Natural environment

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In the natural environment, Reland manages projects focused on restoring the original landscape, implanting elements in the landscape that collaborate and accelerate regenerative processes in river systems. The restoration of streams, wetlands and floodplains are fundamental activities to recompose the landscape and generate biological corridors through the territory.

Restoration of streams and channels

Reland is one of the first companies in Argentina that plans to restore rivers and streams in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way. We create landscape from a holistic perspective, integrating hydraulics with the native fauna and flora, restoring life and rhythm to rivers and streams.

The most common practices are:

Re-meandering of streams and channels
Reconnecting the floodplains
Enhancing river profiles
Creation of riffles and pools
Creation of habitat variety for species
Erosion control for river-banks
Monitoring and maintenance

Environment impact assesment

The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is the process that allows identifying, predicting, evaluating and mitigating the potential impacts that a project or activity can cause to the environment, in the short, medium and long term; prior to making a decision on the execution of a project.

It is a technical-administrative procedure provided for in Law No. 25,675 General of the Environment with a preventive nature, which allows an informed decision-making by the competent environmental authority regarding the environmental viability of a project and its environmental management. The authority is issued through an Environmental Impact Statement (DIA) or Environmental Aptitude Certificate (CAA) according to the particular norm of each jurisdiction, also known as an Environmental License in most countries.

River-banks forestation

River-bank forestation is a simple and inexpensive way to protect and improve water quality through native plant communities. In addition, structurally stabilizes the coasts and thus prevents erosion.

Trees and shrubs provide shade and help maintain a constant water temperature, a condition ideal for nutrient exchange and the survival of aquatic life.

Appropriate management is required when rivers are close to any urban development.

Design, project and monitoring

Our team is made up of environmental engineers, agronomists, landscape designers, biologists and architects, capable of addressing project problems in a complex and holistic way. We can project in aquatic environments such as streams, canals, lagoons, wetlands and flood areas.

We use state-of-the-art modeling tools to provide precision when projecting. The survey of the existing situation also requires precision tools, which we have, in order to work with knowledge of the site's clinical history. Some of these tools are:

Topography with high precision drones + GPS
Hydrological modeling
Physical-chemical analysis of water
GIS software

Restoration of wetlands and lagoons

Wetland and lagoon restoration is a broad topic and may encompass techniques already described in river restoration. Wetland sites are often very sensitive and contain complex biota, many are protected under some form of regulation.

Reland provides a wide range of wetland creation and restoration services to enhance our wetlands, including:

Restoration and creation of wetlands
Reprofiling of the bottom of the wetland
Implantation of aquatic plants (submerged, floating and emergent)
border composition

early counseling

We are prepared to start collaborating from the preliminary project stage, advising and helping to establish action guidelines that allow generating sustainability in project decisions.

Many times when the projects are advanced it is more difficult to incorporate sustainability proposals, therefore, it is important to establish friendly criteria with the environment from the initial stages of development.