NEWSLETTER: July-August 2008 Newsletter The River Agreement Slutty (CRT): where are we?
We are in the middle of 2008. This is an opportunity to achieve a balance for that quarter.
On 61 actions to be initiated by the coordination unit, 14 actions were completed, 18 are ongoing, 18 are continuous throughout the duration of the action program and 11 have not yet been initiated.
inventory dark spots all over Slutty Basin is nearing completion. There is only one part of Quévy to analyze. Several themes emerge spots already, namely: waste in rivers, draining, and livestock access to streams. From the start, field activities will be conducted on these topics.
Garbage on Slutty HarmigniesNotre to expansion to the entire basin of hatred is also booming because we've already met with 13 Municipalities (in addition to five already on the CRT) on 26 in the basin Hate. It October that we know the choice of Commons for membership or not the tool Agreement River.
Framework Directive (WFD)
second public hearing June 16 to December 16, 2008!
Adopted in 2000, the WFD establishes a framework for an integrated Community policy in the field of water, that is to say that management uses to shares, means and actors that are sectoral policies (industry , agriculture, nature conservation ...). This directive focuses on the heritage value of the water it must defend and protect. Its objectives are :
v Protect and enhance the environment,
v Use the water sustainable, balanced and equitable
v Achieving "good status" for all waters by December 2015.
The success of this project depends on close collaboration between stakeholders in the Community, Member States and local authorities and will require consultation and participation of all water users including citizens!
An initial survey was conducted from January 1 to June 30, 2006 and wore on the timetable and program of work for developing management plans and on the interim overview of important issues.
management plans are now almost established and must be submitted to players in the water by the second public hearing before being presented to the European Commission.
Through this questionnaire, each may give his ideas, his views on priorities, to build a program to protect our surface water and groundwater.
Water is everybody's business!
You can respond to this questionnaire on the following website:
http://environnement.wallonie.be/enquetes/epl2/index.asp
rivers and hedges: Order of the Walloon Government
The recent disappearance of a large number of hedges in the countryside and the transformation of indigenous hedgerows for the benefit of hedges monospecific (tuya ...) significantly changed their role and rural landscapes.
The causes are varied: more intensive farming with the use of larger vehicles, encouraging consolidations of large surfaces, difficulty in maintenance, competition with other crops or plants ... But more
and more people perceive consequences, including loss of biodiversity, landscape and the trivialization of soil erosion.
Yet the country hedges have a real interest: they serve as a shield against the harmful effects of wind, a refuge for wildlife, prevent soil drying and planting, protect buildings ...
They also play a important for the quality of our waterways and cons flooding. Indeed, the hurdles hindering the water runoff and soil erosion that can cause floods and mudslides. They also avoid the transfer of pollutants in surface water and groundwater.
The impact of hedges can also be seen on the transfer of water in the first meter of soil where again the flow of water is slowed down. Density wooded important influence flows to the basin outlet. The intensity of flooding is diminished, the hedges retain soil particles during the recession.
Landscape montoisLe grove is also involved in denitrification and pesticide degradation due to tree roots and herbs that act as a real filter. Hedgerows are also a natural barrier that prevents drift of pesticides and helps to fight against air contamination by pesticides.
Recognizing this, emerged the desire to replant hedges and trees from species better adapted to local soil and climate. Also, the Walloon Government on 20 December 2007 approved a new decree on the granting of subsidies for planting and maintaining hedgerows, orchards and row of trees (MB 19.02.2008).
Existing aid for the planting of hedgerows have been revised upwards and now individuals can also obtain assistance for the planting of orchards or alignments trees.
The Order also provides assistance for maintenance of these elements. The aid for the maintenance of hedges is not eligible farmers who can benefit from similar assistance through agri-environment.
For more info:
http://environnement.wallonie.be/legis/consnat/cons033.htm Sources:
http://www.panier-equal.eu/imgbd_panierequal/File / public / Wood Energy / Hurdle-and-eau.pdf ,
http://www.environnement.wallonie.be The Contract partners of River
Thursday 29 May, the Royal Society of Naturalists and Mons Borinage opened its House of Biodiversity in Obourg.
Open to all this space to discover the world of biodiversity through a permanent exhibition and temporary exhibitions, events and more in the careers of Obourg.
