{"id":4994,"date":"2022-05-24T12:53:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T10:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cirefluvial.com\/?page_id=4994"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:10:09","slug":"objetivos-y-actividades","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cirefluvial.com\/en\/objetivos-y-actividades\/","title":{"rendered":"Goals and activities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Conservation and restoration of fluvial ecosystems is, with no doubt, one of today\u2019s big environmental challenges. Iberian rivers, streams and watercourses are, in more or less degree, far from their ecological optimum level.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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In the Iberian Peninsula, at least a third of these ecosystems is very degraded in both structure and water quality and 60% of the wetlands and thousands of kilometres that would mitigate the damage caused by floods have disappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s water management model that \u201cmarkets\u201d with most of the water that flows through the rivers, dries up watercourses generating severe damages to ecosystems. Massive occupation of the floodplains by agricultural lands or the incessant urban growth, pollution from urban, industrial or agricultural sources, overexploitation of water for irrigation porpoises and lack of environmental sensitivity in the society contributes to aggravate this situation.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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In this context the Iberian Centre for River Restoration<\/strong> (CIREF<\/a>) was created as a non profit association, linked to European Centre for River Restoration<\/strong> (ECRR<\/a>following examples of other European countries as DenmarkDCVR<\/a>), Italy (CIRF<\/a>) or United Kingdom (RRC<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n

\n\nPlan Estrat\u00e9gico CIREF 2020-2030<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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