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In parallel to planning measures for dealing with the impacts of existing barriers, new barriers and dams are built elsewhere in Europe driven by policies for energy production, transport, flood protection and securing water supply (e.g. new hydropower plants in the Balkans, see WWF (2019))[4]. In this respect, a much closer coordination of river basin management planning under the WFD and the planning of new river infrastructure to serve sectoral development is essential to safeguard river continuity.

[4] WWF, 2019. Hydropower pressure on European. The story in numbers.