Summary
The Kråkstadelva catchment, as case study area, is located within the Hobølelva watershed, located ca. 30km S-SE of Oslo, Norway. The area of the Kråkstadelva catchment is approximately 51 km². Agricultural land covers circa 43% of the catchment (22km²) and it is dominated by cereal production. Forest covers ca. 45% of the catchment. Heavy clay soils dominate in the area (up to 80% of clay content). Mean annual temperature is 5.3°C and average annual precipitation is ca. 864 mm. Floods of varied magnitude occur frequently in the catchment, typically during spring snow melt and autumn rainstorms. The main challenge in the area is water quality (incl. high phosphorus pollution) and soil erosion (incl. riverbank erosion and quick-clay landslides). There is already high focus on environmental mitigation measures, for example reduced tillage (no tillage in autumn), buffer zones (grassed bufferzones, in addition to natural buffer zones, in cropland along streams and lakes), grass-covered water ways, constructed wetlands and the use of catch-crops.
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Design and Implementation
Financing
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Policy and Governance
- Farmers and land owners;
- Water boards: local (for the catchment) and regional (for the river basin of Glomma);
- Municipalities;
- Boaters, canoes (mainly in the lake), local communities;
- Drinking water supply company (MOVAR);
- Environmentalists (f.ex., SABIMA);
- Hunting and fishing associations;
- Tourist association (Turistforeningen);etc.
| Requirement directive | Specification |
|---|---|
| Nitrate Directive (NiD) 91/676/EEC | NOTE: we do not follow this directives directly in Norway, but our national environmental targets are in agreement with EU directives |
| Water Framework Directive (WFD) 2000/60/EC | NOTE: we do not follow this directives directly in Norway, but our national environmental targets are in agreement with EU directives |
| Wider plan focus | Name |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | Common Agriculture Policy |
| Activity stage | Activity type | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Screening phase | MARGs workshops | NIBIO has arranged many workshops with stakeholders in the case study catchment: - Farmers and land owners; - Water boards: local (for the catchment) and regional (for the river basin of Glomma); - Municipalities; - Boaters, canoes (mainly in the lake), local communities; - Hunting and fishing associations; - Tourist association (Turistforeningen);etc. |
Impacts and Monitoring
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Lessons Learned
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