TransParcNet Meeting 2018 Austria/Czech Republic

Bridges over troubled water – Nature protection of river landscapes

5th June – 8th June 2018

Tuesday, 5th June

15:00 Arrival / Opening of registration at Hotel Althof in Retz

17:00 Official opening in seminar room of Hotel Althof in Retz

19:00 Dinner / Transboundary buffet

Wednesday, 6th June

8:00 Breakfast

8:30 Shuttle pick-up at Hotel Althof in Retz and transfer to Nationalparkhaus Thayatal

9:00 Presentation session I “Changes and challenges of river ecosystems”

9:00–9:30: Jan Dušek: Changes in Dyje river community and water regime during last 100 years (30min)

9:30–9:50: Robert Konecny, David Veselý: Dyje 2020 – Thaya 2020 Project (20min)

9:50–10:30: Petr Pařil: Periodic drying of small watercourses – consequences for the landscape (40min)

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 Presentation session II “The river basin landscape impact on the state of

watercourses“

11:00–11:40: Jan Pokorný: The relationship of landscape structure on energy

and water balance

11:40–11:50 Lenka Reiterová: Changes of landscape structure in buffer zone of

Podyjí NP during last 15 years

11:50–12:10 Ronald Pöppl: Soil and Water Conservation Measures in the

Fugnitz Catchment

12:10–12:30 Burkhard Beudert: Bark beetle outbreak and windthrow

compensate for climate change effects on water cycle in headwater

catchments of the Bohemian Forest

12:30–12:50 Patrick Holzapfel: Sediments, ecosystem services and interactions

of floods and droughts in the AT-CZ border region

13:00 Lunch break

14:00 Short excursion in Nationalpark Thayatal – Podyjí (before: sample of microclimate

measurements – 10 min, Pokorný)

16:00 Coffee break

16:30 Workshop session (17:30–18:00 presentation of results)

Nature protection of river habitats used for energy production

Nature protection of river habitats used for water sports and recreation (incl. angling)

Harmonization of different legal frameworks in the border rivers´ nature protection

Agricultural landscape and adaptation to climate change

18:00 Departure to Retz

19:00 Dinner and guided tour in Retz / local traditions and products

Thursday, 7th June

8:00 Breakfast

8:30 Shuttle pick-up at Hotel Althof in Retz and transfer to Nationalparkhaus Thayatal

9:00 Presentation session III “Transboundary cooperation in water protection”

9:00–9:20 Nick Huismann: EU The WildRiver Concept

9:20–9:40 Magdalena Wagner: Amazon of Europe (Mura – Drava – Danube)

9:40–10:00 Tiia Kalske, Riina Tervo: Transboundary water management in the

joint border area of Finland, Norway and Russia

10:00–10:30 Carl Manzano, Georg Frank: Danubeparks: Transboundary

cooperation and communication on river revitalization

10:30–10:45 Mihály Tóth: Wetland Connectivity project – the Raab river

10:45 Coffee break

11:15 Final presentations

11:15–11:30 Christian Übl, Tomáš Rothröckl: Bridges to neighbors: project of

new pedestrian bridges across the Thaya river

11:30–11:45 Final presentation of Europarc

11:45–11:55 Invitation TransParcNet 2019

12:10 Excursion to Nationalpark Thayatal – Podyjí

18:30 Dinner in Bítov / local traditions and products

Friday, 8th June

8:00 Breakfast

Departure

The event is supported by the “Prohloubení a představení spolupráce NP Podyjí a Thayatal (The Deepening and

Presentation of the Podyjí and Thayatal National Parks Cooperation)” project, implemented under the Small

Projects Fund Austria - Czech Republic within the framework of INTERREG V-A Austria - Czech Republic (KPF 02-

023)