Mountain Waters of the Czech Republic
Country: Czech Republic
Year: 2011
Description: The expedition was organised by the Earthwatch Institute and the Czech Technical University in Prague. Alua Suleimenova (ExpEd President 11/12) took part in this expedition in May-June 2011. The field camp was based in the Bedrichov village, a region of the Black Triangle where Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic come together. This area is an epicentre of acid atmospheric deposition in Europe, mainly due to sulphate from lignite combustion and inappropriate forestry practices. As a result, acid rain caused soil deterioration, whereas low pH values and high content of toxic metals in the surface waters led to extinction of freshwater fish and benthic invertebrates. In 1991 the environmental ministers of Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic initiated the “Black Triangle Regional Programme” to bring the industrial plants into compliance with European standards. As a result, the atmospheric deposition of sulphate decreased, and nature protection and landscape restoration became more prominent issues. The aim of the expedition was to learn ecological strategies to rehabilitate the headwater areas in the Jizera Mountains damaged by acid atmospheric deposition and commercial forestry.
https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/download/attachments/132652230/BAT_Suleimenova11.pdf?version=1
Year: 2011
Description: The expedition was organised by the Earthwatch Institute and the Czech Technical University in Prague. Alua Suleimenova (ExpEd President 11/12) took part in this expedition in May-June 2011. The field camp was based in the Bedrichov village, a region of the Black Triangle where Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic come together. This area is an epicentre of acid atmospheric deposition in Europe, mainly due to sulphate from lignite combustion and inappropriate forestry practices. As a result, acid rain caused soil deterioration, whereas low pH values and high content of toxic metals in the surface waters led to extinction of freshwater fish and benthic invertebrates. In 1991 the environmental ministers of Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic initiated the “Black Triangle Regional Programme” to bring the industrial plants into compliance with European standards. As a result, the atmospheric deposition of sulphate decreased, and nature protection and landscape restoration became more prominent issues. The aim of the expedition was to learn ecological strategies to rehabilitate the headwater areas in the Jizera Mountains damaged by acid atmospheric deposition and commercial forestry.
https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/download/attachments/132652230/BAT_Suleimenova11.pdf?version=1
