Biomass for energy & wetland conservation Projects

EU ENRTP funded project “Climate proofing the Delta” implemented by WWF, CRS and Ecospectru

Climate Forum East pilot project managed in UA by NECU and WWF, implemented by CRS

Partnership with True Nature Foundation Region

Total potential

The Ukrainian part of the Danube Delta Region possesses significant renewable biomass resources. The total area of reed-beds is 439 km 2, 185 km 2 of which can be used in various ways.

In the existing conditions dry phytomass available annually for harvesting is up to 125 thousand tons. Case studies Vilkovo community

7000 people • Fishery • Agriculture • Tourism • Reed Vylkove energy math

Vylkove energy math

Consumed 1000 tons of coal and up to 400 tons of firewood for heating annually

Available 120 thousand tons of reed dry biomass could be removed annually for alternative energy. Vylkove energy math

Recently local reed harvesting enterprises exported 1,200,000 bundles of reed, which is up to 10% of the global reed market.

During harvesting and sorting reed, the amount of generated waste is 30-50%.

Amount of waste reed is 3,000-7,000 tons per year.

Waste reed in Vylkove Pilot Wetland restoration Orlovka Orlovka energy math Historic biomass use Orlovka bioenergy

There is a willow plantation of 20-30 hectars 6 at Orlovka The plantation includes 30,000 willow trees, yield is 1,114 t/yr.

To fully satisfy current wood need, total number of willow trees should be: 54,012. Energy and complex floodplain use pilot Complex use The Guardian • A buffalo in the Danube Delta in , . The introduction of a herd of buffaloes to the region is part of a project aiming to raise profits for local communities Photograph: Andrey Nekrasov/Barcroft Images

Photograph: Andrey Nekrasov