The actions have made significant progress with the closing of the main interventions in the town of Alfaro, in La Rioja, and the start of actions in section 2 of the project, in the province of Zaragoza.
The first planting phase carried out last February has already shown its effectiveness in flood events. A total of 21,100 specimens will be reached between the two phases, which apply techniques that mimic the natural distribution of riparian vegetation.
The Project is one of the actions included in this new tool of the National Rural Network of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food because of its scope of action and because it is innovative, transferable to other areas and contributes to the improvement of work.
The Ebro Hydrographic Confederation has published two studies that increase the knowledge on the evolution of areas where old branches of the river have been recovered, one of the actions included in the LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 works.
The first action will reduce the exposure to flooding of the irrigation system of the Irrigation Community of the Huerta del Ebro, an intervention carried out by the Government of Aragon, to define the actions has been counted throughout the process with the users through the stable groups of participation of the LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 Project
Both the participation plan and the proposals to increase social capabilities and knowledge about floods have teachers and other educational profiles as a key sector. For this reason, specific actions are started with them, such as the one aimed at analyzing the material that is being prepared for schoolchildren.
In recent weeks, the Project has been expanding its professional and institutional network by participating in various technical forums and hosting international delegations. The example of LIFE actions is being introduced to new audiences.
We continue to congratulate ourselves with the Ebro Resilience strategy and the new actions for adaptation to floods. Its participatory proposal, with our colleague Alba Ballester at the head, has been recognized for its actions to involve the population and the search for conflict resolution.
After a year of work, this phase of the intervention in Alfaro (La Rioja) by the CHE has concluded and all that remains is the river restoration to be carried out by the Government of La Rioja.