ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF THE SOUTH MORAVIAN REGION Drought in the South Moravian Region (SMR) Stress in top soil caused by drought 1981-2010 2050 Future predictions http://www.klimatickazmena.cz http://www.intersucho.cz/ 2 Support and activities of the fight against drought in the SMR • Measures within the SMR Development Strategy 2014 – 2020 • Measures within the SMR Development Scheme 2018 – 2021 • 2015 and 2016 – one-year projects with the use of the subsidy scheme of the CAS supporting regional cooperation between CAS institutes and the region for the localisation of drought locations in the SMR • 2017 - a memorandum was signed for cooperation regarding the occurance and impacts of agricultural drought with CAS (CzechGlobe) • 2017, 2018 - Subsidy scheme "Supporting the fight against drought and water retention in the landscape in the SMR" – Allocated amount: 15.5 mil. CZK • 2017, 2018 – subsidy of the SMR for 1000 trees to be planted in the SMR • 2018 – planting of 100 linden trees (100 years of the CR) • 2018 – project "Plants for the climate" in cooperation with MAS, seminars and planting of 2500 trees in the region 3 MEASURES WITHIN THE SMR DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 2014 – 2020 AND SMR DEVELOPMENT SCHEME 2018 - 2021 Measures within the SMR Development Strategy 2014 – 2020 Priority 3: Developing backbone infrastructure and traffic connection 1. Measure 3.5: Extending and improving the flood protection system – improving crisis management in the event of a flood – integrating the threat of compromised retention capacity of the landscape into the urban development plans – protection against floods through measures close to nature – improving the retention capacity – support of considerate farming and forestry methods 2. Measure 3.6: Ensuring sustainable energy supply and use – reducing the energy efficiency of buildings – improving efficient energy management – improving the reliability of the transmission and distribution system – building smart networks for power transmission – improving energy efficiency, reducing energy consumption, etc. 5 Measures within the SMR Development Strategy 2014 – 2020 Priority 4: Long-term viability of the disadvantaged parts of the region 1. Measure 4.5: Farming and landscape care – complex land adjustments as an instrument for more efficient landscape care – improving the retention capacity of the landscape – awareness / better use of best practices in landscape care and cultural heritage – support of regional agricultural production and processing by local food businesses – mitigation of the negative impacts of agricultural production on water quality – restriction of high-quality soil and free landscape occupation, etc. 6 Measures within the SMR Development Scheme 2018 – 2021 Priority 3: Facing environmental issues 1. Measure 3.1: Mitigating the impact of the climate change – initiating and coordinating activities leading to the mitigation of climate change impacts – supporting the testing of efficient and considerate landscape management methods – improving flood protection measures and strengthening the water retention ability of the landscape – engaging educational institutes into educational activities connected with climate change 2. Measure 3.2: Improving the quality of the environment – supporting the protection and improving the condition of protected nature habitats – Implementation of the SMR Waste Management Plan 2016 – 2025 – supporting the planting of trees, improving the quality of plants – supporting the elimination of old environmental burdens – improving air quality and reducing noise 7 ACTIVITIES OF THE SMR in the fight against drought Fighting drought in the SMR • South Moravia is among the regions most threatened by drought in the CR • Supporting measures leading the mitigation of drought and erosion impacts and to the stabilisation of the retention ability of the landscape • A subsidy scheme for the support of surface water management for municipalities and municipality associations in South Moravia was announced in 2017 with an amount of CZK 6 million. The same subsidy scheme was Fig. 1: Relation with long-term monthly profile in selected profiles as of 5 June 2018 announced this year (source: The Morava river administration authority). 9 List of cadastral districts in the SMR threatened by drought • Created in 2017 by the State Land Office in cooperation with academic representatives of Mendel University • The indicator is based on three interconnected values: – The gravity of occurance of agricultural drought during the first half of the vegetation season (i.e. April-June) – The gravity of occurance of agricultural drought during the second half of the vegetation season (i.e. July-August) – Share of soils prone to drying up in the region 10 Subsidy scheme "Supporting the fight against drought and water retention in the landscape in the SMR" in 2018 • The aim of this subsidy scheme is to improve the technical quality of ponds, small watercourses and small water reservoirs and retention measures to support surface and ground water management and improve water retention in the landscape in the respective location and mitigation of climate change impacts on water ecosystems including the support of erosion protection measures. • The share of the SMR is up to 50%, the minimum subsidy amount is CZK 20,000 and the maximum is CZK 300,000. • Subsidy recipients: municipality in the SMR, voluntary municipality association, public institute, school and kindergarten, churches and religious societies, small farmers (natural persons or legal entities) doing business in agriculture. • Application deadline: until 5 Oct 2018 (2nd round). More information about the subsidy scheme http://dotace.kr-jihomoravsky.cz / životní prostředí • Contact person: Ing. Jan Lachout, e-mail: [email protected], phone: +420 541 651 367 11 Approved subsidies in the subsidy scheme Supporting the fight against drought 2017 Subsidy recipient Application subject amount in CZK Suchohrdly municipality by Repair of the water reservoir on land plot 3249 in cad.d. Suchohrdly u Miroslavi Miroslav CZK 260,000 Milíčovice municipality Reconstruction of a water reservoir, cad.d. Milíčovice CZK 50,000 Ctidružice municipality Repair of the Ctidružický rybník pond CZK 300,000 Šardice municipality Loučkový potok brook – res. N3, cad.d. Šardice CZK 299,959 Blížkovice large municipality Restoration of Stehlíků ponds CZK 300,000 Citonice municipality Pond Skalka – civil upgrades and mud removal CZK 215,363 Podmolí municipality Revitalisation and improvement in water retention of the Podmolí municipal pond CZK 251,756 Chvalatice municipality Chvalatice, reconstruction of the bottom release structure, repair of shore reinforcement CZK 249,705 Velešovice municipality Pre-emptive erosion protection measures in the cad.d. of Velešovice CZK 300,000 Borkovany municipality Ground shaping – a system of ponds in the Otnický valley CZK 300,000 Bukovinka municipality Restoration of the water reservoir Žabec in Bukovinka CZK 86,330 Železné municipality Implementation of the local biocentre Hradisko, Phase 1 CZK 192,675 Katov municipality Mud removal from the pond CZK 87,980 Blatnička municipality Blatnička – repair of pond Kačák CZK 170,750 Níhov municipality Níhov – water reservoir reconstruction CZK 162,000 Prušánky municipality Restoration of the retention capacity of the lower reservoir in Prušánky municipality CZK 300,000 Kozlany municipality Restoration of the Rostěnický brook basin - SO 01 CZK 300,000 Křižínkov municipality Mud removal from the pond CZK 78,048 The town of Olešnice Restoration and repair of the municipal pond CZK 300,000 The town of Moravský Krumlov Repair and mud removal from pond Polánka CZK 300,000 Sudice municipality Sudice, repair of the water res. with bathing possibility CZK 300,000 Nová Lhota municipality Water reservoir Nová Lhota CZK 205,901 Pernštejnské Jestřabí municipality Repair of a small water reservoir in the cad.d. of Husle CZK 203,824 Kotvrdovice municipality Design for water reservoir construction CZK 50,000 Snovídky municipality Water reservoir Syslůvky, cad.d. Snovídky CZK 50,000 Kuželov municipality Landscaping water reservoir VO2 - cad.d. Kuželov - SO-1 Water reservoir CZK 299,892 Total CZK 5,514,183 12 Subsidy scheme "Support of the development of SMR rural areas for 2018" DT 7 – Comprehensive upgrade of public areas, restoration, maintenance an planting of trees and plants • The aim of this subsidy scheme is to comprehensively upgrade public areas, and restore and plant new trees and plants • Min subsidy amount: CZK 25,000, max subsidy amount: CZK 250,000, max share of the SMR 50% of total eligible expenses • Subsidy recipients: municipality with less then 3000 inhabitants • Application deadline: 14 Feb 2018 - 28 Feb 2018 More information about the subsidy scheme http://dotace.kr-jihomoravsky.cz / Podpora rozvoje venkova • Contact person: RNDr. Iveta Macurová , e-mail: [email protected], phone: +420 541 652 353 13 "Plants for the climate" project • Funded from INTERREG AT-CZ • Total allocation over EUR 1 million • Project leader: Lower Austria Government Department • Other partners: South Bohemian Region, MAS • beginning: spring 2018, end: March 2020 • Fight against drought, erosion protection and retention measures, etc. by planting trees • Activities: 3 rounds of awareness seminars, actual trees planting 14 ADAPTATION TO THE CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ATCZ142 / KLIMATICKÁ ZELEŇ (KLIMAGRÜN) Project identification IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: