The start of the activities was announced from the kick-off conference in Vilnius (April 2016). The material needed for this WP is collected from scientific and other papers and documents available on internet or other sources or is provided by the experts of WAMBAF. All WAMBAF partners participate in collection and identify needs for development. The WP incudes three main activities as follows:
A 2.1: Review of existing riparian forest management knowledge and methodology and identification of needs for development. This activity reviews and identifies needs for development in a) existing scientific and other knowledge of the impacts of forest harvesting and riparian zone management on leaching of nutrients and hazardous substances, b) knowledge of the efficiency of buffer zones in controlling the runoff water quality, c) current tools used for planning buffer zones, and d) current legislation, regulations and guidelines when constructing buffer zones. Activity 2.1 also provides basic information, and overviews of existing water protection methods, planning tools and experimental areas for working packages WP3 and WP4 (see below).
The main output is the report on “Riparian forest management knowledge and methodology and needs for their development in Baltic Sea countries” as a review document of existing riparian forest knowledge and methodology including an analysis of the needs for their development in the Baltic Sea countries.
A 2.2: Review of existing knowledge and methodology in water protection on forest drainage areas and identification of needs for development. This activity review and identify needs for development in a) existing scientific and other knowledge of the impacts of forest drainage on leaching of nutrients and hazardous substances, b) knowledge of the efficiency of different methods (sedimentation ponds, infiltration areas etc.) in controlling the runoff water quality, c) current tools used for planning water protection in forest drainage, and d) current legislation, regulations and guidelines regarding forest drainage and water protection.
The main output is the report on “Water protection knowledge and methodology in forest drainage and needs for the development in the Baltic Sea countries” as a review document of existing water protection knowledge and methodology in forest drainage including an analysis of the needs for the development in the Baltic Sea countries.
A 2.3: Review of existing beaver damage management knowledge and methodology and identification of needs for development. This activity reviews and identifies needs for development in a) existing scientific and other knowledge of the impacts of beaver damage and its management on leaching of nutrients and hazardous substances, b) knowledge of the efficiency of beaver dams in controlling the runoff water quality, c) current tools used for making decisions about the potential destruction of beaver dams, and d) current legislation (including environmental and nature conservation), regulations and guidelines on decisions concerning beaver dams and the sustainable use, further processing and marketing (i.e. non-wood forest product of animal origin as beaver meat, pelt and the exudate from beaver castor sac castoreum that components perfume makers incorporate into their products and food scientists add the all-natural ingredient into recipes) and recreational services as wildlife tourism.
The main output is the report on “Beaver dam management knowledge and methodology and needs for their development in the Baltic Sea countries” as a review document on existing beaver dam management knowledge and methodology including an analysis of the needs for their development in the Baltic Sea countries. The review synthesizes the pros and cons of actively managing beaver dams from the perspective of European (EU Water Framework Directive) and national legislation related to wildlife and their management while also considering demands and requirements from nature conservation (e.g. EU Habitat Directive and its Annexes).
