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 Source(s) DANUBE FORESTS - Conservation and management of Danube floodplain forests NWRM(s) implemented in the case study Floodplain restoration and management Forest riparian buffers 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 Design consultation activity Activity stage Key issues Name Comments Dissemination activities tickers, posters, postcards, information panels and a website (in Slovak and English) and organising field excursions and training seminars Design land use change Land use change type Design authority Authority type Role Responsibility Name Comments NGO Initiation of the measure BROZ - Regional Association for Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development National water authority State Nature Conservancy of Slovak Republic Local water authority National park Donauauen (Austria) 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 Financing Financing type Comments EU-funds: LIFE+ Barrier Barrier type Barrier role Comments Other main barrier Initial problems with land purchases Driver Driver type Driver role Comments Financing share Financing share type Share Comments European funds 65 View 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 Target purpose Improved Biodiversity Policy pressure Pressure directive Relevant pressure Policy area Policy area type Policy area focus Name Comments Policy impact Impact directive Relevant impact Policy wider plan Wider plan type Wider plan focus Name Comments Project-based Forestry Sustainable Forest Management Framework Strategy Policy requirement directive Requirement directive Specification 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. 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. 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 Full Context Pathway(aka Context) Default view Area(aka Level or Site) ALL