The cases for rehabilitation of devastated landscape by People and Water

1. The cases for rehabilitation of devastated landscape by People and Water High Tatras Tichý Potok Horný Hričov Košice Michal Kravčík People and Water, Slovakia www.peopleandwater.sk www.waterparadigm.org E-mail:ludiaavoda@ludiaavoda.sk kravcik@ludiaavoda.sk TŘEBOŇ, June 2009

2. B L U E A L T E R N A T I V E - alternatíve to Tichý Potok water dam 1995 1996 1997 2009 2009

3. Fire Waterholding Water Forest Flood Waterholding Water Forest Project Integrated restoration of the High Tatras National Park ecosystem following the wind gale of November 2004

4. What happened in November, 19th 2004 12.600 hectars of forest was damaged, with risks of drying up, erosion and loss typical climate

5. 2nd Phase: Building more than 2.000 waterholdings on the 40 ha of Water Forest (July – September 2005)

6. 3rd Phase: Building waterholdings on the 12 ha of burned area (September – October 2005)

7. 4th Phase: Planting new trees at Water Forest October 2005 - May 2006

8. INFRARED PICTURE OF THE „WATER FOREST“

9. August, 4th 2005 September, 28th 2006 June, 15th 2006 July, 14th 2006 Fire waterholdings built at Water Forest,

10. Flood protection Waterholding, High Tatras, Tatranska Lomnica 2005 2006 2007 2008

11. Water Forest, October 2009

12. Research report • The environmental variables analyses showed increased moisture ecoindex in communities colonizing the inundation zones of water-holding dykes compared to the parallel communities developed outside the dykes. The increase of the moisture ecoindex reached the value 0,61 in the pentamerous Ellenberg scale, this is an everege value of the all current vegetational types. With respect to the high number of analysed dykes, this value is highly significant. For this increase are responsible hygrophilous species like species of the genus bog rush (Juncus), but the grasses like heath wood-rush (Luzula multiflora) or reed bent grass (Calamagrostis villosa). • The favourable state of hydrologically managed sites is stressed by biodversity increasing. In 2007, the investigators recorded within 8 hydrologically unmanaged sites (400 m2) 22 species in average, while within two hydrologically managed sites the average number of species was 27, i. e. 5 species more.

13. After heavyrainfall in Tatranska Lomnica, High Tatras, 1. august 2008 Stream from Water Forest Stream without Water Forest Stream without Water Forest

14. Botanic Garden Tatranska Lomnica, 2006

15. 2 1 4a • LEGENDA: • Morské oko - zberné a regulačné jazero (nie je nutné) • Odberný objekt s prívodom • Odberný objekt s prívodom • 4a. Zelené Pliesko • 4b. Skalnaté Pliesko • Štrbské Pliesko • Zelený vodopád • Skalnatý vodopád • Vodopád • Centrálne jazierko • Močariská • VATRA - Vodné atrakcie 6 2 5 3 4b 8 7 9 11 10 Water Sources for Botanic Garden T. Lomnica

16. 2008 2009 2008 2008 2009

17. November, 28th 2005 June, 6th2006 September, 16th 2006 June, 30th2006 Restoration of water sources in urban zone Košice People and Water, September 2006

18. Hričov Water Ways, October 2008

19. People´s Water University Typical hydraulic Infrastructure for rainwater management in villages

20. People´s Water University Reality

21. People´s Water University Creation of water sources on the Ski area.

22. Energe of Sun + Energy of water = Nature Soil

23. Thank You very much for Your Attention.