Description
Description (EN): The project "Joint Conservation Management and Development of Information Infrastructure of Protected Areas along the Romanian and Hungarian Course of Tur River" proposed by the legal administrators of protected areas situated along the lower course of the Tur River in Hungary and Romania aims to increase the number of visitors in the natural protected areas, by improving the state of conservation of habitats and species of community interest and by better informing the stakeholders (tourists and the local community).
More specifically, in a period of 30 month the project intends to contribute to increasing the attractiveness of the target area for tourists, through the elaboration of a common action plan aiming to conserve the natural heritage of the region, by implementing conservation measures of wet forest habitats and developing the informational infrastructure of protected areas to the benefit of tourists and the local community.
The elaboration of a common action plan aiming to conserve the habitats and species of community interest from the natural protected areas of the lower course of Tur River, as a precondition for developing some future nature conservation actions through cooperation among the experts of the partner organizations. The managers of the natural protected areas from Romania and Hungary, with the involvement of their experts and companies specialized in researching biodiversity, shall evaluate the state of conservation of habitats and species of community interest, by using a harmonized monitoring methodology, able to provide comparable data, usable for elaborating a common action plan.
Increasing the touristic attractiveness of Natura 2000 sites along the Tur River, by promoting the natural values of the region and developing the informational infrastructure targeting tourists and the local community.
Through the involvement of specialized companies, project partners shall develop the informational facilities needed for promoting the region’s natural values among tourists and members of the local community, by developing a Smartphone application, placing desktop interactive kiosks in the tourist information centers, building a website, materializing and distributing informative materials.
Improving the state of conservation of woodlands of community interest from the Natura 2000 sites on the lower course of Tur River, by implementing conservation measures of bat species, as umbrella species.
Project partners shall purchase and place artificial roosts, ensuring a better state of conservation of bats and simultaneously of woodlands from the target area of the project.
The project will support to attain a better conservation status of 34571 hectare of habitate.
Read more Achievements (EN): Achieved:
1) The surveys ensured the necessary information for the administrators of protected areas (partners in this project) in order to elaborate a common action plan for the conservation of natural values of the protected areas.
2) By assuring artificial bat roosts for bats a direct contribution was made to the conservation of these species and also of the woodlands from the target area.
3) Placing a so called bat-wall at the Visitor Center from Cégénydányád the region’s natural values among tourists and members of the local community is promoted.
The project contributes to the implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy which aims to halt the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the EU and help stop global biodiversity loss. Surveys, realised by internal and external experts about the designation Natura 2000 habitats and species, invasive alien species and the presence of micropollutants in differents organisms, have been made.
4) The tourists will have more information about protected areas and surroundings: tourism routes and tracks, thematic paths, accommodation facilities, touristic service providers (bike rentals, kayak and canoe rentals, tourism guides), points of touristic interests (historical and architectural monuments, museums, restaurants), system TurGO.
Finalized:
1) In order to carry out internal surveys, tools and equipment needed for research were purchased (eg. Electric Fishing Machine, electric engine, neoprene fishing clothes, fishfinder radar, kayak and accessories, canoe and accessories, off-road vehicle, stereo microscope and accessories...) ;
2) In order to preserve the riparian woodlands and wood pastures biodiversity is very important to put accent on the conservation of bats so, 245 artificial bat boxes were placed out in 39 different locations and a bat-presentation wall at the Cégénydányád Castle.
3) For the guiding of tourists who visit the bicycle route developed in the project, a system was made and now an upgrade of the app is needed to elaborate and add more information about the region - pocket-guide system TurGO!.
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Website: http://interreg-rohu.eu/en/home-en/
Expected Results (EN): R 6/c Tourist overnight stays in the eligible programme area
Expected Outputs (EN): By improving the state of conservation of the natural heritage, the region becomes more appealing for tourists attracted by ecotourism. Thanks to the variety of microhabitats and protected species, the old wet forests from the Tur River meadow offer a unique landscape within the Carpathian basin, which is being visited by an increasing number of tourists.
Through the development of informational facilities, tourists will have the opportunity to access all useful information regarding the natural and cultural values of the area, thematic paths, tourist routs and accommodations, reaching higher levels of satisfaction and higher rate of return in the area.
Well informed members of the local community, in the topic of natural values of the area, will be able to guide tourists to the most well-known tourist attractions and will understand the necessity of protecting the unique natural heritage of the region.
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Thematic information
Specific Objective:
Sustainable use of natural, historic, and cultural heritage within the eligible area
Thematic Objective:
(06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:
Investment Priority:
(06c) Conserving, protecting, promoting and developing natural and cultural heritage
Partners (2)
Lead Partner:
Hortobágyi Nemzeti Park Igazgatóság
Department:
Director
Address:
Sumen 2, 4024 Debrecen, Hungary
Legal status:
public
Website:
http://www.hnp.hu
Total budget:
EUR 318 218.50
ERDF budget:
EUR 270 485.72
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Societatea Carpatina Ardeleana - Satu Mare /Erdélyi Kárpát Egyesület - Szatmárnémeti
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Name:
Societatea Carpatina Ardeleana - Satu Mare /Erdélyi Kárpát Egyesület - Szatmárnémeti
Department:
president
Address:
Aurel Popp 14, 440012 Satu Mare, Romania
Legal status:
private
Website:
http://www.eke.ro
Total budget:
EUR 325 541.00
ERDF budget:
EUR 276 709.85
