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Danubeparksconnected PROJECT REPORT 2017 – 2019 DANUBEparksCONNECTED PROJECT REPORT 2017 – 2019 DANUBEparksCONNECTED 2 c/o Donau-Auen National Park Schloss Orth, 2304 Orth an der Donau, Austria Project Manager: Georg Frank Phone: +43/2212/3450-28, Fax: +43/2212/3450-17 Imprint [email protected] www.danubeparks.org Photos: Bandacu, Baumgartner, BROZ, City of Ingolstadt, Danube-Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority, Donau-Auen National Park, Duernstein_photography.pfeffel.at, Duna- Drava National Park, Duna-Ipoly National Park, Eraković, Fiala, Frank, Gruber, Haslinger, Hazelhoff, Ivanov, Kovacs, Landratsamt Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Mrocek, Passau District, Petrescu, Persina Nature Park, Public Enterprise „Vojvodinasume“, Public Institution Nature Park Kopacki Rit, Ratschan, World Heritage Municipalities Wachau Written by: Hanna Sidó Öllös Layout: Michael Kalb, www.michaelkalb.at Printed by: Kontraszt Plusz Kft. © May 2019. The Wachau valley in Austria represents one of the Danube Canyons. The mosaic of Danube river habitats, dynamic Produced using environmentally-friendly technologies side branches, old-growth forests, dry habitats and valuable man-made sites all contribute to its uniqueness. and materials. Errors and omissions excepted. DANUBEparksCONNECTED The Danube River Network of Protected Areas Bridging the Danube Protected Areas approach of DANUBEparks CONNECTED as a good towards a Danube Habitat Corridor “The Danube River connects practice initiative on a policy level as well. more bio-geographic The Danube River is a green axis of life, hosting regions than any other Voices highly valuable biological diversity, and functioning ecological corridor in Danube Habitat Corridor as an essential eco-corridor of Europe. Sadly, Europe. Its connectivity Guiding Principles fragmentation of ecosystems has become a major can minimize the negative DANUBEparksCONNECTED aims to establish threat to biodiversity in Europe. When it comes impact of climate change on its biodiversity. The and further develop the Danube Habitat Corridor to ecological connectivity along the Danube, Danube Protected Areas act as core sites, by implementing best practice examples for Protected Areas preserve the most important and DANUBEparksCONNECTED serves ecological connectivity in all elements: DANUBE natural sites. Transboundary conservation is crucial as good practice for Europe to counteract FREE SKY (air element), WILDisland (water in protecting large ecosystems, which is why only fragmentation.“ element), Dry Habitat Corridor and Forest transnational cooperation can restore and maintain Elisabeth Köstinger Corridor (land element). This is the driving force 3 habitat connectivity along the world‘s most Federal Minister for Sustainability behind the development of the Danube Habitat international river. DANUBEparksCONNECTED and Tourism, Austria Corridor Guiding Principles, which compile presents an integrative approach that is key to experiences from the project focuses and define developing Green Infrastructure. The DANUBEparksCONNECTED project, connecting follow-up actions. The result is an overarching Protected Areas from 9 Danube countries, launched guiding document for future activities concerning Strong partnership the Danube Habitat Corridor campaign to counteract ecological connectivity. Through two previous projects, the DANUBE- ecological fragmentation. Local pilot activities and PARKS Network has already significantly Danube-wide strategies deliver important findings EU-funding programme: im proved coherence in the management of the to improve ecological connectivity in the long term. Interreg Danube Transnational Programme Danube Protected Areas. The partnership has The project’s emphasis on collaboration has invol- Project Title: DANUBEparksCONNECTED focused on the protection of flagship species, the ved various sectors, stake holders and the local Term: 2017-2019 preservation and restoration of river dynamics, public. The support of partners like the EU Strategy as well as strengthening nature tourism and for the Danube Region (EUSDR) and the Internati- Project budget: 3,085,412.49 Euro onal Commission for the Protection of the Danube Partnership: 15 project partners, environmental education programmes. This EU-Financing 10 associated partners successful cooperation led to the foundation of the River (ICPDR) has further anchored the strategic DANUBEPARKS Association. Project co-funded by the European Union (ERDF, IPA funds) WILDisland Danube-islands provide habitats of European importance like alluvial soft wood forests as well as large-scale gravel and sand banks. The importance of islands ecological connectivity and to preserve natural to safeguard natural processes and characteristic wilderness in the heart of Europe. Through riverine habitat structures. Further information is Islands are threatened hotspots of biodiversity several meetings and cross-sector conferences, available at: wildisland.danubeparks.org that provide habitats upon which countless DANUBEPARKS partners and external experts species depend for survival. They are excellent reached a joint understanding and formulated indicators for a dynamic riverine morphology and the WILDisland guidelines. Based on these ecological backbones for the development of guidelines a dynamic database of Danube islands The Danube Wild Island Green Infrastructure. As the many small, large, and was prepared, establishing an eco-corridor of 912 Habitat Corridor partly even still dynamically developing islands are Danube islands. • 3,000 river kilometres stepping stones along the Danube, it is the aim of DANUBEPARKS to preserve these vital river sites • 912 islands to strengthen the aquatic corridor on a Danube- The WILDisland Online Tool • 138,000 ha of dynamic island habitats 4 wide scale. • 147 untouched or completely natural islands The inventory of Danube islands is visualized and • 14,000 ha of wilderness shared through the WILDisland Online, the very Danube Wild Island Habitat Corridor first interactive map-based database of islands figures WILDisland along the entire Danube! The platform categorizes The WILDisland initiative launched by islands according to their natural character, ranging WILDislands are a great example of the potential DANUBEparksCONNECTED aims to strengthen from islands with completely natural wilderness coexistence of natural values, wilderness, and (category A) and valuable islands with restoration waterway management. Cross-sector meetings Danube islands and their shallow waters provide suitable potential (category B) to islands that are strongly between Protected Areas and the waterway sector habitats for rheophil fish species like Chondrostoma nasus subjected to human use (category C). The have laid the foundations for the strengthening of a inventory therefore gives an important overview Danube-wide cooperation. of the status of the Danube Wild Island Corridor. The most natural islands with the potential to be WILDislands are selected based on jointly defined guidelines, and following on-site visits, agreements for non-intervention management are prepared. As such, the WILDisland label aims 5 The online tool provides a Danube-wide overview of 912 islands grouped in three categories of naturalness. wildisland.danubeparks.org A Danube-wide vision Tangible pilot actions improved river dynamics: side arm restoration through the removal of artificial groynes in Austria. Pilot actions for restoring riverine stones along the Danube. Two successful side arm initiative. The path for success has been paved, habitats revitalisations in Austria and Slovakia have already the Danube-wide commitment having already taken place, while in Bulgaria an island restoration triggered the first national declarations for the Healthy river dynamics are of the utmost concentrated on sediment removal from the protection and non-intervention management of importance, as the free flowing Danube provides side arm. As a means of habitat improvement, Danube islands on policy level. riverbanks that are habitats for characteristic flora Protected Areas in the Upper Danube tested and fauna. Hydro-morphological alterations in the DANUBEPARKS developed the WILDisland concrete pilot activities of forest management past have put these habitats under serious threat, masterplan compiling possible future steps and the elimination of invasive species on islands. which is why DANUBEparksCONNECTED targets of the WILDisland process, which will see its Moreover, a modelling of the possible adaptation river restoration to reinstate natural processes and continuation in the form of a follow-up LIFE project. of hard structures was developed on a Hungarian characteristic riverine habitats. For several islands This ensures the growth of the Danube Wild Island island, in order to build a base for follow-up steps restoration actions to improve their ecological Habitat Corridor and anchor WILDisland in the long- and to re-establish a more natural state on the site. 6 status are necessary to qualify as WILDislands, term. which aims to strengthen their role as stepping- Anchoring WILDisland on policy level The WILDisland initiative already received “The WILDisland initiative recognition from the EU-Forum of Nature and is an excellent example for Biodiversity Directors for establishing EU-level Voices the establishment of Green Green Infrastructure and strengthening the and Blue Infrastructure. The coherence of Natura 2000 sites. Danube Wild Island Habitat A Danube-wide commitment signed by all Corridor project contributes DANUBEPARKS directors anchors the
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