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The tidal asymmetry between high and low tide (ebb flow and high water flow) near the City of Hamburg should be reduced by increasing the mean tidal low water level. At the same time the measure could serve nature conservation goals. Therefore it was decided in 2010, that the measure should also account for securing the coherence of the NATURA 2000 network according to the planned deepening procedure of the Elbe fairway.
Marsh habitats, shallow water areas, mudflats and other ecological valuable areas will be developed in the area ‘Spadenlander Busch’. Furthermore habitats for the endemic plant ‘Elbe Water Dropwort’ (Oenanthe conioides) which is protected by EU legislation will be developed in order to ensure the coherence of the NATURA 2000 network.
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Measure Spadenlander Busch
Table of content
- 1. Measure description
- 1a. Introduction
- 1b. Objectives
- 1c. Background and side conditions
- 1d. Measure
- 1e. Expected effect
- 2. Execution of the main effectiveness criteria
- 2a. Effectiveness according to development targets of measure
- 2b. Impact on ecosystem services
- 2c. Degree of synergistic effects and conflicts according the use
- 3. Additional evaluation criteria in view of EU environmental law
- 3a. Degree of synergistic effects and conflicts according WFD aims
- 3b. Degree of synergistic effects and conflicts according NATURA 2000 aims
- 4. Crux of the matte
- 5. Contact
- 6. References
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Objectives
The overall and main goal of this measure is to reduce the energy of the incoming tidal wave in the estuary and therefore to weaken the effect of ‘tidal pumping’, that leads to a permanent upstream sediment transport from the North Sea to the Port of Hamburg.The tidal asymmetry between high and low tide (ebb flow and high water flow) near the City of Hamburg should be reduced by increasing the mean tidal low water level. At the same time the measure could serve nature conservation goals. Therefore it was decided in 2010, that the measure should also account for securing the coherence of the NATURA 2000 network according to the planned deepening procedure of the Elbe fairway.
Marsh habitats, shallow water areas, mudflats and other ecological valuable areas will be developed in the area ‘Spadenlander Busch’. Furthermore habitats for the endemic plant ‘Elbe Water Dropwort’ (Oenanthe conioides) which is protected by EU legislation will be developed in order to ensure the coherence of the NATURA 2000 network.
