EcoHydrology

Ecohydrology was defined in a frame of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP). Ecohydrology is a transdisciplinary and applied science. It uses the understanding of relationships between hydrological and biological processes at the catchment scale to achieve water quality improvement, biodiversity enhancement and sustainable development.

The Ecohydrology approach is based upon the assumption that sustainable water resources management can be achieved by:
- restoring and maintaining evolutionarily established processes of water and nutrient circulation and energy flows at a catchment scale;
- enhancing of carrying capacity of ecosystems against human impact based on evolutionarily established resistance and resilience to stress;
- using ecosystem properties as water management tools.