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Drought Management Plan Report: Agricultural Indicators & Climate Change Aspects

This report serves as a tool to develop Drought Management Plans (DMPs), supplementing River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs) under the Water Framework Directive (WFD). It identifies gaps in dealing with droughts, provides technical recommendations for indicator systems, and considers the impacts of climate change. The report will be endorsed by Water Directors in November 2007.

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Drought Management Plan Report: Agricultural Indicators & Climate Change Aspects

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  1. DROUGHT MANAGEMENT PLAN REPORTIncluding Agricultural, Drought Indicators and Climate Change AspectsSCG meeting, Brussels 7 November 2007 Water Scarcity and Droughts Expert Network (FR, IT, ES + CE)

  2. Report that will serve as a tool to elaborate Drought Management Plans (DMPs), supplementing RBMPs (WFD article 13.5) The report identifies and assesses gaps within the WFD when dealing with droughts: Drought actions and measures Indicators Agriculture and groundwater Climate change Final report to be endorsed by Water Directors in November 2007 Drought Management Plan Report

  3. DMP objectives • Help Member States to mitigate and prevent drought effects minimizing socio-economic and environmental impacts. • Provides technical recommendations to establish useful indicator systems to declare drought status. • Establish measures, in accordance with indicators status, consistent with RBMP. • Relate direct issues clearly affected by droughts (agriculture and groundwater) and consider consequences of climate change

  4. DMP contents Summary of outcomes from “Water Scarcity mgt. in the context of WFD” (Drafting Group) • Preamble, Definitions and Concepts related to Drought • Prolonged Drought Indicators bases • Drought Management Plan Framework • Legal basis, transboundary issues, objectives, indicators systems • DMPPoM • Measures characterisation, description • Drought Plan Monitoring • DMP follow up, assessment of measures • Strategic Environmental Assessment • Framework, environmental measures, monitoring • Related Issues: Agriculture and Groundwater ,Climate Change

  5. DMP development • Drafted by the WS&D Expert Network + CE. • Incorporates comments, suggestions and case-studies from MS. • Contents discussed and updated throughout meetings of the Expert Network (Brussels-11 April, Seville-20 June, Paris-14 September, Lisbon-15 November). • Last comments needed by 18 November 2007: buzon-intersgpusa@mma.es thierry.davy@scarlet.be pineschi.giorgio@minambiente.it

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