Ecological Restoration of Mata Radeanu, Romania

General

National Id:

Romania_ 06

Site name:

Lower Prut Floodplain Natural Park

Summary:

The project's objective was to improve the conservation status of aquatic bird species in Lower Prut Floodplain Natural Park, Galati County, Romania, through a series of strategic interventions involving scientific inventory, monitoring activities, sites restoration, raising awareness activities, implementation of the park management plan and designating four Special Protected Area - Romanian Natura 2000 sites. Partners were the University of Bucharest, Romanian ornithological society and Romsilva-Galati Forestry.

NUTS Code:

Sud-Est

RBD code:

RO1000

Transboundary:

Data provider:

Bogdan Barbu, RECImola Koszta

Source(s):

Some aspects concerning wetland restoration programs in the Prut River Basin

Lower Prut Floodplain - Ecological restoration of the Lower Prut Floodplain Natural Park

Natural Park of the Lower Prut Floodplain - Project LIFE 05 NAT/RO /000155

Ecological Restoration of Mata-Radeanu Complex

Rehabilitation works for the dykes ON Mata Lake

NWRM(s) implemented in the case study:

Floodplain restoration and management

Lake restoration

Longitude:

28.097778

Latitude:

46.090833

Site information

Climate zone:

warm temperate dry

Mean rainfall:

500

Mean rainfall unit:

mm/year

Average temperature:

Type:

Case Study Info

Light or indepth?:

Light

Vegetation class:

The aquatic vegetation; palustrian vegetation;

Monitoring maintenance

Monitoring impacts effects:

Monitoring parameters:

Monitoring of birds populations status: 1. Establishing a birds species monitoring programme; 2. Establishing the facilities for the birds watching monitoring; Assessing the bioaccumulation of organochlorine pesticides in birds.

Lessons, risks, implications...

Key lessons:

Restoration of the area for the redevelopment and broadening of natural habitats for fish, birds and further species that may contribute to the expansion of the Natura 2000 network.

Success factor(s):

Type	Role	Comments
Attitude of decision makers	main factor

Financing:

Type	Comments
EU-funds: LIFE+	The European Commission - LIFE Nature
National funds	The Ministry of Environment and the Sustainable Development
Local funds	Galati County Council

Barrier:

Driver:

Financing share:

Share type	Share	Comments
European funds	50	412.355 Euro
National funds	50	412.355 Euro

Socio-economic

Direct benefits information:

Better conditions for the birds population; increasing the number for aquatic bird species (especially those listed in Annex I of Birds Directive, Bern Convention and in ORNIS lists); improve the trophic state and saprobity of the target aquatic systems; allowing the water oxygenation of the lakes through the input of the fresh water from the Prut River; including the monitoring birds protocols in the adaptive Management Plan of Lower Prut Floodplain Natural Park;

Ancillary benefits information:

Supply the potential of fisheries resources; using the potential of providing services for tourism and recreation;

Costs total:

824710

Ecosystem improved biodiversity:

Information on Ecosystem improved biodiversity:

Restoration of aquatic birds sites in the natural protected area located in Lower Prut Floodplain Natural Park - Mata Lake

Policy, general governance and design targets

Policy description:

To deal with the degradation of hydrological structures, the project also aims to re-establish the ecological balance of the lakes, including improvement of the water level and its maintenance. The rehabilitation works are aimed at the maintaining of the water level of the Mata Lake for the protection of the existing habitats, an area making integral part of special conservation area in the Lower Prut Floodplain Natural Park, both during drought periods and the flooding ones.

Quantified objectives:

The rehabilitation works will consist in the restoration of the separation and subdivision in Mata Area. In October 2009 rehabilitation works were carried out on the dykes on Mata Lake, Galati County.The works consisted of filling with soil and gravel and compacting the gaps that appeared in the dykes. The two dykes, making the object of the investment are: dike 1 (1800 m), separating Mata Lake (Galati county) from Carja Lake (Vaslui County) and dike 2 (3600 m), separating Mata Lake into two basins.

Part of wider plan:

Policy pressure:

Policy requirement directive:

Policy impact:

Policy wider plan:

Wider plan type	Wider plan focus	Name	Comments
National	Environment & Biodiversity	Lower Danube Green Corridor programme

Policy area:

Policy target:

Target purpose
Increase Water Storage
Improved Biodiversity
Groundwater Recharge

Design & implementations

Application scale:

River

Installation date:

2009

Area subject to Land use change or Management/Practice change (ha):

605,400024414063

Favourable preconditions:

Wetlands belong to the category of ecologically fragile areas, their dynamic being influenced mainly by the qualitative and quantitative characteristic of the water in the hydrographical basin in which they extend. For this reason, the conservation measures promoted in these spaces must be doubled by a strict control of the anthropic activities / arrangements using water for different purposes or as a medium of discharging some wastes.

Public consultation:

Design contractual arrangement:

Design consultation activity:

Activity stage	Name	Key issues	Comments
Implementation phase	Awareness raising activities	These include information dissemination, consultation of every village in the area, and active participation and education with local educational material to be produced. The project takes into account that there is a relatively high illiteracy in the area and will address stakeholders in wide variety of ways, including picture books, nature trails, six annual environment days with expeditions into the area, children's exhibitions, and bird watching towers

Design land use change:

Design authority:

Authority type	Role	Name
Regional / sub-national water authority	Monitoring	Regional Environmental Protection Agency Galati
Other	Initiation of the measure	County Council Galati
Other	Determination of design details of the measure	University of Bucharest, Research Center for Environment and Impact Studies
NGO	Monitoring	Romanian Ornithological Society
Other	Determination of design details of the measure	Forestry Department Galati
Other	Determination of design details of the measure	Park Administration Lower Prut Floodplain

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