This brochure describes the ecological results of the nature restoration project that started thirty years ago on the banks of the River Meuse at the border between Belgium and the Netherlands. Today, with the large floodplain restored, the river is the heart of the cross-border Meuse Valley River Park in the Belgian and Dutch provinces of Limburg. An extensive ecological monitoring programme was developed in a cooperation between more than ten partners from the Netherlands and Flanders. The study focused on the restored natural areas in the southern part of the River Park, which have been created with riverbed widening and floodplain lowering. Developments in the water as well as on land were examined. In addition to recently completed areas, some 30-year-old nature restoration sites were also investigated. Not only the ecological results, but also a view on the economic benefits and the way inhabitants evaluate their transformed region is presented.
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