{"id":17039,"date":"2026-10-02T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T05:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/lessons-learned-for-adapting-to-flood-risk-in-austrian-rivers\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T12:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T10:35:13","slug":"lessons-learned-for-adapting-to-flood-risk-in-austrian-rivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/en\/lessons-learned-for-adapting-to-flood-risk-in-austrian-rivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons Learned for Adapting to Flood Risk in Austrian Rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17039\" class=\"elementor elementor-17039 elementor-17032\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-02793a3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"02793a3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-165bb07\" data-id=\"165bb07\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b2b094 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b2b094\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A team made up of technical experts from the partners of <strong>the LIFE Ebro Resilience P1<\/strong> project\u2014the Government of La Rioja, OREKAN-Environmental Management of Navarre, the Aragonese Water Institute, the Ebro River Basin Authority, and the TRAGSA Group\u2014 has made a working visit to Austria to observe firsthand the activities of the <strong>LIFE IP IRIS<\/strong> project, which focuses on river restoration and improving flood protection in several river basins across the country.<\/p><p>The Spanish delegation visited four project sites of the IRIS project, all of which are associated with rivers and located in different regions of Austria:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/life-iris.at\/enns-steiermark\/ge-rm-enns-steiermark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The <strong>Enns River<\/strong> in <strong>Mandling<\/strong> (municipality of Schladming, Styria) and <strong>the Enns River in Stainach (Styria)<\/strong><\/a>, featuring renaturalization and flood protection measures.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/life-iris.at\/en\/massnahmen\/danube-marktau-danube-side-arm-extension\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The <strong>Danube River<\/strong> in <strong>Marktau<\/strong> (Upper Austria), where <\/a> a secondary branch of the river has been reopened to expand the riverine habitat.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/life-iris.at\/en\/massnahmen\/living-pielach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The <strong>Pielach River<\/strong> in <strong>Obergrafendorf<\/strong> (Lower Austria).<\/a> In this section near where it flows into the Danube, efforts are underway to widen the river channel.  <\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b7d904 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b7d904\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b219a90\" data-id=\"b219a90\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d20e95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6d20e95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-30-at-17.46.44-768x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-17041\" alt=\"Meeting of the Technical Teams for LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 and LIFE IP IRIS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-30-at-17.46.44-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-30-at-17.46.44-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-30-at-17.46.44-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-30-at-17.46.44-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-30-at-17.46.44-100x75.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-30-at-17.46.44-960x720.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-30-at-17.46.44-480x360.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-30-at-17.46.44.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Meeting of the Technical Teams for LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 and LIFE IP IRIS<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3276a2e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3276a2e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74f6feb\" data-id=\"74f6feb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b5c754 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7b5c754\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-4-1-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17111\" alt=\"Encuentro LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 - LIFE IP Iris explicaciones sobre las intervenciones en el r\u00edo Enns.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-4-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-4-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-4-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-4-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-4-1-133x75.png 133w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-4-1-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-4-1.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Encuentro LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 - LIFE IP Iris explicaciones sobre las intervenciones en el r\u00edo Enns.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e06647\" data-id=\"6e06647\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69326ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"69326ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-30-at-16.33.34-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17040\" alt=\"Visit by the LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 technical group to the LIFE IRIS project activities\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-30-at-16.33.34-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-30-at-16.33.34-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-30-at-16.33.34-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-30-at-16.33.34-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-30-at-16.33.34-133x75.jpeg 133w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-30-at-16.33.34-480x270.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-30-at-16.33.34.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Visit by the LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 technical group to the LIFE IRIS project sites  <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-574c9de elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"574c9de\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de7bae0\" data-id=\"de7bae0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74a56e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"74a56e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-5-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17073\" alt=\"LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 and LIFE IP IRIS Meeting. Visit to the Danube in Ottensheim.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-5-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-5-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-5-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-5-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-5-133x75.png 133w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-5-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-5.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 and LIFE IP IRIS Meeting. Visit to the Danube in Ottensheim. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8ee60c\" data-id=\"c8ee60c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3221923 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3221923\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-4-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17066\" alt=\"LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 and LIFE IP IRIS Meeting. Visit to the Danube in Ottensheim.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-4-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-4-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-4-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-4-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-4-133x75.png 133w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-4-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Diseno-sin-titulo-4.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 and LIFE IP IRIS Meeting. Visit to the Danube in Ottensheim. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b70c07 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b70c07\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4798fe7\" data-id=\"4798fe7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5261c35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5261c35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-02-at-11.13.14-1-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17103\" alt=\"Encuentro LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 y LIFE IP IRIS. Visita al r\u00edo Pielach.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-02-at-11.13.14-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-02-at-11.13.14-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-02-at-11.13.14-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-02-at-11.13.14-1-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-02-at-11.13.14-1-133x75.jpeg 133w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-02-at-11.13.14-1-480x270.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-02-at-11.13.14-1.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Encuentro LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 y LIFE IP IRIS. Visita al r\u00edo Pielach.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3bf5875\" data-id=\"3bf5875\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48b6995 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"48b6995\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-02-at-10.59.21-1-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17104\" alt=\"Encuentro LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 y LIFE IP IRIS. Visita al r\u00edo Pielach.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-02-at-10.59.21-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-02-at-10.59.21-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-02-at-10.59.21-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-02-at-10.59.21-1-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-02-at-10.59.21-1-133x75.jpeg 133w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-02-at-10.59.21-1-480x270.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-02-at-10.59.21-1.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Encuentro LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 y LIFE IP IRIS. Visita al r\u00edo Pielach.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43d55d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43d55d8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b4dd89c\" data-id=\"b4dd89c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d71c74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7d71c74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ad3608c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ad3608c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad49507\" data-id=\"ad49507\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04ec912 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04ec912\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In these areas, IRIS is implementing measures aimed at restoring space to rivers, improving their habitats, and reducing the effects of flooding\u2014lines of work it shares with LIFE Ebro Resilience P1. In addition, the Austrian project aims to make rivers more resilient to extreme events such as droughts, heat waves, and low water flows. <\/p><p>Their work is based on the <strong>GE-RM<\/strong> approach, a planning model that coordinates all the agencies involved in a watershed\u2014environment, water, agriculture, land use planning, energy, and municipalities\u2014so that decisions regarding rivers are made jointly, coherently, and with a long-term vision. In practice, this means planning for the river as a complete system: where it can reclaim space, where protection needs to be strengthened, which habitats should be restored, and how all of this can be reconciled with land uses. <\/p><p>This visit continues the cooperation that began in May, when the team from the Austrian <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/secure-web.cisco.com\/1eCVGaA5uX8wxi4es8clipg7DkeV926FskmbOhusnQMUbMpOq6cAGhonQpJvBraAxW5fgkNpZonLXGzKeR6cxi-EaU0Rx_yO5xENta_vNhotWuLIE8tjQk9SwSxSsbBpl1YTv7m-GCCC5Z0vtdkTiVDtZuL0nVfCNDKGRbnRA_9KwhKBHwUMCegLym6MQL5FfqGgZT7yh9cfd9dnx0i2K3g\/https*3A*2F*2Fwww.ebroresilience.com*2Fmas-cooperacion-europea-gracias-a-la-visita-del-proyecto-austriaco-life-iris*2F__;JSUlJSU!!BgLsOpJl!r8zJB4R6qFmTBIcHxpRanDER29zuCIGM8GTnAqTbnqbIh4GLT5hCP1wPk4ZlN28Bv7LHvmh8XqNyrikzTD1Yd0Es$\"><strong>LIFE IRIS<\/strong> project traveled to Spain to learn about the actions of <strong>LIFE Ebro Resilience P1<\/strong> in the middle section of the Ebro.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b6a46c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b6a46c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb6428c\" data-id=\"bb6428c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbcbc60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bbcbc60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Diseno-sin-titulo-24-768x512.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-16670\" alt=\"IRIS Austria project visit to Lateral Flow Buffer Zones\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Diseno-sin-titulo-24-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Diseno-sin-titulo-24-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Diseno-sin-titulo-24-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Diseno-sin-titulo-24-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Diseno-sin-titulo-24-113x75.png 113w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Diseno-sin-titulo-24-480x320.png 480w, https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Diseno-sin-titulo-24.png 1772w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">IRIS Project Visit to the Lateral Flow Buffer Zones Last May<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8756410 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8756410\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9bfedd1\" data-id=\"9bfedd1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb120a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb120a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They were then able to visit the <strong>Lateral Flow Buffer Zones (ZAFL)<\/strong>, a pilot project linking floodplains in an area of intensive agriculture being implemented along the Osera de Ebro\u2013Fuentes de Ebro section (Zaragoza). They also learned about the initiatives <strong>in the Combined Action Section<\/strong> between Alfaro (La Rioja) and Castej\u00f3n (Navarra), a series of natural water retention measures designed to adapt the section to flood risk, thereby reducing the impacts (restoration of riverine space, creation of relief channels, or reopening of former river branches). <\/p><p>The exchange between the two projects allows for comparing methodologies, sharing lessons learned, and strengthening coordination among European administrations working on common challenges: rivers that are safer, more vibrant, and better prepared for an increasingly extreme climate. Both IRIS and Ebro Resilience share a central goal: to move toward river management that combines flood protection, ecological restoration, and improved territorial resilience. <\/p><p><strong>LIFE Program  <\/strong><\/p><p>The <strong>LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 Project<\/strong>, which receives financial support from <strong>the European Commission\u2019s LIFE Program<\/strong>, is an innovative initiative to address the issue of flooding in the middle reaches of the Ebro River, with a clear objective: to ensure that the population and economic activities coexist with an Ebro River in a good state of conservation, while reducing the damage associated with floods that are part of the river\u2019s natural dynamics.<\/p><p>The project is led by the <strong>Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO)<\/strong>, through the <strong>Ebro River Basin Authority (CHE)<\/strong>, in collaboration with the public companies <strong>TRAGSA and TRAGSATEC<\/strong>, the <strong>Government of La Rioja<\/strong>, the <strong>Government of Navarre<\/strong>, through <strong>Orekan-Gesti\u00f3n Ambiental de Navarra<\/strong>, the <strong>Government of Aragon<\/strong>, and the <strong>Aragonese Water Institute<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The LIFE Program promotes technical exchange between projects such as LIFE Ebro Resilience P1 and LIFE IP IRIS Austria, which are working to reduce the impact of flooding and move toward more resilient solutions in their respective river basins  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"wpmdr_menu":1,"wpmdr_menu_extended":{"individualPostRemove":1,"individualPostRemoveDate":1,"individualPostRemoveAuthor":1,"individualPostYoastRemovePublished":1,"individualPostYoastRemoveModified":1},"footnotes":""},"categories":[377,369],"tags":[378,398,381,389],"class_list":["post-17039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-en","category-news","tag-ebro-resilience-en","tag-flood","tag-life-ebro-resilience-p1-en","tag-networking-en"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-10 01:51:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17039"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17116,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17039\/revisions\/17116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebroresilience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}