Ecological restoration of the upper river Øle Å

A donation from the foundation VILLUM FONDEN has permitted an ecological restoration of the upper river Øle Å, Bornholm, Denmark. The project is managed by researchers at University of Copenhagen, is running from 2013 to 2017, and is conducted in collaboration and dialogue with local stakeholders through the organization The Green Partnership. In the vicinity of the stream other research projects are also conducted, and this webpage offers you information on all of these subjects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research

The project of restoring the upper part of Øle Å is managed by researchers at the University of Copenhagen, and many aspects are monitored intensively. This is due to recognition that only through monitoring we will know the long term development trajectory of the system, and thus be able to assess the success. Further the intensive monitoring set-up is intended to improve future restoration projects.

Due to the land use history at the site and the disturbance’ character the intervention is well defined and limited to biotic components. This will hopefully ensure significant and clear results. The monitoring can be divided within the following four areas:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funded by:

VILLUM Fonden

Contact

Jonas Morsing
Ph.D. student
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, SCIENCE
Rolighedsvej 23
1958 Frederiksberg C
Email: jmt@ign.ku.dk
Phone. +45 3533 0739
Fax +45 3533 1508

The restoration of the upper Øle Å is coordinated by Department of Geosciences and Natural resource management, SCIENCE, University of Copenhagen, and is led by professor Jørgen Bo Larsen (jbl@ign.ku.dk).