Practical Research 1 Lesson 9 Scope and delimitation.pptx
Restoration Of The Forests In Forlands
1. Collection of Works presented at the international scientific conference
″Danube – River of Cooperation″ 2007, ISBN: 978-86-7067-117-1
PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS OF THE SUSTAINABLE
MANAGEMENT OF THE FORELAND FORESTS OF THE DANUBE
AND ITS TRIBUTARIES
Zoran Gavrilović, Mileta Milojević, Irina Milovanović, Sonja Jurišić, Renata Puzović1
Abstract
Flood defense along the Danube and its tributaries has been going on since the nineteenth
century by the construction of the flood protection dykes. The problem has become more
complex after the construction of the huge hydro-electric power station in the Đerdap Gorge
which has by backwater action changed the natural conditions along the Danube, Tamiš, Sava
and Tisza.
The dykes have been strengthened to resist the new conditions of the changed water regime.
The space between the dykes and the watercourses is the channel intended for peak water. Its
German term is «Foreland» This area is used for forest production, and the forests have the
protection character because they break the wind force, prevent the waves and water
acceleration which can damage the dykes.
The new-created water regime and the prolonged flooding period require the large-scale and
long-term research of the adverse effects of backwater on forests in forelands. During four
decades of work, a series of methods has been developed for the sustainable management of
these forests.
Now, it is still necessary to work out a part of this area which is in the zone of marginal
conditions for forest survival. They are researched and also the works are designed which will
enable forest cultivation in the now unfavorable lands of depressions and material trenches.
This will reduce the costs of maintenance of unprotected embankments and enable the
sustainable utilization of forests throughout the foreland area.
The use of remote sensing in the assessment of the degree of forest protection function, and in
this way also the protection of soil and water resources undoubtedly means and conditions the
multidisciplinary approach to the research.
The greatest progress was achieved in the utilization of aero-photo, ortho-photo and
multispectral satellite images.
This paper show some of the realized potentials of remote sensing, as a significant support to
field investigation of the role of forests in soil and water protection and restoration of damaged
foreland forests.
Key words: flood, sustainable management, remote sensing, forests, land use.
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Authors are research fellows of the Institute for the Development of Water Resources
“Jaroslav Černi”, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
Collection of Works presented at the international scientific conference
″Danube – River of Cooperation″ 2007, ISBN: 978-86-7067-117-1