In the face of increasing climate instability, demographic growth and human migration, there is an urgent need to reverse the degradation of water resources and stop further decline in biodiversity. Ecohydrology uses the understanding of relationships between hydrological and biological processes at different scales to improve water security, enhance biodiversity and further opportunities for sustainable development by lessening ecological threats and maximizing greater harmony within catchment processes.
- Focal area 5.1: Hydrological dimension of catchment – identification of potential threats and opportunities for a sustainable development
- Focal area 5.2: Shaping of the catchment ecological structure for ecosystem potential enhancement ─ biological productivity and biodiversity
- Focal area 5.3: Ecohydrology system solution and ecological engineering for the enhancement of water and ecosystem resilience and ecosystem services
- Focal area 5.4: Urban Ecohydrology – storm water purification and retention in the city landscape, potential for improvement of health and quality of life
- Focal area 5.5: Ecohydrological regulation for sustaining and restoring continental to coastal connectivity and ecosystem functioning