The Transboundary Water Management – Comparing Policy Translations of the Water Framework Directive in the International Basin Districts of the Oder River and the Torne River

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Characteristics of the International Oder River Basin District (IORBD) and the International Torne River Basin District (ITRBD) according to Elfvendahl et al_ 2006, ICOP 2009, 2014, Öhman et al_ 2016_

Characteristics	International Odra River Basin District	International Torne River Basin District
Length of the river	841 km	520 km
The area	124 115 km2	40 000 km2
The area / percentage of the area in the different countries	107169 km2 / 86.4% Poland9602 km2 / 7.7% Germany7278 km2 / 5.9% Czech Republic	25 000 km2 / 64% Sweden14 000 km2 / 35% Finland441 km2 / 1% Norway
Annual runoff to the Baltic sea	18.5 billion m3	about 17800 million m3 (strong annual variation)
The human population inhabiting the river basin area	About 16.7 million in 2005:– about 14.2 million in Poland;– about 1.6 million in Czech Republic;– about 0.7 million in Germany.	About 80000 in 2012:– 35 000 in Finland;– 45 000 in Sweden.
Ecoregions	The CarpathiansThe Eastern PlainsThe Central PlainsThe Central Uplands	Central plainFenno-Scandian shieldFenno-Scandian shieldBorealic uplands
The main land use	Agricultural land (62%)Forests and semi-natural ecosystems (32%)Anthropogenic areas (4%)Water areas (2%)	Boreal forests (58%)TundraWetlandsAgricultural land (0,5%)Mining and settlements
Sources of contamination	Historical and ongoing mining industry, treated waste water from the main towns, agriculture	Treated waste water from the main towns, settlements and industry, such as historical and ongoing mining industry, forestry practices, peat mining, fish farming, agriculture
Significant natural resources	Natura 2000 area	Naturally breeding salmon population

Stakeholders on the area of the International Oder River Basin District (IORBD) and the International Torne River Basin District (ITRBD)_

River Basin District	Country	Institution
International Oder River Basin District	Germany	German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in Bonn
		Ministry for Environment, Health and Consumer Protection Brandenburg
		Ministry of Agriculture, the Environment and Consumer Protection Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
		Saxon State Ministry for the Environment and Agriculture
		State Office of Environment, Health and Consumer Protection Brandenburg
		National Office for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Geology
		State Bureau for Agriculture and Environment
		Saxon State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology
	Poland	President of the National Water Management Authority
		Regional Water Management Board: in Gliwice, Wroclaw, Poznan, Szczecin
	Czech Republic	Ministry of the Environment
		Ministry of Agriculture
		T. G. Masaryk Water Research Institute
		Czech Environment Inspection
		Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic
		Czech Hydrometeorological Institute
		Labe River Basin Authority, state enterprise
		Ohře River Basin Authority, state enterprise
		Odra River Basin Authority state enterprise
International Torne River Basin District	Finland	Finnish-Swedish Transboundary River Commission
		Ministry of the Environment
		Centre for Economic Development, Transport and Environment of Lapland
		Water Management District of Tornionjoki
		Natural Resources Institute, Finland
		Finnish Environment Institute
		Municipalities
	Sweden	Ministry of Environment and Energy
		County Administrative Board of Norrbotten
		Water authority of Bottenvik
		Swedish agency for marine and water management
		Geological survey of Sweden
		Municipalities