From the myth of a lost paradise to targeted river restoration: forget natural references and focus on human benefits

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Did you say reference conditions? Ecological and socio-economic perspectives on the European Water Framework Directive (2015, background): “Recently, Dufour and Piégay (Dufour and Piégay, 2009) proposed to replace the restoration strategy aimed at achieving a defined, "natural," ideal ecological state (referencebased strategy, stemming from Leitbild (Kern, 1992a)) with a strategy that defines objectives based on the services provided by”
The European Water Framework Directive at the age of 10: a critical review of the achievements with recommendations for the future. (2010, background): “The underlying concept of the WFD and, in particular, the way it has been implemented in practice has received major criticism, from politicians, water managers and scientists (e.g. Moss, 2007, 2008; Dufour and Piegay, 2009).”