General National Id Slovakia_08 Site name Special protected area Dunajské luhy and Szigetkí¶z. Summary This project improves the conservation status of the floodplain bird species that are protected in the Natura 2000 sites SPA Dunajské luhy (Slovakia) and SPA Szigetkoz (Hungary). It is funded by LIFE program. Light or indepth? Light NUTS Code Bratislavský kraj RBD code SK40000 Transboundary 1 Data provider REC Source(s) Danube birds conservation - Conservation of Endangered Bird Species Populations in Natural Habitats of the Danube Inland Delta Conservation of endangered bird species populations in natural habitats of the Danube inland delta NWRM(s) implemented in the case study Wetland restoration and management Re-meandering Forest riparian buffers Longitude 17.3035 Latitude 48.0176 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 Design & implementations Application scale Field Scale Installation date 2014-12 Area (ha) 2788 Area subject to Land use change or Management/Practice change (ha) 2014 Public consultation 1 Design contractual arrangement Arrangement type Responsibility Role Comments Name Design consultation activity Activity stage Key issues Name Comments Information material Raise awareness about target bird species, river restoration and nature conservation issues through the creation of information and promotional materials (book, calendars, leaflets, website, panels, etc) and through media coverage (local to international). Regular meetings with stakeholders Design land use change Land use change type Design authority Authority type Role Responsibility Name Comments NGO Implementation BROZ Regional Association for Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development Project Management, bookkeeping, networking with other projects, Project auditing and After-LIFE conservation plan Prírodovedecká fakulta Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave †“ PriF UK Hydrological monitoring NGO Szigetkí¶z Nature Conservation Association Monitoring impact of project actions on bird populations and other biota Regional / sub-national water authority North-Transdanubian Environmental and Water Directorate Other Vodohospodárska ví½stavba š.p. Water management construction, state enterprise Local water authority Agravia Ltd. Lessons, risks, implications... Key lessons Restoring the water courses is the best way to help all the ecosystems surround it and all the species attached to them. Success factor(s) Success factor type Success factor role Comments Existing staff and consultant knowledge main factor Financing possibilities secondary factor Financing Financing type Comments EU-funds: LIFE+ Barrier Barrier type Barrier role Comments Driver Driver type Driver role Comments Organisation committed to it main driver Availability of subsidies secondary driver Financing share Financing share type Share Comments European funds 50 View Policy, general governance and design targets Policy description In the past, the Danube inland delta represented one of the largest and most diverse natural wetland complexes in central Europe. Large parts of it have been destroyed over the past few decades. Habitat loss and destruction is continuing as a result of earlier river regulation and poor area management. The decreasing habitat quality and several other factors (e.g. unregulated human disturbance) have led to major decreases in the populations of the typical floodplain bird species (black stork, night heron, little egret, sand martin etc.). Urgent actions are needed to recover or maintain the quality and quantity of the floodplain avifauna. 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 Policy requirement directive Requirement directive Specification Socio-economic Costs total 4577663 Information on Ecosystem improved biodiversity Expected results: Improve the conservation status of target Annex I (and Annex II/1) bird species in SPA Dunajské luhy and SPA Szigetkí¶z: Alcedo atthis, Anas querquedula, A. strepera, Ardea purpurea, Asio flammeus, Aythya nyroca, Ciconia nigra, Circus aeruginosus, C. pygargus, Dryocopus martius, Egretta garzetta, Haliaeetus albicilla, Ixobrychus minutus, Milvus migrans, Nycticorax nycticorax, Porzana parva, and Sterna hirundo; and Annex II/2: Tringa tetanus; Ecosystem impact climate regulation Not relevant for the specific application Biophysical impacts Information on retained water N/A info Information on increased water storage N/A info Information on runoff reduction N/A info Water quality overall improvements N/A info Soil quality overall soil improvements Not relevant for this application Full Context Pathway(aka Context) Default view Area(aka Level or Site) ALL