Description
Based on historical climate data and expected climate scenarios, the South Moravian Region can be considered as the most affected in the whole country. The project addresses the adaptation to anticipated climate change scenarios according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Geneva, especially extreme phenomena impact of climate change i.e. drought and local downpours. The main focus of the project is the agriculture and forestry sector, which covers 90% of region. The climate change is expected to cause reduction in the natural production capacity of the soil and consequently reduction of crop yields or increase of forest trees. The project outputs are mapping documentation, analyses, methodology and expert complex strategy in digital and analog form. These will be made available for the main users of agricultural and forest land, state land authorities, the Morava River Basin, and public administration at all levels of the region. The donor project partner is Bioforsk, an NGO which will operate as an advisory methodological body. The partner’s expert knowledge is very important for the successful implementation of the project.
Summary of project results
Within the project there were interconnections of various spatial planning programs, ie land modifications, land-use planning documents, river basin plans, regional forest development plans, etc. The integral benefit of the project was the application of integrated approaches. Measures proposed in selected river basins and territories will serve as a practical guide to addressing impacts in farming and forestry farming regimes. One of the significant benefits of the project is a developed strategy that provides the most integrated way for the model territory of the South Moravian Region to adapt to the impacts of climate change on agricultural and forest land. The proposal of this strategy aimed at designing measures to prevent the effects of climate change, on education and decision support at municipal and regional levels is a model example of a strategic approach to adaptation at regional level as well as a background document for the implementation of a number of measures. The results of the project including their synthesis in the strategy are desirable documents that support the decision-making of the relevant expert departments of the region, the river basins and the municipalities concerned on the long-term preparation for the adaptation of the territory concerned to climate change. Particularly significant are the benefits of water management in the landscape, agriculture and forestry. Adaptation measures are an essential element of protection against extreme hydrological phenomena due to floods and drought by increasing soil and landscape retention capacity and its positive influence on the elimination of adverse effects of surface runoff, erosion and flood transport. The results of the project allow responsible authorities to apply to the users of agricultural and forest land the requirements for optimal rainfall management allowing their retention and accumulation in the river basin.
Summary of bilateral results
The Norwegian partner was involved in the solution in the form of an exchange of experience. Another form of involvement of the Norwegian partner was active participation at two conferences in the Czech Republic, participation at meetings in the Czech Republic and three meetings held in Norway. The Norwegian partner has spread awareness of project outputs using articles in NIBIO POP magazine. During the project solution erosion and drainage analyses were carried out in the selected area - the cadastral area of the village of Vrbice. In addition, a proposal for appropriate anti-erosion and flood control measures was developed in the area. The aim was to compare the Norwegian and Czech approaches to both modelling and designing measures. Both outputs were prepared in both Czech and English. Prior to performing the above analyses a field survey was conducted with both Czech and Norwegian partners. In addition, the underlying data necessary for modelling was provided to the Norwegian partner. The partners have actively participated in both conferences in the framework of the project solution. Two meetings were held in Norway where the final receiver team went on to discuss the partial results of the partners and agreed on the way indicators were processed. During the missions a survey of the types of anti-erosion and anti-flood measures implemented and implemented in Norway was also carried out. The Norwegian partner also organized several excursions on his own research areas. The findings from the field investigations as well as the agreed conclusions from the negotiations of both partners were subsequently used in the elaboration of the projects that make up the bilateral indicators