility Role Comments Name 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 Heinrich Belting Local state authority for nature conservation / bird conservancy Lessons, risks, implications... Key lessons Lessons learned in this project reach from practical and technical experience to the integration of stakeholders to achieve a high acceptance and participation of local farmers. The experience from this project also led to the initiation of the LIFE+ Project Meadow Birds, including water retention measures in 12 project areas. Financing mechanism 1 Financing mechanism information European funds (Life+), contractual anture conservation schemes Success factor(s) Success factor type Success factor role Comments Financing possibilities main factor Attitude of relevant stakeholders secondary factor Financing Financing type Comments EU-funds: LIFE+ Barrier Barrier type Barrier role Comments Expected maintenance needs main barrier viability of extensive grassland mainenance is low Driver Driver type Driver role Comments Organisation committed to it main driver Bird protection / natura200 site Financing share Financing share type Share Comments Policy, general governance and design targets Policy description Habitat restoration Part of wider plan 1 Policy target Target purpose Improved Biodiversity 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 Natura 2000 Policy requirement directive Requirement directive Specification Socio-economic Costs investment 2000000 Costs investment information land acquisition Costs land acquisition 2000000 Costs land acquisition unit € (total value) Costs operation maintenance 1100000 Costs operational 800000 Costs operational information Supporting dams and removal of drainages Costs maintenance 300000 Costs total 3100000 Ecosystem improved biodiversity 1 Information on Ecosystem improved biodiversity improvements of the meadow bird communities Ecosystem provisioning services 1 Information on Ecosystem provisioning services extensified grassland maintainence Ecosystem impact climate regulation No specific impact Biophysical impacts Information on retained water N.A. Information on increased water storage N.A. Information on runoff reduction N.A. Water quality overall improvements N/A info Soil quality overall soil improvements N/A info Full Context Pathway(aka Context) Default view Area(aka Level or Site) ALL