Also
in the alpine region many sources are and will
be detrimentally affected by human impact. Therefore,
it is necessary to record the sources in order
to evaluate them with regard to the human impact.
As a consequence, objectives concerning renaturalisation
or sanitation could be initiated and/or protection
plans could be formulated and demanded.
The
main task consists in capturing the state of the
sources by determining and evaluating the different
interferences in order to elaborate strategies
for the protection of the sources.
The
national park Aramello-Brent is with 620.5 km²
the largest protected area in the Trentine or better
said, in the west of the Trentine, comprising the
mountainous group of the Adamelles and of Brent, separated
by the valley Rendana and limited by the valleys Non,
Sol and Giudicarie.
Im Rahmen einer Diplomarbeit der FH Eberswalde (D) mit Unterstützung
der Universität Basel (CH) wurden im Sommer 2004 im
Schweizer Kanton Graubünden 49 Quellen
untersucht.
Why
do we do research on sources and project areas?
Apart from the protection of natural habitats and effective
public relations this kind of research serves to increase knowledge.
Profound knowledge about the natural diversity in selected habitats
is not better to gain anywhere else than in such project areas
(protected areas). This know-how could then be taken as a benchmark
for the cultivated landscapes in Europe, where these locations
are often not protected at all or, at least, insufficiently.
Last but not least, the interest in such investigations is
reflected by the committed scientists collaborating in our
project: students working on their dissertation, graduated
students going for a doctorate, free-lance biologists, university
lecturers, and employees of museums of natural history from
various European countries.
Only
in the last decade, people have really become aware of the importance
to do research on natural water sources. There is now an urgent
need for profound knowledge after natural ground water outflows
have become victims of human interventions such as drainage
measures, over-pasture, drinking water catchments, lowering
of groundwater level as well as direct or indirect pollution.
Thus, building up on this knowledge, models could be developed
for the salvation and maintenance of the stock of still existing
sources, which is often only island-like spread like oasis.
For the display
of the project areas was applied the map server technology
enabling the representation of maps and investigations concerning
the results of long term research on sources.
You will find more information regarding this
under [ Mapserver ]
Im Rahmen einer Diplomarbeit der FH Eberswalde (D) mit Unterstützung
der Universität Basel (CH) wurden im Sommer 2004 im
Schweizer Kanton Graubünden 49 Quellen 
