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.
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.
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.
We gathered the co-creation group dedicated to mitigation and adaptation actions in zone 2, the Osera de Ebro - Fuentes de Ebro section, to present the proposal for the lateral buffer zones.
The LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 Project has presented in Cartagena a summary poster of the project and an article explaining the positive results expected from the interventions, reducing the risk of flooding and recovering 60 hectares of river space.
During this time the meander of La Roza, in Alfaro, has been recovered as a river space and has generated a new protected area in La Rioja and more than 40 participatory actions have been carried out, most of them related to new forms of involvement of the population that represent a milestone at European level.