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.
Light or indepth?
Light
NUTS Code
Sud-Est
RBD code
RO1000
Transboundary
0
Data provider
Bogdan Barbu, RECImola Koszta
Source(s)
NWRM(s) implemented in the case study
Longitude
28.097778
Latitude
46.090833
Site information
Climate zone
warm temperate dry
Mean rainfall
500
Mean rainfall unit
mm/year
Average temperature
11
Type
Case Study Info
Vegetation class
The aquatic vegetation; palustrian vegetation;
Monitoring maintenance
Monitoring impacts effects
1
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.
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
1
Design contractual arrangement
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Design consultation activity
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Implementation phase
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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
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Awareness raising activities
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Design land use change
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Design authority
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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)
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Attitude of decision makers
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main factor
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Financing
| Financing type | Comments |
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EU-funds: LIFE+
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The European Commission - LIFE Nature
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National funds
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The Ministry of Environment and the Sustainable Development
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Local funds
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Galati County Council
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Driver
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Financing share
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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
1
Policy target
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Increase Water Storage
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Improved Biodiversity
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Groundwater Recharge
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Policy pressure
| Pressure directive | Relevant pressure |
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Policy area
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Policy impact
| Impact directive | Relevant impact |
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Policy wider plan
| Wider plan type | Wider plan focus | Name | Comments |
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National
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Environment & Biodiversity
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Lower Danube Green Corridor programme
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Policy requirement directive
| Requirement directive | Specification |
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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
1
Information on Ecosystem improved biodiversity
Restoration of aquatic birds sites in the natural protected area located in Lower Prut Floodplain Natural Park - Mata Lake