Art.3.2: An overview of possible ecological changes at European Ramsar Sites Legend: ONGOING: Response received from AA, problem is addressed, work in progress, further information expected HOLD: Potential problem addressed but not yet solved, problem may appear again or become more acute, OR absence of final response from AA NO RESPONSE: information about ecological change received and inquiry sent to AA, but no AA response so far INFO: no formal action taken from our side (e.g. no response, response to informant only, no formal contact asking for AA’s position) Current Country Ramsar Site Name RS N° Issue Description Status Construction works within the site (new road, new motor pump NO ALBANIA Butrint 1290 building, several cement buildings, fish farm). Withdrawal of the RESPONSE NP status? Lake Shkodra and NO ALBANIA 1598 Removal of pristine vegetation and building of tourism facilities River Buna RESPONSE Large forested areas are waterlogged and submerged wood ARMENIA Lake Sevan 620 increases organic pollution of water. Fish stocks are ONGOING diminished. The site was included in the MR for a planned hydropower dam on Danube at Hainburg and its impacts on riverine Donau-March-Thaya- AUSTRIA 272 meadows and forests. The problem was solved. Further later HOLD Auen threats: proposed Danube-Oder-Elbe channel, planned transport infrastructures on March near Devinska Stauseen am Unteren 274 Article 3.2. case reported in DOC.SC41-25-9. ONGOING AUSTRIA Inn AUSTRIA Untere Lobau 273 Proposed Danube-Oder-Elbe navigation channel. HOLD Deterioration of ecological situation: lake water level dropped NO BELARUS Osveiski 1217 due to poor condition of water control RESPONSE 7th European Ramsar Meeting 27-30 September 2011 Trnava, Slovakia 1 Current Country Ramsar Site Name RS N° Issue Description Status Sporovsky Biological BELARUS 1007 Exposed fen mires being increasingly overgrown with bushes ONGOING Reserve (‘zakaznik’) and reeds. Degradation of the lake and peat bog as a result of a change in BELARUS Yelnya 1218 ONGOING hydrological regime caused by a drainage canal. BELARUS Zvanets 1219 Exposed fen mires being increasingly overgrown with bushes ONGOING and reeds. De Ijzerbroeken te First inclusion in the MR 04.07.90. Re-included in 1999 for NO BELGIUM Diksmuide en Lo- 329 RESPONSE Reninge difficulties in maintaining adequate water quantity and quality. BELGIUM Marais d’Harchies 331 Planned industrial site for sludge treatment. ONGOING Request of RS boundaries reduction for container terminal Schorren van de building, compensation on RS. N.329. Added to the MR in NO BELGIUM 327 Beneden Schelde 1990 for eutrophication problems due to agricultural RESPONSE intensification, lowering of the water table. A new road has been constructed through the RS; plans for BOSNIA AND NO Hutovo Blato 1105 housing development at Kuline are about to be approved. HERZEGOVINA RESPONSE Threat of desiccation due to Project "Upper Horizon". Belene Islands Criticism of GEF-WB restoration project (WWT). Waiting for an NO BULGARIA 1226 Complex update on the outcomes of this project. RESPONSE Included in the MR in 1993 for eutrophication due to BULGARIA Durankulak Lake 239 agricultural runoffs, fish and poultry farming, lack of water ONGOING mgmt, fishing mgmt, over-abstraction of water In 1991 inclusion of the site in the MR for erosion of the river BULGARIA Srebarna 64 bed, eutrophication and vegetation succession. Status of the ONGOING site has improved. Waiting for MR Questionnaire. 7th European Ramsar Meeting 27-30 September 2011 Trnava, Slovakia 2 Current Country Ramsar Site Name RS N° Issue Description Status Unsustainable development plans and illegal hunting; Project NO CROATIA Delta Neretve 585 "Upper Horizon": Diversion of water and building of 3 new RESPONSE hydropower plants. Irrigation projects in the Ramsar Site. In 1993 inclusion in the MR: site militarily occupied and deforestation problems. Received information about regulation NO Kopacki Rit 583 works on Danube and Drava rivers, regular drainage works, CROATIA RESPONSE unsustainable forest exploitation and unsustainable hunting management in 2009. Included in 1997 because water abstraction for domestic CZECH supply exceeds recovery capacity of ecosystem. Since 2008 Litovelské Pomoravi 638 HOLD REPUBLIC concerns related to the proposed Danube-Oder-Elbe navigation channel. CZECH Mokrady dolního The National Ramsar Committee expressed concern related to Podyjí (floodplain of 635 HOLD REPUBLIC lower Dyje River) the proposed Danube-Oder-Elbe navigation channel. CZECH The National Ramsar Committee expressed concern related to Poodrí 639 HOLD REPUBLIC the proposed Danube-Oder-Elbe navigation channel. Received information in April 2011concerning a change in management practices in Sumava National Park: a reduction of non-intervention areas and accompanied increased logging activities in former non-intervention areas, the large scale CZECH Sumavská raseliniste 494 application of non-selective insecticides in order to fight the ONGOING REPUBLIC (Sumava peatlands) bark beetle, the development of new tourist trails including large safety corridors, the reduction of scientific representation on the board of the National Park, delay in the application for the “Diploma of the Council of Europe”. CZECH Trebonská rybníky Included in the MR in 1994 for privatisation, intensive fish 495 HOLD REPUBLIC (Trebon fishponds) farming, hunting, eutrophication, habitat destruction 7th European Ramsar Meeting 27-30 September 2011 Trnava, Slovakia 3 Current Country Ramsar Site Name RS N° Issue Description Status Increasing eutrophication that leads to decrease of populations DENMARK Nissum Fjord 143 ONGOING of staging and wintering waterbirds in 1990 included in the MR for sedimentation and nutrient- enrichment as a result of the river regulation and runoff of DENMARK Ringkøbing Fjord 141 agricultural nutrients; 2009: increasing eutrophication that ONGOING leads to decrease of populations of staging and wintering waterbirds Ulvedybet & Nibe Increasing eutrophication that leads to decrease of populations DENMARK 146 ONGOING Bredning of staging and wintering waterbirds Drainage and agricultural intensification and destruction of Vadehavet (Wadden DENMARK 356 meadows adjacent to the Wadden Sea that lead to a decrease ONGOING Sea) in breeding bird populations during last decades. Establishment of a runway, road and Harbour in the (Greenland) Heden (Jameson Land) 389 ONGOING Greenland's most important moulting area for barnacle geese. Received information about the liquidation of the Endla nature ESTONIA Endla Nature reserve 907 ONGOING reserve organisation Possible threat to two zones of the site due to a project of PLU NO France Camargue 346 of the municipality of Grau-du-Roi. RESPONSE Planned development of agriculture on land adjacent to the NO GEORGIA Ispani Mire 894 Ramsar site in the North. RESPONSE NO GEORGIA Ispani Mire 894 Planned construction of a highway NE of the site. RESPONSE Wetlands of Central GEORGIA 893 Oil terminal and railway construction at Kulevi. ONGOING Kolkheti AA informs about restriction of RS because of industrial GERMANY Mühlenberger Loch 561 ONGOING expansion (23.01.01); compensation measures missing 7th European Ramsar Meeting 27-30 September 2011 Trnava, Slovakia 4 Current Country Ramsar Site Name RS N° Issue Description Status Wattenmeer, COP4 Rec. C.4.9.4 satisfaction about abandonment of Dollart GERMANY Ostfriesisches 82 HOLD Wattenmeer & Dollart harbour construction, concern about Leybucht diking plans Advisory Missions in 1988 and 1989. Completely missing All the Greek Ramsar information about the status of all Ramsar Sites. Received NO GREECE 54-63 Sites report stating lack of management activities for the protection RESPONSE of RS in 2009. Human activities have modified the water balance and the demand for irrigation water has led to increasing salinity levels. NO GREECE Amvrakikos gulf 61 Reduced inflow of fresh water to the lagoons, doubtful RESPONSE sustainability of fish production works, completely inadequate control of illegal hunting. Dam and irrigation networks considerably altered river Axios, Loudias, hydraulics, and urban wastes and agricultural inputs end up in NO GREECE 59 Aliakmon delta the delta. Pollution of the river Loudias and continuing RESPONSE accumulation of solid domestic wastes in the delta. Agricultural chemical inputs and grazing pressure, expert report 1999: completely inadequate control of harmful activities NO GREECE Kotychi lagoons 63 in Strofylia forest, completely inadequate control of illegal RESPONSE hunting in the site in general High demand for irrigation water, associated changes in Lake Vistonis, Porto salinity, and agricultural, domestic and industrial run-off, NO Lagos, Lake Ismaris & 55 construction of various works, mainly for land reclamation, road GREECE RESPONSE adjoining lagoons opening, resort housing. EC complaint: Destruction of Almyra, Lafrouda and Lafri lakes Increasingly poor water quality due to a lack of sewage treatment and exacerbated by drought, agricultural run-off and effluent from industry and animal breeding farms cause NO GREECE Lakes Volvi & Koronia 57 nutrient-enrichment. EC is sending Greece a second and final RESPONSE written warning over inadequate protection and conservation measures for Lake Koronia. 7th European Ramsar Meeting 27-30 September 2011 Trnava, Slovakia 5 Current Country Ramsar Site Name RS N° Issue Description Status Various construction works led to soil deposition that changed the hydrology and geomorphology