General
National Id
Slovakia_7
Site name
100km long from Bratislava to the souht
Summary
DANUBE FORESTS, coordinated by BROZ - Regional Association for Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development and funded by LIFE program, preserves the remaining natural floodplain forests in the Slovak part of the Danube inland delta and introduce sound and sustainable forest management practices to the area.
Light or indepth?
Light
NUTS Code
Bratislavský kraj
RBD code
SK40000
Transboundary
0
Data provider
REC
NWRM(s) implemented in the case study
Longitude
17.2038
Latitude
48.06638
Site information
Climate zone
warm temperate moist
Mean rainfall
600
Mean rainfall unit
mm/year
Average temperature
10
Average runoff coefficient
0,200000002980232
Type
Case Study Info
Vegetation class
Alluvial alder, willow formations and mixed oak-elm-ash
Design & implementations
Application scale
Field Scale
Installation date
2007-03
Area (ha)
12450
Area subject to Land use change or Management/Practice change (ha)
12450
Public consultation
1
Design contractual arrangement
| Arrangement type | Responsibility | Role | Comments | Name |
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Design consultation activity
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Dissemination activities
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tickers, posters, postcards, information panels and a website (in Slovak and English) and organising field excursions and training seminars
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Design land use change
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Design authority
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Lessons, risks, implications...
Key lessons
Management plans created in environmentla projects have the chance to enlarge Nature reserves and other protected areas.
Success factor(s)
| Success factor type | Success factor role | Comments |
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Financing
| Financing type | Comments |
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EU-funds: LIFE+
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Driver
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Financing share
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Policy, general governance and design targets
Policy description
The building of the Gabcikovo dam and canal strongly affected this inland river delta; forest management, as pursued in the 1990s, was not sustainable and did not take the potential natural forest into consideration; and pollution, eutrophication and increasing intensification of the nearby agricultural environment were also having a negative effect on fauna and flora.
Part of wider plan
1
Policy target
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Improved Biodiversity
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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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Project-based
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Forestry
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Sustainable Forest Management Framework Strategy
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Policy requirement directive
| Requirement directive | Specification |
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Socio-economic
Direct benefits information
New forest management plans were elaborated and approved for LHC Rusovce, Samorin, Gabcikovo and Calovo. These plans cover the whole project site area , include principal requirements for conservation and management of the Annex I habitats - residual alluvial forests and mixed oak-elm-ashforests.
The Gajc nature reserve was enlarged from 0.84 to 62.72 ha and a new 76.7 ha nature reserve, Stary haj, was designated. Proposals to designate two further areas (Foras and Gabcikovske luhy) as nature reserves and one (Pecniansky les)as a protected site were submitted to the competent authorities, along with proposals to enlarge the existing nature reserves at Ostrovne lucky and Cicovskemrtve rameno. The total area of the new proposed protected areas is 1 935.68 ha,substantially exceeding the original project plan of 549 ha.
The Gajc nature reserve was enlarged from 0.84 to 62.72 ha and a new 76.7 ha nature reserve, Stary haj, was designated. Proposals to designate two further areas (Foras and Gabcikovske luhy) as nature reserves and one (Pecniansky les)as a protected site were submitted to the competent authorities, along with proposals to enlarge the existing nature reserves at Ostrovne lucky and Cicovskemrtve rameno. The total area of the new proposed protected areas is 1 935.68 ha,substantially exceeding the original project plan of 549 ha.
Costs total
570000
Ecosystem improved biodiversity
1
Information on Ecosystem improved biodiversity
The improved conservation status of forest habitats has had a positive impact on a number of Annex II species, including Cerambyx cerdo, Lucanus cervus,
Osmoderma eremita, Myotis myotis, Barbastella barbastellus, Myotis dasycneme and Myotis bechsteini. It has also benefited a number of species listed in the
annexes of the Birds Directive, such as Dryocopus martius, Dendrocopos syriacus, Dendrocopos medius, Ciconia nigra, Haliaeetus albicilla, Milvus milvus, Milvus
migrans and many others.
Osmoderma eremita, Myotis myotis, Barbastella barbastellus, Myotis dasycneme and Myotis bechsteini. It has also benefited a number of species listed in the
annexes of the Birds Directive, such as Dryocopus martius, Dendrocopos syriacus, Dendrocopos medius, Ciconia nigra, Haliaeetus albicilla, Milvus milvus, Milvus
migrans and many others.
Ecosystem impact climate regulation
Not relevant for the specific application
Biophysical impacts
Water quality overall improvements
N/A info
Soil quality overall soil improvements
N/A info