RESTORIVER
The opening conference of the Interreg project RESTORIVER, led by the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds and with the participation of the General Directorate of Water Management, took place in Budapest, Hungary, from 19-21 March.
The project is an international initiative of 15 partner institutions, funded by the Danube Region Programme (co-funded by the EU), and aims to restore river banks and riparian areas along the Danube and its tributaries that have been adversely affected by human activities, through natural water retention measures (NWRM). The project brings together water management, climate and nature conservation policy and knowledge institutions along the Danube and its tributaries to explore the multiple climatic, social, economic and ecological benefits of natural water retention measures (NWRM). They identify and design high-impact interventions and implement pilot actions to test them. Activities will be scaled up through knowledge sharing, demonstrating the benefits of NWRM, making recommendations for integrated planning and supporting decision-making processes, and building the capacity, awareness and involvement of a wide range of stakeholders, practitioners and citizens in urban settings and beyond.
The specific objectives of the project are:
- Improving climate awareness & adaptation skills of stakeholders of riversides and riparian wetlands
- Co-designing and testing feasible, high-potential NWRM by municipalities and relevant authorities
- Improving planning and coordination frameworks to harmonise various level water and climate policies
The duration of the project: 2024. January. 01. - 2026. June 30.
The following partner institutions are involved in the implementation of the project:
- Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (Bulgaria)
- National Administration ”Romanian Waters” (Romania)
- Public Institution Maksimir (Croatia)
- WWF Adria – Association for protection of nature and conservation of biological diversity” (Croatia)
- WWF Slovakia (Slovakia)
- Water Research Institute (Slovakia)
- WWF World Wide Fund for Nature Hungary
- Érd Municipality (Hungary)
- Ruse Municipality (Bulgaria)
- Tulcea Municipality (Romania)
- Romanian Ornithological Society (Romania)
- Sombor Municipality (Serbia)
- General Directorate of Water Management (OVF, Hungary)
- World Wide Fund for Nature Adria - Serbia (Serbia)
- Public Union World Wide Fund for Nature Ukraine (Ukraine)
További információk itt találhatók: https://interreg-danube.eu/projects/restoriver