Brochure: Permanent conservation and sustainable flood management in the Vossavassdraget river system
The Raundalselva river has been the subject of several hydroelectric power development projects. After the presentations from the energy companies in 2016-2017, we saw a need for a new information brochure. It focuses on the overall importance of the Vossovassdraget and Raundalselva for tourism, tourism and business in Voss.
Sources
The brochures have been prepared by the conservation team, and are based on a total of 10 different organisations’ consultation requests to Voss Municipality’s handling of the flood issue in January 2017:
Ekstremsportveko
Voss Active
Voss Jeger- og Fiskarlag
Voss Klekkeri
Voss Kajakklubb
Voss Naturvernlag
Voss Utferdslag
Naturvernforbundet Hordaland
Forum for natur og friluftsliv
Bergen Studentidrettslag Padling
See all the recordings here: http://www.voss.kommune.no/artikkel.aspx?MId1=11264&AId=18473
Andre kjelder
- Value creation analysis of the tourism industry in Norway – development and future potential: https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/ny-rapport-om-verdien-av-norsk-reiseliv/id2364231/
- Encroachment in Norwegian watercourses – geodata from NVE: https://www.nve.no/karttjenester/
- Report from the Nordic environmental project “Outdoor life and health”: http://www.norskfriluftsliv.no/naturopplevelse-friluftsliv-og-var-psykiske-helse-rapport-fra-det-nordiske-miljoprosjektet-friluftsliv-og-helse/
- Multiconsult – Flood protection in Vossavassdraget: http://raundalselva.com/rapportar/flomsikring-i-vossovassdraget-moglegheitsstudien/
- Consulting Biologists: Power development in Raundalen http://raundalselva.com/rapportar/radgivende-biologer-rapport-2010/
- Reference to Monica Mæland quote: http://www.avisa-hordaland.no/-terningkast-6
- E24 article – Expect low electricity prices: http://e24.no/energi/stroempriser/venter-lave-stroempriser/23906058
- Reference to Nelson Mandela quote: http://tidsskriftet.no/2000/10/tema-fysisk-aktivitet/fysisk-aktivitet-sinnets-helse
- Removal of dams and power plants: https://www.internationalrivers.org/campaigns/dam-removal, European Centre for River Restoration
- Waterways are more than energy: http://raundalselva.com/dokument/vassdrag-er-mer-enn-energi/
Photographers
- Øysten Bjørke
- Petter Helland
- Per Finne
- Anne Gjeraker
- Marit Stensby
- Hans Kristian Krogh-Hanssen
- Terje Nesthus
- Martyn Butler
- Lauritz Bekker Larsen / Bildesamlingen ved Universitetsbiblioteket Bergen
The brochure can be downloaded here:
http://raundalselva.com/public_files/Brosjyre-flomsikring-vern-Vossovassdraget-2017.pdf (31.01.2017)