OiEAU ANNUAL REPORT - 2019
OiEau is trying to combine water and biodiversity For a long time, OiEau has been working for the preservation of aquatic flora and fauna, in particular by promoting integrated water resource management, involvement in the animation of networks of aquatic and wetland managers, etc. In order to go further and provide the best possible support to its partners on this subject, OiEau is making sure that biodiversity is increasingly integrated into its 4 pillars of action. Thus, the range of professional training courses on this theme is being enriched every year. The data related to aquatic biodiversity are integrated into information systems (IS), then valorised in connection with water data. Internationally, biodiversity is now systematically taken into account in projects and is the subject of workshops in international networks. In addition, OiEau has been contributing for about ten years to the development of multifunctional solutions such as natural water retention measures (NWRM), which are beneficial for both water and biodiversity. For example, as part of a project coordinated by OiEau in China, the country's largest artificial wetland (22 km²) was created in the Zhou River basin to protect the water quality of the Yuqiao reservoir, a source of drinking water for the 15 million inhabitants of Tianjin. In Africa, it is the incubation projects "100 Water & Climate Projects for Africa" (see p13) which this year offered the opportunity to draw on nature to preserve water and anticipate the effects of climate change. New feedback in France In 2019, OiEau drew up 10 feedback reports on NWRM projects carried out in metropolitan France to assess the benefits obtained: fauna and flora, aquatic and wetland habitats, water quality and quantity, landscape, etc. These 10 feedback reports, accessible on Eaudoc (https:// www.oieau.fr/eaudoc) and on the international platform "Natural Water Retention Measures" (nwrm.eu) dedicated to these measures, are a precious resource for project owners who wish to carry out actions to benefit water and biodiversity. Proof of the enthusiasm of project owners, 140 people took part in the Technical Day co- organized by OiEau at the Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition. « Both flora and fauna cannot do without water of sufficient quantity and quality. The actions carried out in favour of biodiversity must therefore be combined with efforts on water. Through its activities, OiEau ensures this coherence, so that water resources benefit from progress related to biodiversity, and vice versa. » Mr. Fouillet, Ecologist - OiEau. The NWRMs are articulated and combined in the catchment area © OiEau 2019 34
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