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Background The river Rhine is a very busy shipping route in Europe and flows through densely settled terrain, so regulation of its hydrology began long ago and has continued until today. Some impacts of these interventions on the natural river and floodplain ecosystems are immediate and obvious; others such as desiccation and stagnation are long-term and ...

The 5-year project, involving 13 partners from Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, and with a lead partner in Saarbrücken, seeks to develop two interrelated issues of sustainable water management and the involvement of stakeholders and the civil society in the decision-making process - both issues were recently integrated into the Water Framework Directive. The overall object ...